The age-herald., 1898-10-14
FOURTEEN NEW
 CASES OF FEVER High Water Mark Was Reached at Jack
 son Yesterday. THERE WAS BUT ONE DEATH
Weather Continues Cool and a White
 Frost is AnXiOuSly Awaited.
SIX NEW CASES AT NATCHEz
Other Towns Report Spread of the Disease in Mississippi-The New
 Orleans Record-No Fever at
 Starkville or Columbus.


 Starkville or Columbus. Jackson, Miss, October, 13.-Fourteen new cases of yellow fever and one death is the Jackson record for today. This is the highest number of cases yet reported. b ght of these cases are whites. The one death is that of negro. The weather continues cool and frost is anxiously looked for.
 Travelling Passenger Agent L. E. Mont gomery, of the Illinois Central, who has re- mained here assisting in the rel ef work, was found i'll in a room at the depot today and conveyed to the residence of Colonel Power. His case has not fully developed, but 1t is feared he has the fever
 A telegram to the board of health this evening from Hiram, just south of Jackson, gave informat on that an unknown white man who had been exposed to the lever at Fort Gibson was found s.ck on the road about six miles from here. People were afraid to go near m and he nearly died from neglect An improvised ambulance has been sent for him and he will be brought to the city and cared for.
 The OI1cta report or secretary t1uulei, of the state board, is as follows:
 Natchez reports that six mild cases or yellow fever were found today in the ex- treme northern portion of the city. Mad son reports five new cases and asks that another physician be sent there; Stark vile reports one new case; Oxford no new cases and one death; Waveland two new cases and one death; Hattiesburg six new cases since Sunday; Harr!ston reports six xuif
 Record at New Orleans
 New Orleans, October 13.-President Soul chon, of the state board of health, makes the following fever report for louisiana
 New Orleans two new cases, no deaths; Wilson eight cases, no deaths; Alexandria six cases, one death; Houma eleven cases, no deaths; Amite City, one death; St. Calir West Baton Rouge parish, eleven cases, one death.
 Amite, in Tangipapoa parish, and St. Clar are new points of infection.
 No Fever at starkviile Mobile, Ala, October 13.-Surgeen R. D. Murray, marine hospital surgeon and vel low fever expert who has been inVestigat- ing the reports of the existence or yellow fever at Starkville, Miss, says to the Reg ister in a, signed statement that there IS no yellow fever at Starkville, and in the  tural and Mechanical college there have been eight cases since August 29; seven of these are practically convalescent Ihe college grounds are surrounded by strong guard"
 None at Columbus
 Montgomery, October 13-(Special)- Murray, the yellow fever expert, who was sent to investigate the suspicious cases or fever at Columbus Miss, has wired to the Alabama health department that there IS no yellow fever at that point
 Record of Infection at New Orleans
 Washington, Oct. 13.-President Souchon, of the Louisiana state board of health wired the marine hospital service today that yellow fever is reported at Lobdell, in the West Baton Rouge parish, and that the parish has been quarantined.
 From Dry Tortugas, Fla, the arrival of the Resolute is officially reported with one case on board, though the surgeon in charge reports the diagnosis in doubt.
 Of 16S cases of admissions to the detention camp near Franklin, 106 have been dis charged and the remainder doubtless will be within the next two days. Twenty-Five persons have been admittd to the fever hospital at Franklin, six cases having been discharged recovered.
 Surgeon Carter, the fever expert in charge at New Orleans, wired Surgeon-Gen- eral Wyman that passengers for points north are making affidavits not to return into the quarantined territory for ten days or indefinitely. The baggage is being thor oughly disinfected. Passengers go north under guard.
 Surgeon Carter reports that he believes the spread of fever from New Orleans took place before 1t was quarantined, that Lake Charles probably caught the fever from Alexandria and Canton from Madison be- fore the fever was announced at either An off reVieW Of the situation as received from New Orleans today fol- lows:
 october 6tYellow fever declared at Alex andria, quite general in part of the town; existed about five weeks; very mild type. October 7-Removed the relay on the Val ley road to Gayden, La; place being dis infected
 October s-Yellow fever announced in Hattiesburg believed to be from Jackson, Miss; about four weeks old; moderate type; said to be confined to small districts; hoping to delay spread of fever till frost; place quarantined Sent two physicians and six nurses to Wilson, where everybody is down.
 October 9-Fever announced at Lumber ton; guard put on the railroad at Maxie to protect the Gulf and Ship Island railroad from Lumberton;. place quarantined.
 October 10-Fever reported at Canton came from Madison by negroes Will cor- don the infected district of the city to delay spread until frost
 October 12-Assistant Surgeons Landry and vonesdArf sick at Taylors. Help been asked at Harristown.
 Three hundred and twenty persons are in camp at Haralson undergoing two days, detention.
 Senator Money of Mississippi called on Surgeon General Wyman today to ascer- tain the exact condition in the infected district. He expressed himself as satisfied that the surgeon general is doing every thing possible to relieve the situation.
 Protection From Yellow Jack
 Memphis, October 13.-A general meeting of the Merchants exchange was held today
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