The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-23
MEMPHIS IS THE LATEST
0peIika and Selma Are Also
Guaranteed Against.
A CANARD FROM ATLANTA
A Correspondent Saw Centennial Party and
Thought They We're Rushing Out of
the City-Under Military Guard

Birmingham has quarantined against
Opelilka, Memphis and Selma.
AT $3.50 o'clock last night DIR. w. H.
Johnston received the following tele-
gram dated at Selma at 9:O7 o'clock
p. mt
1--WE have a suspicious case of fever.
Have wired Sanders and Guiteras; will
report their decision when made.
JOHN A. M'KENNA, M. D.
president Board of Health"
The matter was at once referred to
DR.. sholl, president of the board Of
health who instructed Chief Deputy
Quarantine officer Virgins to institute
a quarantine against that oity. and it is
thought that the state department will
take the same action.
Quarantine has been established
against Memphis and Opelika, and Is
being strictly enforced by the state Off
GERS.
All passenger trains have been tenn
porariIy abandoned on the Kansas City
road on account Of the restrictions that
have been placed upon travel by the
Mississippi and Alabama authorities.
The action was taken against OpelilSa
because she had opened her doors to the
refugees from Montgomery and against
Memphis because of the existence of
suspicious case, which was last night
pronounced yellow fever by the board
of health.
Amory and Columbus, Miss, have
ouarantined against Birmingham under
what appear 30 be false impressions.
The board of health of Columbus yester-
day passed resolutions recommending
the quarantine on the grounds that Biz
mingham was filed with refugees from
Montgomery and other points. Chief
Deputy Quarantine officer Virgins was
seen last night by an Age-Herald re-
porter and said:
''The action of Amory and Columbus.
Miss, in quaramtrling against Bifrn.rsg-
HAM is absurd. The regulations have
been strictly enforced, and no person
from any inlfscte district has been al
lowed to enter the city. I suppose the
action Was taken because of the rumors'
that have been circulated. These ru-
mors are absolutely false, and believe
thai when these people quiet down ana
are informed of the strict quaata milne
that has been enforced in this city they
will resoLnd their action"
A dispatch was yesterday sent to the
Associated Press purporting to be from
Bfrmingh'am, to The effect that the sit
uation here was bad, and stittctest quar-
antine regulations were observed ana
THE depot was crowded with people who
wanted to get away. Also that all
passengers on trains were compelled to
travel with the windows shut, While
armed guards at God at the doors OF the
coaches.
The Afternoon representative of the
Associated Press denies having sent such
a message.
It is supposed to have been sent from
Atlanta, as dispatch similar to the
above appeared in an afternoon paper
of that city under special line from
Birmingham. The only theory offered Is
that O. travelling news manufactures"
for the Atlanta paper was on the train.
He had probably been asleep Just before
arriving at the Union station.
The sight of a large party Of Ala
bamians, among them Gov. Johnston
and a company of militia, awaiting a
train to Nashville dazzied him and he
wired his paper as though the militjamen
were guarding outgoing trains to keep