The herald., 1897-09-16
A PANIC
STRIKES
JACKSON
From the Spread of Yellow
Fever
SEVEN CASES CERTAIN
And an Unc0unted Number
of Suspects
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE LAW
PUT INTO EFFECT IN MANY
SMALL TOWNS
Not Passenger by Boat or Train
Will Be Allowed to Land in the
State of Mississippi
Not a Passenger by Boat or Train
Will Be Allowed to Land in the
State of Mississippi

Associated Press Special Wire.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 15.-All the
fears Of the citizens of Jackson in regard
to the sickness prevailing at Edwards
have been realized. DR.. Guiteras, the
expert, has confirmed seven cases Of yel-
low fever and says there are many sus-
poets.
First the cases were reported as ma
laria fever, then after time they be-
came dengue fever Another wait and
they were pronounced suspicious and
finally declared to be the genuine Yel-
low Jack. During ali this time the dis
ease has been spreading rapidly at the
rate of five or six new cases daily, until
there are now forty cases in existence at
Edwards.
The evolution of the disease from ma
laria to yellow fever was such that the
people now regard dengue as simply a
more convenient term than yellow fever.
DIR. Guiteras arrived at Edwards on
special train at o'clock this morning and
proceeded at once to work. After he
made his diagnosis Of the suspected
cases, confirming DR.. Purnell. the board
instructed Dr. Purnell to place cor
don of guards around Edwards at once.
Report says that the disease has also
appeared at Clinton and Smiths, towns
near Edwards. The state board has or
dered the discontinuance of trains on
the Woodville, Miss, branch Of the
NJ
The following order was promulgated
today by the state board of health:
VICKSBURG, Miss, Sept. 15.-To all
Citizens of the State of Mississippi
Railroad Officials and other Transporta-
ton Lines and all Newspapers: On ac-
count of yellow fever at several places
along the coast in the state and several
cases of yellow fever at Edwards. Miss.
and reported suspicious cases at various
points throughout the state, until furth-
err orders by this board no persons will
be allowed to get off trains or boats at
any station or point in the state of Miss
issippi and no freight baggage mail or
express is to be handled by the railroads
or other transportation companies from
infected places. No trains will be al
lowed to stop at infected places. Any
person from non-infected communities
whose destination is beyond the state of
Mississippi will be allowed to board
trains at all places not infected with
yellow fever. Train crews running to
or from places that are not infected by
yellow fever will be allowed to get off
at the terminus.
(SigneO j. F. HUNTER, M. D.
w. j. KIGER. M. D.
Mississippi State Board Of Health
It Is stated that an expert has been
ordered to proceed to Natayuma, Miss
to investigate the case Of Malcolm
Cameron, who came from Edwards, and
to completely isolate the case.
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE
Yazoo City, Miss, has isued orders for
a shotgun quarantine to be enforced.
No trains are allowed to stop except to
exchange mails at the quarantine sta
tons No passengers are allowed to leave
the trains at all, and all the mail and ex
press must be fumigated.
Guards armed to the teeth are placed
all along the county byways, but in spite
of these rigid rules several have man
aged to get in, some even coming from
infected districts. Two drummers, who
came Monday, were taken yesterday and
put in quarantine.
A panic has prevailed in Jackson all
day. Everybody has left who could do
so. The busines houses have closed and
the newspapers have suspended publica-
tion and closed their offices.
Jackson has population of 10000 and
two-thirds Of these have deserted the
city
ABAD MESSAGE
At p. m. Mayor Wharton received tn
following from DR.. Hunter at Vicksburg:
II have bad message for you. Drs.
Guiteras and Purnell agree that there
are several cases of genuine yellow fever
at Edwards and many suspicious cases
Captain Montgomery's condition is
about the same.
"The board of health recommends that
you get all the people who want to go out
of the town on the trains today
1.-THE Alabama and Vicksburg road will
not stop trains at any infected point and
will not allow any passengers to get off
their trains in the state of Mississippi.
We have extra orders on train No 2 this
evening"
Upon receipt of this information Mayor
Wharton posted a bulletin recommend
ing that all persons leave the city al
once who desired to go at ALL
STRINGENT MEASURES
The city officials then issued the fol-
lowing:
To the public: The four cases OF fever
prevailing at Edwards have been off,
cially diagnosed asyellow fever and have