The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
ARE LIGHT.
PATIENTS IN MOBILE ARE RECOv-
ERING WITH RABiDITY.
ERorts Being Made 10 secure MOVE
ment OF Freight--auarantinc Reg
/, ulatiOns Have Been Modified.

Mobile, Ala, September Is. Tho week
closes without any material change In the
sit,tatton in Mobile. The fever manifests
ttgelf In the infected districts mostly In the
houses where They have already had cases.
II is a fact that not one person mas yet
died of the yellow fever who would not IN
ordinary course have been carried OH by
malaria, Tho sick Rave recovered with re-
markabie rapidity, most OF them having
such light attacks that 1t has been with
difficulty thai the symptoms Of yellow
1eyer have been recognized.
There were five new cases, all In the
original district Florence Barlow, Elmira.
noar wilkinson; L.. ii. Kinslow. Palmetto.
near George; Lulu Hearn. corner OF savan-
nah street and Chatham; Adolph Muntz.
George. near Savannah, and Joseph Man
gold, In the came house.
Tho only death up to noon since yester-
day was Ilstcs Mcdonald. who dicd yes
terday afternoon heretofore reported
Those who have recovered are Henry Ezell
and Mary Julian. The total cases have
been 46; total deaths T. discharged as re-
Tovered 81. remaining under treatment Is.
The marine hospital surgeon In charge
here, DR.. GlenDan. is making efforts TO OBJ
tain q resumption of traffic out OF Mobile
under the restriction OF the marine hos
pital service, Already Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi have agreed to the modification Of
their quarantine 80 that certain classes OF
freigh. can go through, and Alabama Is
expected TO agree 30 that by Tuesday he
hopes to have freight moving all over the
three States except West Tennessee. To
facils,.ct TO the traffic inspectors will be
place ~At the principal points to see that
tito freight OF tho class can be passed under
the regulations. In Alabama, for example,
there Will be inspectors at Flomaton and
at Montgomery on the Louisville and Nash.
Vile railroad, and at Mount Vernon and
Selma for the Mobile and Birmingham
railroad and at Meridian for tho Mobile
and Ohio railroad. There will be several
inspectors Mt Mobile to sec that only the
specified goods are shipped.
The camp OF detention at Mount Vernon
win not be ready before the middle of the
week. Accommodations VIII be prepared
for 300 and tlhere are already applications
for 100. There will be no loafers or tramps
admitted. The applicants Will have to pay
their railroad fare 10 Mount Vernon and
awny from that place. They viii be sup
ported by the government while in deten-
ton during the ten days.
JUS suNernur OF Alunhnlt mas nOtifiCu
the board OF health that he has modified
his proclamation so that goods can be
shipped from Mobile In accordance with tn,
modified regulations OF the marine hos.
pltal service.
The beard has notified the Missouri
health board that Mobilians desiring to re-
turn hoine despite the fact that their health
certificates say that they are pledged mo-
to come back until after frost may com,
back provided that the Mississippi healts
authorities Will permit them to pasi
through that State. Tho certificates |,
Question were issued before there wa,
any fever known to exist In Mobile.
In answer to the inquiry OF the Stat
Mealth officer the Mobile board states tina
Mobiles quarantine against infected place,
Will be continued. The board s using ex
traordinary precautions TO surround an,
stamp out the disease In THE city and be
Neve Il can succeed Infection from tn
outside IL carefully guarded against
The report tonight Is that there Is
suspicious case AT the Christian Brothers
school and orphan asylum ON lafayette