The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-17

CIR. Williams, the eolored porter Of the
Scranton Hotel, left for Atlanta Wednesday
night.
DR.. j. II. White, Of the U. s. Marine Hos.
pital service, who is in charge Of the govern.
ment detention camps at Fountainbleau, came
here Sunday and Monday on a special train
which will make regular daily trips between
points along the coast. DR.. White is a pleas.
ant gentleman, and will doubtless make many
friends in tins section.
Rev. l.. N. Brock returned Sunday from
branan, Mobile county, Ala, where he had
been holding a series Of revival meetings
lie feels that be has fully recovered from hi.
attack of so-called yellow fever three week.
ago, aud is now ready to visit any one sick
even with yellow fever, or discharge any duty
that belongs to his profession.
Mr.. Thos. Kitchiu has been appointed nigh,
Waterman by Acting Mayor J. D. Clarke, in
place of Mr.. il. Cunningham, who with his
family left last Tuesday week for the upper
portion OF the county, to avoid the yellow fever
germs that are said to be floating around. We
believe Mr.. Kitchin will fill the bill and keep
our town free of all foreign matter.
On Tuesday DR.. H. K. Carter, representing
the U. y. Marine Hospital service and DR..
Dunn, Of the State Board Of Health, made a
visit of inspection IN company with Health
Officer DR.. Kell. They report finding one gen.
uine case of yellow fever in town, that Of Lum
Dvnn, a brother-in law of Mr.. II. Fitzenrieter.
DR.. Dunn also paid DR.. Duke, quarantine
physician At Round island, a~visit., 81
Mr.. j. N. Pelham, one of our leading bust
ness men, is having an oyster and fish pack
ing house built on the river in front of the
north corner Of Mrs. Amanda Krebs' property,
which will be 35x5O feet. This establishment
is intended for Messrs. S. NJ. Fucich L Co., Of
New Orleans, who will conduct an extensive
business in oysters AVID fish this fall and win
ter. Mr.. ]. NJ. Pelham, the managing part
ner, will be in charge OF the new enterprise.
DR.. Lncien +. Solomon, Of the Louisiana
Board of Health, New Orleans, who preceded
DR.. Guitsras on a mission OF inspecting the few
sick here, reported three cases of yellow fever
in this town-the first, Capt. 0. B. Lyons,
now well, and the two children of Mr.. Isa-
dore Du Pout. The subsequent history in
Capt. Lyons family has not verified his
diagnosis, that is to say, sufficient time has
elapsed for other members of his family to
take the yellow fever, but at this writing all
are we'll. As to the DUPONT children, theirs
was = mild case of ,dsngue. Subsequent
events have not proven his diagnosis to be
correct, and our people certainly feel that his
statement about the number Of sick children
in Scranton was certainly exaggerated and
false.
DR.. John Guiteras, of the University of
Pennsylvania, the yellow fever expert who was
dispatched to Ocean Springs by DR.. Bail
haehe, acting surgeon-general of the Marine
Hospital service, reached here last Thursday
night, Sept. 9th, at Q O'Clock, and Immediately
reported to County Health Officer Dr.. W. R.
kell, and commenced a tour of inspection of
the sick shortly thereafter. After visiting all
the suspicious cases he decided that there was
only one case that was certainly yellow fever,
that Of Mrs. Willie A. Ferris, on the Pascal
goula river, just below our town limits. The
precise way in which she became infected has
not been definitely settled. DR.. 7. B. Ford,
the attending physician, reports her condition
as much improved. DR.. G%uiteras made favor
able impression upon our local physicians,
Drs. Ford, Cox and Kell, and all who had the
good fortune OF making his acquaintance.