The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
DR.. GUITERAS is DOUBTFUL.
FXIsTENCE OF YELLOW FEVER
QUESTIONED BY THE EXPERT.

QUESTIONED BY THE EXPERT.
lie Is said to Have Found Only Two
Cases at Ocean Springs That Might
he CInSscd as Suspicious-LOcnI
PHYSICIANS Say That of All the
cases That Have Occurred Only
Two of the Deaths Could he Posi-
lively Asserted to Re Caused by
yellow Fever-A Shot Gun Quaran-
tine Prevails.
New Orleans, Sept. 8.-When the board
Of health met tonight, DR.. Oliphant had
no additional cases to report to that body
Us having occurred in New Orleans, and
was able to say that the local situation
had vastly improved and that there were
no present prospects of evil results follow
ng the death of the Gelpi child. The public
nuse here is vastly stronger and New Or
leans is almost ready to declare that it
has had a scare for nothing. DR.. Oliphant
and his staff have slept but little in the
mast 76 hours and have fairly honeycombed
the city for suspicious cases of fever with
out result
Deep interest has naturally been felt
here in the outcome of the examination of
DR. Guiteras, who arrived at Ocean
Springs this morning. Under instructions
from the superintendent of the Louisville
and Nashville, DR.. Guiteras was put off
in the woods couple of miles from Ocean
Springs. 1t was not long thereafter be-
fore the doctor ran up against the quar-
antine trocha, and the distinguished vis-
ior had to fully establish his identity be-
fore he was permitted to run the line. On
his arrival in Ocean Springs, DIR. Guiteras
went Immediately to work, and in person
Investigated a number of cases of the pre-
yaiIing sickness. He found only two
cases, it is said, that deserved the term
doubtful or suspicious, and in answer to
an inquiry, he said he hoped to be able
to wire the result of his examination to
Washington this evening. In the mean
time a correspondent in that city wires
that he had learned from a source that
could not be doubted that DR.. Guiteras,
after his examination, had not been en-
trey convinced that any yellow fever has
existed or does exist in Ocean Springs.
The local physicians are not prepared
TO say what effect an opinion by Dr. Gui-
four experts, who declared that the cases
they Investigated were yellow fever, would
have
Although a canvass of the wards of
Ocean Springs, completed late this even
ing, shows that there have been 74S cases
Of the prevailing fever since July 8, and
there are now thirty-seven still SICK the
total deaths have been nine, and in sew
eral instances physicians say that the
first show of the fever was complicated
with other diseases. There are believed
TO have been only two deaths due to yell
low jack. At the suggestion of DR.. Cant
every house where there has been sick
ness, or there is now, is being fumigated.
Final arrangements to handle the Biloxi
and Ocean Springs mail were completed
to-day. The railroad managers sent over
mail crane to-day and the pouch will be
taken by trains both ways after the bags
nave been fumigated. After DR.. Cult
efas has completed his investigation,
quarantine detention station will be es-
laoshed Those who are not ill, will be
detained at the station until they are con-
saered worthy to be given clean bills of
health, and will then be peYnitted to go
10 their homes. There are sixty-five resi-
oehls OF New Orleans who are tied up Ia
ocean Springs anxious to get away and
some fifteen from other points.
lHeIe IS a law in Mississippi against the
VOCATION of quarantine laws. Usually in
s1noW iever epidemics, however, an un-
written law, enforced by the shotgun, OBJ
leius' and that is Jaw which is now in
'I5gt 8g about Ocean Spring and Biloxi.
hAoN people are not absolutely con-
r"ced that the fever there is yellow lack.
D a. Harralson has so pronounced the cas-
oa' oa' "hen he has completed his inves-
Hsd'loh at Ocan Springs. DR.. Guiteras will
e@<Aed TO visit Biloxi and determine posi-
|oE Whether or not DIR. Harralson has
ooIectly diagnozed the disease. What
effect --''N q Spi
Iais morning the three patients at Bi
n VA VA we're doing well, and it was thought
co E would recover. Their homes have been
a f'apeteiy isolated and thoroughly disin-
e Sone 70 people were brought to New Or
coo.4 .5 gy tS, the morning trains from the
81 tTs tT'I mere were very few passengers on
t evening trains and both Pass Chris
Jan and Bay st. Louis have been denonn-
cerned summer Vlsitors are con-
yoast trains on the Louisville and
trs1a rs91I'H4e We're discontinued and through
rea -''S VIII do whatever local business is
m s'tS' While a special is always at the
81 The "a "a oI ofhcials, who are enlisted in
fevor .',y'e ~, ement service to stamp out the
p i aI Biloxi and Ocean Springs.
lato,,on Rouge, the state capital. is the
Ness own to declare quarantine Bust
eynr1.'eh men, who had shipments to make by
e3r,a5 70 lhe state capital this evening.
81 To Ia, that orders had been issued not
IA and t, ue New Orleans trains stop there.
* mstrrt, express people had been further
n ted IN ~ - mat they would not be permit
1y,n,- tlss OH packages IS the train went
IA efials. f'as through Baton Rouge. Even tbe
# pubisl@u papers were tabooed and the
& not he , notified that their papers could
delivered al the capital,
FEVER IN MONTGOMERY,