Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-09-22
THE FEVER SPREADS.
New Cases Continue to Appear In
Louisiana-TWO Stricken at
Cairo i'll.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 20.-Up to
$50 a. N. there was q quiet feeling i'll
the office of the local board of health.
No deaths had been reported and there
were no new cases, although several are
under investigation. A considerable fall
was noted in the temperature this morn
ing, and though the cooler weather is
not entirely hopeful to the sick, it en-
cOurageS the physicians to believe the
fever will spread less rapidly. All pa
tionts heard from except one or two were
doing well this morning. The Illinois
Central discontinued two trains on its
valley and two on its main line. Quar-
antine regulations have caused their
withdrawal. Very few trains are run
ming any of the roads. and there IS
consequent slowness in the delivery of
the mails. Many towns continue to re-
fuse to receive New Orleans paper. far
ing infection. The charity hospital has
offered to send free physicians and med
icines TO the INDECENT who are attacked
with fever The authorizes do not care
to receive yellow fever patients III the
charity hospital.
DIR. Joseph Holt. eX-president of the
board of health has reported nine cases
of yellow fever in his practice. He says
they were all stricken violently, but were
much relieved by prompt medical atten-
ton
Meridian Miss. Sept. 2O--At meet
ing of the cotton exchange this morning
Il resolution was adopted accepting the
olive branch extended by Nicksburg look
ing to the restora ton of traffic on the Ala
bama Il NickSburg railway. The board
f health was requested TO open negotia-
ions with General Manager Harvey at
Cincinnati to run Il train for mails and
freight from Meridian TO Forest and
Brandon and return every day. no pas
sengerS TO be carried. Meridian continues
free from suspicious cases. Some of the
refugees have gotten over their fright and
have returned. Business improved today
on account of confidence in quarantine.
Edwards, Miss, Sept. 20.-Ncw cases
since the last report: DIR. Wallace
Champion. John Guy. Frank Angelo,
Mrs. K. NJ. Perry, Mrs. Frank White;
Jesse Sharp (colored; Mary Leonard
(coloredD: Cynda Garrett (colored); Louis
Thompson (cOlored). Total number yell
low fever cases registered. D.
Jackson. Miss, Sept. 20.-The Ala
bama x Yicksburg railway being unable
To run trains today, laid off all their en-
ployes 1T this point. with the exception
of agents and telegraph operators.
Vicksburg, Miss. Sept 20-The wealth
er is cool and bracing, the town healthy
and rigidly quarantined. The state
board has ordered tropical trult excluded
from the state. also newspapers unless
fumigated. DIR. Hunter left for Jackson on
special train this morning TO bring out
tents for the Edwards refuge camp.
State board is advised that citizens near
Osyka. Miss. We're demanding release Of
persons III quarantine at state line.
Springfield ILL.,. Sept. 2O.-Dr. Egan.
secretary of the Illinois state board of
health. in charge of yellow fever inspec-
ton ut Cairo. H.. wired today from
Cairo establishing general quarantine
against Louisiana. Ala bama and MiSsis-
Sippi. both passengers and trainmen be-
ing prohibited from leaving cars eli route
north. DIR. Egan states that danger eX-
lists at Cairo from future development of
disease owing to the large numb-r Of
refugees already arrived there. Yellow
fever in mild form was officially de-
clared to exist at the United States ma
rine hospital here yesterday The two
men afflicted are Mike Ryan and Z. j.
Reynolds The former has been en-
plOyed on the dredge boat Alpha at East
Cairo. just across the river. for several
weeks. and came over five days ago to
enter the hospital. The latter has been
at work on another government dredge
boat at Point Pleasant. eighty miles be-
low here. going there with the boat from
St Louis. He came here about week
ago.
Three more cases are announced in
New Orleans this afternoon. making thir-
teen reported today.