Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-09-15
PENSACOLA is MENACED.
New Fever Gases Increase and Cause
Alarm-The Situation at other
Infected Points.


Fridays yellow fever record In
Pensacola, Fla, showed big In
crease of new cases over any previ-
GUS day since the outbreak.
Reports of physicians up to 8
o'clock p. nj. gave eleven new cases
and one death. ALI of the new cases
are traceable to the original foci or
infected district, but are scattered
about the city.
The situation is now regarded as
serioua, as a number of doubtful cases
have also leen discovered. The one
death was that of c. P. Winters of
Harrison, Ohio, who was formerly
soldier at Fort Barrancas, but who
secured his discharge a week since,
and came TO the city.
Vicksburg Fumigates.
There were no new cases of yellow
fever nor deaths in Vicksburg, Miss,
Friday From 10 a. m. until late
hour in the afternoon almost every
business house in the city was closed,
the day having been set apart for
general fumigation. This work was
through, nearly 100000 pounds Of
sulphur having been burned.
New Infection at Natchez.
Two new fever cases in Natchez
show that secondary infection has
appeared. The patients are white
boys living in the same neighborhood
as the original infection, though three
blocks apart. One of the boys was
taken sick and instead of going home
went to the emergency hospital. This
makes three cases under treatment
Fever Situation in Mississippi.
The Mississippi yellow fever sum-
mary up to Friday night was as fol-
lows: Culfport, five new cases, no
deaths: Mississippi City, no new
cases, no death; Natchez, three new
cases, and two new sub-foci, making
q total of seventeen cases and five
foci to date. Vicksburg, Pearlington
and HandsbOrO report no new cases.
Alabama Bars Florida.
State Health Officer w. II. San
ders Of Alabama authorizes the an
nouncement that he has put on an
Alabama quarantine against the en-
tire state of Florida, which goes into
effect at once.
off ~ iG
taken, he says, because OF the largely
increased number OK new cases down
In the report from Pensacola.
Refused Permission to Land.
A Tallahassee dispatch says: The
steamer Targon, plying between Pen
sacola, Apalachicola and Carrabelle.
Fla, has been refused permission to
land at the two last named places.
Moved by a telegram from State
Health Officer Porter, apprising him
ef the fact, Governor Broward wired
the authorities of the two towns that
the Tarpon had not been in Pensa-
celia harbor since August 29, referred
them to the law forbidding the quar-
antining Of the town within the state
against another without par.mIssiaR5a 5af
them to act with the state health
authorities.
Increase at New Orleans.
There we're forty-four new cases
and four deaths in New Orleans Fri
day. There is no accounting for the
jump in the record, except posi-
bly, the fact that physicians have
lately been reporting more positive
cases and less suspicious cases. The
only new Ioint of infection in the
country reported during the day was
by DR.. Brady, who discovered a nest
of twelve cases on Woodlawn plan
tation, 20 miles below New Orleans,
and another case two miles below.
Other counrry reports were:
Jefferson Parish Kenner, five
cases; Hanson City, two cases; Bayou
Nicholas, Barataria county, one case.
st. Mary Parish-Patterson, eleven
new cases, cne death; Bayou Boeuf,
lOui CdoSS, HlNelSluS T1duldlIOu HdS
had $50 cases to date and seven
deaths. Tallulah, seven cages; Lake
Providence, seven cases.
ST. Charles Parish-St. Rose, two
deaths; Patterson plantation, one
case.
Mississippi Gulfport, five new
cases; Natchez, three new cases; An
guilla, near Rolling Fork, one new
case.