The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-05
Tvenfy-Four New Cases at New Or
leans Yesterday, but No Fatali-
ties in Twenty-FOur Hours.
EDWARDS STILL A PEST BED
EIGHTEEN NEW CASES AND TWO
DEATHS IN THE LITTLE TOWN.
Seven Fresh Cases at MObile-Ocean
Springs, Where the Disease First
Appeared, Now Free.

four hours, closing at nightfall, there had
not been a single death recorded In the
office of the Board of Health. Yesterday
there had been thirty-one new cases report
ed, and at 8 o'clock tonight twenty-four
We're reported since o'clock last night
Yesterday there were nearly two hundred
premises under surveillance in which yell
low fever had been declared to exist, and
IN some of the houses there were four or
five cases, yet not a single one had proved
fatal in twenty-four hours. The result was
that tonight the death rate had fallen to
trifling excess over 101a per cent, and the
prospects for an early stamping out of the
disease had been considerably frightened
There is no Indication that the sickness will
assume an epidemic form. All fear of that
has disappeared. and people who have their
families at other points are beginning to
make arrangements to bring them back
The record of new cases to-day follows:
]. F. LEIDENHEIMER, 1888 Clio street.
j. S. PHIER, 4O5S Rampant street.
CHARLES STODDARD, 1920 Second
street.
sALvADoRA MARY, 2715 Chippewa
street.
SARAH COLEMAN (colored). 021S ST.
Charles avenue.
Miss FANNIE WAIsS, S21S st. Charles
avenue.
CHARLES HEITKAMP, 1927 Decatur
street.
ADELE HEITKAMP. 1927 Decatur street
GLEN COLLY, 1921 Cadiz street
JOHN FLEETWOOD, JR., 727 Lower
Line street.
OTTO VOIGHT, 1893 Exchange alley.
- WISCHER (boy), 1472 Magazine
street.
LIGNIA FoRNARIs. Rampant street.
between 81. Philip and Ursuline
FRED K. BARNETT, 519 Sixth street.
SARAH MARSHALL, Protestant Episco-
pal Home.
LILLE DEPERT Protestant Episcopal
Home.
JOHN MARIE CosTE, Charity Hospital
Miss FLORENCE BENTON, Convent Of
Mercy, 1909 ST. Andrew street.
Mrs. INEBORG Peterson, Calhoun
street, corner Fifth.
DONALD MITCHELL. 1880 Esplanades
street.
SISTER BARBARA. 1891 Morals street
MAUD MEYER. Dryades street, between
Euterpe and Terpsichore.
Mrs. BROWN. st. Andrew and Magnolia
streets.
Miss MAGGIE WINCHESTER, 1908
Charities street.
The State Board of Health's official bull
letin says: Cases Of yellow fever to-day, "a:
deaths, to-day. none; total cases to date,
Sal; total deaths to date, sc; total recovered,
1913; total under treatment, 202.
One case was reported at the Convent Of
Mercy. Two cases appeared in the Protest
ant Episcopal Home, on Jackson avenue
and Chippewa. Sister Barbara, of the
Maraisit Hospital, was among those taken
down. Many patients were discharged to-
day as recovered, and among them was Ed
Roddy, of the Illinois Central road, who
had been sick but q week.
AT special meeting of the Board of
Health this afternoon it was decided that
arrival here, shall be detained at quaran-
tine. at the mouth of the river until fur
Their orders, and a notice to this effect was
sent to Collector Wilkinson.
Six days have passed since Ocean Springs
has had any yellow fever. If the present
immunity from disease continues until Fri
day of the current week, the Board of
Health will officially declare the Mississippi
resort free of fever. Ocean Springs was the
first to contract the disease, and will prob
ably be the first to get rid of it.
The City Council held conference to-
night with the local members of the LegiS-
lature and It was resolved to ask the Gov
ern ar to place $50, 600 at the disposal of the
State Board of Health to aid in the fever
fight. The legislators present pledged
themselves to sign memorial agreeing
to vote for the appropriation when the
Legislature meets in May, and to obtain
enough signatures from the country to
guarantee passage and justify the Gov
errors advance action.