The San Francisco call., 1897-10-04
Fruit Steamer Arrives
at Delaware Break
water.
Comes From BocaS del Toro
and Brings a Yellow Fever
Corpse.
Steady Spread of the Epidemic at
New Orieans-Rsport From
Other Quarters.

LEWES, DEL, Ocl. 3.-The Norwegian
fruit steamer John L. Wilson, ten days
from Bocas del Toro, Colombia, arrived
at Delaware Breakwater quarantine at
noon to-day with her flag at half mast.
When the quarantine physician boarded
ner he found the body OF the chief en-
glneer, Charles Peterson, aged 81 years,
OF Bergen, Norway, who died on the
passage on Friday last from yellow fever.
Inc Wilson is one of several fruit steam
ers which are shut ou. of our Southern
ports on account of the yellow fever. and
are bringing their cargoes of fruit 10 Phil
adelphia and New York.
The Wilson left Mobile on Septem Der II
Tor cargo OF bananas. On the 18th the
mate was taken sick, and was landed on
the 23d at Bocas del Toro. The disease
was there called malaria. but there is no
doubt it was yellow fever. On the voyage
north Peterson was taken sick on the 9th,
and died October 1.
The coffin was taken aboard the steamer
Bishop and the body placed therein, to-
gether with a quantity of siaked lime.
1t was then placed in an outer box and
SASoHHs oSEOiC anu DuTlcQ III the 0ONcTu-
ment burying-ground by the crew of the
Wilson.
The steamer lett for Reedy Island at
O'Clock to-night. She will be thoroughly
fumlgated there and the crew placed in
quarantine for some time. The Govern
ment quarantine station is located at
Reedy Island. which is about forty miles
south of Philadelphia, and spread of the
plague is not apprehended.
NEW ORLEANS La, Oct. 3.-At 6
O'Clock tonight there had been twenty
seven cases reported and but two deaths.
In the past week the foci of infection baye
not been largely increased. Dr. Metz re-
ports that by Tuesday all the houses in
the ST. Claude district, where the infec.
tion was first introduced, will be released
from quarantine. The fever was confined
to the single square in which it started.
The authorities have also been successful
in wiping out the foci of in lection of Hos
pitai street and OF the Home for HON e.ess
Men.
G. Peppitoni and Daniel Sullivan died
to-day at the Isolation Hospital. OF the
new cases eleven are in houses where fever
has heretofore been reported. The other
cases are pretty we'll scattered, and none
were reported to-day al the detention
camp, in any of the hospitals or In the
asyiums. From the detention camp seven-
teen people were released to-day and only
two were taken in.
An effort Is to be made to delay the
time of the arrival of some 800 i'm Migrants
from Palermo, who are destined for this
city.
Among the cases reported to the Board
OF Health to-day are three from Algiers,
opposite New Orleans. These make q
total of five cases in Algiers.
The quantity of fresh water running
through the streets of New Orleans daily
will be augmented tomorrow by some
100000 gallons through the use of the
mains and machinery of the old auxiliary
sanitary association.
Church services were held to-day in
Ocean Springs for the first time since the
sickness there was declared 10 be yellow
fever. There were no cases of the prevail
ing fever under treatment to-day and the
people OF Ocean Springs now believe that
all further danger has passed.
The State Board of Health official state
ment Says: During the twenty tour hours
ending ct P. NJ. Sunday, October g. there
were 81 cases OF yellow fever; deaths to.
day, 2; total cases of yellow fever to date,
3l7; total deaths from yellow fever TO
date, 35; total cases alb soluteIy recovered,
SO; total cases under treatment, 1S6
Bocas del Toro has quarantined against
New Orleans, though there is yellow fever
there.
SCRANTON. MISS, Oct. 3.-There were
two deaths here ;o-day-Alice Dslmas,
years old, and Dominick Desmond. 1t
was impossible to get an official report of
the number OF new cases, but there are
many. Some of them are very SICK and
the situation is quite serious.
EDWARDS, MISS, Oct. 3.-The doctors
report fourteen new cases of yellow fever
to-day, OF whom seven are white. Lillian
Redfieid and child of I. P. Martin died
to-day. Total deaths to date, II; total
number of cases to date. BIZ; total num-
Der under treatment, 127; total mum ber
discharged and convaiesoent. 17S; mum ber
seriously i'll, T. May Redfielu is doing
well. There are four cases OF yellow fever
at Nuta Yuma
MOBILE. ALA. Oct. 3.-To-day there
were but four new cases and no deaths
New cases: James Dulaney, Charles Carl
son, c. f. Steirer and Charles F. Moore
six patients were discharged to-day.
The Can't GETAWAY Club reported to-
night that all the sick OF yellow fever had
been visited this morning and all but one
found in favorable condition. The citi-
zeus' relief committee organized to-day,
electing W. H. Mcintosh as chairman.
An appeal will be addressed to the home
folks here and abroad, the money to be
disbursed by the t-Get-Away Club for
hand starts The relief work Tomorrow
There has not been a new case at Ocean
Springs for EIGHT days
w ASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct 3.-Surgeon-
General Wyman to-day received the fol-
lowing advices from the yellow fever dis
trict:
At Mobile there were four more new
cases but no deaths. The detention camp
established at Mount Vernon (Ala.) bar
racks will be opened to- morrow.
AtC2mp Fontain bleau there were thirty
eight refug ees admitted. twelve discharged
and 26O remain. Tnere was one case Of
fever at Scranton and fourteen cases and
one death at Edwards.
Surgeon Sawteile reports there were no
suspects on the trains arriving at Atlanta
to-day and there are none in the city.
A dispatch received from Passed Assist
ant Surgeon Magruder at Galveston, says
that Passed Assistant Surgeon Bratton,
who IS III charge of affairs at Sabine Pass,
met with q very serious accident In falling
through the hatch of a vessel. He is un-
conscious and prObab bIy will not recnvar