The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
FIVE CASES AND TWO DEATHS.
KEY WEST ALSO HAS SEVEN sUs-
PICIOUS CASES.

No Doubt About the Appearance
Measures Have Been Taken-NO
One Allowed TO Leave the Island
Health officer Porter Now on His
way There-NO Alarm Is Felt in
Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Fla, Sept. 1.-Communica-
ton with Key West by the rest of the
world has been cut off by the orders of
DR. J. Y Porter executive officer of the
Florida state board of health on account
OF two deaths and several cases which
have been diagnosed as yellow fever.
The order was issued late Thursday even
ing by Dr. Porter on the report of the
existence of the disease in Key West from
Dr. Chas. B. Sweeting, agent of the board
a. Key West and sanitary inspector of
the port.
Dr. Porter, who left Key West one week
ago on a brief vacation, was reached in
Virginia and left Immediately for Florida,
wiring his orders to quarantine the Island
City. He will reach this city at noon to-
morrow and will Immediately leave for
The south, arriving at Key West on Sun
day afternoon. Meantime no one will be
allowed to leave the island until he ar
Tlyes.
Two Are Dead.
The dead are Dennis Eagan, Jr, deputy
collector of customs at Key West, who
boy named Cosgrove. Both were buried
this morning.
Five cases additional have been diagnos-
ed as yellow rever and seven suspicious
cases are under surveillance.
Those who have been declared to have
the fever were named by DR.. Sweeting this
afternoon, as follows:
Oakley, Stokin, Morris, Browder and
Pate, all supposed to be white men.
The suspicious cases are Taylor, Stur-
gis Cochran, Rosenthal, Shomsheld, DR..
McCanahan, and Mrs. E. Sudlow, the lat
ter resident of Jacksonville.
a Stringent Quarantine.
By DR.. PorIers orders State Senator
" Hunt Harris has been appointed to
assist DR.. Sweeting in maintaining the
strctest quarantine, and from his ener-
EcAlN N4lttst II - SGAtdil lldI til6 OI-
ders will be most strictly carried out
The officers at the state board of health
Office here have been busy to-day en-
deavorng to discover by wire the num-
4 Der Of cases, the length of time that they
have been observed and the source of the
Infection, but DR.. Sweeting has been un-
sblts 10 trace the disease.
The board officials have established a
launch quarantine patrol al Miami and
has appointed additional inspectors to
A guard against possible infection from Key
West.
At Tampa the quarantine station and
4 patrol are considered to be sufficient pro-
eciion as al vessels coming in are COM
PEELED to stop al this station. These two
points are the Only ones through which
communication can be had with Key
West and they VIII be thoroughly guard
ed, 20 that the possibility of infection
from The be,eaguered city is thus reduced
TO the minimum
NO Alarm Is Felt.
The news Of the fever in Key West was
received in this city with no alarm. There
is no excitement. nor win there be any, for
previous experience has demonstrated the
al iency of the board under DR.. Porter,
When Key West was formerly caught in
Tie same trouble as now. The only com
mlnieoiiou, excepting by telegraph is over
I1 mics of waJer, and the rigid quaran-
tine that has already been established is
EciNCitOt protection