Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-09-16
YELLOW JACK.
The Fever Extending in Cities In
the South.
TRAINS LEAVING MOBILE CROWDED.
Much Material for the Fever to Feed Upon
--Business ut Complete stsndstill At
Jackson, Miss, and the City Sur.
rounded by . Guard.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 15.-The books
OF the board Of health show the fol-
lowing recapitulation Of the yellow
fever situation. There have been re-
ported to the board for investigation
% cases which the attending physi-
clans considered suspicious OF these,
IS cases had been found suffering with
a harmless fever, five cases were re-
garded as suspicious but necessary to
be further investigated before def.
mite report could be made upon them;
there were no reports as to four cases
and four cases had been pronounced
genuine yellow fever, though one
of the latter was classed as of
mild type. The most serious Of the
four yellow fever cases is located in
the neighborhood of the French mar
ket. Officers from the police force
were detailed to take charge Of the
neighborhood, a restaurant, a bakery
and shop next door to the premises
in which the sickness was found were
closed and a disinfectant was sent to
the scene to be used.
Out of population of IS, only three
persons in Barclay have not had the
sickness, and the percentage Of death
has been what is usual in yellow fever
epidemics. There were several new cases
reported yesterday at Ocean Springs
and Of the number of ill at Biloxi, Is
were reported as suffering from yellow
fever. At Ocean Springs, DR.. Wasdin,
of the Marine hospital staff, is receiv.
ing the best of attention, and it is
hoped he will pull through in a few
days. Surgeons Carter and Dunn left
Ocean Springs for Pascagoula yester-
day. A case Of yellow fever exists at
that point.
OUTGOING TRAINS CROWDED.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 15-Three cases
Of yellow fever were officially an.
nounced yesterday by the board Of
health. This caused much more alarm
than did the discovery Of the first case,
which was regarded as sporadic. The
people who can are leaving for points
Of safety and the trains are leaving
crowded. The same is true of the
trains on the Mobile & Ohio. DR..
Guiteras left yesterday for Edwards,
Miss, ordered thither to investigate
the dispatch received from there. He
declined to tell what have been his
observations here, saying he had first
to report to the surgeon.general at
Washington. 1t is learned, however,
that he finds four suspicious cases, all
in the south central districts. When
asked upon what he based his tele-
gram to the urgeon-general that there
would be spread Of the disease here,
he said that the city has had long
immunity from the disease and there
is much material for it to feed upon.
BUSINESS AT A sTANDsTILL.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. l5.- Yesterday
was day of excitement and anxiety
to the people Of jackson. The city is
now surrounded on all sides by an
armed guard and the quarantine rules
are enforced with great strictness.
The principal cause Of alarm to the
people of Jackson came from Edwards,
only % miles distant, where there are
now So cases of dengue, at least three
of which were reported to be consid-
cred suspicious. Business in Jackson
is at n pOmnleta standstill.