The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
SIGN OF THE YELLOW FLAG
YELLOW JACKS DREAD COLoRs
HoIsTED IN NEW ORLEANS.

Several Suspicious Cases Reported
Among Those Who Returned From
Ocean springs-A Gratifying state
ment From Health officer OIL
phant The shotgun Gordon Is
Now Perfected - The Situation
Grows Serious for the Lack of
Medicines and Provisions.
New Orleans, Sept. 10--The announce
ment of twelve suspicious cases OF fever
in one square in the city and that three
cases had developed since the death of
young lady who had come from Ocean
| Springs, created large measure of alarm
in the public mind early in the day, but
this was allayed when the facts became
known.
At night-fall all reports received by DR..
Oliphant were so favorable that renewed
confidence was infused in the officials of
the board.
Just before the board met, DIR. Oliphant
said to a reporter of the Associated Press:
There is a marked improvement in the sit
uation in the state. I may state unofficial
" that all the patients In the st. Claude
ed report from the board of experts but
1 have learned from our inspector who is
assigned to the premises that apparently
none of the patients is at present in dan
ger. 1 am able to say that no
other case has been brought
to our attention in Now Orleans the symp-
toms of which would justify us in calling
it yellow fever"
This morning party Of doctors and Of
hcials left here over the Illinois Central
| for Memphis, and will return via the Mis-
sissippi valley They viii stop at all in
tervening places to make known the ex-
act state of affairs, seeking to allay the
fears of the people, in order that a panic
in the country may be prevented and the
imposing of unreasonable quarantine re-
/ striction.
| Surgeon Murray of the marine hospital
stated tonight that Ocean Springs, from
now on, would be the official headquarters
| for the entire Gulf coast marine hospital
service, and the camp Of detention would
| be at Fontainbleau, three miles from the
gulf.
/ n
/ be held nominar prisoners for ten days,
and if at the expiration of that time they
show no signs of affiiction, they will be
permitted to go where they please
One hundred and forty people are in
distress, many being in need of medicine
and provisions
The fever has not spread west beyond
Biloxi. The district is appealing for med
! icne and the situation in the town is
| growing steadily worse.
| Miss Lewis, in the city limits, was de-
clared 10 have black vomit. Frank Emer-
ick the Methodist preacher, was this af-
ternoon reported as a patient. Mayor
Howard to-day issued orders that the
yellow flags should be displayed wherever
| yellow fever was found, and q CORE
spondent telegraphs this afternoon that
the yellow fever flag is now conspicuous
| in Biloxi Mayor Howard has determn-
ed that all physicians shall promptly re-
! port cases, under severe penalties for
failure. Now that the worst is known, it
| is desired that no facts shall be concealed.
To-day 1t was learned that a number of
| people, who have been quarantined in a
canning factory near Biloxi, were in need
Of provisions and Mayor Howard sent
them relief
There are no suspicious cases at Mo
! bile, and the general health there is
shown by the board of health records to
be better than for the past five years.
The line of defense for Baldwin county
as well as for Mobile county, Is complete
| and coast guard has been added in the
lower bay.
Natchez, Miss, to-day included New
Orleans in the list of infected points
against which a rigid quarantine is being
enforced, and the shotgun guard is evil
dencod all around the city. The steamer
Natchez from here, passed there this
morning with several Natchez people
among her passengers, but none of them
was permitted to land.
| Galveston to-day quarantined against
New Orleans, Ocean Springs, Biloxi,
Cranton and all other infected points
where there are suspicious cases.