Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-04
STRICKEN DISTRICT,
YeNow-FeVer Situation Greatly
improved
MESSAGES FROM THE HOME
N,YDOrt News Shotgun Quarantine
Maintained,
STATEMENT FROM HAMPTON.
no Cause TO Fear n Spread of the
Disease Either There or at
Pboebux-Nore Experts Arrive
Notes.

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Hampton is greatly improved, and some
Of tho officials there are so encouraged
over tho present condition Of affairs in
the Soldiers Home that they telephoncd
n.rs tonight that they expect TO have
Che pleasure Of visiting Newport News
trl. of q week. Governor Woodin has
t...rGoned several reports as 10 the Sit
uu.ou to-day, and the last one tonight
g4s the same as the frst-"no new cases
oed no more deaths" So, encouraging is
tie outlook for the Soldiers Home that
Governor Woodfn, Major Thompson. and
other officials Of the home as wen as
those regularly attached as physicians,
took occasion TO telephone their friends
in this city the good news. 1t was re-
coivcd here with joy. but the citizen
shotgun quarantine" has not been ~elin-
ouished in the slightest degree, and again
tonight the best people of the city are
on the border parolling the lines with
shotguns ard rifles. This line. as now
laid out extends over four miles, and the
volunteer guards are SO close together
that il is impossible for any one Co break
through.
MORE EXPERTS.
Surgeons Vanesdorff and Korb. Of the
Marine Hospital Service arrived at
Hampton this morning under orders from
lhe War Department. The former was
attached to the Home Hospital. and The
atter was detailed as Surgeon Whites
assistant at Hampton for outside work.
p- Korb handled the yellow-fever situa-
ton az Key west. lie made tour Of
inspection in his territory this afternoon,
and later gave out a statement in which
d. saH the situation is well in hand, and
trat So far as ne can see there is no rca-
son for the people Of Hampton and Phoe-
bus TO fear a spread Of tho fever The
case Of Spraggins the barber. who was
placed under suspicion in Phoebus, has
boon diagnosed as yellow-fever. This
makes the fourth case found in Phoebus.
The case Of the policeman, Joseph Mas
lin, seems to puzzle the surgeons. al
though the first diagnosis of the case has
not been changed. Governor Woodhn does
rent out from Washington and other
cities about the great work the National
Hospital surgeons are doing at the Sol
dicTs' Home in handling the fever situa-
ton The national authorities, he says,
have been controlling the situation 200
miles away. Too much praise cannot, he
GAYS. be given his staff Of physicians at
the home and the regular trained nurses
for the manner in which they have cared
for the old soldiers who have been strick-
en- down with the fever. They have work
ed energetically from the start, and de-
serve the credit.
LITTLE ASSISTANCE.
The home authorities have repeatedly
asked the department al Washington to
send immunes from other cities TO the
home TO help the regular STAFF there and
facilitate matters. but little heed has
been paid TO the request The officials
OF the institution have been treating the
disease throughout and while the papers
have been full of "oficial reports" and
OF the action Of the authorities at Wash
ingtOn. there can be no denial Of the
fact that little assistance has been given
the home
The local health authorities are to-
n eht considering the question Of order
ing an absolute quarantine against the
city Of Norfolk Several of the outside !
cities which are depending upon Newport |
News 10 hold the fort on the Peninsula, |
realize. IL Is claimed, that under the pres |
ent system of land and water quarantine |
this city o. safer than any other city |
in the state as It IS the only one 70 !
which the residents Of old Point Buckroe !
Beach. and the district near the Sol
CIers' Home cannot 60.
The Norfolk merchants. it is stated, !
NOW regret the arbitrary action OF the |
health authorities there in quarantining |
arainst this city and inducing the big |
cities 10 which local lines run. as well |
as an of the cities In this vicinity, eX- |
cent Richmond. 10 follow suit. The move |
was a business move originally but II mas |
cut the merchants of from the Newport |
New trade. The Old Dominion steam
ship Company and the Chesapeake ana
OLio railroad have been appealed TO- out
they arc with Newport News. and no as
slst.nce viii be given Norfolk, II is said,
owing Go its arbitrary action. Inc heT-
chants now want 10 raise the quarantine
against this city.
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
The City Board OF Health tonight
issued an order maintaining an absolute
quarantine against the cities OF norfolk
aud Portsmouth. The ground given Is
the laXlty Of these two cities in maintain
ilg q proper quarantine, they having IL
is charged. fifteen miles Of open water
foat in the neighborhood Of the city
which Is practically unprotected. The
Quarantine viii be rigidiy enforced, just
g. is that against Hampton and Phocbus,
unul Norfolk and Portsmouth shall pro-
VIDE for the proper protection OF their
own people.
One well-known. man appeared before
RE board and related how he had taken
ls family 10 WnlOughby spit in sail
boat. aud from there carried IL into Nor
folk This quarantine meets with gene
iaI sausfaction. and was really demand
q by the people
10 Is stated here that the Wholesale
mo,chants OF Norfolk appeared before
5 lperlntendent Upshur, Of the Chesa-
peako and Ohio railway at Norfolk, to-
cay and asked that he assist them In
hiablishng service between their city
nd Hampton. in order 70 sell provisions
p Hampton. Soldiers Home. and Phoc-
"a Qhsy wanted 70 run q tug lne 10