Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-09-18
PANIC AT JACKSON.
People Of the Southern City Alarmed
at Spread Of Fever.
Outlook Better at New Orieans-Qaarana
tine and sanitary methods Excellent
Arkansas Takes Rigid Precautions
An business Demoraiixed.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept 10.-All the
fears OF the citizens OF jackson In re-
gard to the sickness prevalent at Ed
wards have been realized. DR.. Cutie
rus, the expert, has confirmed seven
cases OF yellow fever and says there
are many suspects. First the cases
were reported as malarial fever, then
after time they became dengue fever.
Another wait and they were pro-
nounced suspicious and finally declared
10 be the genuine yellow jack. Dur
ing all this time the disease has been
spreading rapidly at the rate OF sis
new cases daily, until there are
now 10 cases In existence at Ed
wards. The evolution Of the disease
from malarial to yellow fever was such
that the people now regard dengue as
simply n more convenient terra than
yellow fever. The board has instruct
ed DIR. Purnell to place Gordon OF
guards around Edwards at once. Re
port says that the disease has also mp
pcared ut Clinton and Smiths, towns
near Edwards. The state board has
ordered discontinuance OF trains on
the woodville, Miss, branch of the
Yazoo Il Mississippi Valley road
Yazoo City, Miss, has issued or
ders for shotgun quarantine to
be enforced. No trains are III
lowed to stop except to exchange
mails ut the quarantine stations
No passengers are allowed to leave the
train ut all and all mail and express
must be fumigated. Guards armed to
the teeth are placed all along the
county boundaries. A telegram wa:
received Mt the governors Office yestcr
day morning asking that % tents bs
sent to Vicksburg to be used by quar-
antine officers. A panic has prevailed
in jackson all day. Everybody has
left town that could do SO. The bust
ness houses have closed, the news
papers have suspended publication and
closed their offices. jackson has q
population of 10000 and two-thirds Of
these have deserted the city.
OUTLOOK BETTER AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. !6.-At the close
of Yesterdays investig alton the fevei
situation, so far ut least us New Or
leans is concerned, was considered tC
have materially improved, and there
was less anxiety than Mt any time since
Monday among the health officials, en-
couraging them to believe that by nj
means had they lost control of the sit
uation, and that it was quite within
the bounds of probability that the san
itary and quarantine methods will pre-
vail and crush out the bronze visitant
ARKANSAS TAKES PRECAUTIONS.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept. :6.-Th'
board OF health yesterday issued or
ders to all transportation companies
in the yellow fever district not to sci
tickets to or ship freight destined t
Little Rock. The action of the Littl'
Rock board will be at once FOLLOWED
by all other points of ingress into thu
state, and people now in the infected
states will have to seek some othe
route Of egress than through this ter
ritory.
TENNESSEE QuARANTINEs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. lG.-An I'D
ditional quarantine order was ISSUED
by the state board of health yesterday
applying to Mobile, New Orleans ant
all infected southern points, quaran
timing the entire state against them.