Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-10
II, Yellow Fever is Spreading IN New
Orleans. ..s.
TRACED TO OCEAN SPRINGS.
,,,,. that tho Disease Is yellow
Fever set at Rest by m
Autopsy.

han deemed suspicious, Dut tWo N'eA'
400 refugee from Ocean Springs died
' ,bot vicinity. and since then the
.a,.or has spread there No patients
hive died nor have any been seriously
an The board Of experts have been
.,,,a,,irr the cases several days but
,bsv have not been able to reach
dsdnite conclusion. and 1t was hnaily
d,cided to report the cases as sus-
,,icious. in accordance with the boards
riodre TO keep the public FUZZY IN its
dnntdence. The board of health mas
,Jaced guards about the square ana
nrdered sanitary Inspection Iot nv
squares around lhtse ."Si ,'',, sn,nii
arc an one square In row OF SIX small
nnrsas. In one OF these young lady
tro,, ocean Springs, who was visitns
- family here, succumbed 10 the as
case Her remains were sent 10 Ocean
snrings. The attending physician hnu
no suspicion that she had dieu Oh yer
nr H. S. Gully, Mississippi state
r.aiib officer, has ordered the CUR "
shin island railroad, running from
p;ttsburf. TO Gulf ports, closed to trat-
ac az any kind until further notice, 10
nreyent the spread of the fever from
;bs infected towns on the Gulf to IN
terror ANOTHER CASE.
Now orleans, Sept. 9.-Up to night
IAN there has been no change IN the
fever situation. Two or three serious
cases have been reported to the board
~ beaIth-a material falling of from
ysstsrday. when there were thirty
ICON THESE were investigated with
tbc usunl results This evening Dr.
Niiphnnt and his corps realized that
thcy have but one battle to iight-that
Of preventing any more importatlohs
from the coast towns. BilaM and ocean
Springs. ,,,-.,..,,,,,,,t ,,,,,,,a
WINS satisfactory today and disappoint-
Unsatisfactory in that DR.. Gultvras
and the other government experts hud
declared that the yellow fever existed
nj Ocean Springs and Biloxi, confirm
ingthe argument of Or. Olphant ana
bie associates and disappointing be-
cause the fears of the pubic have been
realized. OF course the decision of
Dr Gulteras has set at rest all doubt
that yellow fever eNista at ocean
Springs, but the people there hni
SOME consolation in the Tnct that pc
culiar conditions surrounded the uehth
of Sheray Seymour, who was officially
declared today to have succumbed to
yellow fcver He was In bad health
before he was stricken; was dissipated
md unnecessarily exposed himself. He
was first treated with primitive meth
DDS by his family, no physician was
called for four days, and when he
.o hia,soif ana died pr, Gulteras
NJ W,,rrav ard nil who nt,rticipated
IN ,ba a,tor,sv declared however, .hat
tbe,s was no question that the man
died Of yellow fever.
Late this evening TIE three cases
bsreto,ore rannrtad as existing Mt
piioyi were co., armed no vello,v fever
H.. i've ni,,rro1 and Grant after n care
al ir,astif,tion They are thoroughly
is"lato5 a,d n ie confidently predicted
maj n snread of the contagion will be
rreyented. DIR, C,Iiteras will 70 to
Iiliioyt - cnrorton after no bas com
iistcd bis investieations in ocean
snriree
Mayor Flower of New Orleans was
asked today If the fever would have
the effect of Inducing the authorities
to give the city cleaning up. He
replied in he negative, but added,
however, that II President Oliphnnt be-
HeveG thorough cleaning up was re.
quired to keep the fever out 1t would
be done. Throughout the city today
plugs were opened in order that the
cutters might be flushed
Passenger trains leaving the city to-
day carried only the ordinary number
OF passengers.
Dr, Lellay, who has been nursing
latSnts at ocean springs, mas been
AT PerI,inston Miss The case has
ben nGiciniIy confirmed and mr. n s
C;u,Iov 81 Ntoridinn stotc baaItb an
cor hoe zone 70 porlsinston 10 tnLe
cbarre Of the town md es,abiish
uuorSntIne
DR. Snlomop,s renort of tyyo cosns
of vcIln,s fn,,ar at scro,ton is cnrsid.
cred reliable and he has heen nuthor-
lied Ia con,m,,n,cata Win the local
physicians there to endeavor to isolate
The cases, Dr. Solomon says the fever
yellow Jack, but of mild kind.
Ngld quarantine VIII be enforced
again at scranton. The government
Experts VIII be asked TO go there to
uetetmine the character or the disease
ANOTHER DEATH.
New Orleans Sent o--Sberov Sow
rnour ,1iod ~ :, o,riocir ,bis uSorntH r,
nj Oc,on snrIpas Of The nrsvaiiing fn,
yer As soon ne h,s deatb was ,anSrted
arranre,nen,s were wade to Mia an
optnnsv Drs nurrnv Corter ana
WasdIS NJ he r,nri,n rosnita, snr'
vice ana Drs ahn,nrn Dnnn ca,
nn6 RsIia,, ,tro,a r,asant To &C. canu'
dentIy, a,syo,,e1 ~, ,h,, a,,,nn,,, I'll,
comniotoH,. S III, ' ,i,a 1922; VIZ
The disoaSgo ~, in ',otii',t, ~
Snrir.s as ~ -, c,,s,,,,, ~.
probahI,, a f,tr 80 et tho ,yorst ~, .o.,
,,,,,. q a"ii tspe VI 'h' WI o. .uE'e'
INFECTION IN THE WATER.
Biloxi Miss, Sept. 9.-The three
cases Of yellow fever confirmed by the
fly aud are traceable to the use of
water IN the place which has been the