The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-02
EIGHTY
new CASES.
The Number Of Yellow Jacks Vic
Tins Steadily Increasing.
DIsMISSING THEIR SERvANrS-DR.
GUITERAS' STATEMENT THAT
NEGROES ARE NOT IMMUNE
CAUSES FRIGHT AMONG PEG
PILE EMPLOYING DOMESTICs-
DISPOSED 10 FIGHT INTERFER-
ENCE WITH LEvEE WORK.

EMIL w III LEV EE WORK.
New Orleans, Oct. 1.-The yellow fever
record stands ms follows: New Orleans
New cases, 24; total 22S; deaths to day,
3. Mobile-New cases, 6; total, IA;
deaths to- day, |.
Biloxi-New cases, "a; total, 1CS,
deaths to-day, 2.
Edwards-New cases, 90 total, ESQ;
deaths to day, |.
Scrai ton-New cases. ); total, IS.
There are now twelve persons sick
with yellow fever ut the Oakland detsn-
ton camp. One death occurred mt the
hospital last night. The yellow fever in
the Poydras Asylum is spreading and
there are now four cases there, three of
them orphan children. There are several
hundred orphans in the building The
house to- house canvass made of Carrolton,
the upper suburb of New Orleans, where
it was said number OF cases CT yellow
fever were concealed, brought to light
only single case, and that of an old
German woman in n convaiesctnt stage
of the disease
In late interview Dir. Guiteras as
serted, contrary to general belief, that the
negro was rs susceptible of the yellow
fever as the Whites but that the disease
with thcm was of so mild type rs to
he diagnosed with difficulty by physi-
clans. He thought the negroes were
largely instrumental in spreading the
fever because families believe them i'm
mune against the fever. The interview
has hau tine effect of inducing n great
many white families to dispense with the
service of their negro cooks and house
servants, and has caused great commo-
ton among the colored people
e Il
Gus telegraphic protest TO President Nc.
kinney against the stoppage of mail be-
tween New Orleans and other points.
Many small towns and villages are not
only refusing their OWN mail, but declin-
ing to allow mail trains To pass through,
anu are even shutting out mails from st.
Louis and other non-nfected points.
The board of trade asks the President
to prohibit the ssoppage of postal service
where the mails have been properly fu.
migated and disinfected
The Government engineers Office re-
ceived notice to-day that work on the
Federal levee, just below Baton Rouge.
had been stopped by the opponents of
shotgun quarantine. The contra and
the American inspector will be taken to
Baton Rouge for alleged violation of the
quarantine laws. The engineers are dis
posed to be firm and fight the interior.
ence with levee work
The acting Catholic archbishop has sus-
pended all fasts and limitations of food
on Friday in consequence of the fever.
The quarantine panic seems to he CEN
tered in Southwest Louisiana just now.
1t now appears that if the mob at Rayne
had not stopped the train yesterday bear
ing DIR. Guiteras to Texas there were
half n dozen mobs farther on ready to do
SO.
To-day Opelousas auarantined against
the town of New Iberia tor allowing II
train bearing DR.. Guiteras to pass
through it.
At mass meeting of citizens of Tyler,
Texas, yesterday it was resolved to let
the interest on the city bonds go by de-
fault if necessary in order to raise the
revenue to MAINTAIN an iron clad quar-
antine.
The captains of steamboats, in the local
trade have been notified that their vessels
will be fired on if they attempt TO land
their vessels in Conoi gia and other river
parishes.
Two cases of yellow fever are reported
from McHenry, Miss. Seven cases of
yellow fever arc reported from Clinton.
nine miles from Jackson, Miss, all in
two families