The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-19
THE FEVER SlTUAYI0|
Thirty New Cases aad Sevsa uool
ct New Orleans.
TWO PERSONS DIE OF NE0lEc
Yellow Jack Is Discovered Stroe1iy
Irtrcnched at rlomatoa, Al.
THREE DEATHS AT EDNAKDA
The Criminal Nesaigencs - the H.
fcctcd Adds 20 the Fatal swesA
oe the Disease. .eS
Yesterdays Iccord-.

Following IL tho official report OF the
board Of health OF New Orleans; CaHcs Of
yellow fever today. 81; deaths today, 4;
total cases of yellow fever ITO date. s6o:
total deaths from yellow fever to date
100; total cases absolutely recovered, Az;
total cases under treatment. $40.
New Orleans. October is.-.Before
o'clock this evening the 100 mark OF deaths
during the present period OF yellow fever
prevalence had hcen reached. When obo
board OF health closed Its books last night
there had been % fata, cases. Bcta sem
last night and ntglftfail today Z deaths
wcro reported, This century OF deaths
has occurred among less than 300 cascs
that have been reported to the board since
early IN September when the iirst case
made ITS appearance IN New orleans. "A
usual. however. the days report has been
swellcd by tho terrible criminal negE-
gerce OF the poorer classes.
Tho record today was by no means re-
| assuring Early this evening the new
cases had exceed 30 and the deaths had
reached Z, THE attest number yet re-
ported IN q single day. The cases. as on
other dayy. have bobbed up IN all diree-
| tonu rho quarantine system IL still In
/ effect. but It does not seem 10 RESTRAIN
tho spreud OF the irtectlon, aud the opn-
| ion FscmT lto Sc borne out that yellow
fever Us not ~ nll contagious by atmos-
prtrscally Infectious cnuAes.
These were THO NOW cakos and deatha
to-day: New cascs Airtonic Barrone. III
Charities; Alice Roeenfcld. ASIA Magazine;
Henry Jnnin. 1879 Henry Clay avenue;
Morgan Jnn,n came address; Emma
Roche. 36l6 Iaronne; DIR. George krcego.
Baronno and Euterpe; Louis Maloise. 1871
Chartres; n. g. Cage, li4i Webster; Miss
4 Calhoun Ruttcrworti, 1856 ST. Charles Alice
Lewis 1908 Baronne; - McGrnth, $40 Ca
rordclet; Grace cotsreyc, simple and Hill
airy: Miss Bertha Winter, 1900 Tchoupitou-
las Florence Lyons, slai Maurepns. J.
Gcrofalo. 31 Bourbon. Mrs. Larsoa. IT'D
Bourhon. pr J. s.. I.angworthy, 1918
IIIampson. MSS Rosa Cherry, ------; Mabel
Schneider, 1iGS Nashville; Mrs. Ncttic Hill
ler lSH polfnania julius Kocnig, hoo st.
| Charles: Kenneth Ray, ilba Calhoun Rob-
ert Coulott. Isolation hospital, r. ].
! Flynn, ~ Sourh Rampant, Alfred siagrni,
Deaara: sydney Bowling. $500 81. Charles
avetue; Mary Salvant. 2229 Ursulin": G. ~.
| ssiivant aaino address,. J. {. McDonnsls
| Isolation hospital; Charles Fowler. Hotel
Dieu; Theresa Scott. $3.50 Lafayette. Irene
Parse. Ien Ton,i, Albert iI,,bener, 1850
Sixth, Hermann Horals. iiG, Henry Clay
pcatl,s--Fannine Wlnaem, 2o69 Tchoupi-
toulaa. Antonio Raronne. l21 chartrss;
paul Caruso. io.2 Chartres. Miss Adelaide
Roberts, GIT st. Joseph. J. Gorolnfo. ss1
burgundy: - Gonnolon. Madison between
C.tartrcs and Decatur: John Goodc, Isola-
ton hospital.
Two dives would have been saved II any
attempt had been made to give the pa-
tien.s attention. Early this morning Corr
oner Lemonnfer received a rush message
| to 20 to S37 Burgundy street He was told
that a man had died under mysterious
circumstances and that foul play was sus-
pccted The doctor hurried 10 the scene
and found the dead body OF Pcpsno Goro-
lnfo in "A room In tho house mt the NUM-
Der mentined. The body was lying on the
floor and ahoso IN the place said the man
had gone 10 bed and rolled on the floor In
a stupor They did not know whether o.
not any enc had administered dose. nc
tool. DIR. I.emonnier about two minutes
| 10 decide that the man had dfed from q
genuine case OF yellow fever. and a snbse-
oucnt autopsy confirmed the Doctors hasty
diagnosis. Tho body was Immediately
buried.
Later on during the day the coroner
was called to view the body OF Antonio
poronne. The message said that the man
haa died without medical attention. The
coroner. upon responding TO the can. q