The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-08

o'clOck tonight three we'll defined cases
of yellow fever are reported here. They
are under guard, and no fear is felt.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. might
fell upon New Orleans without a sin
gle case of yellow fever having been
reported to the board Of health. Eut
one imported case thus far has been
developed here, and death mas wiped
that out. The board of health tonight
declared that, in spite of all reports to
the contrary, not one of the many who
had come hither from Ocean Springs
had been stricken with the fatal dis
ease.
This morning at the Gelpi residence,
where the first and fatal case was re-
ported yesterday, the premises were
thoroughly impregnated with sulphur
and it is believed that every lingering
germ therein has been killed. The in
mates, two servants and the mother
and brother of the boy, are absolutely
quarantined. No one is permitted
either to enter or to leave the house,
which will be in charge of the board
for five days Physicians are promptly
reporting cases of fever that come IN
said tonight four or five doubtful cases
had been reported, and that members
of the board of experts had invastigat-
ed them all. In none of them was there
a trace or symptom of yellow fever
The board of health office was
thronged with people throughout the
day and far in the night Many came
to inquire as to the probability of a
modification of last nights sweeping
quarantine proclamation, so that their
friends and relatives, sojourning at
Mississippi sound resorts might be al
lowed to come home, and others came
to secure health certificates in order
that they might leave the city. The
latter mostly were commercial travel
ers who were furnished the proper
bills of health. During the day it was
reported that a trainload of people
from the coast had been side-tracked
beyond the city limits awaiting such
action by the board as would permit
them to come into town.
Maj. Day called upon Supt Marshall,
OF the Louisville & Nashville road, in
reference to the diSpatching of mails
from and to the infected points, Com
plant has been made that Ocean
Springs and Biloxi were being deprived
Of mail facilities. Arrangements will
be made to take the mail from the
stations at Ocean Springs and Biloxi
by means of pouch catches.
INSPECTION CAMP.
A complete inspection camp has been
organized at the Rigoleta, through
which an entrance is made to the city
No doubtful cases will be allowed to
come in. Inspectors have been sent
to all the Gulf coast points to make a
full and thorough examination of their
sanitary Dr rIr
made his first stop at Bay ST. Louis,
reported that town thoroughly healthy
with no Semblance of yellow fever.
There seems to be no threatened exo-
dus from the city.
Only one additional death has been
reported at Ocean Springs, with symp-
toms Of yellow fever, a mulatto. No
new cases had been reported during
the afternoon. Ocean Springs has now
been absolutely cut off from the out
side world, and the only means of
reaching the town are by wire or
mail. Serious suffering is certain to
follow. 1t was said this afternoon
there was only one ton of ice in the
town, and there was no way to get
more. Ice is necessary where fever
RACES Physicians at the Springs get
but little rest, and it is not so GER
tain the medical supplies will not soon
be exhausted, but in the course OF a
day or two means will be found
whereby relief will be supplied
In the dispatches last night, it was
strongly intimated that the yellow fe-
yer at Ocean Springs had been COM
mlnicated from Ship island. where the
federal government maintains a quar-
antine station. The island is within
sight of Ocean Springs. Today DR..
HARRISON, of the Mississippi board of
health, said: THE Gulf quarantine at
Ship island is menace to the health
of the people of Mississippi and the
people of the entire South Ship ISL
and should either be devoted to quar-
antine or to shipping. and should not
be used for both purposes. I challenge
DR.. Wyman, supervising surgeon gen
eral of the United States, or Dr. Muir
ray, surgeon of the United States ma
rine, or DR.. Smith, assistant surgeon
in the quarantine Office at Ship island,
to show me anywhere in the world a
| harbor as small as Ship island that
is used for both quarantine and ship
pingwithout lazaretto for yellowfever
patients. Mississippi is the only state
in the Union that would submit to the
indignity and danger of such a station
at her very door"