The Irish standard., 1897-09-11
YELLOW FEVER SCARE.
Government Omcials Report the Stu.
alton Decidedly More Hopeful.

Government Omcials Report the Stu.
alton Decidedly More Hopeful.
Washington, Sept. o.-surgeonGen-
eral Wyman says the yellow fever sltu-
alton looks decidedly more hopeful.
No new cases have been officially re-
ported to him, although there are news
paper reports of three new cases at
Biloxi. He has wired DIR. j. j. Lemon,
at Biloxi, concerning this report. DIR.
Guiteras, the yellow fever expert from
the University Of Pennsylvania, re-
ported his arrival at Ocean Springs
Wednesday morning. He will invests
gate the cause and nature Of the OUT
break.
New Orleans. Sept. o.-When the
board Of health met Wednesday night
DIR. Olliphant lind no additional cases
to report to that body rs having oc-
Cured in New Orleans, and was able to
say that the local situation had vastly
improved, and that there were TO pres
ent prospects of evil results following
the death of the Gelpi child. New Or
leans is almost ready to declare that 1t
Inns had scare for nothing. DR.. Oil
plant and his staff have slept but lit
tie in the past rs hours, and have fair
cases of fever without result. Now they
are ready to render any assistance in
their power to the government and to
the Mississippi authorities in Dottling
up whatever fever exists IN Ocean
Springs and Biloxi.
Deep interest has naturally been felt
here i'll the outcome of the examination
of Dr. Guiteras, who arrived ut Ocean
Springs Wednesday morning. On his
arrival in Ocean Springs DR.. Guiteras
went Immediately to work, and in per-
son is investigating number of cases
of the prevailing sickness. He found
only two cases, it is said, that deserve
the term doubtful or suspicious. A cor
respondent wired to the city that he
had learned from II source that could
not be doubted that DIR. Guiteras, after
his examination, had not been entirely
convinced that uny yellow fever has ex-
listed or does exist in Ocean Springs.
The local physicians are not prepared
to say what effect an opinion by DIR.
Guiteras counter to that expressed by
the four experts, who declared the
cases they investigated wus yellow
fever, would have.
a thorough canvass of the wards Of
Ocean Springs completed late Wednes-
day evening, shows there have been
74s cases of the prevailing fever since
July 8. There are now 81 still sick.
The total deaths have been nine, and in
several instances physicians certificates
show the fever was complicated with
other diseases. There are believed to
have been on,y two deaths due to yellow
jack. At the suggestion Of DR.. Can't
every house where there had been sick.
ness or there is now, is being fumigated.
DIR. Cant says whether the prevailing
disease is yellow fever or low malaria
it is certainly contagious.
Quarantine Is being very strictly
maintained. Fishermen and hunters
who were out of the town when the cor
don was established, have not been per-
mittsd to return. Armed men are post
ed in every direction and Ocean Springs
seems to be determined that no more
sickness of any kind shall be imported
within its borders. The cases are very
rare wherein the gauntlet has been run,
and generally the guards have made no
discrimination as between rich or poor,
white or black. There is law in Mis-
sissippi against the violation of quar-
anlinc laws. Usually In yellow fever
cpidemics, however, an unwritten law,
enforced by the shotgun, obtains, and
that is the law which is now in effect
about Ocean Springs nnd Biloxi.