Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-11
OVER YELLOW FEVER
MUCH ABATED YESTERDAY.
ONLY THE SANTA FE RUNNING.
ALL OTHER ROADS TIED UP BEFORE
ANYONE COULD LEAVE.
Four Cases Now In the City and Three
Have RecOvered-LittIe Improve
ment In the Situation Mt
New Orleans-At 9th
er Points.

Galveston. Tex, Oct. 10.-Before a meet.
ing of the Galveston board of health to-
day DIR. Guiteras made the following state
ment:
Il have reported to Surgeon General Wy
man and communicated to Health officer
Fisher, County Physician Warfield and
Acting Mayor Skinner that there are five
cases of yellow fever here and three cases
that have recovered from the disease There
is no doubt in my mind as to the correct
ness of the diagnoses. l have been very
careful. and have made no statement as
to any case without close personal exam
mation. The cases are scattered, and seem
to have no connection. They appear To
have developed in quite confusing way.
and are mixed with dengue fever. There
is one at the Sealy hospital. I have report
ed two at ST. Mary's intirmary, but find
that in one at the infirmary I was mis-
taken. / misunderstood the statement of
the attending physician as to the presence
OF albumen in the urine. Finding there is
no albumen. I alter my diagnosis as to
that case. The other case in the infirmary
Is distinctly yellow fever
According to this statement, there are
four cases of yellow fever, as the case in
which Guiteras was mistaken was one of
the five mentioned in the above statement.
A type of dengue fever has existed at
Galveston for the past sixty days. There
have been 5000 cases Of dengue, and not
single death.
A meeting of citizens of Galveston has
been called for Monday morning for the
purpose of asking DIR. Wyman to keep DIR.
Guiteras here until he has had time tc
report fully on all suspicious cases. Gal
weston was somewhat excited Saturday
night, but to-day the city was quiet. The
Santa Fe is the only road open. All other
roads were cut off last night before anyone
could get out of town. The Santa Fe took
out seventy-five persons last night and lis
departed on to-day's train. Forty-two peo-
pie are booked for New York by steamer
Monday. and forty people have left by boat
for bay shore points. This constitutes the
total hegira from here.
The citizens claim that IL these four
cases are yellow fever, then thousands of
citizens have had 1t. as they have had SIM
ilar sickness.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 10-The fever sit
uation here grew no better to-day. Early
in the evening there was a promise that
yesterdays record would be equaIed IL it
were not exceeded. New cases appeared in
various portions of the city, many of them.
however, being reported in houses where
there was already infection. There were
several deaths, and in one instance the
fatality occurred not long after the report
of the case was brought to the attention of
the board. Three persons were reported
sick In the Call family. on Rosseau street.
between Soraparu and First streets, this
morning. During the day one of them died.
The second death among the cases in Al
siers was reported to-day, Miss Caselar.
who was reported down with the fever
several days ago. In the othe fatal AL
giers cases, the patient was removed to
the isolation hospital and died there. Two
OF the deaths to-day were in Carrolton,
which. relative to population, has furnished
more fatal cases than any other locality
in the city.
Official report Of the board of health:
Cases to-day, 81; deaths to-day, 5; total
cases to date, 5T; total deaths to date, 81:
total cases absolutely recovered, 240; total
cases under treatment. 276.
Among the new cases Is that of Mrs.
Sampsell. Her husband. DR.. 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 to-day, DR.. Otto Leech.
but he is not reported to have a serious at
phant are both reported to be progressing
favorably toward recovery.
Mobile. Ala. Oct. 10.-Seven cases of yell
low fever. two deaths In the city and one
at Magazine Point. three miles distant, and
three recoveries make the record for this
city for the past twenty-four hours. Total
ins nasi an deaths @ co. remain
Jackson. Miss. Oct. 10.-There are no new
cases OF fever at Nitta Youma. At Ed
wards, there are nine new cases. four of
which are colored people. and one death,
that of Mr.. John Y. Young. The state
board of health has advised the Industrial
institute at Columbus, Miss. not to open
| the fall term until general frosts occur in
the state.