The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05
SITUATION is ENCOURAGING.
TWO DEATHS THE ONLY REPORT
FROM SOLDIERS HOME.

NO New Cases Developed Yesterday.
Though the Surgeons Have Every
thing Well in Hand, None of the
Precautions VIII Be ReIaxed-In-
dian school Is All RIght-Report as
to Catholic Patients-ChnpIain
Morrison Tenders His Services.
| 4 Washing ION, Aug 4-Oficial reports of
the marine hospital service from the SOL
diers' home at Hampton show that the
yellow fever situation there continues fav-
orable.
Surgeon White reports 20 DIR. Wyman
that there is nothing suspicious in the
town of Hampton.
There We're no new cases and only two
deaths at the home to-day, according to a
report from DR.. Vickery. the surgeon at
the institution, sent to the surgeon general
tonight.
Dr. Nickery expressed the opinion that
the immune help on the way there should
be sufficient as the epidemic seems to be
checked
The Gordon around the home and the
immediate adjoining village of Phoebus.
surgeon White says, is as tight as he ever
saw 1t at any pace.
Surgeon General Wyman in speaking Of
the situation tonight inrerentiary utter
ed a word of caution against too sanguine
views of the checking of the epidemic at
this time which might result in a relaxa-
ton of the precautions which should he
maintained against the spread Of the
fever.
Why 1t Is EncOuragIng
There are certain factors in the situa-
ton" he said, which make it encourag-
ing and they are first, that the disease
was discovered promptly compared with
usual outbreaks in an institution where
all the inmates were under good control.
1t was recognized much quicker than 1t
would have been in a commercial COM
munity because all the cases and all the
deaths were brought to the notice of one
man. Another favorable factor is that the
latitude is not extremely south Never
theless it should be remembered that In
Brunswick, Ga, in 1893, little more than
two weeks after the last reported death
other cases appeared"
In response to an inquiry as to the sit |
uatjon and needs at the Indian School at
Hampton, the following dispatch was re-
ceived to-day by the commissioner OF In
dian affairs:
Rigid quarantine for and against us.
All Indians, except eleven boys, are in the
North. They are efficient and faithful in
the general guard duties. Am authorized
TO say that the possibility of infection is
remote. +. c. Briggs
Business Agent. Hampton Institute"
The school has total enrolment of 1888
pupils, and the news that all but eleven |
of them are away and out of the fever
authorities here.
The Catholic Patients.
The following was to-day wired the AS
sociated Press:
National Soldiers Home, Va, Aug. A.
wish to state on behalf of those who may |
have relatives or friends among the Cath |
oiic element here in the National Soldiers |
Home, that since my coming here last |
Monday to labor among the 800 Catholic |
veterans and offer the consultations Of our |
holy relis ion 10 such as might be stricken |
down with the yellow fever, 1 have had |
within the past five days only seven cases /
TO attend. Out of this small number of !
cases only one has died, the other six !
cases being in very mild form.
"Rev. James E. Collins,
Catholic Chaplain, n. S. IL"
ne postolllCe ueJdI euieilt reports thal the
mails are now being dispatched into the /
quarantined points on the Virginia PENN /
sula twice daily and all mails sent out |
from them is being thoroughly fumigated /
Chaplain Morrison of Texas has volun-
teered to go down to the National Soldiers
Home al Hampton if the authorities there
care to avail of his services during the
of the epidemic. The navy de-
partment has transmitted the chaplains
offer to the governor Of the home.