The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-12
shotgun Quarantines Established and
No One from the Crescent City Per-
mitted to Get on Cars.
SUFFERING WILL RESULT
FOR THE TRAINS ARE NOT EVEN AL
LOWED TO DELIVER GOODS.
No New Suspicious Cases in New Or
leans, but the City to BE Thorough
Iy Dfsinfected at Once.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 11.-New Orleans
is To be treated to the most thorough clean
ing she has had in many moons. During
the day Mayor Flower and President Oil
plant met the heads of the various depart
merits of the city in conference at which
majority of the Council was present. The
conference resulted in the instant appro-
priation of $4,000 with which TO begin the
work, with the understanding that any. por-
ton Of $4,000 necessary to conclude it
would be forthcoming when required. A
large force of men will be put at once to
work and New Orleans will be treated to
first-class bath. This afternoon Mayor
Flower issued a proclamation to the people
calling for a general cleaning up about
their homes and a liberal use of bichloride
of lime.
The health situation of New Orleans has
steadily improved to-day. The board of ex
perts issued a bulletin concerning the st.
CIaude-street patients, and declared that of
the twelve cases only one might be con-
sdered suspicious, and the other cases have
so much improved as to warrant no appre-
hension that any of them will result fatally.
The exceptional case, it is hoped, win be
out of danger tomorrow or next day. The
exercised. The Board of Health reiterated
this evening that there was not a serious
case in the city, and there has thus far
been but one case of yellow fever in New
Orleans this summer. The best evidence
that confidence has been restored lies in
the fact that the matinees of the theaters
to-day were crowded, and that half dozen
bands have at different times appeared on
the streets in the past twelve hours.
Although there has been a vast improve
nent locally country towns continue to
issue quarantine edicts, and some of the
towns are being forced to declare quaran-
tire under threats of other cities. Monroe,
for instance one of the largest towns in
the State, docs not desire to stop commune
cation with New Orleans, but she was told
to-day that if she did not quarantine New
Orleans, Shreveport and Vicksburg would
quarantine her.
The Illinois Central issued a bulletin to-
day that no through passengers on north
bound trains on that road would be allowed
to pass through Mississippi unless they
possessed clean bills of nealth. Nothing
has been reported this afternoon of
alarming character from the coast. A few
new cases OF fever have been discovered,
rapidiJy usual in yellow fever epidemicS.
At jackson, Miss, the mayor and Council
declined to raise the quarantine against
New Orleans for the present, but among
the people there confidence is about re-
stored. Vicksburg, Miss, is quarantined
against New Orleans and every point at all
doubtful, and is cleaning up as fast as
possible. Steamboats, are not permitted 10
land at Natchez, Miss, or Nidalia, La,
the former place having the local militia
on guard tonight Mobile, Ala, is reported
perfectly healthy, but her quarantine is so
rigid as to be somewhat irksome. Mall ana
express wagons must be fumigated to enter
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sent back Passengers from infected places
are not allowed to pass detention camps
Towns on every trunk line running into
New Orleans have declared quarantine
against Louisiana. Burgs in MISSISSIPPI,
Louisiana, Texas and Alabama have de-
clared that no people shall get Off trains at
their stations who come from this city.
Other towns however, have refused to join
in the panic and say that until yellow fever
is known absolutely to exist here they do
not propose to shut themselves in. Some
of the cities have adopted the most eX-
treme measures and have surrounded them
selves with shotgun squads VINO would
probably use the weapons If the occasion
arose for doing SO. Most of the towns that
have declared strict quarantine are surfer
ing as much or a great deal more than New
Orleans itself for they are deprived of
their newspapers are unable to replenlsh
needed supplies and are being put to great
inconvenience. Business was just opening
up here when the scare started and many
establishments had their employees at work
day and night boxing and shipping goods.
In some cases these goods will be landed by
steamboats, or put off by freight trains
until the rigid quarantine regulations are
cases last night" said Gus Lehman, a big
wholesaler, but l have no doubt that the
consignees will have considerable difficulty
in having them delivered until the excite
ment blows over.
The following has been given out: THE
statement made by an advertising agent
OF patent medicine, published by prom
inent Chicago daily paper and given ex
tensive circulation, has been brought to our
IN, Gle 81 natfwr
nounce unqualifiedly these statements as
false and without the shadow of justifica-
ton. We will issue officially a daily bull
letin of the health conditions of this city,
which will be absolutely true and without
effort of concealment, and feel justified in
asking the public not TO give credence to
any unauthorized or false statements as
long as official facts can be obtained" The
statement is signed by s. r. Oliphant. M.
D., president Board of Health. and A. Brit
tin, acting mayor of New Orleans
A dispatch from Biloxi says two new cases
have developed. There have been no deaths.
All patients are doing well. DIR. HARRISON
is in receipt this morning of a dispatch
from DR.. Fell, of Pascagoula, saying. a
case Of yellow fever has developed in that
town. The doctor requests quarantine sup
plies. A meeting of the mayor and alder
men of Biloxi has been called for the pur-
pose of assisting DIR. HARRISON. of the State
board. in taking charge of the city. There
are six new cases at Ocean Springs, but no
deaths.
There has been lack of harmony in Biloxi,
and the friction resulted to-day in the
resignation of DIR. Lemon as president of
the Board of Health The work of plaster
ing Biloxi with disinfectants, however con-
tinues undated. Tomorrow the Mssis-
sippi state authorities will take charge of
the situation at Biloxi. Biloxi, although
she has fever herself, will continue to main
tain quarantine against Ocean Springs.
Dr. Murray. and Or. Guiteras, of the
Marine Hospital Service. to-day went to
Fontainbleau to hasten the completion of
the camp of detention.
There are thirty-eight people sick in Ocean
Springs to-day and four hundred who have