Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-04
Sternberg and Wyman Pro-
nounce Disease Yellow Fever.
OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED
Ordered not To Stop Between Will
linmsburE and Newport News.
List of Burroughs.

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fever situation at Hampton crntiHucs
Favorable and encouraging in the upiu-
ion OF the officials of the Marine Hos
rital service. According to Official re
ports there has been no spread of the
contagion since yesterday nor have any
OF the cases. now under treatment
proved fatal since that time.
L is hoped to con!inc the disease to
the Soldiers Home and phocbus To
Right at $50 o'clock DR.. Wynan re-
ccived the following telegram from DR.
Nickery. stationed at the soldiers
Home:
.Situation favorable and encouraging.
No new cases and no Deaths
DR.. WNman tonight received from INC
Homo Il list of the members of the ins,i-
tuition who We're furloughed on and ac-
ter the I'D nf July, the day after Il
number ut the inmates became Sick
With the fever The Surgeon General
gave this Information to the press and
asks that newspapers in the, places 20
which these persons have gone. publish
it and that medical officers hold. untlcr
close observation for 4 period of at IL It
ten days, after they left the Home,
such of the inmates rs they may be
able to find.
The list Of inmates furloughcd is as
follows:
Henry W, Arnold Philadelphia; John
Ball. Baltimore; David w. I'iddlc, har-
! pcrs Ferry, w. Va. IInos Brand, Phil
auelplia; Stephen Carey. Phoebus, Va
Thomas n. Craig. Baltimore: W. 7.
Flynn. Norfolk. Va; Matthew Gos,in,
Harrington, Dell: Samuel W. Hutch
inson Philadelphia: James Healy, Phil
adelphia; John NJ. jackson, WashinS,o n
| d. G.: james 6. LomeN. Washington
solomon Mullen Elizabeth City, Y. G.;
John McScrley. Philadelphia; Hugh
Mcdonald, Philadelphia: John Peters
Philadelphia: Martin Specht. Hazleton
| Pa: Edward Townsend, Philadelphia
Jacob Tl.antwein, Baltimore; Willa.1 n
I. Taltinadge. ;Newburgh, n y.
George \. Vance. New York city; VIM
Fl. Wheeler. Wellsvillc, N. u; John
Young, Philadelphia.
Surgeon Pettus wired from Fort
Monroe tonight. that there is nothing
new ana that Il good patrol is being
maintained
Acting Assistant Surgeon Mcclure will
be on duty at Crancy Island H. will
detention at Berkeley. Some from Nor
folk were sent over today. DR. Jcnn
Archinard, Of New Orleans, Will reach
Washington iii i few days for duties
that may be assigned To him.
Regarding rumors said to prevail ut
Newport News that Government OK
perts had pronounced the disease not
To be yellow fever, DR.. Wyman and
General SirrnbcrG each said tonight
I ha t no such information had been sent
I" either OF them and that no reason
was known for questioning that the dis
ease Was yellow fever.
FOUND NE LAST.
The Marine Hospital officials al
Hampton have succeeded in tracing
aud locatin% the former inmate OF tho
soldiers Home, who is believed 10 have
brought yellow fever to Chat place. His
name is VIM. Thomas. He Was admit
ted to the Home as n veteran ana
shortly after developed chills and fever.
IN the light of Subsequent events the
experts believe there is little doubt hat
h" WAS affected With Il mild case of v.l-
low fever, although it. was not diaSnos-
ed as such at the time. When We'll
enough to travel he left the Homo and
his baggage was sent to Phucbus. Tie
| man himself went To Columbus City.
Washing on, whore he now lives.
Surgeon General Wynan had a call
this morning: from Col. A. j. Smith In
spcc1or General of the Hampton Home.
Coz. Smith presented Ii letter from WE,.
=. Franklin, president Of the board au-
thor!zinS Col. Smith to act for the bp;.,u
in cooperating With the Surgeon Gen.
in every possible way. Another change
was made today in the destination Of
the troops at Fort Monroe. Genera!
Merritt tclcsraphcd the War Depart
mcnt that he would direct. that the
troops be sent to Plum Island on Long
Island sound.
Acting urcrintendent Gray of the
Railway Mail Service. has issued in
structions for the fumisation of all mail
from Hampton, Soldiers Home. phoa-
bus. Fort Monroe and Rip-rans.
The Virginia Board of Health has no
titled the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
not to stop its trains anywhere between
Williamsburg and Newport News
Late tonight DIR. tWyman received
this dispatch from Surgeon Wasdin, on
duty at the Home.
No new cases at the Homo. No
deaths. No other cases in Phoebus"
GOV WOOpEIN.S SEA rE.AfEN