Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-09
THERE IS NO CHANGE
h The YeIoH-FeVeI Situation
at The Home,
TIE FOOD SUPPLY AMPLE,
Prospect Of Raising the Quarantine
Against Hampton.
MOST REMARKABLE LETTER.
newport News Merchants and the
Trade with RichmOnd-Pctitio
for Reduced Passenger. Freight,
and Telephone Rntes--At Norfolk.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, August g.
siecial)-There has been no change IN
Tho ycllow-fevcr situation since the forty
third case was reported yesterday AFTER
noon 80 moro deaths have occurred.
The Soldiers Home has been supplied
with provisions enough 90 last until the
quarantints are raised. Phoebus has been
relieved. and there is no danger Of
faminc. The officials OF the united chart
tl.s to-day commenced the work of relief
I'm Hampton and PhOcbus providing food |
for needy famuics-colored. as wen as
whites. Present indications point TO the
sing of the quarantine against Hamp-
tr ON Friday or Saturday. Health-On-
or samuel W. Hobson has invited the
So Board of Health and Surgeon J. II.
Waite. I'm charge Of quarantine work. TO
a conference with the City Board Of
Health 10 be held at the Warwick Hotel |
Thursday afternoon The object Of this
conference viii De 10 receive Surgeon |
Whites report as 90 the condition Of af-
fairs I'm Hampton. and to officially raise |
the quarantine aeaiust that city if IT is |
safe 60 do $50. Dr. White will conclude |
his house-to-house inspection before that |
time. and if he reports to the health au- |
thortics as the representative Of the /
United States Marine Hospital Service, |
that there are no suspicious cases in that /
city, and that TO raise the quarantine at |
this time will not be a dangerous move, !
it is probable that that action will be
taken.
u
This city proposes however, for IT'S |
own safety. as well as that Of other |
cities depending upon its protective mea- |
sures To- send TO Hampton a large COM !
pauy OF guards under the officers who are |
fin service now. TO act i'm cooperation |
with the Hampton Quarantine Guard in
o.Ior 10 maintain q strong line against |
pnoebus and the homo. If the quaron-
t- IS raised as a result Of this confer
, Tho order will probably go into effect
o iday.
arrangements have been completed TO
Jun Que OF Hampton a special train for
ta. benefit of those persons who desire
o. .e.ye the city and go to points beyond
I.llnoud The approval Of Surgeon
General Wyman and the permission Of
OIL. state Board of Health have been OBJ
tened In view Of an that has happened,
and in view OF the definite and unQuah-
flea opinions of experts. the best IN this /
country 10 would seem almost beyond !
reason 10 believe that the disease at the /
home is not yellow-fevcr. At the same /
time there have been some remarkable !
features Of the situation that have pro
voked doubt where ordinarily there would |
have been 10 doubt
REMARKABLE LETTER.
The following letter was published here /
this afternoon from "a prominent Ind !
Vidual at the Soldiers Home, and one of /
the most active members of Encampment !
No o. Union Veteran Legion which ls !
attached TO the home. The name of the |
writer is I'm possession of your corrc- /
spondcnt lie does not care 20 have II |
made public unless the necessity arises, |
but his standing at the home makes his |
views of interest at this time The com |
inunicaton follows:
National Soldiers Home, |
August T. 1899 |
The papers publish the death of san
ford as having died here with yellow !
fever Why cannot some doctor come 10 |
the home and interview some of the many |
tLat had This disease, and also men who |
knew that Sanford came 20 this branch |
three months ago. and has not been well
q day since? ] would like TO see the facts
given ~ the case. and not only the word
az The home surgeons. DO YOU not think
that when 800 men say there IS no yell
l0W-feVtT hcre--O many with this Opin-
lonesome attention should be given 10
the matter? Among these some are ply
sIciln,
The first arrest for violating the Coun-
ellis emergency ordinance imposing d
fue OF between 500 and $780, or penalty
of thirty days In Jail for breaking or !
stealing through the quarantine lines
was made early this morning, and the
prisoner. Richard Anderson. was sent to
1ail for thirty days, he being unable 10
pay a 500 tnc The man made number
Of unsuccessful attempts 10 get into the
lines. and finally boarded "a freight train,
living Nat on the running-bOard of a car
while the train entered the lines. One
OF thc inner guards detected the man and
arrested him.
TRADE WITH RICHMOND.
The expressions OF prominent merchants
Of the city I'm the past Few days as 10
their determination not TO deal with Nor
folk iu future owing TO the stand taken
D. That city against this during the yei-
low-fcver scare. took its first definite
form to-day in the shape of a petition
to thc Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
asking for reduced rates, in order 10 per
mIt trade with Richmond on nearly The
same basis Ass 10 has been carried ON with
N0iiolk. The document is signed by all
OF ihe leading merchants of the city, VINO
have been dealing directly with Norfolk
in the past III asks for a business pas
sengcr rate Of 81 for the rOund-trp TO
Richmond. good for one day only, and TO
be sold 10 and used by merchants only,
and also petitions the road % transport
freight OF such character as is used I'm
the local trade consigned 10 merchants
On Newport News by merchants OF Rich
mOnd az the same rate Tor which II
transports freight OF the same class from
Norfolk 10 this city. In consideration
Of these concessions. the merchants aerec
60 throw as much OF their jobbing busl-
ness ar IS possible TO Richmond I'm the
event the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
viii make concessions, and IL Is believed
that it will. there are large number Of
merchants IN other lines who stand
ready 10 throw lot Of trade 10 Rich
mOnd.
Another movement has been put on foot
with "a view Of securing cut I'm telephone
rates between Newport News ana Rich
InOnd iu order 20 accommodate the busi-
ncss-men and tho public. Al present the
rate Is Is cents The Bell Company VIII |
b. asked 20 cut IL 20 u cents, and 1t Is
believed that the company viii make The
concession, as the rate then VIII DC
cheaper than telegraphng, and the pa
ironage would DO very large, especially