FLEEING THE CITIES.

Juan Guiteras, M. D.

Yellow Fever Sick Ward, Charity Hospital, New Orleans.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, September 16, 1897.

FLEEING THE CITIES.

Citizens of Southern Points Fear Yellow Jack.

MANY NEW CASES REPORTED.

Rigid Quarantine Established at Atlanta. Condition at New Orleans Improved. Jackson, Miss., Partly Depopulated—Dr. Guiteras' Report.

   JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 16.—The state capital is depopulated, its business houses closed, its newspapers suspended. Seven cases of yellow fever are officially announced at its very doors, with many suspected cases at various points; an embargo has been placed on the railroads of the state and there are grave apprehensions that the dread disease has obtained a foothold in numerous parts of the state.

   The worst fears have been realized. The cases at Edwards has been pronounced yellow fever. The state board of health has laid a general embargo on travel, except out of the state. Travel from infected places is absolutely barred. The bright side of the situation is that the disease is of a very mild type.

   The state board advises all who can to leave. The most rigid local quarantine prevails.

   Dr. Guiteras reached Edwards, and after investigation, sent the following message to the state board:

   "Have visited a number of cases and the following are pronounced yellow fever: W. A. Montgomery, Pat Montgomery, Miss Anna Henry, T. H. W. Barrett, E. F. Suttle, Miss Mamie Austin, three miles out in the country; Mrs. Champion, Champion Hill."

   The following is Dr. Guitera's report to Surgeon General Wyman:

   "The diagnoses of yellow fever made in six cases by Dr. Purnell is confirmed. He has two other cases that I have not yet seen. There are many children sick, with what is probably a mild type of the disease. The cases are not confined to one locality, but are all traceable to the Anderson case which came from Ocean Springs. The medium of distribution appears to have been the Champion case. Mr. Champion, who died, was a prominent man, and many people congregated in his house during his illness. Dr. Purnell is immune and I recommend as competent to take charge of the situation, if necessary. I shall leave for Mobile unless otherwise directed."

CAR LOADS OF REFUGEES

Pass Through Atlanta From the South to Escape the Fever.

   ATLANTA, Sept. 16.—Yellow fever refugees are pouring into this city. Three special cars of refugees came in from New Orleans and other infected points.

   One car was filled with the troops from Jackson barracks in New Orleans. This stopped here but a few minutes, and then passed on through to Chickamauga National park, where they will camp.

New Orleans Improving.

   NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.—The fever situation, so far at least as New Orleans is concerned, is considered materially improved. It is not easy to find a physician who is prepared to hazard an opinion that New Orleans stands in immediate fear of an epidemic.

   There were 20 cases reported to the board of health for investigation. Of these, two are still under investigation, two were reported as suspicious and as requiring further diagnosis, 14 were found to be harmless cases of fever and two were pronounced genuine yellow fever.

Many Cases at Toure, Miss.

   TOURE, Sept. 16.—There are some 200 sick people here and the utmost caution is being displayed in order to prevent any possible spread of the disease.

   The stormy weather has had the effect of increasing the number of cases at Ocean Springs by four.

   One new case was reported at Biloxi. Biloxi now has 49 cases of sickness. Of these 19 are yellow fever.

   There have been no deaths at Biloxi.

A Shotgun Quarantine.

   YAZOO CITY, Miss., Sept. 16.—This city has issued orders for a shotgun quarantine to be enforced.

   No trains are allowed to stop except to exchange mails at the quarantine stations.

New Hanover Quarantined.

   WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept. 16.—The board of health of Hanover county met and adopted a resolution establishing quarantine against all cities and towns where yellow fever prevails.

Augusta Takes Precautions.

   AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 16.—Augusta has quarantined against all yellow fever points and also against Atlanta.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

   The progress of sanitary science in this country is clearly shown in the small amount of attention attracted by the announcement that yellow fever prevails at Ocean Springs, Miss. A generation ago this would have been the signal for a general alarm throughout the south. Now, however, the state boards of health of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana unite in a proclamation that yellow fever exists at Ocean Springs and inform the public that a quarantine against that place has been established. Every sanitary precaution will meanwhile be taken to confine the disease and stamp it out.

Yellow Fever in the South.

   NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 16.—At eleven o'clock this morning the board of health declared the suspicious case at St. Andrews street to be yellow fever. This makes a total of 19 cases in the city.

   BILOXI.—An Italian died here to-day apparently of yellow fever. All the physicians of the place are invited to attend the autopsy.