The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
THE LOCAL SITUATION IN THE
CRESCENT CITY REPORTED
VASTLY IMPROVED.
GALVESTON RAISES HER QUARANTINE
Baton Rouge In in Earnest About
Quarantine-SOme Indications of
matchmaking Conditions.
Some Newsy Germs From
Other Points.

New Orleans, Sept. S.-When the board
of health met tonight no additional cases
were reported in New Orleans, and DIR.
OlliphaDt was able TO say that the local
situation had vastly improved, and that
there were no present prospects Of evil re-
suits following the death Of the Gelpi
child. The public pulse is vastly stronger
and New Orleans is almost ready to de-
clare that il has had scare for nothing.
DIR. Olliphant and his staff have slept but
little in the past seventy-siX hours, and
have fairly honeycombed the city for sus-
pici0us cases of fever without results.
Now they are ready to render any assist
ance In their power to the government and
to the Mississippi authorities in bottling up
whatever fever exists III Ocean Springs
and Biloxi. Deep interest has naturally
been felt here in the outcome of the eXami-
nation of DIR. Guiteras, who arrived at
Ocean Springs this morning. Under in
structiOns from the superintendent of the
Louisville and Nashville, DIR. Guiteras
was put off in the woods couple Of miles
from Ocean Springs. 1t was not long
thereafter before the doctor ran up against
the quarantine trocha, and the distinguish
ed visitor had to fully establish his iden-
tity before he was permitted TO run the
line, On his arrival in Ocean Springs
DR.. Guteras went Immediately to work,
and in person investigated number of
cases of the prevailing sickness. He found
only two cases, il is said, that deserve the
term doubtful or suspicious, and in an.
swer to an inquiry he said he hoped to be
able TO wire the result of his examination
TO Washington this evening, In the
meantime o correspondent wired 10 this
city that he had learned from source
that conld not be doubted that DR.. Gnit-
eras, after his examination, had not been
entirely convinced that any fever has eX-
listed or does now exist in Ocean Springs.
Local physicians are not prepared TO sar
what effect an opinion by Dr. Guteras,
counter TO the four experts, who declared
the cases they investigated was yellow
fever i. would y. haye, -,
Ocean Springs, completed this evening:
shows that there have been 74S cases Of
The prevailing fever since July s. There
are now thirty-seven still sick. The tolol
deaths have been ninc and in several IN
stances physicians certificates show the
fever was complicated with other diseases.
There are believed to have been only two
deaths due to yellow jack At the sug-
gestion of Dr. Cant, every house where
there has been sickness and where there Us
sickness now is being fumigated Or.
Cant says that whether the prevailing dis
case Is yclOW lcNcr VI ioW ii"i"ii", ~ y
certainly contagious.
All arrangements to handle the Biloxi
snd Ocean Springs mail were completed
today The railroad managers sent over
mail crane today, and the pouches VIII
be taken by trains both ways after me
baggage has been fumigated. After Or.
Guiteras has completed his investigation
n quarantine detention station VIII he cs-
tab.ished. Those who are not i'll viii he
detained at the station until they are con.
sidered worthy to be given clear G;,is oil
health. and will then be permitted to 80 to
their homes. There are sixty-ive resi-
dents Of New Orleans who are tied up II,
Ocean Springs, anxious TO get away anu
some fifteen from other points.
As indicated by the difficulty DIR. Quit
eras had in getting into the Springs, quar-
antine is being very strictly maintained
Fisherman and hunters who were out OF
town when the Gordon was establishet
have not been permitted to return; armtt
men are posted in every direction ant
Ocean Springs seems to be determlnet
that no more sickness of any kind sinai IN,
be imported within her borders. M
eases are very rare wherein the Sauhti,
has been run, and generally the guaru
have made no discrimination as between
rich and moor. white or black. There
n law in Mississippi against the VIOLATION
of quarantine laws. Usually in yellow
fever epidemics. however, an unwrittei
law. enforced by the shotgun, obtains
md that is the law that is now in ettec
about Ocean Springs and Biloxi.
Biloxi people are not absolutely cor
WINGED that the fever there is yellow Jact
DIR. Harralson has so pronouncrd TN
yestigation at Ocean Springs. Dr. Guil'
ras will be asked to visit Biloxi and d'
termine positively whether or not /!
Harralson has correctly diagnosed IN
disease. Until n report is made by IN
marine hospital expert, the BILOXI neopl
declare they will not be SATISFIED. VIVA
ever the fever is. it has had good @
feet on ali hands. Residents are carr!
ing into effect Mayor Towards recon
mendation to put their homes in prop'
sanitary condition and to abstain frol
congregating anywhere in crowds. May'
Howard is ~ son of the late lottery kin
Charles II. Howard: is man OF inte
rity and full faith; is ,reposed IN Il
pledge to keep the residents Q, bio
This morning the three sick patients
Biloxi were doing well and it is thong
they will recover. Their homes have pc,
completely isolated and thoroughly dist
fected. ~,
Some $50 people were brought TO Ne
Orleans by the morning trains from q
coast. There were very few passenge
ON the evening trains and both ia
Christian and Bay st. Louis have. be-
depopulated SO far as summer vlsito
are concerned. All coast trains on Z
Louisville and Nashville were disco DISC
tinued today and through trains Will
whatever local business is nccessaI
while special train is always at the d
posal of officials who are enlisted in I
movement to stamp out the fever ut !
loxi and Ocean Springs. The louisvl
and Nashville officials believe that I
federal and state authorities will so
wipe out the plague. The railroad v
he n considerable loser by the pest I
its heavy summer travel to coast poiI
has been cut off about six weeks. earl
than usual. What is some ones ga
however, is anothcr's loss. and the butt