The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
CHECKING YELLOW JACK
Government Experts Hard at
Work at New Orleans
Panic Less.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. s, 1S97.-The
Louisiana Board of Health is today in
full control of the situation. Although
perfect arrangements nave been made for
the prompt report of either yellow fever
or suspicious cases up to ten o'clock to-
day there had not been a single case re-
ported to the Board and the authorities
frankly declare that any more sickness
Of virulent type will be imported. In
spite of New Orleans clean bill of health,
however, towns in Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi continue to declare quarantine.
There is infinitely more scare away from
here than there is in this city, where con-
fdence ohasr entirely returned. 1t is con-
'ndently believed, however, that immunity
from yellow jack for eight or ten days
will bring Mobile and the Mississippi and
the Louisiana towns to their senses and
move them to tear down their barriers.
There was a busy scene at the Louis
vile and Nashville depot this morning
when the early trains arrived. The rails
ing of the quarantine against Bay St.
Louis and the Pass had the effect of
driving hundreds into the city, not be-
cause they feared the fever " because
they did not care to be held up in those
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fever should appear. Among those who
have been detained at the Bay and the
Pass for several days are many promi-
nent insurance, financial and other BUSH
ness men and they are all glad to get
back to the city this morning. Owing
to the fact that the operators at coast
cities have been greatly overworked and
almost smothered with private messages,
general news from these points trickles
in slowly.
No advices have been received at this
writing of the appearance of further
cases at Biloxi, but in the immediate
vicinity of Point Cadet 1t Is not unlikely
that there will be others stricken besides
those who are already on their backs.
In the section mentioned the conditions
are such as to invite an increase in the
number of cases. In the meantime
stringent measures are being taken to
confine the disease there. An effective
Gordon will be instituted, there will be
general and efficient disinfection and ex-
pert yellow fever physicians will apply
themselves to the task of treating the
sick.
Thus far there have been no pressing
appeals from Mississippi for physicians to
aid the doctors who are there and unless
there is a widespread of the disease, the
present force of physicians at Biloxi and
Ocean Springs will be able to handle all
existing cases. Both towns. however, are
in need of supplies, and are appealing to
the railroad company to promptly arrange
for the sending to them of needed sup
plies.
The mail service was gotten into pretty
fair shape yesterday. Postmaster Daniels
proposes to a all mails regularly
handled very shortly. There are still
some seventy-fve people at Ocean Springs
from other points, among them several
prominent citizens of New Orleans now
tine and unable to get out and the barrier
put up by the Board of Healthr there 50
strong and so great hat ever high in
f1uence is unable to get over them.
DR.. Guiteras, the Government expert, ar
rived in Ocean Springs this morning. DR..
Sheedy, who attended the Tillman case in
Ocean Springs, is reported sick with fever
at PorkinSton.