Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-16

VIII W.T. AilhA slf''hF AfhAi'lfFa NhNA'AA
to take them away will be provided,
the Illinois Central road having prom
iscd. If necessary. to furnish n special
train on a few hours notice.
w. Il. TODD Health officer,
RAMSEY WHARTON. Mayor,
JAMES Il. WING, Chief of Police.
New Orleans, Sept 15.--At the close
of the days investigation the fever
situation, so far. at least, as New Or
leans is concerned, was considered TO
have materially improved. and there
was less anxiety than at any time
since Monday.
II is not easy tonight TO find n ply
stefan who is prepared to hazard an
opinion that New orleans stands in
immediate fear Of an epidemic. Dur
Ing today there We're twenty cases re-
ported to the board OF health for in
vestigatlon. OF these two are still
under investigation, two were reported
as suspicious and requiring further
diagnosis, fourteen were found to be
harmless cases Of fever. and two were
pronounced genuine yellow fever. OF
these two, one is the case of an old
French butcher, Herman Dartols, liv-
ing on Madison, in the immediate
vicinity of the French market, and
whose case was prematurely reported
last night as yellow fever. Physicians
who had seen the case had no doubt
of its nature. but 1t was only today
that an official report was made prop
erly chasing the case. In the Touro
| infrmary, one OF the semi-private hos
| pitfalls of the city, two cases are being
closely watched. one of these patients
| was taken to the hospital Monday
| from Poydras and Rampant streets in
this city and another TO-DAY. These
two are the only cases which the ply
| slcians have been able to trace to
Ocean Springs. At Touro there are
some two hundred sick people, and the
| utmost caution Is being displayed in
order to prevent any possible spread
| Of the disease.
Millions of gallons Of water have al
| ready been pumped through the streets
| and with the general situation as
much improved as 1t Is tonight conf
| dence is being strengthened.
The stormy weather there since Sun
| day has had the effect of increasing
| the number of cases at Ocean Springs
| Conductor johnson of the l., & N. was
| stricken today. together with three
| others. one new case was reported at
| Biloxi this morning. 1t Is that of Rev
| c. +. Emory pastor of the Methodist
| church. making three in family.
Biloxi now has forty-eiEht cases of
| sickness. OF these nineteen are yell
| low fever, six are suspicious, and
| diagnosis as to thirteen Is reserved
| There have been no deaths in Biloxi.
| SO widespread Is the concern in the
situation at New orleans that 1T is
| doubtful II any case of fever appears
| with suspicious circumstances attend
| ing that Is not Immediately brought
to the attention Of the board by neigh
| bors. Every case reported Is quickly
| Investigated. and the board is con-
| stantly adding to It's staff Of inspec-
| tors. The absence of mortality is hay
| ing tendency to strengthen public
| confidence in the methods which are
| haing- nnnIitn In the treatment of tho
| cases. and unless the disease should
| suddenly assume n most malignant
| form many people who had intended
to leave town will probably remain
and help fight the dattle rather than
| run the risk and inconvenience of
| travelling through parishes and coun-
ties, terrorized by the wild reports of
| the plague, and which are receiving
visitors with shOtguns instead of open
| arms.
on the streets today there is no sem
| blance of excitement, and local bust
| ness is going on without interruption.
| 1t is on at the steamer and ship
landings and Mt the depots that any
| evidences of the effect OF the fever
here are found. SO many towns are
| Quarantinlng against river craft that
| most of the boats will have to be
| withdrawn for the time being. At rail-
road depots very little freight is be-
| ing handled, and the passenger bust
ness has dwindled to nothing.
The board of health will prosecute
| its efforts to have the clothing and
| baggage of all people who have ar
rived from infected points disinfected.
| 1t is hoped thereby to crush amy
| germs that exist here and have not
yet got in their work.
| ATLANTA FILLING UP WITH RE-
| FUGEES.
Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 15.-Yellow fever
| refugees poured into the city today,
During the day three special cars of
| refugees came in from New Orleans
and other infected points,
one car was filled with the troops
from jackson barracks In New Orleans.
| This stopped here but few minutes
and then passed on to Chickamauga
National Park, where they viii camp.
CHICAGO NOT FEARFUL.
Chicago, Sept. 10 No quarantine will
be declared in Chicago against the
fever-infected districts of the South
| This was decided upon at meeting
of the health officers today. II was
announced that persons from the yell
low fever districts will be received in
Chicago without question, 1t being al
legged that the climate conditions pre-
vailinG in Chicago preclude the posi-
bility of any danger from that source
IN ALABAMA.
| Mobile, Ala, Sept. lb,-There were
five cases of yellow fever and one
death in Scranton today. The Mobile
board of health received reports to-
day showing that there We're no new
cases of yellow fever here and no sus-
plcious cases. The exodus of citizens
to the surrounding rural districts still
continues.
KNOXVILLE.
| Knoxville. Tenn, Sept. 15.-The
Knoxville board OF health has decided
that no quarantine against points in
fected by yellow fever is necessary, as
this city never had an outbreak OF
the disease,
COUNTY GUARANTEES,
San Antonio. Tex, Sept l5.-Bexal
county commissioners today declared
quarantine effective on all railroads
entering San Antonio. This extends tc
the county line.
AUGUSTA.
Augusta, Ca. Sept. 15.-Augusta ha:
quarantined against all yellow fever
points and also against Atlanta.
Fighting in India.
London. Sept. ia special dispatcl
from Bombay received tonight reports
that the lighting continues aroun,
| Fort I.ockhnrt and Fort (1uiigtan hu