The herald., 1897-09-14
THE TOWNS ALONG THE RIVER
RAPIDLY ASSUMING A STATE OF
PANIC
New Orleans Health officers Are Still
Hopeful, But the Situation Is
Steadily Growing Worse
Press Special Wire.

board Of health late this afternoon. 1t is
probable that another case will be added
to the list. exhausting the suspicious
cases now under investigation. The
ninth case is Edward McGinty, young
man living Immediately opposite resi-
dence up town where child died from
the fever that had been prevailing at
Ocean Springs McGinty had been a Wis
itor to the family during their residence
on the Mississippi coast and since their
return to the city has been a constant
visitor.
1t is therefore believed that McGinty
child.
Members of the board of health have
been in, close attendance upon the case
and completed their diagnosis this after
noon. AS soon as they had done so, the
board Of health took charge of the prem
ises, quarantined the inmates, made
liberal applications of disinfectants in
the neighborhood and took all necessary
steps to prevent a spread of the disease.
This Is the first case reported up town,
all other cases being in the lower section
and in this instance, as in all Others the
origin of the case has been traced to
Ocean Springs.
The suspicious case referred to above
is that of physician who has been in
attendance upon some of the patients at
Ocean Springs.
The announcement of one more case
and probably another has made 10
change in the state Of the public mind.
There is still an absence of excitement
and while there are occasional depart
ures from the city, there has been no
general exodus.
The board of health anticipates there
will be other sporadic cases, owing to
the number of people who managed to
reach New Orleans before the quaran-
tine against Ocean Springs went into
effect, but there is no lack Of confidence
on the part of the board in their ability
to restrict each sporadic case.
Additional doctors of experience are
being added to the staff Of the board of
health in order that attention may be
given to each residence in which cases of
fever have appeared.
Entering injected houses, the sanitary
officers and physicians wear especially
prepared suits of clothes. These are
thoroughly dipipfected and are worn
over the other garments, The suits
reach from neck to heel and are COM
plete covering.
Helena, Ark, has set pace whitehall
al To
the board of health of that city decided
that no boat from south OF Vicksburg
should be allowed to land at that port
or any point within the quarantine limit
of five miles from the corporate limits
of the city. Monroe, which up to yester-
day held aloof in spite of threats and re-
fused to quarantine New Orleans, felt
compelled today, on receipt of informa-
ton that there we're several cases of
yellow fever in New Orleans, TO declare
a rigid quarantine against this city.
Atlanta promises to be the refuge Of
all people living in New Orleans and
along the coast who desire to get away
Of the cities Of the south in danger OF
infection, Atlanta is the only one that
has refused to quarantine and that has
invited all refugees within her gates.
The announcement at Biloxi today
that a special train over the Louisville
and Nashville will go to Atlanta tomor-
row morning has been received with de-
light by many coast visitors and prob
ably a large number on the coast will
take advantage of the opportunity to get
out of the infected region.
Superintendent Dunn and Special
TaolJo of the Tlljpofo Copfro1 NJ
Hunter and Quinn, who left here on a
special train last week, went on fruit
less mission. If yellow fever had not
yet been declared to exist their personal
visit to Mississippi towns between New
Orleans and Memphis would have been
attended with good results but yester-
days bulletin of the board of health has
undone all the work they had accom-
plished, and every town in Mississippi
big enough to have an alderman or a
health officer has declared non-inter-
course with the Crescent City.
DR.. Garter of the marine hospital SER
vice returned to Ocean Springs today
from Barkley, and reports serious con-
dition there. Barkley is a little post
office seven miles northeast of the deten-
ton camp There have been four deaths
there in ten days, the last occurring on
Saturday night, and other deaths are
momentarily expected. The fever was
imported from Ocean Springs. The town
has been completely isolated and guards
placed around it.
ALMOST A PANIC
JACKSON. Miss, Sept. 13.-Excite-
ment IL at fever heat in this city today
over the yellow fever scare caused AL
most entirely by the presence of thirty
cases Of dengue fever at Edwards, rs
miles west Of here. Many are fleeing to
the surrounding country. The wagon
and railroads leading into town are be-
ing closely guarded. All public gather
ings are prohibited
OFFICIAL REPORTS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-Ofiicial dis
patches to the surgeon general make the
situation serious. DR.. Guiteras. the gov
ernment expert, reported a case of yell
low fever at the city hospital at Mobile,
Ala, also suspected case, and added
that he apprehended, a serious outbreak.
At the same time Surgeon General Car
ter telegraphed from Ocean Springs
that four cases of yellow fever existed at
Barkley, that there had been eight
cases known to be yellow fever. ana that
two exposed physicians were at Van
Cieve and Scranton, practically under