The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-28
THE REFUGEES
from Yellow Fever District Must Remain
In the North-Mississippi Board of Health
ADVISE Them Not to Return at Present.


advise Them Not to Return at Present.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 25.-The state
board OF health Friday night issued the
following official bulletin:
The board is daily receiving re.
quests from parties from the
north for permission to return
to their homes, and has de.
clded not to allow them to do so for the
present. After the board is certain
that the fever is confined to Edwards
and Immediate vicinity quarantine
will probably be raised on railroads
not connected with any infected point.
A special train left Vicksburg FRIDAY
evening for the vicinity of Edwards
with four colored female nurses and
such supplies as were needed. Efforts
are being made to obtain white female
nurses and it is likely some may be Sc
cured Saturday.
DIR. Guiteras is at Vicksburg and
leaves for Delhi in north Louisiana
Saturday.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 25.-At Ocean
Springs there are IL old cases of fever
under treatment and one new case re-
ROA W. ANe1y. 4NO OCdUIlS.
Scranton, Miss, reports three new
cases Friday, with no deaths there or
in East Pascagoula.
At Biloxi, Miss, Mayor H. l.. How
ard was taken down Friday with the
fever. He is overworked, having de-
voted his energies to fighting fever;
Acting Mayor Swetman is also sick.
Reports from the sick are all favorable.
The board of health reports: Yellow
fever eases to date, IS; under treat.
ment. AZ; total deaths to date, 4; new
cases Friday Is.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 25.-The board
of health of the state of Louisiana gave
out officially the following status of af-
fairs in New Orleans as regards the
yellow fever
During the "a hours ending Friday,
September "A, at six p. IN. there were:
Total cases of yellow fever, 10; total
deaths. q; total cases Of yellow fever to
date, 90; total deaths from yellow fever
to date, Is.
The following is the official report
from Edwards since p. IN. Thursday
night:
New Cases-Whites-Mrs. Ella Goode,
Leroy Ratcliff, Miss Marie Lewis, A. J..
Lewis, ST., Miss Willie Ross, Mrs r. f.
Birdsong, R. w. Elliott, Mrs. R. w. FL
lott, E. X. Hoblin, Mrs. It. p. Martin,
j. B. Howie's child, Mrs. e. A. Walton,
ST., Kathleen Lowrey, Mrs. J. +. Gallo
way, Mrs. z. H. Montgomery. f. l..
Powling. Miss Sallie Donovan, Miss
Winnie Donovan and Miss Bette Wag-
oner.
Colored-A. J. Jones, Mary Jones,
Nancy Smith. Henry Gray, Carrie Ste
vens, James Buchanan, Mary Brown,
Sallie Jenkins, Ella Scott, Bessie Henry.
Total number of cases for the day, 80;
total cases to date, 1870; deaths Friday,
none; total deaths to date, a.
COnvalescent, A; now unGcr treat
ment, So.
Frank Rossman had black vomit all
Thursday night and Friday was not
expected to live.
No cases were reported discharged
Friday. Cases under treatment having
physicians, having but four. Their
energies are sorely taxed.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 25.-The yellow
fever bulletin Friday says, Al cases,
deaths, 10 discharged and IL under
treatment. With one or two excep-
tions the sick are doing we'll.
DR.. George A. Kctchum, president of
the board of health, remarks that the
sick of the fever are all jewellers in one
story hOuses-thatist to say, sleep on the
ground floor. He infcrs that the poison
moves along the ground and prefera-
bly, attacks those closest in reach.