Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-22
SCARE IN ST. LOUIS
REPORT OF A CASE 0v YBL&oWs
FEVER TuERp.
RAILROAD CLERKS FROM HoBGG;
Two Hundred OF Theus, VIA 1'hs1a
Families, Arrive I'm SIsS Nkooo0
City-No Fear rhss ussy Wns
Spread the Disease.

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foundation for Il. according to Hsa5sh-
Commissioner Stacklofr. who made an
examination OF the suspected case and
declared that it showed not . siuxIo
symptom OF tho dread disease nOw
raging in the South.
The suspect Is William Tsipt, % years
old. who reached the Marine Hospital
and said he came from tho dredgs-boas
Alpha. engaged In rovetment work nsas
East Cairo. DIR. e. L. Decker. physician
| in charge OF the Marine Hospital. be-
came Interested in the case when hc
was told by Trlpt that 10 had been
working ON the Alpha. for that boas
had been used to- transport seversI casss
| OF yellow-fever to the Marine Hosp1tal
at Cairo. III. Thinking II a cass fOr
Investigation. he . lepitoned Health
Commissioned staclloff. but II was
| o'clock before that doctor could get 70
| he hospital. He examined Tript. and
| then returned to- HIS Office In tho CITY
Hail. where he said To . Reporter Of tho
| Associated Press:
| IL havatmsde "a thorough examination
Of Tript. with Drs. Jordan and Decksg.
The analysis as presented TO mo n,nksn
| the case to be one az Oxdinny inter-
mittent fever. OF a WI - type.
| There are no alarming c. 0uA SncA
as suppression OF the kjdt1g funsoons
and constipation. the two things that
| KIN In yellow fever. Besides. tho man
had an appetite for breakfast
II shall have the patient sent TO quar-
antiue. where Dr. Woodruff II In charge
| and take all necessary precautiouA"
CLERKS FROM NOBILE.
Two hundred clerks. with their fAmi-
lies. employed In the general Offices Of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.
| at Mobile, Ala. arrived here tonight.
temporary headquarters for the road
having been established I'm this city until
after the yellow-fover has died out In
the South.
Dr stacklof was asked what would
be tho effect of 50 many people from tho
midst of the fever-stricken district
coming into this city. He said that he
had no fear that they would spread the
plague At tho worst. there could only
he sporadlc cases. and these would ba
ra,orted to the health authorities and
nromptlv isolated. The doctor declared
,bat IL was too cold for spread OF the
disease.
Or pau, PapuIn, secretary of the Board
| NJ Health. received Information to-day
that two cases. supposed to be yellow
fever. had developed on dredge-boat.
at Point Pleasant. Mo-, 100 miles below
Cairo. It is not certain that the patients
have yellow-fever. but the Marine Hos
pital surgeons are proceeding on the as
sumption that they have.
| SUMMARY OF SITUATION.
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| Surgeon General Wyman to-day sent the
following telegraphic summary OF the
yellow-fever situation to the State health
authorities throughout the South and
| Southwest:
| Total yelow-fever cases officially re-
| ported as follows: Mobile-to September
18th, IS; September 2th, l. Cairo-Sep-
tember 10Th. 2; September 20th. g. New
Orleans-to September 18th, 80; September
Goth. IS 60 of these IL previously existing,
but reported on the 9th. Barkley.
Miss.-to September 18th, 10. Biloxi-to
10Th. %. Edwards-to 10Th. 16; September
90th 2 ocean Springs--to 18th. II. Pas
cagoula-to 10Th, /. scrantoF-to 18th, 2;
10Th, Is. Perklnston-loth, /.
The foregoing was sent to the secre-
tarIes OF the boards of health at Ra-
leigh, n. c.; Florence, 3. c.; Bowling
| Green. KY; Montgomery. Ala; Jackson
Miss: Jacksonville. Fla; Little Rock,
Ark. St Louis, Mo-: Nashville, Tenn.
Indianapolis, Ind; Springfield. ILL.,; Column
bus. o.; New orleans, La; Austin. Tex.'
and Atlanta, Ga.
A similar bulletin will be issued daily
and telegraphed to the State authoritics
at the aboye-named points.
Arrangements were made to-day TO ex-
pedite the mails through Mississippi and
Alabama.
SITUATION IMPROVING.
NEW ORLEANS, La, September a.
There were nine cases OF yellow-feveE
reported TO the Board OF Health this
| afternoon at o'clock. when the days
work of the physicians ended. There
were, however no deaths recorded, ana
the doctors all agreed this evening that
| the situation was steadily Improving.
The fever at present, instead OF develop
ing into q malignant type, Is as mild
as. II not mllder than, when II first APP
peared here. as witness twenty-seven
cases In two days without single death
Tonight, the inspectors OF the Board oil
Health reported that most OF the cases
that had come under their observation
were progressing fayorably. There are
only two cases which give the attending
physicians any reason for alarm.
These are the new cases to-day: Joseph
Roth. l22i Clouet street; Fred Gund. SSss
Marais street. Mrs McAndrews, 1T
Howard street; child Of Judge Lea, lols
Dublin street; 49, Bartlett, 1888 Baronns
> street; Miss Nellie Scannell. Ill Berlin
street; Thomas Wood. lis Octayia strest
II. +. Reynolds, 1903 Coliseum street; s
+. Joor. 1868 Laura street.
Some new places OF Infection are IN
cluded I'm these cases, but IL is stated
i acl 0f 4
doing well and that there Is no immc-
diate danger OF fatal termination ID
any of these cases.
Hall a dozen towns to-day. by teie-
graph and telephone, notified the authori-
ties here that they had concluded "a
withdraw their restrictions against the
receipt OF freight from New Orleans.
ANOTHER FAVORABLE DAY.
MOBILE. ALA, September 2l.-This
was another day OF favorable report.
There was only one new case reported.
that OF a child named Willie Goodioe.
living in the infected district. One pa
| tient was discharged, leaving under
treatment twenty-elght, all OF whom are
progressing favorably. There have been
but three deaths. and none since yes
| terGay.
Traffic Is picking up daily. despite the
rigid quarantine maintained. The mobile
and Birmingham road to-day got through
a train with local and through cotton.
and some through freight. for the first
| time since the 18th.
NOT SO FAVORABLE
yICKsBURG. MISS. September a.
The evening report from Edwards val
NOT so favorable. DR. Purneii states thai
The disease is assuming more serious
form. and that he has had some cases