The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-02
FEVER SPREADING
10 OTHER CITIES
Montgomery, Ala, and shreve"
port, La, Each Report Case.
.sl Texas in Danger.

q nrONTG o merry, ALA. August lit
u,s off1cially announced here tonight
thnt there is one case of yellow fever III
Montgomery. M, announcement caine
from the Board of Health. together WIN
tho stat en,cnt that there is not the siight
est cause for alarm. This was followed
immadlate!v BY an announcement from
5stoto health o.1lcer'sw. II. Sanders. say
inv shat 1t Is believed the scientific steps
takcn n:c adequate and that mo occa-
sion whatever exists for the declaration
az n quarantine against Montgomery Il
Tho nnticnt is William Mlnnihett, VINO,
according to his statement, rcacheu
Montgomery Monday, July "a, from Kent
wood Louis nna He was taken III Inst
FRIDAY night at the Capital Hotel. EariY
saturday morning DR.. GoldthWa'te' INC
Rc,ty physician suspected the nature OF
the fever and had him removed to the
Emergency Hospital and his room fum'-
gated.
The statement Of the Board of Health
says:
'Thcre will be- we are sure, no spread
Of cases from this one. as 1t was frompt-
IL seen isolated and everything done 70
prevent infection by mosquitoes inc
case is not n severe one. and we trust
the citizens of MONTGOMERY and vicinity
will not allow themselves to become panic
stricken fer we PLEDGE ourselves to re-
rort promptly any other c'scs that sNa1l
occur There are no other suspl "ous
cases IN Montgomery. and VIC feel that
( # would be folly for our people to leave
their homes on account of this one case.
Tor It has been frequently demonstrated
IN Havana that atient sick with yell
low fever can be carried through the
streets in screened wagons to be treated
n nearby hospitals. and no other cases
occur. no eases having developed there
since that city was freed from yellow
fever five years ago.
IN SHREVEPORT, LA, August L.
Barney Tracey. n travelingmRn of CHI
cugo is in the detention camp just out
side the corporate limits of this city suf-
fcring from yellow fever There are no
other cases here The Infection has been
traced directly to Now Orleans
Almost a panic followed the news here
several hundred people leaving on OUT
going trains.
DR.. Chandler, who has charge of tho
camp, said:
Tracey. in all probability. contracted tho
disease in passing from one depot to an
other in New Orleans. The patient had
already passed the period IN which he
would be able to transfer the yellow fever
to the mosquito. The yellow fever patient
canot transmit the germ to the mosquito
except during the first three days Of his
Illness" u"
HOUSTON. TEXAS, August DIR
Tabor State health officer, confirms the
report of yellow fever at the detention
camp out from Shreveport. DIR. Tabor
says he Is enforcing the quarantine
against the entire State OF Louisiana, and
p not a human being shall pass the Texas
Zine without six days detention. He
says Tcxas's only hope is by strict quar-
antlne, and he is doing everything possible
10 make the quarantine secure. He will
increase the number Of guards on the Dor.
der OF the State.
The Southern Pacific will Tomorrow
cancel two OF It's passenger trains to New
Orleans. leaving only two In operation
one each way daily.