Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18
COY. MC'LAURIN BARRED OUT
Intense Indignation al Jackson
Against a Railroad.
,Iankynn
MORE NEW CASES AT NEW ORLEANS
and to Driuk stsriiizcd
water.

EDWARDS, Dllts, oept. TO- tnlrty.
nine cases OF sickne here ara pro-
pouuced yellow fever by the doctors.
The rapid spread OF the disease lie
remarkable. Eve OF the patients are
in the country. The disease ia now
well dlstributsd thu Dug bout the town.
Several new cases have been reported
but n yet passed upon by the pnysi.
cIans, which will doubtless swell the
total to nifty.
The general condition OF all the
worst cases Is improved and none are
now considered dangerou,.
JACKSON, Mas, 5opt. 1s.-Governor
McLsurin has ordered out the Capital
light guards Of this city to protect the
property Of the railro In this coun.
ty.
Gov. McLsurin at the outbreak Of
the yellow lever wave was in the In.
terror OF Simpson county, from which
place he proceeded 10 his old home In
Brandon. Being ark ons to return TO
the state capital, no made application
to the city board oil health for permits
sion TO enter the city, which wac
promptly refused. There Ia a general
quarantine rule against persons enter
iDe the ci,y.
IL is learned this morning that in
ADDITION to tearing up the tracks OF the
Alabams ana Vlcksburg railroad a
short distance west OF the city, reports
It night the crowd also burned
trtslls on the came road q few miles
west OF the city.
Mcclellan having consented to allow
trains 10 pass through that city the
Alabams and Vicksburg regular train
passed. nero CT o p. M. yesterday going
10 Meridian. The spted OF the trail
was notgreaterthsh four miles per hour
whereas the rosu had been ordered tu
run their trains through here at @ 20.
mile rate. Mt only was this order
was this orutr wilfulIy disregardsd by
the rosd, but the train actually stoppeu
In the heart Of the city. Indignation
is Of lever heat here anu the people
ray that II necessary TO compel Oh
seiyanos OF their reasonable Qunran.
tine regulations, they will burn every
Urluge between here ana Vicksburg.
The city authorities say that II yellow
fever ia introduced here II will be by
% In this case.
The number of men com posing the
Capital light guards In Ordinary times
lie thirty.six, tus 1t 10 doubtful whether
ten or Twelve Can be secured at this
time.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. lS.-Three
new cases OF yellow fever havs devel-
Opsd up TO noon today. Ths sick, ex.
copt In Two or three instances, are
dOiug well.
The board OF health this morning
urges that meetings, whether social,
Maternal or otherwise be avoided or
postponed a. much AZ possible and en.
Joining the public TO use for drink die
TILED or boiled water. Ii the lever
should spread, 1t .is anticipated
that tho managers OF the play.
honsB will bs asked TO sus-
pend temporarily. The old marine
hospital which has been selected as q
hospital for yellow fever patients 10 In
a comparatively Isolated locality IN
me rear Of the city. No psti-nts have
YET been received but the place will
be rapidly get In readiness for tho alex.
sharp watch ia being kept by the
authorities at West End and other
points TO prevent schoOneTs from In
,ilpping In. The charcoal, oyster,
lumber and other trade along the coast
hsa been seriously interfered with. One
schooner was seized last night. Her
e'piain had defied the police bat
ne Wac quickly made TO see the error
ol hls Way, ami mis- craft was shipped
pack whence 1t had come.
Many citizens have volunteered as
sanitary oflicere. The board OF health
u, however, exerc sing much care In
making Bsiection OF these officers
tlace upon their efficiency the efforts,
OF The board to stamp cut the disease
largely depends. The board decided
!as1 night that only trained and 40.
enmated nurses should ne allowed 10
attend yellow fever patients In order
.nst the Injection might be prevented
Ntm spreadiny.
Railroad traffic here hns dropped to
httle OF nothing.
n marion Dowdsn, member OF the
ouachits Guards, doing quarantine
Iu'y' was fatally shot by Henry Nc.
1oitnlek this morning. IL was an ac-