The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-14
.EHE new ORl[ARA FEVER
SITUATION IN THE CRESCENT CITY
rs ABOUT UNCHANGED-NEW
CASES, 81; Deaths, ..
ENCOURAGED BY COOLER WEATHER
Several o. the Injected cities Mem
ton IA Drop in Tempcrnture-Ten
ycw Cases Mt ScrantOn-MO-
bile, Z; Biloxi %.


Early in the evening there was promise
Shat yesterdays record would be
,eguallcd, if not exceeded. New cases
appeared in various portions Of the city,
many of them, however, being reported
i'm houses where they was already infec-
tIon. There were several deaths, and,
in one instance, the fatality occurred not
long after the report OF the case was
brought 10 tnc attention OF the board.
Three persons were reported SICK III the
Call family on Rosseau street, between
s;orapara and First streets, this morning.
Dnriug the day one of them died. The
second death among the cases reported
IN Algiers was reported today, MISS
Casselar, who was reported down with
the fever several days ago. In the other
fatal Algiers case the patient was re
moved to the isolation hospital and died
there Two of the deaths today were
in 'Carrollton. which. relative to p0pu.a-
'stion, has furnished more fatal cases thhn
my locality in the city.
Official report of board of health:
Gases of yellow fever today, 81;
deaths today, 3: total cases of yellow
lever to date, 81; total deaths from
yellow fever TO date. 81; total cases alb
sohitely recovered, 24O; total cases uh-
Der treatment. -2IG.
Among the new cases Is that OF Mrs.
Sampsell. Her husband DIR. Sampsell,
and their son were taken i'll two or three
days ago, and the infection has spread
IN the premises. Another physician is
on the list of cases reported today. DR..
Otto Larch. but he is not reported TO
nave n serious attack. DIR. Barnett and
Dr. Howard Olliphant are both reported
10 be progressing favorably towards re-
covery. Among the new cases is that
of 4. w. Read. second engineer on the
steamship Valleda. He was taken sick
on the vessel and Immediately removed
TO the Tour inirmary. The steamer
has been disinfected and extra prtcau-
tons taken to prevent n spread of the
fever among the other members OF the
crew. Miss Carrie IIecker. who died
today. was only reported i'll yesterday.
Tonight her mother was announced 20
have yellow fever.
This is the record of new cases ana
deaths today:
Deaths-Armand Gauditz, 11B Dante
street: Carrie w. Hecker. 1852 Samp.
son street; Miss Annie Castelar,. 326
HElmira street, Algicrs: John McEnery.
isolation hospital = Call Rosseau, be-
tween Soraparu and First streets.
New Cases-NIaggie Gaschennc, sent to
Camp and Orange streets; Mr.. Perrry's
child 2527 Annunciation street; Miss
Leonie Billings, GA Josephine street; A.
w. Read, sent to the Tour infrmary;
Miss Corrinne Apps. 1916 ITALIA street;
Mrs. Richard Call Rosscau street, near
First street; Miss Bertha, Call, same
address; Cicero Rosie, Cha Claiborne, near
street; Olive Bohnc 1419 Charities
street: - Allen. ZIG Dauphne street;
Edward Cohen. same address; Henry
Schwarm, 1913 North Claiborne street;
Julius Schneider, 1876 Nashville avenue;
Burfis Schneider same address; Claude
"A, A,,,t. IN
Tor, ZIG Constance street: Mrs. Lerow,
sent To Touri infrmary: Miss Mary Call,
Rosseau, near First street; Miss Belle
Brown, 1903 Coliseum street: Miss
5uanita Casey, 500T Camp street: Wal
ter b. Casey. same address; Joe Multi,
I'LL Burgundy street: Il. +. Oats, 1888
Dryadcs: John Morcm. marine hospital:
Edward c. Bay. 2912 Prytania street;
David NJ. llaspcl, 1926 Josephine street;
John +. Foster. 1920 Josephine street;
John w. Emmett, 1i1l Louisiana ave
nuc, Frank Lott. 1923 Laurel street;
Mrs Adele Benjamin, 1888 Gravicr
street; Master Fred C.. Bcrrmann, 1888
Gravier street; Frank Kilcalu, 1898
Airayier street: Mrs. j. Il. Hcc ker. 7Ei2
Rampson street; one case each at 534
st. Phillip and 140i Saratoga street
lip tonight President Olliphant has not
been officially notified of the existence of
yellow fever in Galveston. DR.. Oil
phant, however. is in communication with
the Galveston authorities and expects to
hear from them shortly. In the mean
time there is so little traffic between
New Orleans and Galveston that there is
small danger of the transmission of the
infection from one city to the other.
1hc marine hospital service announced
Today that the camp for plantation la
bUrers will he opened Wednesday next
and n surgeon will he put in charge The
t..l tl..N,
Pacific road. some fifteen miles from
town, and all who 80 there will be re-
leased after ten days detention and sent
INTO the sugar district.
Governor Foster has placed himself in
communication here with the banks
which are the states fiscal agents and
has received assurances of their willing
'ernor is able to show them that ma
jority of the members of the legislature
are willing to pledge themselves to vote
Tor an appropriation covering the amount
advanced. Governor Foster is under
stood TO be. in favor of giving the money
wanted and he is receiving pledges daily
from members os the legislator that
@hey will support him.
Idlfye was an immense crowd congrc
gated in the vicinity of the CaseauX resi-
dencc this morning, when the funeral of
the head of the household took place.
CaseauN died last night and was given
"a regular funeral today. The crowd
showed in very emphatic way its salts
faction over the sweeping aside of the
sanitary regulations of the board, which
SIS opposed to large funerals and congrc-
ration of crowds within the vicinity of
houses from which bodies are taken.
The Caseauy case was reported last
week, when Mrs. CaSeauz objected to
the putting up of a flag and fought the
officials and police officers for some time.
Experts. however. diagnosed the case as
yellow fever. 1t was so late in being
-ccported that there was little chance to
save the life of the man. and the freedom
of intercourse between the inmates and
The outside world may have had the Of
feet of spreading the infection in the
vicinity.
The board of health has been enabled
considerably to reduce its expenses by
SIS decision TO release. without the
VISUAL five days detention. houses wherein
the fever has existed The sanitation
force mas been gotten in such shape now
that 'fumigation is done PROMPTLY. and
the board is thus put in positon to dis
uense with many guards who We're being
stationed to watch houses after they
were entirely free of fever.
a dozen people were removed TO the