The herald., 1897-09-24
Shows Little Change and
No Improvement
NEW CASES NOT NUMEROUS
BUT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS -
GREATER
A Careful Quarantine and Skil1fu1
Treatment Relied on to Reduce
the Danger.
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Speclal wire.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 23.-The locat
fever situation did not show any I'M
provement when todays results were
summed up. There were fewer cases
than were reported yesterday, but there
was one more death than during the pre-
vious twenty-four hours, and at LEAST
four of the patients were reported at
o'clock to be in a dangerous condition,
so that while there is no reason to justify
the statement that there is danger of an
epidemic here, still yellow fever exists.
Nine new cases were reported during the
day and three deaths
Tonight four cases at least were report
ed to be in an extremely dangerous con-
dition. The other cases, however, were
reported as presenting favorable symp-
toms and there was a marked improves
ment in the st. Cloud neighborhood.
Another death occurred tonight mak-
ing four today. Three were Italians.
The neighborhoods in which the poor
Sicilians live are thickly settled and
very dirty, and the board Of health has
recognized the necessity Of removing
and isolating these people, so as to take
away food for infection. The camp Of
detention was established at Oakland
park, but the Italians refused to go there.
deeming it a plot to do them harm, even
fearing poisoned food.
Leading citizens of their own race went
among them and argued that their going
to the place was one of self-preserva-
ton and some fifty were taken out.
AN ATLANTA CASE
ATLANTA, Sept. 23-The board Of
health Of Atlanta announced that Car
rie Fleming, 14-year-old girl, a refugees
from Mobile, with her father and mother,
and who is stopping at boarding house
at 119 Auburn avenue, is suffering with
yellow fever.
The board of health met tonight and
issued statement in which they say:
1.-THE case seems to be very mild and the
indications point to recovery. The pa
tient, her father and mother and other
individuals from Mobile, who were in the
house, have been placed under strict
quarantine. The board of health does
not consider that there is the least dan
ger of any Atlanta individuals not ex-
posed in infected cities, catching the dis
ease, not is it surprised at the develop
ment of the case, having anticipated that
such sporadic cases would occur"
AT MOBILE
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 23-The official
report today is that 80 far there have
been thirty-eight cases pronounced yell
low fever, three have died, sixteen have
been discharged and nineteen remain
under treatment. Two of the cases were
reported today and ten were discharged
today Up to noon there had been no
deaths since Saturday last and all the
sick but one or two were reported doing
WELL
Tonight one death was added to the
list, being that of Mr.. Burne, chief clerk
of the Louisville and Nashville shops
He was taken sick September 14th.
The surgeon-general has ordered all
mail from Mobile fumigated. Hereto
fore only the mail from southern dis
tricts that have quarantined against
Mobile has been fumigated.
A death IN KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 23.-John
McDougall, the young machinist from
Mobile, Ala, who has been sick with
yellow fever died this morning at the
detention hospital.
The Beauregard school building,
which it was proposed to use as fever
hospital and which mob threatened
to burn down, was destroyed by fire at
/ o'clock this morning while it was
guarded by police. 1t was formerly q
fine residence, occupying square of
ground out on Canal street, near the
cemetery.