Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO. [ARTICLE]

YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO.

Plague Appears at Tehuantepec-Over 500 Canes in Vera Crux Advices have been received of the appearance of yellow fever in its most virulent form in the city of Tehnantepec and other places on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. There is a large American colony of coffee planters ia that section, and fears are entertained that the disease has appeared among them. The epidemic now extends along the coast from Vera Crus to the Guatemalan border, and hundreds of deaths have already occurred. In the city of Vera Cruz there are over 600 cases, and the epidemic is spreading there rapidly. Yellow fever in its most malignant form has appeared among the American marines stationed about the city wharves in Havana, and the utmost alarm is felt among all Americans, soldiers and civilians alike. The only death reported thus far is that of Private Kebr, who died after being sick thirty-six hours.