The age-herald., 1897-09-09
DIR. GUITERAS, THE EXPERT,
Arrives at Ocean Springs and Alter Diag-
 nOSin6 Cases Expresses
DOUBT oFITs BEING YELLOW FEVER
New Orleans Feels Easier and Declares She Has No Fever There-Montgomery Sends Out Similar Declar-
 alton This Morning.

The local quarantine against yellow fever infected districts will not be maintained longer than today.
 At meeting of the state board of health in Montgomery a state quaran- tine was recommended to Gov. Johnston. Carrying out this suggestion the gover- nor issued his proclamation at once. On being informed of this Mayor Evans said the local quarantine would not be enforced longer than it took the state authorities to act. They will do so to- day, and the safety of Birmingham will then be in their hands.
 Yesterday morning it was decided to enforce the quarantine rules only against parties coming from Ocean Springs and Biloxi. Passengers from New Orleans are allowed to stop here. The quarantine force has hardly been adequate. The officers were kept work ing night and day. Mayor Evans said a larger force was not put on duty be- cause it was expected at the beginning that the state would take speedy action, and relieve the cities and towns.
 Birmingham is perfectly secure from yellow jack" At least this is the opinion of majority of the citizens.
 A large number of prominent business ing instituted in the beginning. Had it been left to the city officials and busi- ness men it is claimed that Birming- ham would have stood with her gates ajar and invited instead of spurning the refugees.
 Notwithstanding the denials published in the AgGHerald of yesterday morning and the afternoon papers in regard ito there being several cases of yellow fever in Montgomery, the rumor kept spread ing. Mayor Evans received the follow ing telegram:
 Montgomery, Sept. B. 1897. Mayor F. V. Evans, Birmingham, Ala:
 Rumors that yellow fever exists here are absolutely false.
 GLENN ANDREWS.
 City Physician of Montgomery.
 No quarantine officers met the 7:30 train last night from Montgomery. It is said that refugees could enter the city on that train, notwithstanding the fact that 1t is a local train from Montgomery to Birmingham.
 The northbound Louisville and Nash vile through train which was due to reach Birmingham at 1922 o'clock this morning was delayed fifty-five minutes. The train was boarded at Calera by Off, cers Garner and G-mbill No passen- gers from the infected district bound for Birmingham were on it. The Pull man car conductor said the train did not stop at Ocean Springs. It did stop at Biloxi however, and one or two pas sengers boared the sleeper. None of the Biloxi passengers in the sleeper stopped in Birmingham.
 It was said by passengers on the train that everything Is quiet in Montgomery and 1t was positively asserted that no yellow fever is in Montgomery. The Montgomery authorities, it is said, are prosecuting the most active measures to guard against the introduction of the disease in that city. The case which was supposed to be yellow fever, ac- cording to Dr. Baldwin, 1t is said, was consumption, and the man was sick nineteen days before death occurred In yellow fever cases, it Is claimed, death results in a much briefer period.
 Quarantine Officer Hester Garner, who sent the telegram to Chief McDon- aid from Calera, last night, saying there were three cases of yellow f=ver in Montgomery, has come in for some cen sure by the press and people of that city. He gave a reporter for th= Age Herald the following statement:
 "I was in the hotel at Calera whesy Dr. Charles Drennen came in and told me there was man on th= outside who had just arrived from Montgomery on a freight The mans name was Baines. He declared emphatically that there were three casss of yellow fever in Montgomry, and they were being guard ed with shot guns. He seemed to be a responsible man and stated most posi- lively his information was correct. I th=n considered it my duty to telegraph Chief McDonald.''
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