Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
THE FEVER REPORTS.
AUTHORITIES DENY PRESENCE OF
YELL0w-JACK AT EFT. MONROE.
ARMY ORDERS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Postal Notes-Informa-
tion With Respect to Mail Matter
for Santiago-Richmon and New
port News Mails.

chie1 clerk In the surgeon-generaPs office,
United States army. when / asked again
to-day If any information had been re-
ceived as to whether there were yellow
fever eases among the sick and wounded
soldiers recently brought from Santiago
to Fort Monroe eff there were any yell
low-fevey cases there" he said, "She fact
would be promptly reported to this office,
as it would be necessary to make re-
QUESTION for immunes or yellow-fever
nurses. disinfectants, &c. Such cases, IL
there were any, would have to be isolated,
and all this could not be done without
the knowledge of the surgeon-generaps
Office. No. there are no yellow-fever cases
there; and. in fact, the news we get from
our hospitals in Cuba is of the most salts
factory character. There were no deaths
| yesterday, and no new cases. The disease
Is of the mildest type many OF the pa
| TENTS not even finding IL necessary 10
| take to their beds.
Il am surprised that the newspapers
should give currency to such report as
the existence of yellow-fever at Fort
| Monroe. 1t is great injury to that popu-
lar summer resort, and to the transpor-
/
parts Of the country. No such report
should be sent or printed without being
verified"
SUSPICIOUS CASE.
Later in the day, however, Surgeon
General Sternburg received a telegram
| from Fort Monroe stating that one of
the doubtful cases referred TO yesterday
was suspected Of being yellow-fever. He
at once directed that the patient be iso-
lated, and the Marine Hospital Service
notified SO that proper precautions can
be taken
Tho medical authorities here do not
think that there is any real yellow-fever
case at Fort Monroe, and, judging by the
mildness of the disease at Santiago they
are not In the least alarmed, nor should
the people at Old Point, or those intend
ing TO go there, be.
ARMY ORDERS.
Captain Edward L. Munson, assistant
surgeon at Fort Monroe, is ordered to
report in person to MajorGeneral John
j. Coppinger. United States Volunteers,
commanding Fourth Army Corps, Tam
pa, Fla, for assignment to duty.
Private James N. Kendrick, Company
II, Third Virginia Volunteer Infantry,
now at Camp Alger, Va, Will be dis
charged the service Of the United States
Private s. s. Cox. Company +, Second
North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, now
at Raleigh, n. c., will be discharged the
service OF the United States by the COM
mandng officer Of his station.
Musician James w. Steele Light Bat
terry A, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.
now at Newport News, Va. will be dis
charged the service of the United States
by the commanding officer OF his station"
PERSONAL.
Hon. T. c.. Pitcher, member of the Yir-
ginia Senate from Fauquier county. is in
the city, stopping at the Metropolitan.
DR.. and Mrs Thomas Nelson Page will
bs among the Washington visitors at Bar
Harbor during the month OF August.
J. X. NJ. Wane, Lynchburg; Miss j. T..
Slaughter, Danviile; W. e. Graves, Tay-
Tor Gleayes, Lynchburg; Miss Boutack,
Virgina--Me
u. T. Burnett, Roanoke, Va.-The RAJ
leigh.
ID. c. Nutting, Norfolk-St. James.
POSTAL.
F. II. Blackburn has been appointed a
fourth-class postmaster at Wilton, Mid
dlesex county, Va, vice Frederick S.
Paul, removed.
Among the fourth -class postmasters com
missioned July 21st were the following:
Geo. l.. Gibbons, Faison, n. Ca money
order office; John b. hummer, Busbee,
n. c.; Willie l.. Hester, Hanford, Va;
Benjamin /. Overstreet, Kasey, Va;
Charles Z. Burt, Lumberton. Va. William |
+. Addington. Maces Spring, Va; Horace |
A. Jones, Rosita, Va.-not money-order |
offices.
Changes in star mail schedules have |
been made as follows in Virginia:
Capon Springs, w. Va, to Capon Road, |
Capon Springs daily except |
Sunday after arrival OF south-bound |
s A. NJ; leave Capon Road daily except
Sunday after arrival Of south-bound
mail train, but not later than p. NJ, ar
rive Capon Springs In five hours.
Guilford to Boxom-Leave Guilford |
daily except Sunday at p. NJ, arrive
Bloxom by 2:i5 p. NJ. leave Bloxom daily
except Sunday at 1875 =. NJ, arrive Gull
ford by 40 p NJ.
Leda TO Republican Grove-Leave Leda
daily except Sunday at 80 =. NJ, arrive
Republican Grove by p. NJ; leave Re-
publican Grove daily except Sunday at
$3.50 7. NJ, arrive Leda by p NJ.
Helena TO Thurman-Leave Helena daily |
except Sunday at 1:15 p NJ. arrive Thur
man by 2. p. NJ; leave Thurman daily
except Sunday at 2:15 +. NJ, arrive Hele-
IA by p. NJ
Regulus TO Ridgeway-Leave Regulus
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7:50 |
4. NJ. arrive Ridgeway by 900 a. NJ:
cave Ridgewey Tuesday. Thursday. and
Saturday at 1920 A. NJ, arrive Regulus
~ 11:5O A. NJ.
Commissioned Postmaster-John b.
aespass, Washington. n. ca presiden-
ial office
New offices have been established as
ollows: Dewey. Randolph county ~ c.,
NJ 1
,edford county. Va, Dora NJ. Dowdy,
The following important orders have
cen issued:
MAIL MATTER FOR SANTIAGO.
Office OF Postmaster-G General,
Washington, ID. c., July q, 1893. 7
rider No. 296:
In conformity with the order OF the |
resident of this date. my order. No. 16l,
{ the 10Th of April last, prohibiting the
lspatch OF any mail matter to Spain or .
er dependencies, Is modified so far as to
emit postal communication between the
-nited States and Santiago. Cuba.
The mails sent TO Santiago may contain =
,ail matter of all classes allowable in .ne
omestic mails OF the United States, ad-
ressed for delivery at any place within +
,e territory occupied by the United a
tates forces In the vicinity OF Santiago; | q
nd the mails sent from Santiago may a
,ntain the same classes of mail matter q
ldressed for delivery In the United n
tates: all articles included In said mails
ling subject TO inspection by the proper | NJ
Hillary or naval authorities. LIE
The postage rates applicable to articles | m
.jginating in or destined for the United =.
ates in the mails la question are fixed y,
follows, viz: pI