The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-15
THE FEVER SPREADS.
MORE CASES OF YELLOW JACK ~
CREASE THE ALARM.
healthy Loca1ity-Further Cases
1T Mobile and jackson Cause an
Exodns-Tents for Detentien Camp.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept 1.-THE books
OF the board OF health show the following
reorganization in the yellow fever s.tua-
ton.
There had been reported 20 the board for
investigation - cases. which the attending
physicians considered suspicious OF these
Ii cases had been found suffering with a
harmless fever. were regarded as suSpi-
cfous, but necessary TO be further inyes-
tigated before definite report could be
made upon them: there were no reports as
10 cases and 4 cases had been gro-
nounced genuine yellow fever. though one
OF the latter was ciassed as Of mild type.
The most serious OF the four yellow
fever cases is located In the neighhorhood
of the French market. The locality Is
far from clearly one. Is populated by the
poorer class OF people, many OF whom are
foreigners. and might be considered dam
gerous ground. For that reason special
pains were taken by the board Of health
70 quarantine the infected houses. Ofi-
GERS from the police force were detailed 10
take charge of the neighborhood. a res
taurant. bakery and a shop next door
TO the premises in which the fever was
| found we4e closed and disinfectant was
| sent TO the scene to be used.
The Disease Not Malignant.
OF course the report OF new cases daily
is creating alarm In some quarters. but
| thus far the disease has shown but little
malignancy as witness the record of one
death out of fourteen cases, and none or
the practicing physicians are yet on rec
| ord as expressing a fear OF an epidemic.
One of the features developed during
the day is that people of maturer age
have been attacked Heretofore the dis
ease has been confined principally to
children Of tender age. and boys and girls
not yet grown to manhood and woman
hood Two of the late cases show that
Older people have been attacked.
Under instructions from the superin-
tendent of the railway mail service, the
postoffice authorities today fumigated all
outgoing mails. la order that letters and
[ packages be not sent back by the authori-
ties of quarantining cities and towns.
An Exodus From Jackson.
JACKSON. Miss, Sept 14.-This has
been another day of excitement and
| anxiety TO the people of Jackson, from .
| which an exodus began yesterday TO the
surrounding towns The city is now sur
| rounded on all sides by an armed guard
| and the quarantine rules are enforced
| with great strictness. The principal
cause of alarm to the people of Jackson
came from Edwards. only twenty-five
| miles distant where there are now thirty
| five cases of dengue.
Growing Alarm at Mobile.
MOBILE Ala. Sept. H-Three cases
| OF yellow fever were officially announced
today by the board of health. This
| caused much more alarm than did the
| discovery of the first case. which was
regarded as sporadic. The people who
| can are leaving for points of safety.
DIR. -Guiteras left today for Edwards
Miss. Induced thither to investigate the
| dispatch received from there. When
| asked upon what he based his telegram
to the surgeon general that there would
be spread Of the disease here, he said
that the city had had a long immunity
from the disease and that there was
much material for 1t to feed upon.
Cincinnati VIII Quarantine.
CINCINNATI. Sept H.-Health Oficer
Withrow today heard that yellow fever
| refugees were coming here. In company
| with DR.. Byron Stanton of the state board
| of health. he inspected all trains from the
south. but no passengers were interfered
with. Tomorrow DR.. Withrow will estab-
| lish quarantine against all Southern
| points reached by the boats or railways
| from this city.
More Cases mt Mobile.
WASHINGTON. Sept i4-Surgeon Gen.
eral Wyman today received the follow
| Ing dispatch from DR.. Guiteras, the gov
eminent expert at Mobile, Ala. concern
Ing the yellow fever situation there:
Patient at city hospital is still living
AAN IdSc Ol btsIdEOs reported DF me as
| suspicious, / have not been able to see
again. The subsequent history makes the
| case more suspicious. He has not been
| out or the city nor in any apparent way
| connected with people from Ocean
| Springs. have just been shown another
| case which i have pronounced without
| doubt yellow fever. He is a motorman:
| no apparent connection with other cases
| have heard the history OF another case
| which is very suspicious. The cases are
not grouped in any one quarter of the
| city. "GUITERAS"
| dispatch was received from Fontain~
! bleau. Miss, the site OF the detention
/ camp. from Surgeon White. stating that
/ Or. Gaines reports on> new case at
/ Barclay
| The surgeon general ordered by tele-
/ graph 200 wall tents TO be shipped imme-
/ diately from 81. Louis TO Sun geon Young
/ at Memphis. Tenn, there TO be held untiI
further orders Steward Goodman was
/ ordered from Fort Monroe Va. TO the
/ detention camp at Fontainbleau, Miss.
Tonight's adviCes from the yellow fever
/ district contained the following .nforma-
I ton;
I Surgeon Carter reports another case of
! yellow fever IN scranton. Miss. against the
! spread OF which reasonable precautions
have been taken.
/ From Mobile. Ala. Dr.. Guiteras reports
+ two new cases In one house IN the southern
j part % tht Cttts n ar the locality OF the
F case reported today and where the dis
/ ease Or. Gu!teras saws. will berln % as
+ sufne an epidemic torn. DR. Guiteras has
( been ordered to proceed 70 Edwards, NJ S.,
! % examine a suspicious case Of sickness.
spanish Dignity Hurt.
/ TAMPA Fla. sept 1.-THE SPANISH
/ cousul here, Pcdro Sslis Is wrathy te-
! Gauss the state patrol steamer. the Germ.
{ frsd on several Sp1utsa sraaccz The
/ Germ is large. trim Eagrcs belonging %
( the state hoard Of health and is arusd
/ with small cannon. TIE s. anlsh srnaeks
( hover around TIE co1zt aod SCI Spanish
/ liquors.. atc.. Go The sponSi1E and fishing
( vessels that come here. thus infringing On
+ Tia quarantine laws This practiee IS %
bs broken up ard the state health author
ities havs adopted stringent measures.
Last week We were captured and the
{ American and Spanish vessels caught to-
ge1AFr were sent 20 quarantine While the
( Germ was on her last trip she sighted wo
Spanish sTnacks and they pat 20 SEA. Find
8 ing sho could nos overhaul them. the
f launch sent solid sisot after them. The
/ second shot brought them 20 ard they
were ssut % Gusran inc The Spanish con-
sal wired complaint 70 Washington for
NrlnE a. Spanish vessels and the matter
was brought 20 the attention OF J. T. Por-
5 Ter. stare heslta officer. DR. Porter ard
s Nj SOS hsd a confer nee, IN which ms
heaitA officer. who - a regfred naval phy-
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