The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

DE' "ym&h says III Is TOO early
to Even Guess on That Point
Relieved That Prompt Action
Taken Has Prevented Possible
Spread of the Epidcmic-Quaran-
tine Maintained Is Most Rigid.
WASHINGTON, Aug 3-The yellow
fever situation at Hampton continues ia
Vorable and encouraging, in the opinion
of the officials of the Marine hospital
service. According to official reports
there has been no spread of the conta-
gion since yesterday, nor has any of the
cases now under treatment proved fatal
since that time. 1t is hoped to confine
Phoebus, but Surgeon General Wyman
thinks it too early to make a definite
prophecy regarding the outbreak, as it
is only four or five days since the pres
ence of the fever became known to the
officials here. Tonight at $3.50 o'clock DR..
Wyman received the following telegram
from Dr. Vickery, stationed at the SOL
diers' home:
Situation favorable and encouraging.
No new cases and no Deaths.
DR.. Wyman tonight received from the
home list of the members of the insti-
tuition who were furlonghed on and after
July %, the day after a number of the in
mates became sick with the fever. Most
of the inmates furloughed, fortunately,
have gone to Northern cities.
Sergeant Pettus wired from Fort Mon
roe tonight that there is nothing new to-
day, and that good patrol is being
maintained
Acting Assistant Surgeon P. St L. Nc
Cure will be on duty at Craney island. He
will go there tonight with persons held in
detention at Berkeley. Some from Nor
falk were sent over today DR.. John
Archinard, of New Orleans, will reach
Washington in few days for duty that
may be assigned to him.
Regarding rumors said to prevail in
Newport News, that government experts
had pronounced the disease not to be yell
low fever, DR.. Wyman and Gen Stern
berg each said tonight that no such in
formation had been sent to either of
them, and that no reason was known
for questioning that the disease was yell
low fever
DURATION OF DISEASE.
Regarding the probable duration of the
present epidemic Dr. Wyman said today:
''It is too early yet to make predictions
as to the suppression of the outbreak
only four days having elapsed since the
discovery Of the fever The fact that
Thomas, the original suspect has gone
north takes considerable weight off our
minds, as he is now in a latitude where
there is no chance of yellow fever doing
any great damage. Our past experience
in the South has shown, however, that
yellow fever can be suppressed and con-
fined to the original focus of infection
when the precautions are taken early
enough in the outbreak. This was shown
at Brunswick, Ga, in 1894 1t was also
true in the outbreaks at McHenry, Miss,
and Franklin, La In the two latter cpl
denies there were other outbreaks in
Mississippi and Louisiana about the same
time, but there is good reason to believe
the infection was carried to the outlying
points before the quarantine on the origi-
nal focus was put in force. We believe
that the quarantine precautions, as now
enforced in the South, are effective
Where there has been apparently a
spread through the official lines it has
been due to .the tardy information of the
outbreaks. This shows the necessity of
prompt reports in all suspicious cases"
1t was finally decided this afternoon
that the garrison at Fort Monroe should
be taken away on the government trans
port Mcclellan which will leave New
York tonight and will arrive at the fort
tomorrow.