The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-29
Death Rate Of Fifteen Per
Gent ii New Orleans.
AWLEss ELEMENT.
Attempts TO Burn Hospital
Estab blIshed IL City.

SA1S<zxQA Ss<S w - - -
Estab blished in City.
New Orleans, Sept q Eminent
i'snli6ysicians believe that the work OF
|ihe board Of health is productive Of
good results and that the feve, is no.
Spreading, bst on the contrary is be
|5ag confined TO localities Thus far
'shese have been few less than LOO
cases ana is deaths The death rate
Ii hs neigh borhood Of Is per
seeat 1t VAS in 1878, Is per cent !.
|ao that up to the present time the
disease Il about as virulent as il was
|i |n Ihe last great epidemic that visited
Orleans. S.
One Of the sensations of the day
INA mas ihe announcement that the board
of heeith had decided 10 prosecute
onIazin for having failed 70 re-
sI5ort 8 ease, of suspicious fever In
sone of the morning papers g few days
Dr Moniuzin was quoted as say
7nr that there was little if any fever
New Orleans and that the prevail
;;,,s ; a::cslneaa was Burmah, on sun
1sSer a,;;ch he described as conta.
So ious 81 infectious. and quite likely
sfo be attended with about the mortal
, 80 of syeliow fever This morning
Isr 81 onInziin renorted to the board
|s,s.s hs.al,b tbe t.ase of Miss Dreyfous,
y,aa a,,tf;;.r;ne Will vel
fsysr ~ 8 {. was not 1 long before
81, enoft wan received that the
sbs IA a to report the death Of Miss
3 Drerss;,ns S Az Investigation proved
ssl,at Miss Dreyfons was taken sick
about az S3aya & s AGO and that Dr. Mon
:II555i :SII5Ssiz;;, had failed even TO report the
..esse s g anso;ic;;ous.
az fl.s az osid cases s. in New Or
sasn. from ia, beginning but four
issve hsen S. 81 am,nsr 8 the IA negro popula-
TN There are s, stiH several serious
secs anon 3 shose who are iii. but
ia board 81 f health Is daily dischargs
a;n, md natienta IS cured
S. 81 avor Flower eo s sday ordered a
ss,r,cas, g. &. nolice;s,en 10 guard the
sResanrepard school which q mob
MD S. !, 81 attemnt TO burn lass night.
onIv 5 nortion of the building was
Isanrned ana it Is still possible 10 use
fI,a structure rs ! hoepital for the
treatment of yellow fever patients
was shortly after midnight that
"a stf,e mob applied the torch to the
at,banI and thereby carried into exc.
"a. .s,,,;;on 8 threat tI,at had been repeat.
Eediy made during Yesterday evening
when the iremen arrived on the
scene their hose was cut, but the de-
::partnent worked piuckily, and with
fhe assistance Of 8 squad Of police
se sencceeded 10 extinguishing the
4alan,ea The buraing Of the school
.reased intense indignation here and
tha outrsee was bitterly denounced.
EVER newspaper ii the city. 10 ring
s. IND editorials has pledged itself 10
snnnort the ,nayor 10 whatever action
81. ss might III sake to { punish the culpriss
Al aud to p carry into effect the original
DETERMINATION 70 establish the yellow
ever hospital in the Beauregard
aclnnl bonse a committee during
lie day called on Mayor Flower to
urotest against the use of the build
;np ils g 3 S hospital His horar fercely
denonnced the outrage of last night
He said that such occurrences would
do New Orleans more harm than all
fhe veIlow fever epidemics combined
The nuession had arisen wheeher
here OF anarchy He proposed to
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