The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14
THE YELLOW FEVER.
THE HEALTH SITUATION IN NEW
ORLEANS IMPROVED.

The City to be Thoroughly Cleaned-Other
Towns Continue to Quarantine this City.
Only one Suspicious Case Reported-Fric-
ton Among Officials at Biloxi-rhe Camp
OF Detention-The Onicials Greatly En-.
cOuraged-The Disease not Spreading
New Orleans, La, September IL
New Orleans is to be treated to the
most thorough cleaning she has had in
many moons. During the day Mayor
Flower and President Oliphant met
the heads of the various departments
of the city in conference at which a
majority of the council were present.
The conference resulted in the instant
appropriation of $4,000 with which to
begin the work, with the understand
ing that any portion Of $4,000 neces-
sary to conclude would be forthcoming
when required. A large force will be
put to IVORY at once and New Orleans
will be treated to a first-class bath.
This afternoon Mayor Flower issued
a proclamation to the people calling
for general cleaning up about their
homes and a general use of bchloride
of lime.
The health situation in New Orleans
has steadily improved today. The
board of experts issued a bulletin con-
corning the ST. Claude street patients
and declared that Of the twelve cases
only one might be considered suspi-
cious and the other cases have so much
improved as to warrant no apprehen-
sion that any of them will result fatal
ly. The exceptional cases, it is hoped,
will be out Of danger tomorrow or next
day. The usual care in guarding the
square is being exercised. The board
of health reiterated this evening that
there was not a serious case in the city
and there had thus far been but one
case of yellow fever in New Orleans
this summer.
Although there has been a vast i'm
provement, locally, country towns con-
tinue to issue quarantine edicts and
some Of the towns are being forced to
declare quarantine under threats of
other cities. Monroe, for instance, one
of the largest towns in the state, does
not desire to stop communication with
New Orleans, but Shreveport and
Vicksburg would quarantine her if she
did not
The Illinois Central issued a bulle-
tin today that no through passengers
on nOrthbOund trains on that road
would be allowed to pass through Mis-
sissippi unless they possessed clean
bills Of health. Nothing has been re-
ported this afternoon of an alarm Of
this character from the coast A few
cases have been discovered, but the
scourge is not spreading with the rapid
ity usual in yellow fever epidemics.
There has been lack of harmony in
Biloxi, and the friction resulted today
in the resignation of DR.. Lemon as
president of the board of health. The
work of plastering Biloxi with disin-
fectants, however, continues unabated.
Tomorrow the Mississippi state au-
thOrities will take charge of the situa-
ton at Biloxi. Biloxi, although she has
fever herself, will continue to main
tain quarantine against Ocean Springs.
DR.. Murray and DR.. Guiteras, of the
marine hospital service, today went to
Fontainbleau to hasten the completion
of the camp of detention. There are
Springs today and 400 who have not
had the fever. Ocean Springs is still
appealing for help and especially for
trained nurses
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 restored.
Vicksburg is Quarantined against
New Orleans and is cleaning up as fast
as possible. Steamers are not allowed
to land at Natchez, Miss, or Vidalia,
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. Mail and
express matter must be fumigated to
enter and the New Orleans papers to-
day were sent back. Passengers from
infected places are not allowed to pass
detention camps.
The officials at the surgeon generals
office continue to feel greatly encouraE-
ed over the situation at Ocean Springs
and the progress that has been made
in preparing to grapple with the dis
ease. They congratulate themselves
upon the fact that there are fewer cases
both of dengue and yellow fever than
at the beginning, and upon the fact
that their experts and the representa-
tives of the states interested are Coop
Grating in perfect harmony.
Surgeon General Wyman tonight
wired Surgeon Murray at Ocean
Springs, Miss, as follows: "All persons
=
Your selection of camp site and rent
ing section house and tool room, pur-
chase Of timber, employment of hands
and procurement of provisions from
Mobile approved
DR.. w. F. Saunders, at Montgomery
tonight wired Surgeon Wyman that
the state health officers had been una
BILE to discover any suspicious cases at
Montgomery.
Passed Assistant Surgeon White re-
ported from Fontainbleau, Ala, his ar
rival at the detention camp and stated
he had already been in consultation
with Surgeon Murray at Ocean Springs
Washington, September 1.-THE
surgeon general sent orders today to
DR.. Wasdin at Ocean Springs, to COM
mence an investigation of yellow fever
on Sanarellis method. Sanarelli is the
eminent South American who claims to
have discovered the germ of yellow
fever.