The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-04
A CHEERING REPORT
From the Fever Stricken Soldiers
Home at Hampton.
NO FEAR OF CONTAGIOUS SPREAD

The Home Thoroughly Quarnntincd
and tho Condition OF tho stricken
Ones lFnvorable-No Deaths In the
Institution since Tuesday Last.
Washington, Aug. 4.-The yellow
fever situation at Hampton continues
favorable and encouraging. i'm the
opinion OF the officials Of the Marine
hospital service. According to official
reports there has been no spread Of the
contagion since Wednesday, nor has
any of the cases now under treatment
proved fatal since that time. II is
hoped to confne the disease TO the
Soldiers Home and Phoebus, but Sur
geon General Wyman thinks it too
early to make definite prophecy re-
garding the outbreak, as IL is only
four or FIVE days since the presence OF
the fever became known to the officials
here. Last night DR.. Wyman received
the following telegram from DR. Vick-
cry, stationed at the Soldiers Home:
situation favorable and encouraging.
No new cases and no deaths"
DR.. Wyman last night received from
the home a list of the members Of the
institution who were furloughed on
and after July %, the day after a NUM-
Der OF the inmates became sick with
the fever. The surgeon general asks
that newspapers In the places to which
these persons have gone publish 1t and
that medical officers hold under close
observation for a period of at least
ten days after they left the home such
of the inmates as they may be able to
find Most of the inmates H. loughed
fortunately have gone to northern
cities.
The list of inmates furloughed, and
| their destination is as follows: Henry
w. Arnold, Enos Brand Thomas Cum
mings, Samuel w. Hutchinson, James
Healey, John McSorley, Hugh McDon-
/ aid, John Peters, Edward Townsend
and John Young, Philadelphia; John
| Ball, Thomas N. Craig and Jacob
| Trantwein, Baltimore; John NJ. Jack
son and James c. LomaX. Washington;
| David w. Biddle, Harper's Ferry, w.
Va; Stephen Corey, Phoebus, Va;
William T. Flynn, Norfolk Va; Mat
thew Goslin, Harrington, Del; Solo
mon Mullen, Elizabeth City, N. c.;
| William T. Tallinadge, Newburgh, N.
! Y; George A. Vance, New York city;
! William H. Wheeler, Wellsville, N Y.
Surgeon Pettus wired from Fort
Monroe last night that there is moth
ing new, and that a good patrol is
being maintained.
Acting Assistant Surgeon P. st. L.
Mcclure will be on duty at Craney ISL
and He went there last night with
persons held in detention at Berkeley.
Some from Norfolk were sent over
yesterday. DR.. John Archinard, OF
New Orleans, will reach Washington
in few days for duties that may be
assigned to him.
Regarding rumors said to prevail In
Newport News that government ex-
perts had pronounced the disease not
TO be yellow fever, DR.. Wyman and
General Sternberg each said that no
reason was known for questioning that
the disease was yellow fever.
Governor Woodfin, of the Hampton
Soldiers Home, last night wired the
press as follows
"In view of the exaggerated reports
in the daily press throughout the coun-
try as to the epidemic of yellow fever
at the home l deem It incumbent to
the duty | owe the public, and par
ticularly the families of the 1000 men,
bers of this home, to make the fol-
lowing statement:
"The disease first made it's appear
ance about the 22d of July, when sew
: eral members were sick in quarters,
but did not consider themselves suf-
fciently i'll to require hospital treat
ment, but on the 9th the surgeon or
dered several to the hospital, and not
until the next day did any symptoms
of yellow fever appear, at which time
Surgeon Vickery reported the facts to
me, and I recommended that a yell
low fever expert be requested from
Surgeon General Wyman, of the hos
pital marine service, who ordered DR..
Wasdin to report to Dr. Vickery for
the purpose of investigation. On Sat-
urday he reached here, and he hesi-
tated about reaching a decision until
such time as he could hold an autopsy.
Such autopsy was held on Sunday,
and the doctor without hesitation de-
clared it to be yellow fever. Since the
outbreak OF the disease there has been
40 cases. out of which number five
have died to this date.
"The outlook at the present time
) is that If the present favorable weather
continues we shall have no further
spread of the fever, and we feel con-
fident it is now under control. The
home is so thoroughly quarantlned by
land and water that there is no pos
sibility of the fever spreading beyond
the home limit The improvement in
the conditions of the patients is Sc
great that of the total number above
referred to as having the disease ten
have been transferred back from the
hospital as convalescent."
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