The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-12
The PLAGUE IL TEXAS
YELLOW FEVER APPEARS IN GAL
WESTON AND SAN ANTONIO.
steamers Are Sent Back Without Tn
loading. and rrasssc Is ParalSxed
Neglect Of the Law Keeps Up the
Record Of Cases in New Orleans

GALVESTON. Tex. Oct u-Dr. c y.
Tr1lshe2rr. member q tire advisory bos-1
% heath. this morning reported . ths
hsalta ef1ce that he Ea1 foz1d case Z
wei defined ysll0w teTer- TIE case IS
that - L.orenzo Scza-e sA1p chandler
Dr. Trusheart says that State Health o.
hcer Swearsngeu saw re case wita Am
ard confirmed ire diagnosis Other uIsrn-
hers q ne beard have net yet reached
decision
Dr. Randall this morning reported ,wo
cases II AS practice, watch hs pronoUnces
yellow fever these o. George y Morgan.
3 oookksepe-. and Henry StawkingsAd
plastever. Dr. TTuehart examined these
cases ard has pronounced them sOs-
picious.
No passenger trains are being rzn II o.
o1- OF Galveston Preparations have eee1
made Tor f4zl1Sa ing Ihe mails and send
Ing them OK 4 re el-y % trains. and ms
p0s-sl authorities have bean wired Tor
cc2Grrza tioa.
Five Gases Reported.
WASHINGTON. Get u.-Dr. Gui-e-as'
telegram 10 Surgeon General Wymaa. an
no&aclng the presence 81 ysllow fever a.
Galveston today IS As follows.
GALVESTON. Oct. u-Fivs cases %
yellow fever now here. VIII report .
local heath authorities co not appre-
bend serious .ro1ale. but oengse causes
much confusion. GCLTERAS-'
This message was sent late Saturday
ulgai, and since Us receipt nothing has
been received from him as 10 the sprs adj
CT rhs disease IN Galveston the only com
nlanlcation received from him since me
one s.zLiug ne was Ia co1s4stat toa with
me cigy and state hssIta officers. Or.
Ggiieras arrived az taat point on the SIN.
AMI has been investigating conditions ever
since.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Oct. IA case
OF suspicious fever was reported % the
board q health this morning. and this aft
ern0on the patient died. The premises
where the man died have been fgn5 gated
ana the occupants o. the house placed IN
Ger guard.
steamer TrafRc ParsIyrea.
NEW YORK. Oct 1.-The Herald Will
say tomorrow: The steamship trade with
New Orleans and Galveston S about par
aiyzed. because Of the prevalence Of yell
loE fever az those ports O. eltry. Two
steamships OF the Morgan line, one frcm
each port, are bound back 10 this port
with caTgoes Of freight intended for DIS
tribGtion throughout louisiana. Mlssisslp-
~ and Texas. which the health authoFi-
ties declared would not Dc allowed 70 pass
the limits of the plague-strickea ports.
Three other vessels OF the same line. which
lefl here within the last few DAYS. VIII also
be obliged 10 carry back the freight ship
ped FOR points outside Of New Orleans and
Galveston 10 this port
Frost Must Hill the Germs
NEW ORLEANS. Oct u.-From the re-
turns thtre is little hope in the yellow
fever situation The beard o. health Is
daily demonstrating tha, with a far show
ir Is possible for modern science 70 Pc
4~Hee -
people who mus. suffer from a strict ap-
plcation OF scientific methods rebel. the
result being that the pathway OF The beard
IS beset with difficulty. II there we're
strict compliance with the health laws, Il
prompt report was made of eases. the
fever germs would De quickly wiped out.
But IL begins to look now as u from tatrty
70 forty new cases and from four TO SIX
deaths would be daily reported untu Jack
Frost puts IN an Ape arauce. Today. as
OF nearly every day since the fever frs.
appeared here. about 50 per cent CT the
fatalities were traced 20 neglect and a dis
position 70 hide cases until IL was too lats
20 save life. The official bulletin issued
by the board OF health tonight shows
thlrty-seven new cases and four deans.
Galveston was enc OF the first cities TO
raise the bars. Dr.. Gu!tevas on Saturday
pronounced several cases o. yellow fever
ex sting in Galveston. but not a line has
reached Or. OHphant relative 70 these
from The Texas health of .ials. The only
information which Or. Oaphant had re-
oeived was from Surgeon General wy
man.
Italian Immigrants Shut Out.
4 PARTY Of about fifty Italians reached
the city this morning, coming. II "a said.
from New York. orders we're given by the
board Of health 20 prevent their boating
themselves in the city limits, and the
health officers were instructed 70 have
them sent 70 che q the camps OF deten-
ton.
A Biloxi today there were twelve new
cases. a. Edwards i've cases and two
deaths.
GALVESTON. Tex. Oct u-on account
of the yellow fever scare he printing
house q Clark & Courts. wi-h a pav ron
% s. 6oo a day. shut down this Morning FOR
an indefinite period AL business cur 4
Galveston has ceased There Is 70 panic
and little alarm
MOBILE. Ala Oct II-Five cases OF
yellow fever we're reported today.
SUPREME COURT CoNyENEs.