Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
Situation at New Orleans Better Than
Expected Today.
PHYSICIANS HAVE ISOLATED CASES
Believ j That the Disease Orig
mated at Ocean Springs.
STU ALTON AT BILOXI

New Orleans caught its second wind This
morning ard the breeze of excitement that
prevailed yesterday has suDsided.
At first there was a disposition to leave
town. but when people summed up matters
and found that there were only seven i'm
ported cases here and that they had been
warned as to six of them, they decided
to wait until the situation should become
more aggravated before making break
for other rarts.
There YVES, therefore, no heavy outgoing
travel and very little incoming. A few
passengers who arrived from the east yes
terday evening missed connection with
the Southern Pacific train and had to lie
over here. They have had to provide them
selves with health certificates and are prob
ably destined to meet with considerable
trouble If they attempt to get off in Texas
which has declared a rigid quar- milne
against New Orleans.
The natives here have, contrary to eXpec-
taticns, not become frightened over the ex-
istence Of yellow fever, and whatever de-
preston exists Is due to the fact that bus
mess, which was 30 per cent above the cor
responding month of last year, has had a
setback as result of. the general institu-
ton of quarantine measures against this
city. Nevertheless, there were the usual
Sunday throngs at the parks, where con-
certs were given, and the theaters played
to standing room only.
No New Cases Today.
Those who expected to wake up this
morning and learn of new cases of yellow
fever were disappointed. Up to the present
writing the attaches of the board of health
announce that there has been no change in
the sit uation since last night.
There are still only seven cases, as re-
ported in the official bulletin issued last
night None have yet proved fatal, and the
bulletins this morning from infected quar-
tiers were of a favorable nature. Many
prominent physicians believe that if iso-
lated cases continue to appear in the city
II Is quite possible to confine them and
make their vicinity proof against infec-
ton, as has been done in the ST. Claud
street and Gelpi cases.
The heavy storm that prevailed yesterday
checked the work Il; the camp of deten-
tlon at Fontainebleau. Today Is clear
however. and Superintendent Marshall and
the government agents are pushing things
to completion.
Advices here are to the effect that most
OF the New Orleans colony at the Sprir es
Will take advantage OF the opportunity pre-
scented to them OF getting back 20 the city
after few days at detention camp.
ore Of the fresh cases of yellow fever
reported by DR.. Shannon yesterday at
Ocean Springs proves to be Miss Goodrich
OIL New Orleans. niece of the lady who
nursed Miss Schultz. the st. Louis lady
VINO died OF the disease.
Brought From Ocean Springs.
1t develops today that the yellow fever
at Barkley, Miss, was imported from
Ocean Springs. Mrs. Sanders, who was
from Amsterdam, N. Y. died in Ocean
Springs and her body was taken to Bark
ley in a wagon. =:
Soon after her husband and son died at
Barkley with the disease together with two
other persons, and other deaths ara e1-
pGcted. .r
Disease Started at Ocean sprinssa
1t is daily becoming evident, therefore,
that the first case of yellow fever origi-
mated in Ocean Springs and all the other
points have caught the infections from
there. Every case Eas been traced back tc
that city.
Superintendent Dunn and General Agent
Leake of the Illinois Central, who made
a tour of Mississippi with Drs. Hunter and
Quinn of the Mississippi board of health.
returned to the city in their special car
this morning. The results of their personal
visit to the various towns would have
been excellent had the board of health
here not been compelled yesterday to OFF,
cially announce the existence of the dis
ease in this city.
Barley Badly Stricken.
Surgeon Carter of the marine hospital
service has returned from Barley to
Ocean Springs. He says that Barkley,
comparatively, is the worst stricken place
in Mississippi. DIR. Carter has himself
seen eight cases Of yellow fever. although
the population of the town is only twenty
five.
There have been four deaths in ten days,
the last occurring on Saturday night, and
other deaths are momentarily expected.
Nearly everybody in the town has been
sick. The fever was imported from Ocean
Springs. The town has been completely
isolated and guards placed around 1t. Wig
orous efforts are being made to prevent the
fever from spreading.