The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
. The FEVER SPREADING.
EIGHT PRONOUNCED CASES AND
ONE DEATH so FAR IN THE
CRESCENT CITY.
MORE SUSPICIOUS CASES
BUT THE EXPERTS CAN SEE NO
REASON WHY THE PEOPLE
SHOULD RE ALARMED.
lHE DRkAD DlSEASt IN MlSSISSlPPI
while the Able Experts Are Busy
with Their Reassuring TeIe-
grams Yellow Jack In Indus
trIOusIy Extending His
Deadly Domain.
IHE DREAD Disease IN MISSISSIPPI

New Orleans, Sept. 12.--Shortly before
noOn today the board of health officially
declared six of the suspicious cases of
fever on st. Claude street to be- yellow
fever. A couple of hours subsequently
the board announced another pronounced
case of yellow fever at Miro and Espla-
made streets, also in the lower part of
the city, but mile or more away from
The infected square. The announcement
of the first six eases as yellow fever
was not unexpected, although II was
hoped, from the delay on the part of
the experts, that these eases were simply
Of bilious malaria. No general alarm
has resulted, although the news rapidly
spread through the city. The authori-
ties do not believe that the situation il
materially worse than it was four or five
days ago, and they are still confident of
their ability, with modern sanitary APP
pliances. to successfully quarantine the
infected districts.
The official bulletin of the board of ex-
perts, declaring the st. Claude street
cases TO be yellow fever, was received by
President Olliphant soon after | o'clock.
DR.. Olliphant Immediately sent for
members of the press and gave out the
report, which was signed by Doctors
Lemonnicr, Touatre, Bckham, Petit
and TNham of the board of experts. and
Dr. Payton, the attending physician.
The report was as follows
I'VE the undersigned physicians, from
time TO time have examined the twelve
cases of fever on st. Claude street. be-
tween Clouet and Louisa, and find six
70 be yellow fever, four of whom are con-
valescent. There are no other cases"
Of the original twelve, all of which had
their origin from a case that had come
from Ocean Springs, the six other
than those reported today as yellow fever
Were announced this afternoon to be prac-
tically well, up and walking about their
homes. OF the six pronounced yellow
fever, four are convalescent and two
were declared to he critically i'll, one of
these having suffered a relapse yester-
day. Among the suspicious cases re-
ported yesterday was that Of boy
named Roy, living at Miro and Es-
planadc streets. Doctors Lcmonner,
Touatre and Matas were sent to make
careful observation of the case. This
afternoon they pronounced il TO be I'M
questionably yellow fever and as having
apparently had its origin in Scranton,
Miss, or in the vicinity of that town.
AS soon as the report was received the
board of health took charge of the house,
'quarantined the inmates, placed guards
80 that no one may come in too close
proximity to the premises, and set to
work 10 thoroughly disinfect the neigh
borhood. A brother of the patient who
had left the premises some time before
the official announcement, was given n
permit to return, but orders were issued
under no circumstances to let him or any
other member of the household again
leave the premises.
10 Il correspondent of the Associated
Press President Olliphant said this after
noon:
"Of course | have made this announce
ment of the existence of seven cases of
yellow fever in New Orleans with sim
cerc regret but there was no alternative
left me under my pledge to keep faith
with the public here and elsewhere. |
do not think, however, there is occasion
here for serious alarm, unless conditions
shall grow materially worse We shall
have 10 await developments.
"An earlier announcement of the dag
nosis of the st. Claude street cases was
not possible The board of experts,
which is composed of able. efficient and
experienced physicians, had made re-
peated visits to these patients but they
insisted that they should be allowed their
own time within which to make n COM
plete diagnosis. They desired to be per-
fectly sure before pronouncing the sick.
ness 10 be yellow fever They reached
a conclusion as soon rs was practicable,
and four days ago they warned the coun-
try that all of the twelve eases were
suspicious.
PERSONALLY, am unable to say
whether or not these cases are of mild
or of severe type. The absence of
mortality would seem TO indicate that
they are in the former class. That there
has been no spread would seem to
strengthen that view. | have no reason
TO doubt, however, that the complete