New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-02
YELLOW FEVER SPREADS.
THREE CASES IN PHGBUS. OUTSIDE
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
ONE DEATH AND THREE NEW CASES offl-
CIALIY REPORTED IN THE INsTITu-
TIoN YEsTERDAY-MoRE sTRlN-
GENT PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
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Newport News Va. Aug. 1.-Yellow fever TO-
day appepared In Phpbus the little town out
side Of the National Soldiers Home, where 'he
disease first broke out. Three cases or the ieVe'
were discovered in Phpbus. According 10 III
Wasdins official report. there were three n.
cases and one death in the Home to-day i"o
makes, on the same authority. forty cases anu
eight deaths Two Of the three cases founo III
Phpbus are old soldiers, who lived OUTSIDE Oh
the Home and took their meals In the GROUNDS.
They had rooms in one Of the resorts In Phoeous'
It is said AS soon the surgeons saw the
cases they pronounced them yellow fever ana
had the patients removed to the Soldiers Home
hospital. where they will be treated with the
other patients The third unfortunate is Po-
liceman Joseph Martin, a we'll known officer
He lives in Phebus, and will be treated at his
home.
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE WORK.
Surgeon J. H. White. who is at the head Of the
quarantine department of the Marine Hospital
Service at Washington. and who arrived here
last night has taken charge Of the outside work
and will act in cooperation with the munlclpai
authorities. He established his headquarters In
Hampton to-day, and will direct the movements
Of the assistants from there. Dr. c. p Werten-
baker who handled the smallpox epidemic here
for the Marine Hospital Service, is his first as
sistant. Both officials were busy to-day making
arrangements to put Hampton and PhPbus un-
der martial law. They enlisted number OF
guards this afternoon, and at 6 o'clock tonight
both places were put under martial law, with
the Marine Hospital officers in command.
Owing to the close proximity Of the two places
to the Home and the appearance Of the fever
M
been so rigid in the enforcement of the quaran-
tine they established against Hampton. Pho-
bus and the adjacent counties yesterday that
the National authorities will not make an effort
to place this city under martial law or control
the movements OF the local officials The Coun-
ell here has appropriated $4,000 more to fight
the fever and has authorized the Chief OF Po-
lice to engage sixty five special policemen for
picket duty on the city's borders, the guards to
carry Winchesters and shotguns. To-day the
Health Department put large force at WORK
cleaning up the back yards and spreading lime
over the streets.
Hampton to-day finally established quarantine
against PhPbus. and now Hampton and the
Home are entirely shut off on all sides.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to-day de-
cided to sell more tickets and handle no
more freight between Grove and this city. No
more through passengers TO Norfolk are being
carried from Richmond. No steamboat COM
panies will take passengers from here for any
point. Norfolk is still quarantined. and DR..
Hope the National quarantine officer there,
said to-day that he would maintain the quaran-
tine for five days in any event and longer ~
necessary, No steamers or vessels or any de-
ecription are touching at Old Point Comfort.
The State Board Of Health. DIR. j. Paulus lrv-
ing president. came down from Richmond this
morning and consulted with the Business Mans
Association and the City Board Of Health The
work OF the latter was so satisfactory that few
recommendations were made. II was decided
to permit the transfer OF beef to the Soldiers
Home either by rail or boat. and to send coal
TO Hampton, where the supply is small a
large number of people left the city to-day for
the North. The last OF the guests at Old Point
Comfort went out late last night. and now the
Old Point hotels have deserted appearance,
all OF the help having been discharged to-day.
TROOPS LEAVING FORT MONROE.
Batteries c, and y, OF the 4th Artillery,
under Colonel Gunther will leave the fort some
time tonight An Army transport arrived in
Hampton Roads this evening. and will take the
troops TO Battery Point at the mouth OF the
Delaware River. The artefymen have been
busy all day getting their effects together.
Those who have relatives at Old Point Will
probably take them away on the ship. squad
of several officers and about twenty men VIII
remain on duty at Fort Monroe.
All electric car service on the Virginia penin-
sua discontinued to night, and now there ls
communication whatever between this city,
Hampton Old Point and PhPbus. All mails
from the Home are now fumigated, and the only
mall service between this city and Hampton and
the Home is by wagon. with reliefs at different
points
Naval Constructor J. ]. Woodward who is In
charge OF all the naval work at the shipyard,
was caught at Old Point by the National quar-
antine, and did not reach the city until mid
night, having procured Government pass and
hap n
saIlboat from Old Point. Naval Constructor q.
~ Rock and his wife passed through the lines
this morning on a Government pass. and went to
New-York by rail.