Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

Ahat the suspicious" Sickness Is Not the
Scourge-Expert Guiteras Sends q Report
to Washington Confirming the Diagnosi,
Terror Appears in Another Town in
Mississippi.
Biloxi. Miss. Sept. 10-Three cases o.
yellow fever confirmed by the expert:
yesterday are in the Bosarge family
and are traceable to the use Of water
in this place which has been the source
or sickness for years to every family
living i'll the house. DIR. Bolton, who
was treating the Bosarge family up to
Monday last, is now sick himself, Lut
his family does not admit he has the
yellow fever. He has. however, a very
high stage CT fever. His physician, Er.
Bohne. is also on the sick list There
are now in all about ten cases Of ad-
mitted yellow fever, but so far no
deaths. All of the sick are doing well
and no serious results are feared. Dr.
L. Z. Lebo. a prominent physician of
this city. reports a case of black yon,t,
but the patient is doing fairly well.
DIR. J. r. Tackett informs the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent that he has
In his practice eight cases of genuine
yellow fever scattered all over the city
At the close of this report there are still
no deaths ard none imminent.
Suspicious sickness at New Orleans.
New Orleans. Sept. 1O.-The board of
health last night announced that there
are twelve suspicious cases in one block
down town. Under ordinary circum-
stances these cases would not have even
been deemed suspicious. but two weeks
ago refugee from Ocean Springs died
In that vicinity and since then the fever
has spread there. None of the patients
nave died, nor are any seriously i'll
The board of experts has been studying
the cases several days, but has not been
able to reach a definite conclusion ard
1t was finally decided to report the
cases as suspicious, in accordance with
the boards pledge to keep the pubic
fully in its confidence. The board Ct
health has placed guards about the
square and ordered a sanitary inspec-
ton for five squares around
Twelve Gases in One Square,
These twelve cases are on one square.
in a row of six small houses. In one of
these houses young lady from Ocean
Springs. who was visiting a family
here. died. Her remains were sent to
Ocean Springs for interment The at
tending physician had no suspicion that
she died of yellow fever. DIR. H. S. Gull
ley, Aississ.ppi's state health officer.
has ordered the gulf and Ship Island
railroad. running from Hattiesburg to
Gulf Port. closed to traffic of any kind
Until further notice to prevent the
spread of the fever from the infected
Towns 70 S,fa
Nothing of moment has developed at
Mobile. Quarantine has been declared
there against Perkinston and Barclay.
Jackson county. Miss. The decision Of
DR.. Guiteras has set at rest all doubt
that yellow fever exists at Ocean
Springs.
Dread Disease Doesn't Stay Isolated
But the people there find some con-
ISOLATION in the fact that peculiar con-
citizens surround the death of Sheray
Seymour. who was officially declared
yesterday to have succumbed to yellow
fever. He was in bad health before he
was stricken, was dissipated and Tn
necessarily exposed himself He was
first treated with primitive methods Ivy
his family: no physician was called for
four days, and when he showed tempor-
airy recovery he over-ate himself and
died. DR.. Guiteras. DR.. Murray and all
who participated in the autopsy de-
clared. however that there was no uues-
ton that the man had died of yellow
hver. One of DIR. Guiteras' doubtful
patients. a child, died yesterday. In
Dr. GuiteiaS opinion the prevailing
fever is not yellow fever, but there axe
isolated cases of that dread disease
Fever lnyasleS Anofher Tovu