The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-17
ONE DEATH REPORTED
Mobile Has the First Fatality y
the Scourac.
SEVENTEEN CASES AT EDWARDS.
Mayor Of Scranton. Mss, Appeals
for Aid for the Destitute. KS
NEW cAsEs AT NEW ORLEANS.
Conditions Remain About the same
In soathern Ssatcs--Tcxas II En-
tirely Free OF tho Pl~gue.

New Orleans. La. September i6.--k
brighter outlook for New Orleans Is evi-
dent tonight SO far AZ the fever situation
is concerned. The reports received by tbs
board Of health and compiled at 9 p. m.
from all sections OF the city were Of :
most encouraging nature.
Instead OF twenty cases requiring invcs-
LEGATION as on yesterday there were only
ten to be looked into today. and Of those
only three were pronounced suspicious and
two declared yellow fever. There was
nothing In the others The two new cases
are +. Toma. u butcher. 80 years old, iiv-
ing at 1905 st. Andrews street. and Il.
Harman, a mulatto. employed at the cottn
exchange and living at 2la0 Tulane street.
The Toma case has been under investl-
gation for three days aud as the patient
has been suffering with other romplica-
| lions, some difficulty WAS found In inn
mcdiately diagnosing the case as that Of
yellow fever. The promises where Toma
| resides have been In charge Of the board
OF health for several days and 1t is not
/
| IN this quarter. The case OF Hartman is
noteworthy because II Is the irst case
| wherein negro has been attacked. Phys
| ioians are agreed that the colored people
arc less susceptible than whites 70 the yell
| low fever and the correctness Of the cpin-
ion seems TO be borne out by tho fact that
| in spite Of the large negro population out
1 N nm. hnA
member OF that race. Toma lives In u
thickly populated nolghborhood and caro-
is being taken to quarantine the nctghbor-
| hood. Tho doctors have been unable 10
determine the origin Of either OF the casea
reported today.
Tonight 1t was given out by the ,stsgt
al health that the case of To.aa i ne
4! ,Tssts. & ~ the tsnsnin-
| INK cightacn caves, half at Yeast are ccIssfd-
cred to be practically we'll but the board
has decided not to allow recovered pa
tlentn or any OF the inmatos of the house
in which they live to venture In the street
until certain period OF detention. during
which the board can complete its work OF
disinfcction. burning bed clothing aud
| everything found IN houses where there
] has been sickness calculated to harbor
| germs. The eases on St. Claude street
are nearly all OF young children and most
| OF them are Up and about their housed.
| The Gelpi case lis improving. DIR. Joe
| Lovel, who was considered seriously III
4 at one time was so much improved this
| evening as to be considered practically out
| Of danger Edward McGinty, the Soniat
| street case. repomed two or three days
ago. was able to sit up today. Herman
l on ai ra,i xyh .,1qs fcf hs.r
| III day before Yesterday. il This evening
| prcRresalng toward recovery The same
report IL received from the three eases in
two houses on Dante street. The case In
| Touro intirm0rv IL la its early stages.
| Taken aH n whole then. the situation Ia
brighter than ii has been since Sunday
afternoon.
President OiiDhant OF the board OF he alth
and President Britton OF the council say
the chances OF crushing the Disease In
| it's inciDcncy have Infinitely improved.
They are not shouting because they do not
| consider they arc vet out Of the woods. tut
| they do not conceal their belief that the
| danger OF the cpidemic IL r9pidly being
| lessened.
conc effect OF our experience" said Mr..
Britton. viii be that we shall BIO cCm-
J PEELED to quarantine Mississippi and Mo-
bile from the LIT OF May each year unless
the quarantine system at Ship IslaEd and
| at Mobile is made modern. We are tight
" shutting cur front door at The rSuth
OF the river now and leaving our rack door
at Mobile Wide opGn."
An important meeting of business men.
health officials and representatives OF COM
mercial exchanges was held today TO de-
wise some means for the fumigation OF rner-
chandisc and to secure a modification OF
quarantine regulations instituted by towns
In Louisiana. Alabama and Mississippi.
Surgeon Carter OF the marine hospital SER
vice was among those who took friendly
interest In the meeting. motion was
adoptcd that a committee composed OF one
from each commercial exchange. with Pro-
fcssor Metz Of the board OF health. and
Surgeon Carter OF the marine hospital SER
Vice in conjunction with the railway and
steamboat companies officials. eudeavor to
get the consent Of the other State and local
boards OF health now auarantined to the
receipt OF such merchandise and conmodt-
!, ties. il accommodated BY certificates from
the Louisiana board OF health and the ma
rine hospital service. that the Same have