The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
SPREADING OF
THE PLAGUE.
More Cases of Fever Reported in
the Infected Districts.
THE MAIL SERVICE DISTURBED.
TROOPS ASKED FOR AT .VARI-
GUS POINTS TO REBEL THE IN
VASlON OF PERSONS TAKING
REFUGE FROM THE INROADS OF
THE MALADY-ESTABL
OF NEW CAMPS; OF DETENTION.


fever record for to day is; New Orleans,
new cases, 10; total cases. 50. Mobile,
Snew cases, 9; total cases, 80. Edwards,
new cases, o; total cases, IS; deaths, /;
others very critical. Biloxi, new cases,
4; total cases, 49,
The Louisiana board of health has
asked Governor Foster for $25, COO for the
erection and support OF n detention camp
at Oakland Park, New Orleans. There
is no fund available for this purpose, but
the governor will probably give the
money, counting on the ratification of
his action by the legislature. The bosrd
is bring put to heavy expense, as it is
employing several hundred inspectors
daily and supporting large number OF
the persons in quarantine, both at the
Rigoet's detention station and in New
Orleans.
In case of the discovery of Il case of yell
low fever in a house all the persons in
the building are Guaranteed and not
allowed to leave it. AS many of them
are poor the board of health has agreed
to feed all needy people thus detained
from work All baggage from New Or
leans is now disinfected, and has to be
sent TO the depot five hours in advance of
the departure of the train in order to be
thoroughly treated.
put oil no passengers this side of At
lauta. The Queen and Crescent route is
shut up until after Chattanooga is
passed, and the Southern Pacific, Texas
Pacific, and Mississippi and Yazoo Valley
roads have abandoned all passenger bus
mess from New Orleans. No persons
from New Orleans are allowed to land from
any train nearer than $50 miles out.
The train inspection service under the
control of DR.. Carter, of the United
State Marine Hospital Service, is rapidly
ginning ground. Memphis accepts the
United States Hospital Service regula-
tions In regard to freight uncondition-
ally Three United States inspectors have
been placed on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley road and five on the illinois Cen
tral. The distinction of freight is now
being done on n large scale.
The quarantine il playing havoc with
the mail service from Atlanta South.
The Texas and Mexico mail for the North
and East, which formerly went through
New Orleans ann Montgomery, now goes
via Memphis and Nashville, while the
Pacific coast mail for the South, instead
of going direct to New Orleans, is now
sent there via Cincinnati. The result is
that the mail is from one to six days late.
and in some places shut out altogether.
Nntchez, Miss, is laying in provisions
in large quantities preparatory to shut
ting out all trains and steamboats,.
Port Gibson has refused the proposition
from the New Orleans commercial eX-
changes and United States Marine Hos
pital Service to allow New Orleans
freight to enter that town. On the other
hand, Forest, Miss, which recently quar-
antined against the world, has removed
all restrictions. Meridian has withdrawn
all it's objections to the Alabama and
Vicksburg railroad. which is now run
ming regularly.
The detention camp at Fontainbleau is
filling up rapidly. The majority of the
refugees to date are women and children.
The disinfecting and fumigating apparn-
tus reached there to day with three cars
of food from Mobile. The United States
Marine Hospital Service and the Mssis-
sippi State board of health have selected
the site for n detention camp, two miles
south of Edwards, and the work of erect.
ing the necessary buildings is progress
ing rapidly.
Governor Mc(.aurin, of Mississippi has
received another appeal for troops De-
cause of Quaranti ne troubles. Some pas
sengers from New Orleans destined for
Osyka, Miss were detained in quaran-
tine. The Osyka people ordered, their re-
lease or threatened to break through the
quarantine lines The other towns cp-
posed this and called for troops to resist
the invasion. The governor declares that
he cannot employ militia to quell these
uetty quarantine troubles.