The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20
CLEANING OUT FILTH.
Yellow Fever Scare Not Without
Benefits.
NEW ORLEANS GETTING A GENER-
AL WASHING OUT.
Little Change in the Situation Yesterday
Six New Cases and Two Deaths-The
Weather Unfayorable to Recovery-No
New Cases at Ocean Springs.

New Orleans, September 19.-The local
fever situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. At o'clock to.
night the record book in the board OF
health office showed total of six new
cases and one death. The official bulle-
tin to be issued tonight will show two
deaths, that of the woman, Santa Giraffe
ia, who died in the hospital last night,
not having been included in the official
bulletin.
Two cases are in the extreme upper
portion of the city; one in the fourth dis
trict, one in the ST. Claude street house
where the original six cases were report
ed and one in the Williams house, where
two cases already existed, and the other
in the charity hospital.
There are three cases under investiga-
tion aud the health authorities still view
the situation with some complacency.
They do not yet anticipate an epidemic.
The report of DR.. Metz, the city chemist
on the condition of the Italian quarter,
moved the board to prompt action today
of the offer of the. city of the marine hos
pital as a refuge. DR.. Metz found as
many as so people huddled together In
the Italian quarter, dying in filth. The
marine hospital buildings will be per-
manently used as refuge until the fever
| is stamped out, for the families of the
Italian quarters and those of the indig-
ent sick throughout the city. At large
ly attended meeting of bankers, business
men, ministers and representatives OF
| labor organizations 1t was resolved to
ask the board of health to consider the
advisability of adopting next Tuesday a
general cleaning day. Acting Mayor
Britton and President Olliphant today
replied to the suggestion, strongly depre-
eating it.
/ q A special train today went to Biloxi
and Ocean Springs and from there car
ried about 40 people to the detention
camp at Fontainbleu.
There were no new cases reported at
Ocean Springs up to noon, but the wealth
er was heavy and sultry and one Of the
patients was not Expected to live. She
is Miss Laura Atkins. Charles Zeigler,
of prominent New Orleans family, was
among those stricken yesterday at Ocean
Springs, but his condition is not yet con-
sidered serious.
The work of the New Orleans sanitary
forces continued unabated today and the
officers employed themselves in hunting
up many old rookeries where people are
closely crowded and where they live in
of+ y,1o cuh h
jected to complete disinfection and clean
ing. The weather today has been warm
and threatening.
To Establish Camp of Refuge.
Jackson, Miss, September 19.-Dr. n.
D. Geddings of the marine hospital SER
vice, arrived here today on his way to
Edwards to establish a camp of refuge.
He has with him 300 tents and mattress
es. DR.. Hunter, secretary of the state
board of health, will arrive here tomor-
row from Vicksburg to confer with DR..
Geddings with view to establishing a
base of supplies and taking stringent
measures to stamp out the yellow fever.
Vicksburg, Miss, September 19.-The
fever at Edwards shows but slight in
crease today and noSdeaths have occurred.
DR.. Purnell reported four new cases to-
day.
Reports to Marine Hospital Headquarters.
Washington, September 19.-Complete
advices were received today by Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine hospital
service of the movements of his officials
| in the yellow fever district and the
measures adopted to prevent the spread of
| the disease.
Surgeon White at Camp Fontianbleu
reports that he has admitted during the
past six days 13 persons and today AZ
persons.
| The arrival of about rs refugees at At
lanta yesterday was reported by Surgeon
Sawtelle. There was one suspicious case
now detained at the detention camp for
| ten days. His name is Hunt, from Mo-
| bile.
| From Nashville, Tenn, DR.. Wyman re-
ceived word that the Tennessee state
board of health has ordered quarantine
against the entire state of Mississippi.
The War Department has in contem-
plation the transfer of the garrison from
Barnancas, Fla, to Chickamauga, where
the troops will go into camp. 1t is also
probable that the old Mt. Vernon bar
racks near Mobile, will be converted into
detention camp for persons leaving the
city.
Eleven New Gases in Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, September 19-The off,
cial bulletin for the last "a hours ending
at noon today shows II new cases. There
has been one death Total cases to date
20; total deaths 8.
All the sick with one or two excep-
tions are doing well.
There was a light shower about 2
O'Clock accompanied by a cool wind that
was most refreshing after the intense
sultriness of the past two weeks.
Reports From Ocean Springs.
Ocean Spaings. Miss, Septe mber 19-
DIR. Kelley wires Dr.Dunn from Scranton.
raportiro three new cases. no deaths and