The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
SPREADING THE FEVER
REFUGEES TAKE II TO ATLANTA
AND CINCINNATI

Fiftv-rw, New Cases and Eleven Deaths in
Nsw Orleans Yesterday-Four New Cases
and One Death in MOntgomery-No Fear
of the disease Spreading at Atlanta-Ahe
Increas. Of the Disesse at New Orieai q
Due to fvading CITY Quarantine Rules
e Atlanta Ca, October 25.-Dr. Alex
ander, president of the board of health,
issues the following bulletin tonight for
the Associated Press:
ITO satisfy inquiries which have
been made of me from many quarters
today, / wish to say officially that there
is but one case Of fever in Atlanta.
that Of the refugee, Conner, from Mont
gomery, who is improving. Absolutely
no fears of a spread is felt here. Fifty
years experience as a practicing physi-
clan have taught me there is no dan
ger of its spreading"
Montgomery, Ala, October 1.-The
board Of health officially reports four
cases today. Variously reported 5s.
There was one death today, after the
official report was made.
The temperature was low last night
n the frost vas reported in the low
ahd III tLV u W III
moisture in the air frost could be safe
1y counted on tonight.
Cincinnati, October pa well defn-
ed, but very mild case of yellow fever
arrived in Cincinnati today from Mo-
bile, Ala 1t was that of August Will
kie, who was found in the house of
Mrs. Jane NJ. Moreland, on Champlain
street, Lickrun, which is in the * treme
western part of the city. Health Officer
Withrow removed the patient to the
pest house., which is now unOccupied
and caused Mrs. Moreland's premises
to be fumigated and disinfected. The
faver in this case is in a very mild
form.
New Orleans. October 25.-Numeri-
cally, this has been the worst day yet
of the fever situation here. AS early as
z o'clock this evening the board of
health showed a total of fifty-two new
cases and there a been deaths to the
number OF eleven. Heretofore the high
est number of deaths in a single day
has been nine. Unfortunately, there
continues to be cOncealment of cases
here, fatalities occur because medi-
cal attention is not called in, and the
masses for the time being are in a
revolutionary mood because of the en-
fOrcement Of the system Of house quar-
antine, and are resOrting to every
means in their power to put obstacles
III the way Oh the constituted dut1OIl-
ties. 1t is generally agreed here that
the house quarantine is not accom-
plishing the results expected. When
the fever first broke out efficient
guards were placed about buildings in
the hope that the foci might be re-
stricted. but today there is no quarter
of the city that has not been reported
and the germs are being spread, as
has been shown heretofore in these
dispatches, by reason Of the fact h a
inmates of infected houses have been
successful, by means of rear exits, in
eluding the vigilance of the guards
stationed in front of the premises by
the authorities. President Olliphant
and other officers of the board of health
were very much disappointed this even
ing at the mortality showing Of the
days record, but they said at least
some of the fatalities were to be trac-
ed to an ~indisposition On the part of
many people to let it be known that
serious cases of fever existed.
Jackson, Miss, October 25.-The state
board Of health in it's official state
ment tonight chronicles eight new
cases of yellow fever and n death.