The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-29
TEXAS IN A PANIC.
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The one death announced was that of
Mrs. Alma Kersha, Savannah street, re-
ported last night.
The Boards summary is G4 cases, nine
deaths, thirty recovered and twenty-five
under treatment.
Brother Symphorian died at 2 o'clock
this afternoon at the Industrial Garden
and Boys School. on La Fayette street
The work Of combating the disease
goes on increasingly. The whole fever
infected district has hean cleaned and
disinfected. The yards. sinks and drains,
ST. Gets and cutters and the districts adj
jacent are now receiving like care. The
exodus, so called, has apparently come
TO n standstill. But four passengers
left Mobile on the Mobile and Ohio rail
road and not more than half a dozen on
the Louisville and Nashville this morn
ing.
BILOXI, 13 NEW CASES.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 2S.-From
Atlanta, Ga, Surgeon General Wyman
received a dispatch saying there. were no
suspicious cases on trains ARRIVING there
today. nor are there any in the city.
The train, with the outfit for the deten-
ton camp at Mount Vernon barracks,
leaves Atlanta tonight.
At Ocean Springs, Surgeon Murray
reports one case, and at Scranton <
cases.
Ten refugees were admitted at the
Fontainebleau camp of detention today
and ~ persons were discharged.
At Biloxi, for the twentyfour hours
ending at o'clock tonight there were 13
new cases and one death.
CALLING FOR MORE GUARDS.
Natchez, Miss, Sept. 28.-Capt. T. o.
Baker. in command Of the Natchez
quarantine guards, is out this morning
in an earnest appeal for volunteers as
the responses to the first call have
dwinded until the Gordon of shot guns
has contracted to the extent of leaving
ont in the cold some populous suburbs.
The fear of DR.. Altman. city health off
Ger. is that refugees might find asylum
in these additions with the possibility of
injecting the city. 'a
+ MAY BE A FALSE ALARM.
Galveston, Texas, Sept 2S-Galves-
ton guaranteed against Houston Mon
day night, but the Galveston health
board does not regard the sickness of
Eva Duncan, the negress at Houston,
as yellow fever.
VICTORIA is ISOLATED.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. ga special to
the News from Victoria, Texas, says:
Yesterday a suspicious case of sick
ness was given to the public by Vic
toria's Board of Health, it being that
Of Mr.. w. II. Suggs, who came to Vic
toria three weeks ago from East Texas.
He was taken sick Sunday night and
DR.. Thornton proclaimed it a suspicious
case This morning, notice was given the
railroad officials that no trains would
move on this division until further or
ders and today Victoria is isolated. Yes
terday and last night nearly every We
hce that was obtainable was engaged
to take the people to the farms in the
country.
HOUSTON IS SHUT OUT.
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. %. The
county authorities to-day quarantined
against Houston and Victoria, on ac-
count of suspicious cases of sickness, sup
IOSSu W Ue sellOW FEVER Ill IHOSe cities.
The quarantine applies to railroad trains
and mail as well as to persons and no
train that has been in either Houston OF
Victoria will be allowed to enter this
county. The afternoon train from Hous-
ton was stopped by. quarantine officers,
and the train crew and one passenger
from Houston were placed in coach
and are now being held under guard
pending a decision in the case by the
quarantine officers.
At O'Clock tonight the city authori-
ties had not taken final action but are
waiting for more definite information
from Houston and Victoria.
AS TO THE HOUSTON CASE.
Houston, Texas, Sept Safeguarding
the suspicious case Of fever here, the
State Board of Health requested the
Houston Board of Health to issue the
following bulletin:
Case somewhat suspicious, but
strictly guarded. / have no apprehen-
sion OF result. Board Of Health unani-
nous in declaring the case nothing more
than inflammation of kidneys"