The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
INVADING FASHIONABLE QUAR-
TIERS IN NEW ORLEANS AND
DEVASTATING EDWARDS.
QUARANTINE AGAINST HOUSTON OFF
DIR. Swenringen Said So-Ncw Or
leans Microbe Experts Held LIP
with SbotEuns-San AntoniO's
Insane SpeII-Fever Spread
ing Everywhere.

New Orleans. Sept. 29-Although the
beard of health day does not end until
o'clock, instead of u, as formerly,
three hours before the closing time this
has been record breaker in the num-
Der of cases reported, while the deaths
equal in number those of any day since
the fever was first discovered in this
city. There are various reasons gwen
for the spread Of the disease but the
principle one is that the weather turned
warm again, and owing to the much
wider field to cover. the board of health
has had some difficulty in getting every
house az closely guarded as was posi-
BILE when the cases here were few i'll
number and the trained officials of the
board were stationed about the quar-
antine. The fact that the death rate
has been small and the chance of an cpl
demic has been constantly growing less,
has made the public somewhat careless
and there has been increasing friction
between the quarantinpd people and the
authorities. Imprisoned inmates of
houses have been going over back fences
and sneaking ont of side doors in order
not to be confined, and the result has
been that more germs have been scat
tered and rapidly developed in these
warm days In 10 other season have
the authorities been stricter in quaran-
timing houses and isolating inmates who
might be around the sick, and the re-
suit has been that every possible effort
is being made by certain elements of the
community to get the better of the board
The increased number of eases has
caused no general alarm, because the
increase of deaths has not been in pro-
portion. The death rate is trifle under
IL per cent, whereas five or six days
ago it was shown TO be about 10. The
conclusion, therefore, is natural that
there il no increase in the malignancy
of the disease The authorities here
still believe that for some time longer
the new cases will occasionally exceed
the number on the books today, but they
are singulary one in the opinion that. the
disease can not attain the proportions
of an epidemic.
This was the record today:
Deaths-Giacomo Russo 62j ST. Phil
III street; Emile Tammors, 1906 st. An
drews street. Mrs. Jennie Afford, 1904
Charities.
New Cases-Burns, st. Philip, near
Chippewa; David Mitchell. 52S Espla-
Ravenal Smith 2916 st. Charles; Alex
ander Burrage, 2109 Melpomene; Ger
trude Carter (col.) 1925 Joseph street;
Francis Hackney, Poydras asylum: VIII
liam Mclaughlin, 1888 Chippewa Miss
pigiel Pettus, Octavia, between st.
Charles and Pitt; George Hynson, Val
ment and South Rampant; Miss Olive
Hewitt, 174S Iackson;. Miss Mclanc
Hewitt. 174S Jackson; Miss Ellen Frcre.,
1881 Second street; Miss Augusta Dick
inson, 1875 Jackson; Miss Minerva Dick
inson. 1435 Jackson; Mrs. James Gray,
52S Esplanade; John Lotion, Charity
hospital: James German. Charity hos
pital; Bertrand Razet, $3.50 st. Thomas;
three cases in Sisters of Christian con-
vent and two in detention camp, names
TO come.
Among the new cases reported today is
Ravenet Smith, member of q well-to.uo
family, moving in best society :, An
other case among colorcd people is re-
ported also. Five cases appeared on
jackson avenue, one of the fashionable
streets of the city. Most of the patients
reported as i'll today are of the better
class.
Late this evening three cases were re,
ported by DR.. Shepard in the Sisters OF
Christian Charity convent, and one had
appeared in the Poydrns asylum, so that
there are four or five charitable institu-
tons that have had to report cases in
the past three or four days. The two
cases which are down on the list as be-
ing credited to the Chirity hospital did
not originate there, although there had
been previously two cases sent to the
Charity hospital. The two cases that
were developed today were men who had
drifted into the institution, ailing, and
whose cases had promptly developed
Tonight both were taken to isolation
hospital. AT nghtfall two cases We're
reported in the detention camp mt Oak.
land park. They were at once removed
to the safety tent and the ambulance
telephoned for. Subsequently both pa
tients were carried to the isolation hos
nital nnn nf thn don HIS pportpl tolD v
was in the center of town and two down
town. The former was TANNERS. His
brother. who had been Il robust and
healthy butcher. succumbed to yellow fe-
yer last week after several days illness.
Emile TANNERS attended his brother,
contracted the disease and after very
short illness died. Russo, an Italian. died
down town. The saddest and most SEN
sational case. however. was that of Mrs.
Jennie Afford. Mrs. Afford, her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Edward A. Reppert,
came here about year ago and Rep
pert got employment as stenographer for
Superintendent Crane of the Northeast
ern Railroad. Yesterday Mrs. Afford
was seized with the fever and Reppert,
greatly terrorized. Immediately packed
his grip and fled north, leaving his wife
TO attend her mother in Il strange city.
Mrs. Afford died this morning and was
buried in two hours and her daughter
is absolutely Frustrated. The cause of
death was not reported as yellow fever
to the board of health till several hours
after the body of the woman had been
inferred.
The special train which pulled out of
the Southern Pacific depot this morning
carried Superintendent Owen. President
Olliphant of the board of health, DIR.
Carter of the marine hospital service and
Dr. John Guiteras The two former,
with health officials in many of the
towns of southwestern and northwestern
Louisiana, will hold conference tomor-
row with the view to giving the railways
a chance TO move freight and the unem-
ployed of New Orleans a chance to earn
their daily bread. DR.. Guiteras, it is
expected. will journey to Texas and ex-
anime some of the cases of fever there
Private advices received in the city say
that DIR Guiteras would be welcome in
Texas.
Now Kick Yourself.