Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-08
PASSING OF Y. JACK
oac New Case, no Deaths the
Days Record.
SCOUR0E'SBACKDONE BROKEN
Veterans arc Housed in Tents White bar.
racks are Undergoing Fumjgation.
Fort Monroe IA Wilderness. Lat
est from infected District.
SCOURGE' SBACKDONE BROKEN

1herc was one new case of yellow
fever at the National Soldiers Home
yesterday. There were no deaths. This
is the official report. The case found
yesterday is the first reported sine last
Thursday night
There is now no doubt that the back
bone of the yellow fcrrv epidemic is
broken ana in TWO Weeks it IS prvb&blc
that the scourge will be L thing Of the
past The quarantines however. will
ne raised before that time. rs the sit
uatlon is Improving so rapidly that it
VIII pc unnecessary to block business
ana traffic after the next few days.
y house 10 house canvass of .Fhoehlls
hy Surgeon White and his assistants
ucVoloped no new case under .:usIi-
clon. the barber SprugSins now being
almost Well enough to leave his house
IS Understood that 4 house to house
canvass Will be made in Hampton ana
II no suspicious eases ar, found. ana
lnere seems to be no possibility of this
Surgeon White will recommend Is tnr
lucat health authorities aud the officials
OF ether cities that tn, quarantine
against Hampton be raised giving as
sui;ance that a rigid quarantine will be
maintained There against the Home
an official Statement places The total
nunlhcr ct cases of yellow fever 1T tn.
Hone since the diagnosis Of the disease
al lnl tE-thrcc ana the number Of ,lnut rs
at eleven
There has been some question raise
AT times as to the caus, Of The death of
.ne eleven men referred 10. some poo
Fl': seem To think that all OF th.. d..lt rs
at the Home arc included ir that num-
Der That is 4 wrong impression
hcrt is no reason to make mention
~ inns time of any deaths ether than
those caused by yellow fever II lhn
complete death list should b., given
cut the number would exceed eleven.
several hospital surgeons iii charge
or tho treatment of the patients art. an
lh"tity for the statement that every
MAJ. ~, OF the eleven died of yellow fever
mere is considerable doubt in the
public mind rs IL the .ca!uriellrss If
the disease Which has been diagnosed
as yellow fever. The sooner the people
get nd ri this idea the sooner Mill their
minds lac 1T case Experts who HAYS
had experience in handling Fellow fever
nave diagnosed the disease ana
th"ir diagnosis must be accepted
1t It is anything else, the public Will
never know it.
FUMIGATINt; THE HOME.
IN" work ri tumiSating the barracks
at the soldiers Home is now Well un-
DER way AS rapidly us tents are pitch
ed the old soldiers are transferred from
me buildings and by next Sunday il IS
expected that the entire rlact. will ne
thoroughly disinlccle,l
yesterday morning Il large number of
tents arrived at the Home from WASH
inSton shortly after 1900 cots NJ, III
their appearance. some of rhc vai.
rams We're in tents last week, but mos,
of them will be transferred in the next
few days and by Thursday or Friday
the entire population Of the Home
numbering 300 old soldiers will be iiv-
ing in a tented city.
TROOPS HAVE GONE.
Tho three batteries OF the Fourth
United States Artillery stationed at
Fort Monroe. left Saturday afternoon
on the transport Mcclellan for Plum
Island, Long Island Sound where they
Will remain until the guarantees are
raised and there is no further POSSIBLE
lty of 4 fever spread.
he three batteries arc {. G. ana n
and number about 800 men. Colonel
{. r. Gunthcr is in command
Thirty-eight men and two officers
We're ielt behind to garrison the fort
The officers in command are Captain
{. L. T"wnsey ana Lieutenant Gallup
mere IS also q surgeon at the fort
Fort Monroe has not had so small =
garrison in many Years.
IT IS probable that the artilerymcn
viii return TO Old Point in two or three
weeks.
RICHMOND AND NORFOLK.
DR. w. T. Oppcnhcimer, President of
the l;lchmcnd Board OF Health has
cautioned all p"!sons who think Of going
TO Norfolk on business or pleasure that
they may find themselves any day shut
out OF Richmond by quarantine.
If there is Il single case in Sorfoll,
UP goes Il Quaiantine, and that without
not ice.
Or. Dppcnheimcr'S reasons for this
nc SAYS is the recent experience in the
smallpox epidemic. when Norfolk, with
more cases than Newport News, cstao-
lshcd partial quarantine against this
city an effort was being made to conceal
the real state Of affairs in Norfolk
such policy of conccalmcnt. Dr.
Oppcnhcimcr thinks, would probably b..
adopted again. and he will take no
chances.
DIR. Oppcnhcimcr says he does not
recognize Newport News as a uuaran-
tined point and his certificates of which
the Norfolk authorities complain, we're
accordingly given to people from that
locality.
pr. oppenhcimcr was subjected to a
great deal of pressure TO declare a quar-
antine against Newport News ana
towns Within the quarantine belt hut
he stcadfaStly refused to Go So His
course is very widely commended by
business men Of Richmond, who see
that had he lost his head and shut out
other towns and cut off Richmond, BUS
mess would have suffered to the extent
of thousands of dollars.
VETERANS WILL REMAIN
Inc telegram sent by Governor
Tyler to Secretary Root a few days ago
requesting that the inmates Of the
Soldiers Home be carried North during
the existence of fever in the institution
was referred to the surgeon general Of
the Marine Hospital Service, DR.. Walk
ec Wyman.
\ reply from DR.. Wyman was receiv-
ed in Which he said it would be mad
NlSa'ble to comply with the request
Tho reasons assigned for the decision
were the difficulties attendant upon the
transportation of the men: the hard