The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-25

New Orleans. Sept. A.-Eminent doctors
believe that the work of the board Of
health IS productive of good results. and
that the fever is not spreading, but on
the contrary is being confined 10 locali-
ties. Thus far there have been a few less
than 100 cases and Is deaths. The death
rate is in the neighb0Tnood of l5 per cent.
1t was in 1878 l6 per cent, SO that up to the
present time she disease is about as Vdru-
lent as it was in the last great epidemic
New Orleans had. One OF the sensations
of the day was the announcement that
the board of health had decided TO prose
cute Dr. MonluZin for having fa9led TO
report case of suspicious fever In one
Of tbs morning papers a few days ago
DR.. Moniuzfn was quoted as saying that
there was little IL any fever in New Or
leans and that the prevailing sickness was
burnlah, or sun fever, which he discover
ed as a contagious or infectious and quite
likely 70 be attended with about the same
mortality az yellow fever. This morning
DR.. Monquzin reported TO the board of
nedlth the case of Miss Dreytous, Woo,
he said, WEsS suffering with yellow fever
It Was not long before tTfs report was
received that the board had TO report The
death of Miss Dregfous.
An lnYeStl CATION proved that Miss Drey-
tous had taken SICK about six days ago
and that DR.. Nonluzin had failed even to
report the case as suspicious There were
nine new cases Sod9y and the following
deaths: Salvador CaSfnci, 1923 Charles
street. Frederick Gund, 535 MaEads. Miss
DreyfoEs. ST Bourbon. OF the 90 odd
cases I'M New Orleans but four have been
among the negro population. There are
SUI several serious cases among those
WHO are jal, but the board of health is
daily dlscharsdns patients as cured.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS GUARDED.
Mayor FGower today ordered a force of
Policemen to guard the Beauregard school,
on which a mob made an attack TO burn
vast nlsht. Only portion of the building
was burned and IT is still possible TO use
the structure as a hospital for the treat
nent OF yellow fever pauentS. 1t was
shortly after midnight that the mob sio-
piled THE torch TO the school and Whereby
carried into execution a threat that had
been repeatedly made during yesterday
evening. When the frenen arrived on
the scene their hose was cut but the fire.
men worked plucfiiy- and, with the as
SlStance OF a squad of police ultimately
succeeded in extingutshing the flames.
The burning of the school created in
tense Indignation here and the outrage
was bitterly denounced.
MAYOR Is DETERMINED.
Every newspaper in the city in ringing
editorials pleuging itself to support the
mayor in whatever action he may take TO
punish the culDrits and carry into effect
che original determination to establish q.
yellow fever hospital in the Beauregard
school mouse. a COMMITTEES during the
day called on Mayor Flower TO protest
against the use of the building as a nos
p1ral- His honor hercesY denounced the
occurrences would do New Orleans mola
harm than all the yellow fever epidemics
combined The question had arisen
whether there should be law and order
here or anarchy. So far as he was con-
cerned he proposed to exhaust every
power at his command TO establish peace-
A mob might threaten, but the city had
decided on the location and all the threats
in the world could not deter him from his
purpose to protect the Sisters of Charity
and the surgeon WHO would be sent TO
M
patients. The mayor has the support of
well nigh the entire community.
The situation here is generally I'M
changed. Freight is moving slowly and
Uhere is practically no passenger traffic.
The theatres are stfl open and amuse-
ments are not restrained. But that New
Orleans is losing hundreds OF thousands
of dollars by foolish quarantine IS not to
be doubted. The ordering by the SouShern
Pacific coTnparg of the steamer El NoTte
from New York TO Galveston. means that
az eastern freights destined for the Pa
cife coast WIZ so through the Texas
port until the quarantine embargo against
this city is raised.