Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-02
1t Has Reached a Town
Near Soldiers Home.
PHYSICIANS AT WORK
To Try and Stamp ii Out as Soon as
POSSible--The Number of New
Cases Reported and the Deaths
Immune Nurses.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 2.-Yellow fever an
peared today at Phoebus, the little town
almost adjoining the Soldiers home at
Hampton. The scourge appeared among
the negroes and six cases and two deaths
were reported. There is no change in the
local situation except that the authori-
ties have redoubled their diligence to pre-
vent the fever spreading to this city from
Hampton or elsewhere. The mayor. chief
of police and patrolmen are doing IS
hours duty daily, and special officers, in
spectors and physicians are working day
and night perfecting the quarantine
against Hampton and the n%eighboring
points on the peninsula.
Mayor Johnston today received a dis
patch from Surgeon General Wyman of
the Marine hospital service, assigning
Grant landing, at the east of this city, to
the mayors use, and it will be used as a
detention camp if necessary. OYSTER
fishers who have been operating in the
vicinity of the infected districts are not
allowed to come near the shore, Several
We're driven back today by the river and
harbcr patrol.
Washington, Aug. 1.-Three new cases Of
yellow fever in the Soldiers home at
and one death is the official re.
port received tonight by Surgeon General
Wyman from DR.. Wasdin, the yellow
fever expert on duty at the institution.
ADDED to DR.. Wasdin's figures sent to
DR.. Wyman yesterday, this makes up to
date 40 cases in all which have occurred
al me homo Of which n ul% has .--,
fatal. Surgeon White today telgraphed
DR.. Wyman that in his opinion there was
LITTLE dou5 that there had been some
fever infection in the n%eighboring village
or Phoebus. but the surgeon general said
tonight that the dispatch had not been
followed by an evidence Of a positive
character at that place. Should the fever
develop there, however, no surprise would
be felt owing to the proximity of the
place to the home and the mixing Of the
inmates of the institution with the people
of Phoebus.
None of the nearby towns other than
Phoebus has reported the appearance Of
the infection or suspicious cases. The
people for miles around the home are very
much alarmed, but are quiet. No re-
str.ctlons have ben placed on the depart-
ure of the several hundred visitors at Old
Point Comfort, but DR.. Pettus, who has
NAAo > Z II la ttIe, Will eXeT-
else careful supervision of those who may
leave. so as to avoid danger Of their COM
munlcating the disease. This will apply
also to the soldiers now stationed on the
government reservation there and who
been ordered to proceed to Battery
Point. Del. Word reached the surgeon
general today that arrangements had
been made for the transportation of these
men through the army quartermaster at
Phl1Q6nlnhIa 7~hn ny will ~ r. 49, l.. $3.50
to Cape Charles, and thence by train to
their destination. Battery point is an
isolated place and DR.. Wyman has no
fear that the soldiers will carry any in
lection with them.
The surgeon general continues his pre-
cautions to prevent the spread Of the dis
ease, and it dispatch.ng additional help
to the surgeons now on the ground. Ar
engagements have been made for the dis
Infection of the mail matter sent by in
coming mails. Persons who have been at
the Hampton home have been detained
by the local authorities in this city, but
appear to be all right, and no alarm is
felt over their presence in Washington.
Surgeon General Sternberg this after
noon received the following telegram
from Surgeon Vickery, in charge of the
Soldiers home at Hampton, Va, the
scene of the yellow fever epidemic:
epidemic not extending; last day two
cases and one death; origin not discov-
cred. Do you know if we can get immune
surgeons and nurses?'
~Sternberg has sent Vickery a list Of i'm
surgeons and nurses.