Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-05
NOT A SINGLE DEATH
yrvrY.rHnEE NEw CASES no"
EVER. At NEW ORLEANS.
YgLLox-pEyEa aTuETIOH BETTER.
,,,..,,o. Thst the Disease VIII
necome Epsdsmse m the Crescent
c,,,-pc,c,epmcnt Of Fever mt
Nstta Ysmn.

recorded in tie Office Of The Board OF
Wealth. Yesterday there had been 81
new cases reported. and at : o'clock to-
might q new cases are reported since .
O'Clock last night Yesterday there were
nearly 200 premises under surveillance
In which yellow fever had been declared
10 exist. and in some OF the houses there
were four or five cases, yet not single
one had proved fatal in twenty'four
hours. The result was that tonight the
death rate had fallen 20 trihing excess
over i0,k per cent. and the prospects Tor
an early stamping out of the disease had
been considerably Frightened. There Is
no indication shat the sickness VIII as
sumo an epidemic form. An fear OF that
has disappeared and people who have
their families at other points are begin.
ming TO make arrangements TO bring them
PACK.
The record for the day is as follows:
New cases--J. L. Leidenheimer. 1913
Clio street: j. S. Phier. D5s Rampant
Charles stoddard. 1920 Second; Salvadora
Mary, Z715 Chippewa; Sarah Coleman (col-
ored). S2iS st. Charles avenue; Miss Fan
ME waiss, S2lS ST. Charles avenue;
Charles Heitkamp. 1927 Decatur; Della
Heitcamp 1927 Decatur; John Fleetwood,
Jr., III Lower Line; Otto Voight $50 Ex-
change alley; - Wisscher (boy), 1f72
Magazine Lignia Fornaris, Rampant be-
tween St Philip and Ursulines; Frank
X. Barnett, 179 sixth; Sarah Marshal,
Protestant Episcopal Home; Lille Depert.
Protestant Episcopal Home; John Marie
Cost. Charity Hospital; Miss Florence
Benton. Convent of Mercy. 1909 st. An
drew; Mrs. Ineborg Petersen, Calhoun;
Donald Mitchell. 1890 Esplanade; Sister
Barbara Qs2), Mar,is-Street Hospital;
Maud Meyer, Dryades between Euterpe
and Shore; Mrs. Brown, St Andrew and
Magnolia Miss Maggie winchester, 1903
Charities. One case was reported In the
Convent OF Mercy. Two cases appeared
in the Protestant Episcopal Home at
Jackson avenue and Chippewa street.
Sister Barbara, of the MarasStreet Hos
pital, was among those stricken.
Many patients were discharged to-day
as recovered. chi
At a meeting of the Board Of Health
this evening II was decided that a ship
bringing Sicilian immigrants shall be de-
tanned at the mouth of the river until
further orders, and notice TO this effect
was sent to Collector Wilkinson.
Six days have passed since Ocean
Springs has had a case Of yellow-fever.
Ocean Springs was the first to contract |
the disease, and will probably be the |
first TO get rid of II.
SITUATION AT EDWARDS
JACKSON, MISS, October 4.-The fol-
lowing report was received from DIR.
Dunn at Edwards, Miss. this evening:
1.-The situation here is fairly good. con-
sidering the circumstances There have
been reported eighteen new cases-seven
white and eleven colored. Ten cases Sc
riously ILL., two with black vomit. Two |
deaths Rev. Father Prendergast is 10
ing nicely. The deaths are Mrs. w. G..
Sr., and an infant son of +. II.
Another effort was made to-day to get
DR.. Dunn to Clinton. but the people and
authorities there refused TO receive him
because he comes from an infected dis
trict.
CASES AT NITTA YUMA.
yICKsBURG. MISS, October 4-Dr.
Mtlcdlls OF NdtCHtI, mas Sohc W tdht
charge OF the case of yellowfever at
Vitta Yuma.
A message from G.. III. Blums stated that
the local physicians decliped to treat the
disease; that Miss Thompson, one of
the sick I'm his house, was sinking; that
Operator Smith, the depot agent, was
sick, and that there are two suspicious
cases. ra ffllft
The State Board of Health ordered DR..
Metcalf to the scent.
Five nurses were sent TO Edwards to-
Hay.
Excitement here is over. and the town
IS free from suspicious cases.
THE Town DESERTED.
MHENRY. MISS. October 4-Three
new cases here to-day. The town pre-
,ents deserted appearance
Last night an unsuccessful attempt was
made By an unknown party to assassi-
iate w. s. Wise. who Is under arrest for
vlolating the quarantine regulations.
AN INDIANA QUARANTINE.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND, October A.
Refugees from the yellow-feyer districts
" the South that come into this State
ire to receive attention from the local |
md State health officers. This decision
vas reached at a conference between
he State Board and the Governor to-day.
1t Is held that there Is danger of the
'ellow-fever being brought into Indiana,
the warm and dry weather continues
ma the refugees are permitted TO come
nto the State unnoticed.
IL was agreed to use part OF the emer- |
,ency fund appropriated by the last
legislature IN placing men at the Illinois,
indiana line and the Ohio-Indiana line,
whose duty II will be TO see that persons
rom the affected territory not provided
Win proper health certificates are not
ermitted TO enter the State.
REPORT FROM MOBILE.
MOBILE, ALA, October 4-Seven new
asses and one death were reported
day.
New Cases--Sister Agnes, Charity Hos
ital; Thomas Fowler, Marie Peterson,
drs. Evaline Chisholm, William CHS
olm, 55 Bayou street; Alice Rankin,
I'D Shell road near Pine; John L. i.
Ellsworth, Canal, near Scott.
Dead--C. II. Moore. 2s4 Spring Hill ave-
ue
Total cases TO date IS: deaths, IL; dis
harged, 81: remaining under treatment.
Thirty-two persons went from here TO
he detention camp at Mount Vernon
his morning. Twenty more will 30 there
o-morrow.
lore MONEY FOR HEALTH FIGHT.
NEW ORLEANS. La. october 4.--The
ity Council held a conference tonight
ith the local members OF the Legisla- l
are. and IL was resolved 10 ask the |
oyernor TO place $4,000 at the disposal
the state Board OF Health 10 aid In
he fever heht The members OF the