The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-14
FEVER BECOMES MORE FATAL.
YESTERDAY A RECORD BREAKER
IN DEATHS AT NEW ORLEANS.

Nine Cases Reported as Compared
With six in One Day BefOre-Phy-
sicians Do Not Think the Disease
More MaIignaDt-Tbe BETTER Glass
of People Have Been Attacked.
Death of a Prominent Steamship
NIan-RepOrts From other Points
Indicate Better Conditions.
New orleans, La, Oct. 1S.-This was the
record smasher in the number of deaths
IN 4 single day from yellow fever since
the sickness was first reported in New
Orleans Ii is difficult to find the cause,
except in the fact that concealment, neg
1ect and rebellion against the authority
of the board of health have made it diff
Acult for the physicians to give proper at
tention to cases. At o'clock this even
ing there had been nine fatalities report
ed during the twenty-four hours. Hereto
fore. the highest number of deaths in any
one day has been six.
AT the board of health tonight there
was some discussion among the physicians
as to whether the disease had assumed
suddenly a more virulent FORM or whether
an aggregation of circumstances had sent
say they do not believe the disease has be-
come more malignant in type. They be-
lIeve that the fact that on some days there
has been four or five deaths on succeed
ing days no deaths and then four or five
again. goes to prove that the fever has
been as eccentric before as it is now
Among the deaths reported some are
of the better class of people. Edward c.
Day, aged 16, lived with his mother, who
kept a fashionable boarding house on
Prytania street. Another death was that
of Antonio Corvajo, the agent of a steam
ship line running between this port and
Palermo He was native of Italy, and
since the fever appeared had been active
among his countrymen. on the 10th OF
the month DIR. Formenti was called to see
him. He had then been sick for three
days. He died this morning.
Two deaths occurred to-day in the Tou-
70 infrmary. The cases had not origi-
mated in the institution, but had been re-
moved thither from other places in the
city A death was also reported in the
isolation hospital. One of the deaths in
to-day's recorded occurred about 10 O'Clock
last night, after the close of yesterday s
bulletin. The others were reported at
different hours to-day.
Among the new cases, the most promi-
nent is that of Hunter c. Leake, general
agent Of the Illinois Central. Mrs. Leake
band must have taken the disease from
close attendance upon her. The cases in
the list to-day developed at the charity
hospital one coming from Algiers, and the
other two from the lower section OF the
city. All three were removed to the isola-
tion hospital.
New Cases-Christian May, Giovanni
Cucia, Belle Phillips, John Johnson, Frank
Haveleg, James Barrity, Louisa Lugen-
buhl, w e. Muff, F. A. Mills, Stephen
Sangoh, Minge DiXey Ed Hubener, Joseph
Bell, Hunter c. Leake, Miss Maude NAL
lett, DR. j. Spruell, Miss t. Peasants, j.
F. Coseley, Annie Wimbush, Miss Mary
Dickinson, William Barrett, Mrs. James,
Mrs. Victoria Dick, Mrs Hoffman, Wal
ter Bleuhler, Herbert Bluehler, Homer
Herbert, John Hobart.
Deaths-Salvator Fortana, Antonio Cor
veja, Edward c. Ray, Giovanni Circia,
Isadore Schuerrer, Charles Sauers, A. L.
Buzzea, Henry e. Wells, Joseph Saitta.
A very large number of recoveries were
reported to the board of health to-day.
Some of them were of people who had
been i'll but few days.
The board of health tonight received a
letter from Health Officer Johnson of Pla-
quemine parish, saying that D. Tabony had
died of yellow fever. The case was regard
ed as suspicious, and after death an au-
topsy was held. The case was found to
be unquestionably one of yellow fever.
Two others of the same family were TAX
en- down with the fever, but they are
now both convalescent. Dr.. Johnson has
been unable to trace the origin of the dis
ease. Plaquemine parish is located be-
low New Orleans, and extends to the Gulf,
and there is much interest taken in the
developments of a case of fever in the par
ish, from the fact that within its limits
the Sicilian immigrants were unloaded
last week
The board of health officially reports:
Cases of yellow fever to-day, 81; deaths
to-day, 8; total cases to date, 6S5; deaths,
ment, 303.