The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-06
Yellow Jack Still Reigus.
NEW ORLEANS SUFFERS
MOST FROM STAGEA-
TON.
a Killing Quarant,ne pa4ai;zes
Business ghsow1ng Thousands
Out Of Work

New Orleans, Sept 2s-The yel
low fever situation here continues
ezasperatingly the same 4 daily
average of Is to 20 cases and :wo
deaths has kept rp Bat while there
is no sign of an epidemical visitation,
tue slow progress 0! ;he disease puts
obstacles daily ia the way of the
merchant public. who are anxious to
again resume trade with tie surround
ing country The record to day was
not unlike that of many other days,
in that It showed death through
sheer neglect cf the patient Twenty
one cases Up to date have resulted
fatally. The facts are incontrovertiole
that at ieas: half died through neglect
or lack of attention
Business is showing feeble signs of
revival and the railroads are putting
forward superbuman efforts to secure
a modification of the quarantine re.
gulations
DR.. Oiiphant's trip up the road to.
morrow at the invitation Of the South
ern Pacific company, with view to
securing a modification Of existing
quarantine will settle one way Or
another whether or not trade is to
stagnate for several weeks longer or
whether It is partially to be resumed
at once The trip will also settle the
question of whether or not New Or
leans will raise the bar against Gal
weston ard other Texas points In
the meantime the Crescent City finds
itself incapable of shipping pound
of freight to the Lone Star State.
The result Of this. of course, is the
throwing out Of employment of thou
sands of people here The railroads
and manufactures, the big wholesale
and retail stores, have all dispensed
with the service of many Of their
employees until business agaia picks
up
Now that the force OF the sense
less shotgun quarantine is being felt
the theatres more shan ever are a
thermometer of the injury that is be-
ing done the city The hotels have
done away with extra help, and have
cut off many of their hands and ev.
cry man. woman and child is living
with rigid economy. The condition
Of affairs is Que entirely to sne strict
shotgun quarantlpes that have been
established in the country when there
is no possible chance of an epidemic
here 1t is probable that some 100,
900 people have left town. but there
are still here not fewer than 275 600
and even those who were frightened
a fortnight ago, have come to realize
:ha, there is no possible chance for
an epidemic IN September, 1878,
there were between 50 and 80 people
dying Of yellow fever daily. The
daily average since beginning of the
fever here is hardly one
Mobile, Sept 2s-The noon re-
port of the board of health to day
showed the effect Of the excessive
hot weather OF The past six days upon
the populace. The number Of new
cases recorded for the past q hours
was 10, all of the new patients hav-
ing been taken i'll from the 23d to the
26th.
Dallas. Tex, Sept. 2s.-The yel-
low fever frigh. has struck the State
in earnest Nearly all the trains il,
eastern. central and southern Texas
have declared shotgun quarantine
against Houston In Brazos county
County Health Officer Tabor has
given orders to the effect that every
road entering the county will be
closely guarded and every suspicious
rumor run down No passenge!
:rains Will s:op il the county ;"re
after and ;hese will fer She present
be 20 papers or other mail receiyed
PTactica! jo;;eTs are warned against
trying to scare the public
At Daiias no passengers from
Houston will be permitted to stop
although there has been 20 embarg.
on freight and mai as Vet TIE
Houston and Texas tad has
practically abandoned It's train ser
vice out Of Houston only ouc train q
day running. he Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad is running trains
through Houston to Galyestk, cars