The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-04
KEY WEST YELLOW FEVER.
TEN NEW CASTS REPORTED TESTER
DAI, NAMING THIRTY IN ALI.

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No Deaths Have Occurred The Disease Pro
nounced Epidemic, but Not of n seriou
Nature-Names md Destination of Guost
of the Injected Key West Hotel
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Sept. 3.-Ten new case,
Of yellow fever were reported from Key Wost
to-day. making thirty In all. No deaths were
reported. Tho city 10 being searched thor
| oughly by house to house patrol for all sick
| persons.
| The unacclimated persons are trying 10
leave Key West. but IL is hard for them to
get of the island. 1t is closely guarded.
About 100 persons left for New York this
| afternoon on the Lampasas. Some have left on
schooners for the North. party OF seven
left last night and tried to land on the east
Florida coast, but the State Health Boards
patrol launch caught them near Miami. They
are In camp there. well guarded. and kept from
| coming into contact with others.
DIR. Porter. State Health Offloer. arrived at
| Key West this afternoon and took charge OF
matters. The disease 10 pronounced cpl
demic. but not OF a very serious nature.
1t is not OF the virulent type The Govern
ment authorities have list OF people comm e
from Key West on the Plant steamers within
the past ten days and their residences and are
| keeping close surveillance over them. The State
Board OF Health will establish large deten-
tion camp near Miami or below there at once.
DIR. Horsey will leave here tomorrow for that
purpose This will be run in conjunction with
the Federal Government. Every effort is be-
ing made to protect tho State. and no fears are
entertained OF any outbreak at any other Flor
Ida place.
WASHINGTON. Sept 3.-sureeon- Gen. wyman
OF the Marine Hospital Service has received
from Surgeon Carter at Key West a list Of the
recent guests at the Key West Hotel. which Is
infected with yellow fever. together with their
destination. where nscertained, and the date Of
departure. This list follows:
w. w. Jones for Jacksonville. via east coast.
Aug. 10; D. Mayer and O. w. Patterson for
Miami. via east coast; A. Y. Brownley. New
York. via Mallory line; J. V. Pilking-
ton. Jacksonville. via east coast; L. N. WILL
Jams and ". N. Meadows. not traced. Aug. 10;
Aug. n, Joe Belsinger. Tampa. via Plant
line; f. A. Ross, not traced: Aug. %. Allen r.
Wrenn. Tampa via Plant line; Fl. J. Boyle.
not traced; J. Cohen. Kew York. via Plant line;
Aug. 26. J. L. Earman. jacksonville. via east
coast s. A. Edwards and Il. E. May. Tampa.
via Plant line; Aug. 81. F. J. Peters.
Little River, Fla: W. L. Lampkin. not traced:
Aug. %. W. F. BOYLE. not traced Thomas Var
rell. Tampa; Aug. 20. @. R. Evans. not traced:
Aug. 30. W. Lghtfoot. C. P. Evans and J. J.
Legg. Tampa; Abe Berlack. Miami.
Surgeon Carter also wires that Dr. Porter.
the State Health Officer. had arrived at Key
West and that the latter had said that all Of tho
above who had landed at Tampa had been
located.
Surgeon Gen, Wyman said tonight that
while there was no occasion for alarm
concerning the guests who had left the
hotel after the outbreak. ordinary pre-
caution would require that they be
kept under observation for ten days, and
II fever OF any kind should ensue they would be
ieolated until its nature was positively deter
mined This was particularly necessary with
regard to any OF them who have been located
in tho South. south OF the southern boundary
OF Maryland.
Preparations have been completed for the
bringing to some port the two bat
taries OF the First Artillery stationed
ut Key West. There have been no
cases Of fever among the troops, and they
have been kept under a strict surveillance
since the beginning OF the outbreak 1t 10
expected that they will leave Key West early In
tho week. probably Tuesday.
Surgeon Won Ezdorf. who has been at the
Hampton Soldiers Home since the outbreak
Of fever there some time ago. to-day wired
SurCeon-Gcneral Wyman that he had
inspected all OF the inmates OF the Home
this morning. had found no suspicious cases
and that the general health was excellent. The
distinction OF the twenty-three buildings.
comprising 2.5aO.000 cubic feet. had been
completed The hospital. he said. required
bichoridIng Of floors. but the fumigation
men were still living in tents.