The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-18
FEVER IS SPREADING
HOT WEATHER IN THE SOUTH CAUs-
ING FRESH OUTBREAKS.
New Orleans Yesterday and One
Death from the Disease.
EDWARDS A PLAGUE SPOT
FIFTEEN NEW CASES IN THE LITTLE
MISSISSIPPI TOWN.
Deaths at Other PIaces-War Between
Vicksburg and Meridian-NO Quar-
antine at Indianapolis.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept 1.-THE fever sit
uatlon in New Orleans to-day assumed a
somewhat more serious aspect than at any
time since Sunday, when six of the St.
Claude cases were declared to be yellow
fever. AT o'clock this evening the Board
of Health officially announced the appear
ance of nine cases and of these one DEATH
that of Zena Brauner.
At the office of the Board of Health the
days reports were considered somewhat sur
prising and disappointing. The situation
had 50 materially improved last night that
it was felt that pretty much the worst had
como and that conditions would improve
Yesterday, however, was one of the hottest
days of the month, and, as yellow fever
thrives in that character of weather. there
seems to have been a rapid DEVELOPMENT
of germs. The physicians still feel. how
ever, that there is much that is satisfactory
in the situation. 1t is true that the new
cases to-day represent the extreme upper
the extreme lower and the central portion
OF the city, but there has been no serious
spread from original foci, and the hopeful
opinion is still expressed that the disease
may still be controlled and that there is
no imminent danger of an epidemic
Secretary Patton, of the board, said this
evening: THE appearance of eight cases
to-day is not necessarily alarming | said
three evenings ago that the prospects
seemed to point to the development here
of at least fifty cases as a result of the con-
stant intercourse we have been having with
the infected towns on the gulf coast and
the fact that promiscuous throng of some
seven or eight hundred people had has
tened into the city on the Monday evening
IoHoWlng the declaration of the
Ocean Springs sickness to be yellow
fever. We have had now twenty-eight
cases and two deaths. The majority of the
remaining cases are improving. 1t is still
quite likely that there will appear numer-
Gus cases in New Orleans, but the situation
Is not distressing and the chances of a dis
astrous epidemic are remote"
The Brauner case was first brought to
the attention of the board early in the
week. Close attention had been given it.
but while the symptoms justified suspicion
they We're not sufficiently aggravated to
warrant an absolute declaration that the
case was yellow fever The Board Of
Health authorities were therefore surprised
this morning when they received the news
of the woman's death. AT first it was de-
cided to hold an autopsy. but subsequent
ly, after a visit of the doctors to the resi-
dence, the board became satisfied that the
case was one of yellow fever and so Off
cially declared it,
Following is the daily official bulletin of
the Board of Health:
The Board OF Health of the State Of
Louisiana officially announces the status of
analrs IN New Orleans, as regards yellow
LeVer TO De as follows: During the twenty
four hours ending at D. m. to-day there
Were: Positive cases including three pre-
Vlously considered suspicious nine; cases
considered suspicious, none; deaths, one.
The patient dying has Been i'll for the past
six weeks with pronounced malarial poison
ing. Total cases TO date, twenty-nne; total
deaths TO date, Two. A large majority Of
those under treatement are reported by at
tending physicians as doing we'll
The cases are scattered all over town.
and the death was of a case which had not
been decided yellow fever and did not seem
sc until the last day. The citizens are
quietly organizing themselves into force
to assist in the work of thorough SANTA
ton, appointing volunteer foreman for
each square to superintend street cleaning
and the thorough disinfection of each
household One of the new cases to-day
was. was that Of "a boy, Williams % son of the
In the meantime there has been no relax
alton of the efforts on the part Of the au-
thorities to control the disease. They real
ize that they are graphing with danger
Gus and insidious foe and neither time nor
money is being spared in fighting him. Tie
force Of inspectors and police officers is be-
ing steadily increased and quarantine meas
ureS are becoming more and more rigorous.
On the whole. the weather conditions to-
day are advantageous. A heavy rainstorm
this afternoon, lasting for several hours,
flooded the streets thoroughly flushed the
cutters and tempered the atmosphere, and
while cooler weather is somewhat danger
Gus for the sick, it is a material aid in
frustrating the spread of the disease. To-
night the city is comparatively calm Peo-
pie continue to leave in small parties, but
there is nothing like the wild exodus that
deropulated Mobile, Jackson and other
cities.
The situation was somewhat quieter to-
day at Ocean Springs. Three cases. hoy-
ever. were reported. The report of the
Board of Health at Biloxi to-day says that
there are nineteen cases of actual yellow
fever under treatment, with diagnosis re-
served as to twelve cases. There were sew
en- new cases reported in the twenty -four
hours ending yesterday. The doctors at BIZ
loxi are tempted now no longer to class
cases as suspicious, but to come out boldly
and say that they are yellow fever.
The New Orleans Board of Health an
nounced tonight that many of the older
cases of yellow fever that have been here
tofore reported are rapidly progressing
toward recovery.