Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-09-25
ST. LOUIS FEARS FEVER.
The Mound City Becomes Excited Over
Very Suspicious Case.
Mobile Physicians Doubt Whether 1t La
Yellow Fever-Situation Improving ae
New Orleans-More Cases at Cairo
Sixteen More at Edwards.


seems to have been but little founda-
ton for it. according to Health Com
missioner Starkloff, who made an ex-
animation of the suspected case and
declared that it showed not a single
symptom of the dread disease that is
aaging in the south. The suspect is
William Tript, 80 years of age, who
reached the Marine hospital Monday
night He had high fever and said
he came from the government dredge
boat Alpha. engaged in revetment
work near East Cairo. Ky. In regard
to the case, DIR. Starkloff said: 81 have
made a thorough examination of Tript
with Drs. Jordan and Decker. The
analysis presented to me makes the
case look like one of ordinary inter
mittent fever. If it is yellow fever, it
is of a very mild type"
Two hundred clerks, with their fami
lies, employed in the general offices of
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. at Mo
bile, Ala, arrived here last night, tenn
porary headquarters of the road
having been established in this city
until after the yellow fever has died
out in the south. DIR. StarkloH was
asked what would be the effect of so
many people from the midst of the fe
yer stricken district coming into this
city. He said he had no fear that they
would spread the plague and declared
that it was too cold here for the dis
ease.
DOUBT WHETHER IT is YELLOW JACK.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 22.-There was
only one new yellow fever case report
ed yesterday, child named Willie
Goodloe, living in the infected district
One case was discharged. All the
cases under treatment are progr essing
favorably. There have been but three
deaths, and none since Saturday. The
old physicians are beginning to shake
their heads and declare that this is the
most curious manifestation of yellow
fever ever seen in the south. So many
of the reported cases have failed to
further develop their yellow fever
characteristics that not a few doctors
seem disposed to doubt the correctness
of the diagnoses, and one of the most
experienced of the doctors has been
Heard to say that he would not report
zany more cases suspicious. He
would wait until the symptoms became
s.lnmistakable.
IMPROVING AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-There were
~ainc cases of yellow fever reported to
tine board of health yesterday after
snoOR at six o'clock, when the days
work of the physicians ended There
SSEeEe, however, no deaths recorded,
=and the doctors all agreed that the
situation was steadily improving. The
GsTer at present, instead of developing
Unto a malignant type, is as mild, if it
lis not milder, than when it first ap-
apeared here, as witness 81 cases in two
ttsasE without a single death. Last
might the inspectors of the board of
flealth reported that most of the cases
TnAt had come under their observation
were progressing most favorably.
There are only two cases which give
s5ahe attending physicians any reason
ESDr a1arm-
MORE CASES AT CAIRO.
cairo, Ill, Sept 22.-Dr. Guiteras
has diagnosed two more cases of ILL
ness here as yellow fever-John Mil
Ter, at ST. Mary's infirmary, and M
Stevenson, on the dredge boat Alpha,
rat East Cairo, KY. Local physicians
, claim the cases are only swamp fever,
. and the people refuse to believe that
yellow fever is here.
SIXTEEN NEW CASES AT EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Miss, Sept. 22.-Sixteen
new cases of yellow fever were report
ed up to eight o'clock last night, MAX
ing total of 70 cases to date. There
has been one death-that of Col. R. B.
Robb. who died yesterday morning
five miles in the country. He was S3
years old and quite feeble.