The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-06
About Forty Cases in the Home, the
Total to Date.
REPORTS CONFLICT SOMEWHAT.
Adyices From other Than Official
Sources Put the Number at Forty
Three and the Deaths at Eleven.
Quarantine is Still Being
Strictly Enforced.
Less Fear.

HAMPTON. VA. Aug. 5.-special-The
backbone OF the yellow fever in the Ma
tonai Soldiers Home is about broken
There was ono death late last night but
no new cases have been announced with
i'm the past twenty-four hours. Forty
cases up to date is the total number
Excellent arrangements have been made
for transferring supplies and freight both
from Norfolk and Newport News. Phoe-
bus and old Point also receive their
freight regularly and both places report
fine eDirits and no excitement
Tbe quarantine is maintained with the
came number of guards as Oh yesterday
and thus far It has proved thoroughly
ADEQUATE. The water patrol i5 doing
e,oj work AS there IS greater danger on
F, break through the water than on the
landslide. Hampton having so much wafer
exposure. ..,.,.
SOLDIERS LEAVE.
Tho garrison at Fort Monroe was moved
IN ds, The three batteries of the Fourth
Artulorv-G. y and O-took tho transport
Mcclellan this afternoon at o'clock Tor
Plum Point. l.. T., where they viii remain
untU this locality is out of danger. only
fbirtv-eieht men. under tho command OF
CAPTAIN g. =. Townsley and second Lieu
tenant Gallup. are left I'm the fort Fort
Monroe has not had so small garrison
in many years.
SURGEON White is making an ehort 70
eet permission TO run train out OF
uamntou for persons who may wish 10
ro to the mountains OF virginia. no
l-s not regard Hampton as in the lea7.
danger but for the accommodation OF
those who wish 10 leave he VIII exert
himself to provide means for them 10 40
So Hampton people have had little ais
nosition to run from the fever IN lne
Home Hon a. S. Scgar who had MS
family I'm the mountains. returned nome
Yesterday. and many others who were
away have returned.
TO LIFT QUARANTINE.
There IS now talk OF the lifting of the
,,rarsntineyy. From present indications
n ig only matter of few days though
the authorities are not disposed 70 relax
too quickly.
The United States surgeons who nave
the quarantine I'm charge here are well
nloased with the line and the sanitary
condition of the town The one case In
Phoebus Is up and out Of danger. Busl-
ness was fairly good In Hampton to-day.
Many farmers were i'm town from that
portion of the county which IS not quar-
anuned and the stores are all maintain
INK their fun force of clerks. The heat
for the past two days has been Intense.
OBv Associated Press)
HAMPTON. Va. August There are
absolutely no new developments In the
situation at Soldiers Home No new
cases and no deaths was the days re-
port and a general impression prevails
I'm this section that an danger of the
epidemic getting outside the Home has
passed. The official statement 20 be IS
sued tomorrow from the hospital il now
being made mp. and will state that since
the discovery of the disease I'm the Home
one week ago there have been forty-two
cases and eleven deaths. I'm Phoebus no
new cases have been reported. and the
only case thus far reported IS improving.
The garrison from Fort Monroe, con-
sisting az Batteries G.. q. and y. Fourth
ARTILLERY. under Col Gunnther sailed to-
dav al j.. NJ. on the transport McClel-
Ian for Plum Island, in Loung Island
Sound.