The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-21

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 90 - The
largest number of cases reported on
any day since yellow fever first made
it's appearance in New Orleans, two
weeks ago, was recorded on the books
of the Board of Health this evening at
6 o'clock, although at that hour not a
single case had proved fatal during the
day. There were eighteen cases in all,
including nine reported by Dr. Joseph
Holt, all of the latter having been duly
tagged and put under quarantine reg
ulatiOnS.
The most sensational incident of the
day was the announcement from DR..
Joseph Holt, ex-President of the Board
of Health. that he discovered nine
cases among his practice the first of
which had come under his observ alton
on Friday.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
letter the machinery of the board was
put in motion, and inspectors were
sent to the various houses where DR..
Holt reported sickness to exist. The
places were all disinfected, and guards
placed in front of them, but the board
said it had little hope of the effective
ness of these measures. since all those
who desired were given an opportunity
to escape from the infected houses.
one of the houses, where four pa
Iients are, is a fashionable boarding.
house The first case to develop in
this house was at 2:30 Saturday morn
ing, and the other cases in the same
place were noted on Saturday after
noon. Those living in the house, OF
whom there were quite a number, knew
of the existence of the fever early on
Saturday morning, and therefore got
out as fast as possible. Some of them
moved their baggage on Saturday, and
others on Sunday while it is said that
some of the boarders took a train and
went to Atlanta
Shortly after the Board of Health
was made acquainted with the con-
tents of the letter of DR.. Holt it held
an executive conference, and decided
to Immediately order it's board of ex-
perts to visit the nine cases of DR..
Holt and decide whether or not they
were suffering with yellow fever. The
experts attempted to carry out the in
structions of the board this afternoon,
but when they proceeded to the first
mouse LII. Il ull 6uleIeQ dn ODJCN~bOl1
and refused them perm %~sion to eX
anime any of his patients, taking the
position that he had properly diagnosed
the disease, and that, being an eX-
pert himself there was no occasion for
further investigation. After the experts
made their report the Board of Health
went into executive session and dis
cussed at length what was termed DR..
Hollis violation of a city ordinance,
which he himself had passed, and
which provides for the punishment by
fine or imprisonment of any physician
who might fail to report a positive or
suspicious case of yellow fever in
period like the present one. The board
finally decided to summon DR.. Holt to
appear before them and explain his al
legged negligence in the premises. Dr.
Holt is one of the most eminent physi-
clans in the South.
The brightest feature of the day was
that there We're no deaths Tonight
most of the patients in the city were
reported as doing well.
This afternoon the Board Of Health
decided to send an appeal to Governor
Foster, asking him to supply the board
with S25 900 from the surplus funds of
the State to assist the board in prose-
cutting its fight against the fever. The
Governor was also asked to issue or
ders for tents and other camp supplies
to be used at the camp of detention.
To-day, after conference of the
health and city authorities. the Oak
land Driving Park, in the center of the
city. was selected as the site for the
camp of detention.
Governor Foster this afternoon in
structed General Glynn to provide 100
tents. blankets, cots and other neces-
sarv articles for the use Of the refugees,
and General Glynn has arranged to have
these articles sent to the camp to-
morrow.
Fjfty-eight people slept at Fontain-
b1eau. the Federal detention camp.
last night Tomorrow the camp will
he Drenared to receive 100 additional
guests. and by Thursday the surgeons
in charge say they viii have room and
accommodations for 800 people, besides
those already there.
The public circulating library in New
Orleans was closed to-day, at the sug-
gestion Of the Board of Health. The
nl-ivate schools that have refused to
of the Board of Health will be proceeded
against legally.
QUARANTINE AT CAIRO.
SPRINGFIELD CID, Sept 20.-Dr.
Fgan. Secretary of the Illinois State
Board of Health, in charge of yellow
fever inspection at Cairo. H., wired
to-day from Cairo. establishing gener-
al quarantine against Louisiana, Ala
bama and Mississippi. both passengers
and trainmen being prohibited from
leaving Cairo en- route North
DR.. Egan says that danger exists at
Cairo from the further development of
the disease, owing to the large number
of refugees already arrived there.
EMPLOYEES LAID OFF.
JACKSON (AIiss.). Sept. 20.-The Ala
bama and Vicksburg Railway, being I'M
able to run trains to-day. laid off all
its employees at this point except the
agent and telegraph operator
TWELVE NEW CASES.
EDWARDS (3fiss). Sept 20.-Twelve
new cases of yellow fever since the