The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
Little Alarm Now Felt
by New Orleans
Residents.
No Ere Sh Gases Are Reported
From Biloxi or Ocean
Spri ingS
The Disease Is Believed by Many
to Be Contagious Low
Malaria.

NEW ORLEANS, LA, Sept. S-When
the Board of Health met tonight Dr.
Oiphant had no additional cases 10 re-
port as having occurred in New Orleans
and was able to say that the local situa-
ton had vastly improved ard t at there
were no present prospects of evil results
following The death OF the Gelpi child.
The public pulse here is vastly strong r,
and New Orleans is almost ready TO de-
clare that she has had scare for nothing
DR.. Oliphant and his staff have slept but
little in the past stventy-two hours and
have fairly honeycom bed the city for sus-
picious cases of fever, without result.
Deep interest has naturally been felt
here in the outcome of the examn alton
by DR.. Guiteras. who arrived at Ocean
Springs this morning. Under instruc-
tions from the superintendent of the
Louisville and Nashville DR.. Guiteras was
put off in the woods a couple OF miles from
Ocean Springs.
1t was not long thereafter before the
doctor ran up against the quarantine
trocha and the distin. uished visitor had
fully 10 establish his identity before he
was permitted TO run the line.
On his arrival at Ocean Springs, DR..
Guiteras went immed ately 10 WORK and
in person inves stigated a number OF cases
o. the prevalling sickness.
He found only two cases, it Is said, that
deserve the term doubtful or "su> pi-
cious,' and said he hoped to be able 10
wire the result of his examination to
Washington this evening.
In the meantime a correspondent wired
to the city that he had learned from a
source that could not be doubted that DR..
G"iteras was satisfied after his examina-
tion that no yellow lever had existed or
did exist in Ocean Springs.
The local physicians are not pre- pared
to say what an opinion of Dr. Guiteras,
counter to that EXPIRE ssed bv the four ex-
perts who declared the four cases they in
vestigated was yellow fever, would have.
thorough canvass of the wards of
Ocean Springs, completed late this even
ing, shows that there have been 74S cases
of the prevailing fever since July :. There
are now thirty seven still sick. The total
deaths have been nine. and in several in
stances physicians certificates show the
fever was complicated with other diseases.
There are believed 10 nave been only
two deaths due to yellow jack
At the suggestion OF DR.. Cant, every
house where thera has been sickness, or is
now, is being fumigated. DR.. Cant says
that whether the prevailing disease is
yellow fever or low malaria ii is certainly
contagious
Final arrangements to handle the Bill
oxi and Ocean Springs mai! were COM
pleted TO-DAY. The railroad managers
sent over a mail-carrier to-day and the
pouches will be taken by train both ways
after the hags have been fumigated.
After DR.. Guiteras has completed his
investigation quarantine detention sta
tion will be established. Those who are
u will hn dora a6 of II ~
they are considered worthy to De given
clean bills OF health, and will then be per
mitted to so to their homes.
There are sixty-fivs residents of New
Orleans who are tied up in Ocean Springs,
anxious to get away, and some fifteen
from other points.
Biloxi people are not absolutely con-
vinced that the lever there is yellow jack.
DR.. Harrolson has so pronounced the
cases, but when he has completed
his investigation at Ocean Springs,
DR.. Guiteras will be asked to visit
Biloxi and determine positively whether
DR.. Harrolson has correctly diagnosed the
disease.
Some $50 people were brought to New
Orleans by the morning trains from the
coast.
There we're very few passengers on the
evening trains, and both Passe Christian
aud Bay St Louis have been depopuated
so far as summer visitors are concerned.
All coast trains on the Louisville and
Nashville were discontinued to-day, and
through trains will do whatever local
business is necessary, while special
car is always at the disposal of
the officials who are enlisted in the
N .vement o stamp out the fever at Biloxi
and Ocean SPRINGS. The Louisville and
Nashville officials and State authorities
viii soon wipe out the plague.
Baton Rouge. the State capital, is the
latest town to declare quarantine.