The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27

NpIy ORLEANS, Sept. 26.--To-day
,,,s the 1uletest of the week in New Or
lean, and the fever situation in spite of
anns,rance OF a rather large number OF
now cases, may be said to have shown
nucb Improyement. Fifteen cases were
racarIsd on the books of the board OF
bo,Ith but there was no death and there
have been no deaths since Friday. The
ou,borItles received reports during the
evening from nearly every patient that
is now under treatment and these were
an n the effect that the cases are doing
well and that no patient Is In any imme-
diate danger OF dissolution. Some forty
cases were reported tonight as being
RAPIDLY on the mend and a number OF
them will be discharged during the week
one OF the dangerous cases that nave ap-
peared was discharged to-day. II was
that on Madison street, In the helghDor-
hood ~ the French market, where tne
conditions were considered TO be such
as to warrant fear that the disease would
spread, . ...
t,kan nv the authorities TO quarantine
,Ions Of the nelghbnrhood and the fever
IN that vicinity seems to have been
stamped out completely. At the Oak
land Park detention camp all the refu-
gees who have been given quarters were
declared 70 be well,
To-day's record Is as follows: y,
Toma, 1906 st. Andrew street; G. G. Nc
HARDY, Pine and Maple; A. Goldman,
o9e7 Baronne: Lou Lawler. 9OS Second
street: Michael Dwyer. 62t First; James
CRANES. g75 EsplanOse; Percy and Susie
Ma,snn, 2ili ConstRnce; - Bronson.
ll2G Irene: Andrew and Miss Pizzo and
servant at 1901 POydras; Arthur j.
Blake. 2n3 Camp; Emma schlesscher.
Baronne and POydras; Mrs. w. II. Will
Hams 1863 Camp street.
The new cases are as usual scattered,
The mos prominent among them are Mr..
NcHardy. n wealthy Insurance man, and
Mrs Williams. wife of General W. II.
Williams, a well known newspaper man.
There are now four cases in the Williams
residence. but they are all reported to he
doing well. z. Toma Is the brother Of
the man who died OF yellow fever last
week and lives In the same premises. A
number Of children are among the new
cases.
Prof Metz has large number Of
Formlldehyde generators now at work.
To-day he burned in the street the bed
clothing and other articles In the house
where Serres died on Constance street,
the clothing first having been subjected
20 formaidehyde dlsinfection Some DIS
comfort and loss 10 being suffered by the
poorer classes whose effects have to be
burned, but Prot. Metz said tonight that
he was hopeful Of getting the city to
make an appropriation to cover Just such
cases Of distress. Prf. Metz has placed
these generators at the railroad depots
and baggage is being promptly and thor
oughly dlslnfected before II Is put on
trains. The local charity organization Is
taking steps 10 relieve all cases Of desti-
tuition that are presented The board Of
health supplies medicine and the charity
hospital physicians and the charity or
Eunfzation Will try to provide for the
poor classes.
Mrs. s. A. McCubbage died this morn
ing In Ocean Springs, OF yellow fever.
She had been sick for several days and
hgr case had already been reported.
There have been no new cases at Ocean
Springs. Reports from the detention
camp say that about ten refugees from
New Orleans have arrived there and
eighteen from Biloxi. There Is no sick
ness In the camp save one case OF sclatlo
rheumatism. The patients in the hospi-
tai mile away from the camp, are re-
covering.