Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-04
No Spread of yellow Fever at
Hampton or Phoebus.
NO NEW GASES FOUND
Nor sins Any of the Cases I'm tho Sol
dicr's Home IIospitnl Proved Ea-
tai Since Tucsday-I.ist of Absen-
tees-surgcon Ordered TO Crnncy
Island Newport News RumiOr-
Traced cities order Quarantine
Especial to Virginlan-Pilot.)

Fort Monroe. Va, Aug. 4.-The situa-
ton at Phoebus and the Home assur-
ing. Nothing in Hampton 20 far.
(SignedD WASDIN,
Surgeon NJ. II. c.
(By Telegraph to -Pilot.)
Washington. Aug. S.--The yellow
fever situation at Hampton continues
favorable and encouraging in the opin-
lon of the officials of the Marine Hos
pital Service. According to official re-
ports there has been no spread of TIM
disease since yesterday. nor has any
OF the cases now under treatment
proved fatal since that time.
II Is hoped To coniine the disease 10
the Soldiers Home and Phoebus. but
Surgeon General Wyman thinks it too
early To make positive prediction re-
BardlnE the outbreak. as 1t Is only four
or five days since the presence of the
fever became known to the officials
here.
Tonight. at half past eight o'clock.
DR.. Wyman received the following tel
eGram from Or. Nickery, stationed at
the Soldiers Home:
situation favorable and encouraging
No new cases and no deaths"
LIST OF ABSENTEES.
Or. Wyman tonight received from
the Home n list of the members of the
institution who We're furloughed on
and after the 22d of July. the day after
number of the inmates became sick
with the fever. Accompanying the
names were the exact dates and time
of the furlough and the destination Of
those To whom they Wee granted. The
Surgeon General gave this information
TO the press and asks that neWSpa pcrs
In the places to which these persons
have gone publish 1t ana tina; medical
officers hold under close obScrVa ion for
a period of ut least ten days after they
LEFT the Home. such of the inmates as
they may he able To find.
Most Of tho inmates furloughed have
fortunately gone to Northern cities
The list Of inmates furloughed is as
follows:
Henry w. Arnold. July &c. Philadcl-
pha.
John Bali, July %. Baltimore
David W. Riddle. July "a, llarpcrs
Ferry. w. Va.
Enos Brand, July %, Philadelphia.
Stephen Carey. July q. Phoebus. Va.
Thomas cummins. July a. Philadel-
phia.
Thomas \. Craig, July 2S. Baltimore.
William r. Flynn. July o. Norfolk,
Matthew Goslin, July %, Harrington,
Del
Samuel Hutchinson. July %. Phila-
delphia
James IIcnley. July 2S. Philadelphia.
John NJ Jackson, July &c, Washing
ton. ID. G.
James G. Lomcx. July Is. Washing
ton.
solomon Mullen. July % Elizabeth
City. y. c.
John McSorcy. July %. Philadelphia.
Hugh Mcdonald, July 26. philadel-
phia.
John Peters. July 30. Philadelphia
Martin Spccht. July Il. Hazlcton. Pa.
Edward Townsend. July y, Philadcl-
phia.
Jacob Trantwein. July -. Baltimore.
William 4. Tallinad. July -, New
burgh. y. y.
George y. Vance, July &c, New York
city.
William II. Wheeler, July "a. Wells
Vile, NJ Y.
John Young. July o. Philadelphia
NOTHING NEW.
Surgeon Pettus wired from Fort
Monroe tonight that there is nothing
new. and that a good patrol is being
maintained.
ORDERED TO CRANEY ISLAND.
Washington ID. c., Aug 3.--Acting
Assistant Surgeon Moncure will be ON
duty at Craney Island. He will 80 there
tonight with persons held in detention
at Berkeley. Some from Norfolk were
sent over to-day. DR.. John Archinard.
of New Orleans. Will reach Washing
ton in few days for duties that may
be assigned to him.
a NEWPORT NEWS RIIMOR.
Regarding rumors said to prevail in
Newport News that Government cx-
pertS had pronounced the disease not tn
he yellow fever. DR.. Wyman ana Cen
fral Stcrnbcrg each said tonight that
no such information had been sent To
either Of them and that no reason was
kIsnwn FOR questioning that the disease
was yellow fever.
SUCCESSFULLY TRACED.
The Marine Hospital officials at
Hampton have succeeded in tracing
and locating the former inmate of the
Soldiers Home. who is believed To have
brought yellow fever to that place. fiiA
name is William Thomas. He arrived
a. TIE Home on transport from san
t'ago. where he had been visiting. be-
tween July I'd anu 5th last. He Was adj
United To the Home as a veteran. and
shortly after developed chills and fever
In the light of subsequent events the
experts believe there is little doubt tina,
he was affected with mild case of
yellow fever. although il was not dag
nosch as such at the time. When we'll
enough To travel he left the home, and
his no ora on Wns aant DLaAhua Th.