The age-herald., 1897-09-09
GUlTERAS AT OCEAN SPRINGS.
Expresses Doubt About the DiSease-heW Dr.
 leans Free of Yellow Fever.

board of health met tonight Dr. Oli- phant had no additional cases to report to that body as having occurred in New Orleans, and was able to say that the local situation had vastly improved and that there was no present prospects or evil results following the death of the Gelpi child. Public confidence is rapid 7y being regained and New Orleans is ready to declare that it has had a scare for nothing. Dr. Oliphart and his staff have had very little sleep during the past sixty hours, and have fairly hon@y combed the streets for suspicious eases of fever without success.
 Deep interest has naturally been felt here in the outcoms of the examination of Dr. Guiteras, who arrived at Ocean Springs this morning. Under instruc- tions from the superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, Dr. Gufteras was put off in the woods a couple of miles from Ocean Springs. It was not long, thereafter before the doc tor ran up against the quarantine tro- cha and the distinguished visitor had to fully establish his identity before he was permitted to run the line. On his arrival in Ocean Springs, Dr. Guiteras went immediately to work and in per- son investigated number of cases of prevailing sickness He found only two cases, it is said, that deserve the term doubtful or suspicious, and in answer to an inquiry he said he hoped to be able to wire the result of his investig.a- Hion to Washington this evening.
 In the meantime, a correspondent wired to the city that he had learned from a source that could not be doubted that pr. Gulteras, after his examination, had not been entirely convinced, that any yellow fever has existed or docs exist in Ocean Springs. The local phy- Eicains are mot prepared to say what effed5 an opinion by pr. Guiteras, coun- der 10 that expressed by the four ex- perts. who declared the cases they in- yestlgated were yellow fever, would have. A thorough canvass of the wards of Ocean Springs, completed this eyenl- ing, shows there have been 74S cases of the prevailing fever since July 8. There are now 377 sick. The total deaths have been nine, and in several instances phy- Hfcfans' certificates how the fever was complicated with other diseases. There are believed to have been only two deaths from yellow jack.
 At the suggestion of Dr. Grant every house where there has been sickness or there is now, is being fumigal-ed.
 Final arrangements to handle the Bi- Qoxi and Ocean Springs mail were com- paeted today. The railroad managers sent over a mail crane today and the pouches will be taken by train bolh ways after the bags have been fumi- gated. AD-er Dr. GuiteraS has comp1et- ed his investigation a quarantine de- tention station will be established. Those who are not i'll will be detained at the Station until they are considered worthy to be gwen clean bills of heaph and will then be permitted to go to their homes. There are sixty-five residents of New Orleans who are tied up in Ocean springs, anxious to get away, and some fifteen from other poird.s
 fcs lnwx a.-A .a.H the violation of quarantine laws. Usu- ally in yellow fever epidemics, however an unwritten law enforced by the shot gun obtains and that is the law which is now in effect about Ocean Springs and Biloxi. Biloxi peopls are not abso- autely convinced that the fever there is yellow jack pr. Haralson has so pro nounced the cases, but when he has completed his investigation at Ocean Springs. Dr. Guiteras will bs asked to vlsh Biloxi and determine positively whether or not Dr. Haralson has cor rectly diagnosed the disease.
 Whatever the fever Is it had had a good effect, for on all hands residents are carrying into effect Mayor Towards recomm endation to put their homes in proper sanitary condition and to ab- stain from congregating anywhere in crowds.
 This morning the three patients at Biloxi were doing we'll and it was InOukIL they WOulQ recover, Their homes have been completely isolated and thoroughly disnfected Some 750 people were brought to New Orleans by the morning trains from the coast There were very few passengers on the evening trains and both Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis have been dspopulat- ed so far as summer visitors are con- cerned. All coast trains on the Louis- vile and Nashville are now discontinu- ed and through trains will do whatever local business is necessary, which is placed att the disposal of officials in charge of the measures of stamping out the fever at Ocean Springs and Biloxi.
 Baton Rouge has established a quar- atnine against New Orleans. Business men who had shipments to make by ex- press to the state capital this evening learned that orders had been issued not to let New Orleans trains stop there and ths express people had been further instructed that they would not be per mitted to toss off packages as the train went flying through Baton Rouge and the afternoon papers were tabooed and the publishers notified that their papsrs could not be delivered at the capital.
 Eutaw Quarantines.
 Special to the Age Herald.
 Eutaw, Sept. S.-The city of Eutaw today quarantined against the follow ing places on account of reports of vel low fever against passengers from New Orleans, Mobile, Ocean Springs, Ed wards. Biloxi and all other infected places now or that may hereafter be- come infected
 Wouldn't Let Them In.
 MT. James B. Mackie and his company of players had an off day yesterday and were domiciled at the Florence where they will remain until after tonight's performance. The company was billed for Greenville last night but having re- ceived information by wire that they would not be allowed to come there, made a jump to Birmingham. Mr. Macldie has clean bill of health for his sompany properly signed by the health authorities at Pensacola.
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