Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-02
MANY NEW CASES.
YelIow-Fever Spreads Rapidly, hut
Is of Mild Type.

was again something of a record breaker
in the matter Of new cases.. They cropped
up in all directions, but up TO o'clock
the death record was still low. The fever
Is rapidly spreading in many directions,
but the large majority of cases are prov
ing to be Of a harmless type. The wea-
ther is warm, and the conditions are ex
celent for new cases, but the death per-
centage has fallen considerably below til
record of 1873.
Deaths-Antonio Sinacoa, $40 st. Philip
street: Paul st. Philip, 1906 Chartres
street.
New Cases-M. Brennan, POI Brainerd
street: Rev. Beverley Warner 2ll5 Chest
nut: Miss Amanda Genin, 2122 Bayou
road; Emma Brown. 5l9 Mrom street;
w. p. Tate. Fourth near Chippewa: John
Mathes 2029 Cont; Daisy Longley. 1l2y
| Fourth; Mrs. May Danistrom, ll5 south
Howard; Madeline Tommali. l425 Char
tres; Dan Daneago, 1915 Dublin; Lizzie
Salvadoru. 27l5 Chippewa; Edward J. NAL
let. 63OG Hurst; James II. Fleetwood, III
Lower Line: Lauretta Riley. 1923 Con-
stance; VIII Jorr and Eva JorE both or
6O6S Laurel; Bessie Dickinson. 1875 jack
| son; Milo Ferguson. 1900 Henry Clay ave-
| nue.: John j. Britton, 20l3 Baronne street;
| Albert Baldwin Woods, 1892 Euterpe; Mar
tin Regan, 322 Howard avenue; Edgar
Perrilloux. 1851 Elm street and Mrs.
| Adam Mark. st. Anne's. Bourbon
The most important new case is that
| of DR.. Beverley Warner, pastor of the
rich Trinity church. His case Is mild
| one.
RICH AND POOR ALIKE.
Rich and poor alike have been stricken
| to-day and the Board Of Health reports
| seem to show that the best drained and
| best kent streets are presenting cases as
numerously as those which are minus OF
| sanitation.
The authorities continue TO keep the
| water-plugs open. and every gntter is
| filled with running water.
| A number of cases. some ten or more
were discharged to-day as cured.
| To-day Professor Metz disnfected the
various hospitals in which cases have
occurred, and patients have been dis
| charged.
A bitter fight is being made on the
| Board of Health because IL is insisting on
| quarantining the inmates of houses ad-
| Joining houses where cases have occurred.
| A number Of doctors said tonight, in
a formal p est, that If their names are
reported in connection with yellow-feyer
| patients their practice Will be ruined. Mo-
| body will send for them IL they have had
| anything TO do with yellowfever.
BOARD OF HEALTH BULLETIN.
| The official bulletin of the Board of
| Health says: During the twenty-four
| hours ending at z. Nj. Friday, October
ISL. tnele were.
Cases of yellow-fever to-day. 30; deaths
| to-day 2; total number of cases of yell
| low-fever to date, 25S: total deaths from
| yellow-fever TO date. 30; total cases abb
solutely recovered, 70; total cases under
treatment, 152.
| Add new cases: Walker Kegan, Ida Ke-
| gan, 1905 Magazine street; DR.. w. ii.
Magruder, 62i Louisiana avenue; Neeley
| (coloredD. Marine Hospital - Carson,
| Marine Hospital.
Note-After the close of the official
| report the death was announced of Henry
A. Bouriaca, 225 Roche avenue.
NEW CASES. Z.
MOBILE. ALA, October The in
crease in the number of cases of yellow
| fever has amounted to seven to-day. One
| death-that of Mrs. A. Hoffman. on
Seventh street, near Jefferson, mentioned
last night. 90
The new victims are: T. A. Kelly. st.
Emanuel, near Augusta street; Mrs. Aiice
Gillian, corner Church and Conception
streets; Alice Cohen, same place; Taylor
Bean. City Hospital; Herbert Tubbs, the
same place: Robert Elliott, 1l5 Church
street: Mrs. Bonneau, Augusta, near
Marine street
Discharged-Joseph Mangold, Frank
Total number of cases. 81; deaths, II;
discharged. 40; under treatment. ".
Mrs. Gillian and Miss Cohen are sick in
the house where Taylor. one OF the hrst
yellow fever victims. died. The case ot
Miss Heiter on Jackson street. announced
yesterday. is traced TO the same place,
Miss Cohen. who was an inmate OF the
house having visited Miss Heiter for
several hours just after Taylor died.
The case Yesterday on State street near
Kennedy. IS that Of man who was
guard in the infected district ne Ia, nas
carried the infection TO the northwest
mart of the town. where many or the
poorer people dwell
Thus are established two additional loci
of infection. Lot.
ing of citizens for tomorrow 10 FORM q
relief committee to assist people thrown
out of employment.
MUCH DONE FOR POOR.
There Is much being done for the poor
the Mayor leading in relieving the suiler
ers who apply for aid, but there are many
nersons who will not apply or who are
ignorant of the help that.is available.
a suspicious case is reported to-nignt
In the heart of the city, that OF q. +.
Steiner. keeper ~ the delicatessen restau-
rant, living on ST. Emanuei street near
DR. Edwards. at st. Elmo. twenty miles
south of Mobile on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad reports four suspicious
"a ses which he diagnoses as yellow-fever.
suspicious case is reported at Grand
Raw on the same line. Health officers
have gone TO investigate these cases.
The Mobile Board of Health has issued
orders that no person -ndil HONt out Va
the infected district into any other part
OF the city. 1t is sought to prevent eject
ment for non-payment OF rent.
CASES AT FONTAINEBLEAU.
OCEAN SPRINGS. MISS. October l.
A nostal agent was taken of. the train
at Fontainebleau last night, sick. and
nlaced in the camp hospital. Mr.. Levy,
IRON, biloxi. is sick at the same place.
Or KeIls of Scranton. took sick to-day.
and was brought down to the camp here
this,eyening.
two new cases of yellow-fever. are re-
ported at McHenry to-day.
NINETEEN NEW CASES.
EDWARDS. MISS. October 1.-Dr.
Dunn Of the State Board OF Health. to-
night gave the Associated Press the fol- |
lowing statement:
..Nineteen new cases have been reported
to-day. of which eleven are white ana
eight coIored.
..Deaths to-day. none; total deaths TO |
date 9: total number OF cases to date |
2S;. convalescent and discharged, ISL |
number now under treatment, l2i: num-
her very sick, s: sick with black vomit s."
DIR. Purnell visited Champion Hill this
evening and found a nurse who had been
waiting on Dr. Champion down with yei-
iow-fever This man claims to have had
the fever in 1875 The cases reported with
black vomit to-day are those of Mayor
r T.. RedheId and sister, Lillian. ana
Estis Harris, who has had three attacks
OF black vomit. All are reported as rest
ing easily.