The record-union., 1897-09-17
YELLOW FEVER IN
SOUTHERN STATES.
4 Brighter Outlook in the Situation
at New Orleans.
Chances of Crushing Out the Disease In
filitely Improved.
"a Death From the Plague Occurs
at BiIoxi-New Gases Reported
at Ocean Springs-JacksOn Has
Enforced a Rigid Quarantine.

Enforced a Rigid Quarantine.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 16.-A bright
er outlook for New Orleans is evident to-
night, so far as the fever situation is
concerned. The reports TO the board
We're Of a most encOurag aging nature. In
stead Of twenty cases requiring inves-
tigation, there We're only ten to be
locked into to-day, and of these only
three We're pronounced suspicious and
one declared yellow fever.
President OIiphant of the Board of
Health and President Britain of the
Council said tonight that the chances
of crushing out the disease had infinitely
improved.
\ fatal case of genuine yellow fever
developed in the very heart of Biloxi
to-day There has been altogether
twenty-five cases of yellow fever in
Biloxi, with only one death, that of to-
day. At Ocean Springs no new cases
have been reported.
RIGID QUARANTINE AT JACKSON.
JACKSON (AIiss), Sept. 16.-No more
people are leaving the city. There are
very few left here, and none of these
can get out on account Of the rigid quar-
antine thrown around the town. Busi-
ness is dead. The town having gotten
rid of the excitable persons (tO the num-
ber of several thousand, the chances
of those remaining are correspondingly
increased should trouble occur, and the
people are therefore feeling easier.
Hon. J. L. Redheld. Mayor Of Ed
wards, telegraphed the Associated Press
at 10 a. m as follows:
"There are eight cases of yellow fever
in town and three in the country. No
deaths. All the patients are doing
well"
The following order has been promul-
gated to-day by the State Board OF
Health:
To all citizens Of the State of Mis-
sissipDi. railroad officials and other
transportation lines and all newspapers;
ON account of yellow fever at several
places along the coast in the State, and
several cases of yellow fever at Ed
wards, Miss, and reported suspicious
cases at various points throughout the
state. until further orders by this board
no persons will be allowed to get OFT
trains or boats at any station or point
IN the State of Mississippi, and no
freight. baggage. mail or express is to
ne 0aDLitu DA lIlE Ae1tAi 0clN VI JIM
transportation companies from infected
places. No trains win be allowed to
stop at infected places. Any person
from non-infected communities whose
destination is beyond the State of Mis-
5ssippi will be allowed to board trains
at all points not infected with yellow
fever. Train crews running to and from
places that are not infected by yellow
h. al fO craf off at the
terminus
Tt is stated that an expert has been
ordered to proceed to Natayuma, Miss,
TO investigate the case of Malcolm
Cameron, who came from Edwards, and
10 completely isolate the case
Yazoo City, Miss. has issued orders
for a shotgun quarantine to be en-
forced. No trains are allowed to stop
except to exchange mails at the quar-
antine stations. No passengers are al
lowed to leave the train at all. and all
mail and express must be fumigated.
Guards armed to the teeth are placed
all along the county boundaries. but IN
spite Of these rigid rules several have
managed to get in. some even coming
from infected districts.
At l o'clock this afternoon Mayor
whorton issued a proclamation, saying:
seWe are still frere from any sickness or
suspicious fevers. We have strength
ened very materially. and viii continue
10 do as long as danger is threatened.
eve have the utmost confidence that
we will keep the yellow fever out Of our
city"
ANOTHER CASE AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-At II
O'clock to-day the Board of Health Off
cially declared the suspicious case of
fever on St. Andrews street, between
Camp and Chestnut, yellow fever. 1t
has beer. under observation for several
davs. The patient is a butcher. This
makes a total of nineteen cases to date.
4 telegram from Biloxi says that an
italian has died in the heart of that city
apparently from yellow fever An au-
1onsv will be held. and all the ply
sicians in Biloxi will be invited to de-
ternine the character Of the sickness
OF which the man died.
There has been no material change
1n the situation Present indications
point to no immediate deaths. There IS
no doubt in the minds of any OF the
local physicians that the nineteen local
cases reported are genuine yellow fe-
Yer. It is not malignant now, because
it has not had time enough to breed
here, and if it is stamped out now there
is no reason to believe that it will ap-
pear next year.
Some inquiry has been made as TO
whether the present scare will have the
effect of interfering with the winter
race meeting. Officials Of the club say
they are going right ahead with their
preparations for the opening. and that
the expose of a few cases of yellow
fever here viii not change the arrange
ments. They feel that there VIII be ab-
solutely no danger of fever existing
when the date Of the meeting arrives.
Local cotton men are warmly cooper
ating with the authorities in the ef-
fort To stamp out the disease in the
hope that no cotton may be diverted
from New Orleans as q result of the
quarantine regulations throughout the
country. AS soon as these quarantine
barriers are raised it is hoped that in
tercourse with New Orleans viii be-
come normal again. The health author
ities are preparing q careful map Of the
several infected houses in New Or
leans, and copy Of this map will prob
ably be sent TO the Hospital Service
at Washington for its information.
Several towns have adopted the pol
icy OF Lake Charles and will fine and
smprison all persons who in these times