Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-17
YELLOW FEVER NEWS.


New Orleans, Sept. ia brighter
outlook for New orleans is evident to-
night, so far as the fever situation is
concerned The reports to the board
were of most encouraging nature. In
stead of twenty cases requiring inves-
tigation there were only ten to be
looked into today, and OF these only
three were pronounced suspicious and
one declared yellow fever. The latter
case is situated in a thiclSly populated
negro district, and special pains is be-
Ing taken by the board of quarantine
and sanitate the neighborhood.
The doctors have been unable to de-
termine the origin of the other sus-
picious cases reported today.
Tonight 1t was given out at the
board of health that the case in the
negro district is the most serious at
present existing.
President Oliphant of the board OF
health and President Britain of the
council. said tonight that the chances
of crushing out the disease had been
infinitely improved,
n fatal case of genuine yellow fever
developed in the very heart of Bolixl
today. There have been altogether
twenty-one cases OF yellow fever in
Biloxi, with only one death, that of
today.
At Ocean Springs no new cases have
been reported.
Some inquiry has been made as to
whether the present scare will have the
effect of interfering with the winter
race meeting. officials of the club say
they are going right ahead with their
preparations for the opening. and that
the existence of n few cases of yellow
fever here will not change the arrange
ments. They feel that there will be
absolutely no danger of fever existing
when the date OF the meeting arrives.
At IL O'Clock today the board OF
health officially declared the suspicious
case of fever on st. Andrews street,
between Camp and Chestnut, yellow
fever, II has been under observation
for several days. The patient is a
butcher. This makes total of nine
teen cases to date.
a telegram from Biloxi says that an
Italian has died in the heart OF that
city. apparently from yellow fever An
autopsy will be held and all the ply
slcians in Biloxi will be invited to de-
termine the character of the sickness
of which the man died.
AT JACKSON.
Jackson, Miss, Sept. lG.-No more
people are leaving the city. There are
very few left here and none of these
can get out on account of the rigid
quarantine thrown around the town.
got rid of the eNcitable persons Ito the
number OF several thousand) the
chances of those remaining are corre-
spondingly increased should trouble
occur, and the people are therefore
feeling easier.
Hon. J. L. Redheld, mayor of Ed
wards. telegraphed the Associated
Press ut 10 am. as follows:
There are eight cases of yellow
fever in town, three in country. NJ
deaths. All patients doing we'll"
The state board has it from DIR. Pur-
nell. at Edwards, today that three new
cases of fever. which he has not yet
need of nurses, which the board will
endeavor to furnish. DR.. Purnell says
people of the country want supplies
from Edwards, and some of the Ed
wards people want to leave for their
plantations. The board instructed him
to jail any one who violates the rules
of the rigid quarantine. Edwards Is
strongly guarded, as are Austin and
Champion, the only country places in
fected. The board is hopeful Of check
ing the disease and greatly cheered
by the fact that up TO l pm. not Il
case is reported anywhere III the
state.
MERIDIAN still refuses TO let Alabama
& Vicksburg trains pass, despite re-
monstrances of the board.
SCARE IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. Mo-. Sept. 17.--What is
possibly case OF yellow fever has de-
Nelope here in the city hospital.
Claude Anderson, Il negro boy years
of age, was taken TO tho hospital yes
to-day from n negro lodging house on
East Twelfth street in the central part
Of ,he city. The boy came here from
Mississippi with an unknown white
man, having left that state but six
days ago. The lad was suffering from
fever, and his condition seemed so sus-
picious that n consultation OF physi-
clans was called Mt a late hour last
night. At 1890 this morning the con-
sultation ended. Dr. Boebcr, the house
surgeon, who was one of the four ply
slclans In consultation, said; Il would
not place myself on record as TO
whether IL Is or is not yellow fever. 1t
is condition that Is not met with up
here. There are few symptoms OF yell
low fever. There is no black Vomlt,
and the boys skin Is not taundiced or