The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-17
TO ease QUARANTINE
New Orleans Health Author
tiles Making Rules to Re-
lease Commerce.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. II, 1884,
The only report received this morning by
the Board of Health was of suspicious
case of yellow fever on Camp street.
near Felicity street 1t is now under
careful investigation. No new cases of
actual fever have been reported this
morning and gratifying reports continue
to be received from all the sick except
two. No deaths have occurred. Yester-
day was more than usually. warm and
calculated to be followed by the appear
ance of new cases, but the fact that
only one suspicious case has been made
public gives the health authorities en-
couragement in their opinion that there
will be no serious spread of the disease.
The work of cleaning progresses and
the number of volunteers increases. En-
tire districts have been parceled out
among citizens. Machinery of the Bar
Der Asphalt Company of great blasting
power is to be put into operation at once
and a consignment Of degenerators is on
the way and will be distributed in vari-
Gus parts of the city, President Hayden,
of the whitney Bank, has addressed an
appeal to the presidents of the trade or
ganizations to meet business men and
health officials at a meeting tonight and
arrange a plan whereby the laboring peo
pie will contribute with citizens general
ly in the improvement of public sanita-
ton.
Various private schools in the sur
rounding country have closed. Jefferson
College suspended yesterday. All the
local private schools will also close. The
public schools of New Orleans are not
scheduled to open until October, but the
opening will be postponed if fever still
prevails at the end of the next two weeks.
Business houses here today are engaged
in notifying their customers in the coun-
try of the steps that have been taken to
fumigate ali merchandise and render 1T
proof against germs. DR.. Carries of the
Marine Hospital Service, and President
Oliphant and Prof. Metz have arranged a
series of classes of articles of merchan-
disc ETC., which can be transported from
New Orleans without danger in accord
ance with the regulations of State and
Interstate quarantine, and which are es-
sentia1ly the same as those required of a
similar article of merchandise before en-
try into the United States from places
infected with yellow fever, such as Cuba
ana Brazil. S6TIluCdl6S are u dCCOul-
pany all goods shipped and are to be sub
ject to the inspection Of government
health officials.
It is anticipated that the effect of this
action will be to remove most of the
harmful restrictions when the smaller
towns have imposed on freight going out
of the Crescent City. The regulations
prepared by the authorities are enclosed
in the circular letters which are being
sent out.
Seena Braunned of Webster and Second
streets, Carrollton, died today. The case
was reported as suspicious on September
13, by DR.. Bell. An autopsy will be held.
It has not been declared yellow fever.
Two cases of yellow fever have been
reported-a boy named Williams son of
the sporting editor Of the Times Demo-
crat," at No. 1883 Camp street, and a
Rampant street, brother of the Touri in
Brighter ar Edwards.
EDWARDS. Miss, Sept. II, 1S97.-The
situation here looks brighter this morn
ing. Total number of yellow fever cases
officially reported nineteen Several
cases, of sickness reported but not yet
passed upon by the physicians. The two
hew cases reported are: Mrs G. r. Knox
and D. Y. Howell, Jr. aCptain Montgom-
cry rested well last night and is clear of
fever no vomiting since yesterday morn
ing, and his general condition more hope-