The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-23
one Death from the Dread Disease at
Louisville, Ky, and Another Man
Suffering with the Pest.
FOUR NEW CASES At MOBILE
SEVEN AT OCEAN SPRINGS AND sEv~
ERAL REPORTED AT BILOXI.
Edwards, Miss, Now the Worst Plague
Spot in the SOuth-One Death at
BeaumOnt, Tex.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-The official
record in the Board of Health office tonight
at o'clock shows a total of twelve cases
since o'clock yesterday evening and two
deaths. The new cases are for the most
part widely scattered, and several of them
at least do not seem to have been the out
come of local infection 1t is apparent that
the microbes brought over in baggage from
Biloxi and Ocean Springs are still incu-
batting, and that many more cases of fever
are to be looked for. The system of quar-
antine and sanitation in vogue here is un-
questionably showing good results, and
whatever spread there is of the sickness is
confined to houses in which yellow fever
already exists or in premises Immediately
adjoining. This is the record for the day:
Deaths
DIR. JOSEPH LOWELL aged twenty-sev-
en- years, 7717 st. Charles avenue.
MISS ELIZABETH NUSSBAUM, aged
seventeen years, 1900 Gale street.
New Cases.
ALEX. HALEY, 541 Dryades street.
MELVILLE WARD 1215 Josephine street.
- WOOD, 1435 Octavia street
S. c. ECRETO, 118 Burthe street.
RICHARD FRERET, 1881 Second street.
w. P. FRERET $500 Hurst street.
LOUIS FRITSCH, 11S9 Feliciana street.
PARK C. HANDS, 1927 Octavia street.
MISS SADIE HUTCHINGS, 4l2 Marais
street.
MRS. WARDE, 1926 Josephine street
MRS CHALMERS, 526 Belle Castle street.
WALDO PITKIN, 1880 Esplanades street.
Dr. Lovells death has been expected for
four days. He contracted the disease while
attending number of patients who were
suffering with the Ocean Springs fever. He
overworked himself, and when stricken his
constitution had been so much shattered
that the chances were against his recov-
cry
Members of the Board of Health this aft
ernoon paid a visit to the camp of detention
at Oakland Park. They found everything in
excellent condition and the refugees COM
fortably situated. This morning wagonettes
went down to the Italian quarter and
hauled out to the camp d large number OF
people, At first the Italians, many of whom
are unable to speak English, were decidedly
mutinous, and declined TO enter the vehicles,
but the Italian consul and number OF
policemen soon convinced them that Ii was
TO their interest TO go to the camp OF de-
pected by tomorrow night there Will be a
couple of hundred refugees in camp. Strict
military discipline will rule the camp, and
there will be guards stationed at all ave-
nues of approach and exit. AT O'Clock to-
night the physician in charge of the camp
announced that all the refugees in camp
were we'll
Mayor Flower convened the finance COM
mittee to-day, and after a consultation with
the city's fiscal agents. succeeded in secur-
ing the offer of $4,000 of immediate avail
able money to be placed in the hands of the
Board of Health, to be used in prosecuting
a vigorous war upon the fever.
There We're seven new cases reported at
Ocean Springs to-day, and seven patients
who had been i'll were discharged. There
are still fifteen under treatment. The names
of the new cases at Ocean Springs to-day
were not made public because the doctors
said the sickness of each was extremely
mild. Only one of the patients at the
springs, Mrs. Cubbage, is to-day reported as
still being in a somewhat dangerous con-
dition.
At Biloxi Michael Levy aged seventeen,
died this morning of the fever. j. w. SWEET
man, a prominent druggist of Biloxi, and
his wife, are among the new cases of sick
ness reported to-day.
There are now 200 whites and negroes at
the Fontainbieau detention camp. People
are constantly arriving, and a special train
is making frequent trips between the in
fected towns and the camp. The patients in
the Marine Hospital tents are doing WE'LL
and are understood to be in no danger.