The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-24
THE YELLOW FEVER
MORE NEW CASES AT MOBILE
AND NEW ORLEANS

Two Deaths at New Orleans, One Of Them
DR.. Observation-Disclosures Point to Many
More Cases I'm the Latter Gfty-The DIS.
ease I'm Mississippi Confined to Edwards
and the Gulf Coast-RemarkabieA bseDce
Of virulence In the Disease-Mall Service
Restored
Vicksburg, Miss, September 22.-The
state board of health wired the follow
ing message to Superintendent Terrell,
of the railway mail service, Atlanta,
this afternoon, in reply to his message
concerning mail from infected points:
Mail is properly fumigated at all in
fected points except at Edwards, and
will be received at all points in the
state of Mississippi. An exception was
made Of Edwards in order to have any
mail service at all Oh that line"
AT the request Of the Louisiana state
board, the Mississippi oar will send
DR.. Frank Males, a yellow fever ex-
pert, to investigate suspicious cases at
California, Tallulah n New Delphy,
La. He goes by special train.
Last night two guards nea Vicks-
burg halted three men coming in, who
at once fired on the guards. The lat
ter returned the fire, when a scream
from one of the assailants was heard.
The identity of the attacking party is
not known.
Headquarters of the state board Of
health were established at Jackson to-
day. DR.. Kiger went over this after
loon, but will return.
Washington, September PA mes
sage from DR.. Murray, in charge Of the
yellow fever work at Ocean Springs,
in a telegram to the surgeon general
from the marine hospital says that he
has just visited Biloxi, and hat up to
and including the goth, there had been
forty-two cases at that place and two
deaths. There were also several Unde-
cided cases there yesterday. He also
reported one doubtful case at Ocean
Springs and one certain case on a
schooner sent from Biloxi to the gulf
quarantine. He says he will arrange
for the protection of the fleet.
DR.. Murray also stated that the
camp at Ocean Springs has a great
number of who desire to go
to New Orleans and that DR.. Wasdin,
who was attacked by the fever a week
or ten days ago, has recovered and
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DR.. Geddings, wiring from Jackson,
Miss, says: w today believe the
fever in his state is confined to Ed
wards and the gulf coast" He says
there were twelve new cases at Ed
wards yesterday, ten being among the
whites and two among the colored
people. There have been siXty-eight
cases in Edwards and vicinity to date.
DR.. Kalloch reports from Cairo that
oil tho n fhoro a ra 6Ojnp we'll and
that the steamer Alpha, from which
the patients were taken, is being disin-
fected.
Mobile, Ala, September 22.-There
was a slight increase in the number Of
new cases of yellow fever during the
twenty-four hours ending at noon to-
day. but this was offset by the an
nouncement that there were no deaths
to report, that five of the patients were
discharged and that all patients were
doing we'll. There have been no deaths
here since Saturday and the total num-
Der of deaths is three. The total num-
Der Of cases is thirty-fOur. The new
cases are four in number. The absence
of virulent symptoms is regarded by
the physicians as most extraordinary.
Father Murray, whose illness was
announced today, came here from
Montgomery ten days ago. He cele-
.brated mass and preached at ST. Vim
cents last Sunday and took the fever
this afternoon. He is reported as doing
we'll.
New Orleans, September 22.-The Of
fetal record in the board of health
office tonight at 6 o'clock showed a to-
tai of twelve cases since 6 o'clock yes
terday evening and two deaths. The
new cases are for the most part widely
scattered and several Of them at least
do not seem to have the outcome of
local infection. 1t is apparent that the
microbes brought over in baggage from
Biloxi and Ocean Springs are still in
cubating and that many more cases of
fever are to be looked for.
One Of the deaths was DR.. Lowell.
His death had been expected for four
days. He contracted the disease while
attending a number of patients who
were suffering with the Ocean Springs
fever. He overworked himself and
when stricken his constitution had been
so much shattered hat the chances
were against his recovery.