The herald., 1897-10-04
By Vessels From Infected
Ports
A CASE REACHES DELAWARE
SHIP AND CREW ARE SENT TO
QUARANTINE
In the Afflicted Region Of the South
the Plague Is Slowly Gaining
Ground
Associated Press Special Wire.


LEWES, Del, Oct. 3.-The Norwegian
fruit steamer John L. Wilson, ten days
from Bocas del Toro, Colombia, arrived
at Delaware breakwater quarantine at
noon today with her flag at half mast.
The quarantine physicians boarded her
and found the body Of her chief en-
gineer, Charles Peterson, aged 81 years,
Of Bergen, Norway, who died on the
passage Friday last, of yellow fever.
The Wilson is one Of several fruit
steamers which are shut out Of our
fever, and are bringing their cargoes Of
fruit to Philadelphia and New York
The Wilson left Mobile on Septembe
18th for cargo of bananas. On the
18th the mate was taken sick and was
landed at Bocas del Toro. The disease
was there called malaria, but there Is
no doubt it was yellow fever. On the
voyage north Peterson was taken sick
again on the 9th and died on October 1st
The coffin was taken aboard the
steamer Bishop and placed therein, to-
gether with quantity of Stacked lime
1t was then placed in an outer box and
brought ashore and buried in the gov
ernment burying ground by the crew Of
the Wilson. The steamer left for
Ready island at o'clock tonight. She
will be thoroughly fumigated there, ard
the crew placed in the quarantine for
some time. The government quarantin e
station is located at Reedy island, which
is about forty miles south of Philadel-
phia, and spread Of the plague is not
apprehended.
IN THE SOUTH
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 3.-At o'clock
tonight there had been 27 cases reported
ard but two deaths. In. the past week
the foci of infection have not been
largely increased. Dr. Metz reports
that by Tuesday all the houses in the St.
Cloud district, where the infection was
first intro duced, will be released from
quarantine.
The fever was confined to the single
square in which it started. The au-
thorities have also been successful in
wiping out the foci of infection of Hos
pital street ard of the Home for Help
less men.
Deaths:
&. Peppitoni.
Dan Sullivan, from Isolation hospital
OF the new cases eleven are in houses
where fever has heretofore been re-
ported. The other cases are pretty well
scattered, and none are reported today
at the detention camp, in any of the hos
pitfalls or in the asylums
From the detention camp seventeen
people were released today and only two
were taken in.
An effort is to be made to delay the
time of some 500 immigrants for Palermo,
who are destined for this city.
Among the cases reported to the board
Of health today are three from Algiers
opposite New Orleans. These make a
total of five cases in Algiers.
The quantity of fresh water running
through the streets of New Orleans
daily will be augmented tomorrow by
some 100000 gallons through the use of
the mairs and machinery of the old
auxiliary Sanitary associa ton.
Church services were held today in
Ocean Springs for the first time since
the sickness broke out. There were no
cases of the prevailing fever under treat
ment there today, and people of Ocean
Springs now believe that all further
danger has passed.
AT EDWARDS
EDWARDS, Miss, Oct. 3.-The doc
tors report IA new cases of yellow fever
today, Of which seven are white.
Deaths today:
Lillian Redfield and a child of 7. p
Martin.
Total deaths to date, 12; total mum ber
of cases to date, 317 total number under
trea tment, 127; total number discharged
and corvalescent, 17S; number seriously
i'll. I.
May Redf1eld is doing we'll
There are four cases of yellow fever
at Nitta Yuma.
AT MOBILE
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 3.-Today there
were but four new cases and no deaths.
New cases: James Dulaney, Charles
Carlsen, C. F. Steiner and Charles F.
Moore. Six patients were discharged
today.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-Surgeon-
General Wyman today received the fol-
lowing advices from the yellow fever
districts: At Mobile there were four
new cases; no deaths The detention
camp established at Mount Vernon,
Ala, barracks will be opened tomorrow
At Camp Fontainbleau there were 3S
refugees, IL discharged and 260 remain.
There was one case of fever at Scran-
ton and IA cases and death at Edwards
Surgeon Sawtelle reports there were
no suspects on the trains arriving at
Atlanta today and there are none in the
city.
New Orleans-The state board of
healths official statement says:
During the twenty-four hours ending
at 9 p. m. Sunday, October 8. there were !:
Cases Of yellow fever for today, 81 !;
deaths today, q; total cases of yellow
fever to date, 317; total deaths from yell
low fever to date, 80; total cases under
treatment 1856.
Bocas del Toro has quaranUned