The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-02
FIVE NEW CASES THERE
SEVEN MORE ARE SUSPECTED
TO BE FEVER.
SOURCE OF THE INFECTION Unknown
Every Precaution Taken by Health Board of
Florida to Prevent the Disease Spread
ing from the Island City
TO the Mainland.


Jacksonville, Fla, September L.
Communication with Key West by the
rest of the world has been cut off by the
orders of DIR. j. Y. Porter, executive
officer of the Florida State Board of
Health. ON account of two deaths and
several cases which have been diagnosed
as yellow fever The order was issued
late Thursday evening by DR.. Porter
on the report of the existence of the
disease in Key West from DIR. Charles
b. Sweetin, agent of the Board Of
Key West and sanitary inspector of the
port. DR.. Pointer, who left Key West
ONE week ago on a brief vacation, was
reached in Virginia and left Immediately
for Florida, wiring his orders to quar-
antine the island city. He will reach
this city at noon tomorrow and will
Immediately leave for the South, arriv
ing at Key West on Sunday afternoon.
Meantime no one will be allowed to
leave the island until he shall arrive.
The dead are Dennis Eagan, Jr., Dep
uty Collector of.CarstOms at Key West,
who was taken sick early in the week,
and a boy named COsgrove. Both We're
buried this morning. Five cases addi-
tional have been diagnosed as yellow
fever and seven suspicious cases are
under surveillance. Those who have
been declared to have the fever We're
named by DIR. Sweetin this afternoon
as follows:
Oakley, Stokin, MaIris, Browder and
Pate, all supposed TO be white men. The
suspicious cases are Taylor, Sturgis,
Cochran. Rosemthal, Shomshield, DR..
McCallahan and Mrs b. Sudlow, the
latter resident of Jacksonville.
BY DIR. Porter's orders State Senator
Harris has been appointed to assist DIR.
Sweetin in maintaining the strictest
quarantine, and from his energetic char
acter it is certain that the orders Will
be most strictly carried out. The Off
GERS at the Static Board of Health of
fee here have been busy today endeavor-
ing to discover by wire the number Of
cases, the length of time that they have
been observed and the source of the in
fection, but DIR. Sweetin has been unable
to trace the disease.
The board officials have established a
launch quarantine patrol at Miami and
have appointed inspectors to guard
against possible infection from Key
West At Tampa the quarantine sta
ton and patrol are considered to be suf-
ficient protection as all vessels coming
in are compelled to stop at this station.
These two points are the only ones
through which communications can be
had with Key West and they will be
thoroughly guarded so that the posi-
bility of infection from the beIeaguered
city is thus reduced to the minimum.
The news of the fever in Key WoI
was received in this city with no alarm.
IL
be any, for previous experience has
demonstrated the efficiency of the board
under Porter when Key West was form
erly caught in the same trouble as now.
NEW ORLEANS SHUT OUT.
Mobile, Ala, Sept lowing to the
reported death by yellow fever in New
Orleans and two other cases declared
there, Mobile county authorities pro-
claimed tonight a quarantine against all
persons, baggage and freight from New
Orleans entering Mobile county. The
Mayor issued proclamation of quaran-
tine also against persons, baggage and
freight from New Orleans under such
restrictions as are made by the board
of health.
The night train from New Orleans due
ut sIo y ClOth lOulSnl WAS
from discharging New Orleans passen-
gers or baggage here. A detention camp
will be established tomorrow Quaran-
tine is also proclaimed against Key
West
DEATH FROM YELLOW FEVER.
Atlanta Ga, Sept IA special to the
Constitution from New Orleans, says:
AN autopsy held today on the body
of young f.. Udolph who died yesterday
revealed the fact that death was caused
by yellow fever. The case was reported
to the authorities four days ago, but
DIR. Murray of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice did not think the case was one of
yellow fever"
TEXAS TAKES ACTION.
Austin, Texas, September 1.-The
State Health Department tonight or
dered rigid quarantine against New
Orleans on passenger and freight bust
ness to contine indefinitely.
FEVER CASE IN INDIANA.
Chicago, Ill.,, September IA special
to the Times Herald from Indianapolis,
says:
THE State Board of Health today re-
ceived a report of the death of a man
at Vincennes from yellow fever. The
man had recently returned from Cuba"