Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-23
ST. LOUIS SCARED.
The Mound City Gets Excited Over
a Suspicious Case.
DOUBT WHETHER IT IS YELLOW JACK
clans Begin TO Question the Diagnoses
The Situation vt New Orleans,
Cairo and Edwards.

ST. LOUIS Sept. 22-This city had
yellow fever scare yesterday, but there
seems TO have been but little founda-
ton for it, according to Health Com
missioner Starkloff, who made an ex-
animation Of the suspected case and
declared that it showed not single
symptom of the dread disease that is
raging in the south. The suspect is
William Tript, 30 years Of age, who
reached the Marine hospital Monday
night. He had high fever and said
he came from the government dredge
boat Alpha. engaged in revetment
work near East Cairo, KY In regard
to the case, DR.. Starkloff said: ~ have
made thorough examination of Tript
with Drs. Jordan and Decker. The
analysis presented to me makes the
case look like one of ordinary inter-
mittent fever. II it is yellow fever, it
is of very mild type"
Two hundred clerks, with their fami-
lies, employed in the general offices of
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. at Mo
bile, Ala, arrived here last night, tenn
porary headquarters of the road
having been established in this city
until after the yellow fever has died
out in the south. DR.. Starklof was
asked what would be the effect of so
many people from the midst of the fe-
yer stricken district coming into this
city. lie said he had no fear that they
would spread the plague and declared
that it was too cold here for the dis
ease.
DOUBT WHETHER IT IS YELLOW JACK.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 29.-There was
only one new yellow fever case report
ed yesterday, a child named Willie
Goodloe, living in the infected district.
One case was discharged. All the
cases under treatment are progressing
favorably. There have been but three
DEATHS and none since Saturday. The
old physicians are beginning to shake
their heads and declare that this is the
most curious manifestation of yellow
fever ever seen in the SOUTH So many
Of the reported cases have failed to
further develop their yellow fever
characteristics that not few doctors
seem disposed to doubt the correctness
of the diagnoses, and one of the most
experienced of the doctors has been
heard to say that he would not report
any more cases as suspicious. He
would wait until the symptoms became
unmistakable.
IMPROVING AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 22-There were
nine cases of yellow fever reported to
the board Of health yesterday after
noon at six o'clock, when the days
work of the physicians ended. There
were. however, no deaths recorded,
and the doctors all agreed that the
situation was steadily improving. The
fever at present, instead of developing
into a malignant type, is as mild. if it
is not milder, than when it first APP
peared here, as witness ~ cases in two
days without single death Last
night the inspectors of the board of
health reported that most of the cases
that had come under their observation
were progressing most favorably.
There are only two eases which give
the attending physicians any reason
for alarm
MORE CASES AT CAIRO.
CAIRO, H., Sept. 22.-Dr Guiteras
has diagnosed two more cases of ILL.,
ness here as yellow fever-John Mil
Ter, at st. Mary's infirmary, and NJ.
Stevenson, on the dredge boat Alpha,
at East Cairo, Ky. Local physicians
claim the eases are only swamp fever,
and the people refuse to believe that
yellow fever is here.
SIXTEEN NEW CASES AT EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Miss, Sept. 22,-Sixteen
new cases of yellow fever We're report
ed up to eight o'clock last night, MAX
ing a total of II cases to date There
has been one death--that of Col. R. b.
Robb, who died yesterday morning
five miles in the country. lie was So