The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-02
EIGHT DEATHS ALL TOLD.


os0SA Ss009s
WASHINGTON. Aax f.-.@rhres new
eases Of yellow fever In she Solder Hame
~ Hamptpa and ons DEATH" - the Of
nesaI repsrs received teai9sss By Surgeon
Gen, Wyman from fH. Wasdsn. tbs yellow
tAssr ~xp~rt on dssty al sh~ institution.
Added TO Or, wAsfins figures sent fa
DIR. WYman yesterday, fhls makes UP 70
6aae fnFty csses In ail which have oc-
earred ~ the hous. 81 which eight have
proved fatal.
fans of ahe nearby towns other than
phosbas has r~rarted this appearance OF
1he infection or Suspicious cases.
The people for miles around the home
Are very much alarmed bat are quiet. No
sessriesian& have been placed on the de-
parture II several hundred visitors Al Old
Point Comfort. bat DR. Pettus. who has
srcise careful supervision ef those who
may leave. so a. a. ayoad danger Of ttsir
Sommnnsca finx the disease. This viii APP
ply also 10 the soldiers naw stationed on
ehs government reservation there. and
Who have been ordered 10 proceed to hat
terry Point. Del Word reached the sur
eeon general today that arrangements
had been made for the transportation Of
these men Through tho army headquarters
~ Philadelphia. They wiz be taken by
boat IA Cape Charles and thence hy train
"a their destination.
) In scpsy % 4 feinssap>Sie Request frem
ths mayer % Norfolk. Surgeon Gen.
Wrman turned over Ia The Nosfolk st,-
thurities Grant island. below Norfolk.
20 he used m case az need ~ an Isolation
and detention camp. II MAS recently turn.
I'D pvsr by the navy 10 the jurisdiction
" the marine hospital SERVES. A telegram
was s@Hf to-day hy Gen wsman 90 Sur
gem petfns AT cid Point. dIrectiuw him
~ once 20 institute a Thorough sanitary
tnvsstlgatien 81 Gar as FaasbDs. Surgeon
Wssdsn AZ rhosbps was ordered 20 make
n asrnrsisnre with ths plan far . thor
ou1h Investigation 81 the whois area Ia
tected surrounding tia hosne.
The Asfaattun - regarded az favorable
today. There has been no outbreak Of
fever outside Of the original quarantine
line Each day that passes without such
development Increases the confidence OF
the surgeon general thai the fever viii b-
enndnsd 10 tne original faeas 81 the To-
lection. The usuai prriod os incubation
az the a.Eease % from three Ia fixs days
Rtthn0gh X hAs extended 30 clever, asvs
The time since ths FIRST outbreak in new
almost ap sn shs usual quarantine limit,
II h isefasvsd. however. that even In case
Of an Outbreak in tha little settlement at
Phrebus the community there ear be q,
guarded A. ~ prevent any further spFesa
The s,is'.sr who IL supposed 10 Ne re~pon.
efhse for the importation of the frve~ from
Cuba has rot yet esen apprehsnsssss. al
though SEVERAL Inmates or the harne have
been rer@xnised and detained az Various
pstufs. u u Nsid by tire nsrsna hospital
authorities that there Is aus llssi@ danger
or the further spread Of the siissase ~
the soldier in question. He had saf DE-
vesorss ske fever himself when he left the
hosne
ohieesians have mlready been raised Ia
tbs determination reached by the govern
ssssast ~ sSsst the garrison ~ Fart Monroe
g. Battery rvtns Del Surgeon Gen wy
man has easisa che attention - tire war
DEPARTMENT 10 he fact thaf II IL ssat Tar
enough fsnFsh 10 take a garrison Witch yos.
sshiy ss4y have yellow fever inssssaaT I,
wntils he dangerous. hs says. 10 the troops
ard sse p~epss 81 that vicinity At the
war department Il il sAis ire Nhass mat.
ter has been turned ever 70 sssr Mex-
filt surgeon Gen. Nysnsss has r~fussd Il
allow she sress* "a 10 zent hy rail- tArossxh
Washington ffnn Furs Mcnsas asssi sfss
vii Pc taken asFssa ;hs hsy q CAPS
tfAsYsyz AID taknsse ~ rail 10 Raisery
tsssnt. Mere ~ stse transportation sSans
rssstsw eaTFatisg IN Chesapeake hay anl
hsmsstse Roads wsass gzke the esvaotss ~
water So EsafSs:y fAesas BATTERY t,ala; i
IN lsssssed asses. ara ~. wyuasn mas nu
fcar sAss TIE soldiers VII carry any Ia
f~cssen sisn theta
The ssEsgvaa sefeysl continues his rre-
ca1sseas - pssxent sac SPREAD ~ sae ,fgs.
sA<r. an8 - slsesseainx a1sssfzsaaal hsfn "a
Abe surgeons fssaa Aa sSw s47aagasf Arrange.
uNuss have seeu made sor ths asanfet.-
stan ~ tfe nsAil matter sent BY the in.