The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-30
TEXANS ARE PANIC STRICKEN
Houston is Suffering on account Of a
Suspicious Case.
HIS WIFE md Her MOTHER
Sensational Course Pursued by New
Orleans Man-The Report of Deaths
and cases in New Orleans
Breaks All Records.

HOUSTON. TEX, sept. 29.-Eva Dun
can. the negro woman, VINO has Deeh
under guard three days, declared to be
n SUSPICIOUS case by state Health Oihcer
sgcaringen, and by every local pnys
to be suffering from dcngue ana other
troubles is getting better
Tho cotton exchange and board OF trade
held "a meeting to-day and passed reaolu-
tions requesting surgeon-Gcneral NYman
10 send an expert here at once 20 IooA a.
the case and wired them TO MIN.
VERY SERIOUS.
Nobody here believes the woman nag
yellow fever. bet every town iE Ie@aS
has uuaranuncd against Houston anu ''-D
situation is very serious commercially, "'
the loss 90 the trade is milliol u'ii--9
"a dav. while this 0strlciam liats'
Two thousand gicu are Jut pL ~
-rrnt already on account ol IT. dI" tll.
list viii Grow daily. lt is aope9 l.le ,iit-
the government VIII sehh ut. - M
some Other man whose itpuiaii'"
rnHicionr 10 aUav the fears al-I-cN lI
the interior of tne STATE. .. can. to
Victoria last nieht io lhN'-..5@.q ,,,
picious cases ~ lefer return heu 'u-'.h.
ana viii report t0 the state heiltn ONCE
tG-night. calling DO o. case OF Doh'NuH
Towns adjacent 10 Victoria have re-
moved thc quarantine. ....... ..,t.
Dr. Swearngeu went 10 Beaumont WIS
evening and ID is said the quarantine
against that point viii De ralseu. aa 4D
fever cases of any suspicious symptoms
have appeared liclt. .--.,.....,
The international and Great NoiiltIH
and tbo Missouri. Kansas and Texas nave
suspended trains into ana OUT on lila
cif,- entirely and the other roads nave
Cuf service 10 "a minimum.
Dr. Swcariugen. ON his return LOU ,ill
beaumont Tonight issued the following
- '"To he People Of Texas.-The quarln-
tiro AGAINST Houston can be- raised DO"
with perfect safety Dtl ll h 'lu-i'. i
develops tho people will Doe immcfi '1e'y
''''' '''-0' or. NJ. swEARGNGFN. ..
state Health officer.
RUN AWAY.
NEW ORLEANS sept 3l.-.lo-qiay .,l,.i.l.,.
has been 90 record breaker in the numnet
of new cases of yellow rover IepoIteu
while the deaths equalied ln hunuer
those of any day since the yellow ltNtI
was first discovered i'm the city.
There are various reasons given loI
the spread Of the disease. but inc pilh-
clnal ones are that the wcatner turned
warm again and owing % the wider uei9
to cover the board of health mas han
some difficulty in getting every lniect-
ed house as closely guarded as Wheh
the cases were Few ln number ana Whth
the trained officers OF the board were
stationed about the Quarantined houses
Tho increased number of cases mere
has caused no general alarm because tne
increase of deaths has not pceh ln pro-
portion.
Five deaths and twcnty-iour me-" cases
was the record to-day.
Five cases appeared on Jackson avenue
one of the fashionable streets OF llle Guy.
The most sensational case IeD'l'e" ,D-
day was that OF Mrs. jennie Alloio' WH"
was stricken with the fever Aeal l-Iqdf.
Edward a.. kcppcrd. hcf sph-l W.
greatly teTrOriZed. immediately pdchtu iI7
grip and fed North LEAVING Als Sr- ~
attend her mother in strange ciA. MI3
Afford died this morning. ana Was ouli,1
I'm two hours Her daughter ir pie-l .li.
The Board of Health OF The state OF
Touisiana Officially announces the status
of affairs I'm New Orleans as REGARDS
yellow fever to be as follows
During the twenty-lour holrs ehdus
September 2qth M T.. NJ. there were.
Cases of yellow fever to-day -'. dealu7
TO dav. .. Total cases of yellow teNer lo
date. 2oi: total deaths from yellow leNcf
to date %. ,
outside of the above. Pierre Poublano.
n Freuchman. died at the isoiatloh noa-
Tbo Citizcns' Sanitary Committee met
tonight and received reports from all
wards showing that the CRY l7 lh " p.'-
feet sanitary condition. 1000.
IN OTHER PLACES.
EDWARDS MISS. Sept. @.-Dr Dunn
of the state Board of Health gave tne
Associated Press the following siaie-
mcut: .
",rhe following cases of yellow ieVer
are reported. Total for the day -, total
number Of cases 10 date -1b. Numher
oil cases under treatment lW, number
o0nvalesccnt aud discharged ll'
Dr. Watts. of Brownsville, reports Two
now cases M that place:
CINCINNATI. o., Sept Z.-EeceiVer
NJ FELTON,. ol the Queen and Crescent
railroad received 90 note from ieaih
officer WithrOw. Withdrawing the yei-
low favor quarantine from that road.
ENGLISH. IND. Sept. IA supposed
case of yellow fcvcr is reported al Mllilln'
seven miles southwest of here. The ua-
tiant is Edward McKinny lle returned
from JOnesb0rO. Ark, last Friday, was
taken sick sunday, and nas not spoken
MOBILE. ALA. Sept 29.-Yesterday
rcuOrt OF ten new cases was Offset to-day
bv a report of four. The only 1edlh ln
tho twenty-f0ur hours, cnding no n9on'
was Brother SynphOrian at the INDUS
dustrial Gardens. reported last niGht.
Nine new cases of yellow fever ana ono
death that of Mrs y. o. Frll1in, were
reported at Scranton, MISS, to-day