The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-01
YELLOW JACK BEYOND DOUBT.
o,uaTy SEVEN CASES AND SEVEE
DEATHS REPORTED.

s. excitement Followed the
nis.overv of the Existence of the
nisoose-Rigid Quarantine Estab-
,,.,,od bv NcighbOring Towns.
,,a.inc Hospital Service Took
uo,a at Once-Disease Probably
uroueht From Cuba.
washington, July 31.-The latest official
.t.,-4+ received up 10 s O'Clock tonight
eoq.a Total of thirty-seven cases and sew
-. dosth- from yeIow fever at the Sol
1... Home at Hampton, Va. One new
ans. o-.grlel al The home to-day.
rbrs far The disease has been confined
,o.st home. but all surrounding towns are
e,a.al and vigorous quarantine is be-
tg main ned.
rr Nasdin, Of the marine hospital ser
,r,s is in charge Of affairs at Hampton
..3 is working in cooperation with the
o.aI boards Of health. He has strength
.rs5 ib GORDON about the town of Phoe-
his which he reports is in very bad SAM
uIy condition
The 1ct that only one new case appear
Cd today is encouraging to the officials
here who are taking every measure to pre-
,sri a snread of The disease. They feel
that rhe fact that the affected locality is
in the lands Of The government and under
one ranae. mont, Wil be Of great value in
lea.rg.ni h the scourge and enable better
rsuf to he obtained than where epi1em-
les break out IN commercial places
Already a number of inquiries have been
received by Or. Wyman from quarantine
officers throughout the United States ask
ir- whether they shall institute a mari
time quarantine against Norfolk. He re-
piad that there appears TO be no necessity
for such restriction in the case Of either
Norfolk or Newport News.
"OId soldier From Santiago.
Dr. Wasliu's official report of his exam
nation of existing conditions at the Sol
disrs Home reached Dr. Wyman to-day. 1t
is dated yesterday and notes the fact that
the doctor has seen all the cases of sus-
pected disease at the home He sums up
the history of the contagion as follows:
early in July an old soldier entered
the home for a short rest and soon after
ward appeared at the dispensary where he
informed the physician in charge that he
WAS but recently from Santiago. via a
uanspJr. to a Northern port; thence ne
started for Manila, Via San Francisco, beat
his way Co the home on a freight train ana
entered with his baggage. He complained
of dumb culls and fever and was prescrib-
ei for lie mingled freely with The inmates
of the home and short time ago disap-
peared. From this as a possible cause the
outbreak is as follows:
HOW 1t Developed.
Preceding Friday. the 2st inst, there
had been noticed nothing of a suspicious
nature. The weekly death rate was as
usual. Eut on The 2lst and 22nd there be-
came i'll during the night with sharp or
less chill and high fever, some eight or
Ten inmates men usually in good health
These seizures. although noted as pecu'
pr had o-casoned no alarm until about
Thursday the 27th when a death occurred
'Ae man becoming distinctly yellow some
u'ne prior 20 death. On or about the same
cay another one died without having at
Nd-5td particular attention. He also turn
tI quite yellow. Autopises were held or
'elA oy the resident pathologst. I was
u7" on little later that the telegram
WIS senr You asking for an expert
ayahd there was $500 inmates and thai
d. lai been taken ill since the 21st''
Nt' "as,ln says he withheld positive
"a7hoals u his first communication be
l"uSe Oh the assertion of Surgeon Vickery
al us nome that there had been no com
| -.i'duon of the inmates with any Cubar
''g'7is returned since last May or early
~ '"he. with the discovery of the prob
%. .Isn OF the infection and the two
.oI7ies today there can be no doubt
fl.a 1 Iii 11-,rs