The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-21
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.


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Ia- fever hss made iis appearance st
o-J ors 90. PiAcs. Pa. CArtssi.n.
sisA. szi bat oo~ case e,i.,. th~r,
The fever b. cozns~i Co ihr~~ State.
Losi.ians. Nisslssipss sne F-,cEiss Ia
Florida Tot . cas~ has r.aea~d sas
inAiniani. ba; ~. ,iisatioa IN k.y
We; ;. quite s~s~s-. - eA-~s e~,nx
reported DF Trc,t~r r-part~d
from Tampa that ~ hAf sa.as
n aOas- 10 hoas~ inss-cSioa In porx
Tampa and fors TaEnP. city. and hAi
visited -; pe;er,bgrs. bat bad souna
nothing suspiclSa. No cue q, Aiio~.d
;o leave k-y West wlfhoa, solnS to
the detention camp ~ Dry TortaGss.
unie-s he d. certified - an immun-.
Esr-ss 10 nos prevented from N~- Or
Leans bsi sacrr is steamship Insy~s-
;ion there 81 boats hoand up the river
and 10 passengers arr takea.
Surgeon General wymsa IA. .~ns
DIR. M~6rua-r from N-~ orlean. TO
Jackson. Mis-. 20 ooafer With the al
thori'i-s thrrr reis;iv. Go a train Ia
sp-ciion service through Missi-.ippl
His surgeons are compelling tho oh
sersanoe by tho state Aaihoriil~. 90
the ttcs-ury regulations for the i-pla-
iinn and guarding 81 cas~. a o;h-r
points. 4 dispssch received ro-ds.
from DT Bran.r. a. SarAnnsh. s,ys
that ths; city has qaarsntin.d against
passengers. frui; and manufactured
clothing from New Orleans. Nississip-
pl city. Pass Chrisiian and Jackson.
Fer the week there have he~n iso
rev cAses and i've deaths ai Key
Wet. making S5s cases and u deagas
since August 81 There has bern one
case Al Miami. one cAs~ Rnd on. ds.'h
a. Por; Tampa city. seven ca~-r and
40 death At New Orleans and ons
death at Mississippi Ciiy.
In IA. public health report issued
this week Colorado g. reported 10 i,-
free from fnalipor after an ~pld~mic
from March 10 the middl. az August.
during which ;hsre were 2ss cases and
70 deaths. The total number Of small
pos cases Ia th. rnitsd States this sea-
ron was osl
Th. reports received through the
consuls show taa; yellow fever g. pre-
yailing In Arren.ine. Brazil. Coiuni-
bia. Costa EIcA. Cubs. Mexico and san
Salvador Mot 81 the countries only
report the deaths. and reports sor the
lAs; tao month. show G7s deaths 10
tween June Icih and August .sih. the
date of the last repor; from Santiago.
there were eOS cases and &C deaths ia
that city.
In the bnbcni. pi,g ae- stricken coun-
tries. the mortality has bern very
heavy. Out 81 l.ik2 cases in Hcag
Kong. there were i.s2e deaths. and ~
.sIensGl. Japan. out of 2.sss cases there
were Sec deaths. At operto. Po-in-
gal. the most westerly point touched
10y the plague out of II cases zap Go
August 3. there were u dea,hs. The
Marine Hospital Se-yioe b. taking
every precau;ion TO prevent she intro
duction of the plague either from
southern Europe or Africa. where &
has gained a foo;hold. o. from the
East. unrough the por; of san Fran
cIscc. All steamships from Ifsly
Spain and southern France are being
inspected before sailing for the rni.ed
States.
Thomas ". Heenan. writes . most
Interesting report from Odessa d ih~
precautions taken In Russia agains;
the introduction of the plague n
which ne says that there In a general
belief In that section of. Europe. ths.
with the advent of the Paris Expos
tion. the plague will be spread all oyer
the continent Of Europe. and may even
reach the States of North and South