The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-24

ature continued to fall during the night
and this morning real autumn weather
was experienced. The spirits OF the
people rose rapidly. At noon b peo-
pie were almost jubilant over the
health report Large crowds gathered
in front of the newspaper offices to
hear the reports for the twenty-four
hours past Saturday there were eleye
new cases and yesterday as many
more, 80 that the public expected at
least a score of new cases to be an
nounced today, but the BOARD of health
report was published as follows: One
new case; no suspicious cases: no
deaths. The new case Is ]. E. Bolton.
living in the infected district, on Texas
street"
A prominent member Of the board
said today that he regarded the meas
ures taken by the authorities as highly
effective in surrounding and stamping
out the disease, and that he expected
the disease would be subdued and traf-
fc and travel resumed before the mid
die OF next month.
The total number Of deaths has been
three, one a man who had been on a
spree, another of a bricklayer in such
bad health that he had not been regu-
lar in his work for a month, and the
third Of a newsbOy, up at all hours,
exposed at every change Of the wealth
er. The other patients are all reported
today as in good condition and the
president Of the board OF health on
graduates the people upon the i'm
provement Of the situation.
The gulf steamer Wilstein, from
Bocas, is detained below, although she
is reported as not having been exposed
to Infection, but there have been one
or two cases at Bocas and the vessel
has beer refused permission to come
to the city until diSinfected at MObile
bay quarantine. This means that the
cargo must be thrown overheard and
be a total loss. The report that there
was yellow fever at the bay quaran-
tine is not true. The British r Bel
videre put in Saturday from Santos
with a suspicious case of fever or
board. The vessel was at once ordered
to the government quarantine station
at Ship island.
Tonight there is M new case, in adj
dition to that announced at nOon-Mrs.
William G. Carroll.
Report was received here today that
there were accommodations at the
Noun Vernon detention camp for 800
people.
LEAVING MOBILE.
ST. Louis, September 2O.-Two special
- CAAAo "AAASiA GU A"OOA1S ~AAosy So0Ay
are expected to reach here Tuesday
morning. On the trains are the clerks
and other employees in the general Of
fees Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad at
Mobile with their wives and families.
The employees number about 200, ana
they, with their families make a total
of 1000 persons, who will remain here
until the frost kills the yellow fever
germs in the south. Temporary head
c.,o 80 @Lo WOOD 1ox,o Ioo- o-o-o1
up here by Acting President Russell
and General Auditor Taylor, who have
been in the city several days.
Washington, September 20.-The war
department has authorized the collec-
tor of customs at Mobile to use the gov
eminent reservation at the mouth Of
the harbor there during the prevalence
of yellow fever. General Wilson, chief
of enginees, has authorized Major Will
lard, the United States engineer officer
at Vicksburg, to transfer his office tenn
pOrarily to st. Louis.
TWO CASES OF FEVER AT CAIRO.
Memphis, Tenn, September ia
special to the Commercial-Appeal from
Cairo, ILL.,, says: DR.. Guiteras, the yell
low fever expert, who arrived here from
Mobile at noon today, has pronounced
the two suspicious cases at the Marine
hospital to be yellow fever of a mild
form. Owing to the prompt measures
taken there is no danger Of it spreading.
The hospital is thoroughly guarded
There are several cases of sickness on
the government dredge Alpha, lying at
last Cairo, KY, and Drs. Guiteras and
Egan will investigate them tomorrow.
One Of the men in the hospital came
from the boat and the other from Point
Pleasant, eighty-five miles below. The
board of health has instituted a strict
quarantine against East Cairo. To
night DR.. Egan, secretary of h board,
issued an order addressed to every rail-
road entering the state from the south
instituting quarantine against the
states Of Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana . Persons coming from that
part of the state, south of the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern railroad, Chi
cago excepted, will be required to show
a. clean bill of health. There is no ex-
element here, the people feeling con-
ident the .oard of health physicians
| are masters of the situation.
Cairo, Ill, September 20.-There have
been no further cases of yellow fever
in this district. The two cases in the
| marine hospital pronounced yellow few
| er in a mild form by DR.. Guiteras and
| the hospital surgeon, are improving and
one of them is cOnvalescent. A strict
quarantine is in force around the hos
pital. Experienced physicians Of tie
epidemic of 1878 deny that these cases
| are yellow fever and pronounce them
malarial fever, such a. prevail every
season among men working in swamrs
and along the river. The state board
! of health, with inspectors stationed at
Cairo, has decided to quarantine
against East Cairo and all southern
points.
THE SITUATION AT EDWARDS.
V%icksburg, Miss, September 19.-The
fever at Edwards shows but slight in
crease and no deaths AVE occurred
DR.. Purnell reported four new cases to-
! day. Distinction has commenced, and
bedding is being burned when it cannot
be disinfected. DR.. Dunn, now at
Ocean Springs, has been ordered to Ed
wards. DR.. Geddings is expected there
tonight, as are also tents for camp ref
ugees. The state board tried to pre-
vent Father Prendergast, of this city,