The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-16

Cameron, who came from Edwards,
and to completely isolate the case. va
zoo City. Miss, has issued orders for a
shotgun quarantine to be enforced No
trains are allowed to stop except to
exchange mails at the quarantine sta
tions. No passengers are allowed to
leave the train at ALL and all mail and
express must be fumigated- Guards
armed to the teeth are placed all tlong
the county boundaries, but in spite of
these rigid rules several have managed
to get in, some even coming from in
fected districts. Two drummers who
came Monday were taken yesterday
morning and put in quarantine. A
panic prevailed in Jackson all day.
Everybody has left town that could do
SO. The business houses have closed
and the newspapers have suspended
publication and closed their offices.
jackson has a population of 10000, and
two thirds of these have deserted the
city.
At o'clock Mayor Wharton received
the following from DR.. Hunter at
Vicksburg:
Il have a bad message for you Drs.
Guiteras and Purnel agree that there
are seven cases of genuine yellow fever
at Edwards and many suspicious cases.
Captain Montgomery condition is
about the same The board of health
recommends that you get all the peo-
pie who want to go out of town on
the trains today. The Alabama &
Vicksburg road will not stop trains at
any infected point, and will not allow
any passengers to get off their trains
in the state of Mississippi. We have
extra orders on train No. 2 this even
ing"
SOME VERY PLAIN TALK.
Upon receipt CT this information
Mayor Wharton posted a bulletin rec
ommending that all persons leave the
city at once who desired to so at all.
The city officials then issued the fol-
lowing:
Ito the Public-The four cases OF
fever prevailing at Edwards has Off
cially been diagnosed as yellow fever
and has been regarded by our board OF
health since the death of Colonel Ed
wards. We have maintained q strict
| quarantine against this point as well
| as against all infected and suspicious
points We feel confident of our abil-
! ity to keep the yellow fever out OF
[ Jackson, and will tonight put an abb
solute quarantine against all persona
| coming into our city from any point
In order to do this no health icertifi-
Gates will be honored from any one
ITO those who contemplate leaving
| the city we desire to say that if you
! are expecting to go, to go, at once
| To those who are going to stay we say
/ that we are going to leave nothing I'M
! done to keep the fever out, and should
| it come, we pledge our word and honor
to give notice of the very first sus-
| picion coming to our knowledge To
! the country people we wish to say that
| in refusing to admit you into our city
we want it understood that it is done
! for our mutual good, for if we have
| the fever you will be exposed. If we
do not have it you will be protected
{ Our doctors viii be permitted to visit
! you in sickness and arrangements viii
! be perfected so you can come to oul
! quarantine station and send in for gro
! ceries, medicines and the necessaries
| of life To our citizens remaining IL
| this city we say frankly q cursH is
I threatened. You are expected to dc
your duty and cooperate with the
board of health, mayor and aldermen
The regulations require staying off the
/ streets after 8 O'Clock and will bf
! rigidly enforced. The fire alarm vii
tap three times at 9 o'clock and al
! persons found on the street viii bt
/ held to a strict account. If there are
| any persons here who are depending OF
being fed on free rations we want t.
say to them frankly that there viii b,
none issued. The farmers are clamor
| ing for Iaborers and we are determined
no loafers or idlers shall remain in thu
| city. To this class we especially say
you had better get out at once. w,
again assure our people in our city tina
should fever break out we will see tina
speedy transportation to take then
away viii be provided. the Illinois
Central road having promised, if neces
sary, to furnish special train in few
hours notice.