The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-24
The Fever Situation Much Worse in
New Orleans.
NEW CASES IN SEVERAL PLACES.
One In Atlanta, but 1t Was Probably
Brought in and No Danger is Appre~
hended ed-Fumication Of Mails
at Mobile.

the Z-0.
New Orleans. y. Mobile. A.. Edwards.
Miss. 13. Beaumont. Tex, l. Reports
from Ocean Springs. Biloxi and scran-
ton, Miss, delayed. Suspected case mo
ST. Louis reported as malaria. no case
I'm city. Suspected drcdge boats az MT.
Pleasant, No. declared FREQ from infec-
ton by Acting Assistant Surgeon John
Guitcras."
Dr. Sawteu has been directed by the
Sureeon-Gencral 90 fumisate am bag
gage from infected points at point near
Atlanta. Ga.
Surgeon Murray toleuaphs to-day from
Ocean Springs, Miss. ass follows.
visited Ship Island at DR. Haralgons
request tO arrange for protection OF fleets
and had conference with passcd-Assistant
Surgeon Smith. pilots. fto cdorcs, ana
masters ON open barge and prepared rules
with HaraisOn which we will print. Assls-
tant. two men and boat needed, Smith 20
have command Haralson can loan
boat. So important that I went 10 Bill
oxi 2ist. one death POD. new cases. B.
death. /; which ] saw and decided. TO-
tai cases. including 22d, SIS. errors cor
rected. No reports from Scranton. Four
new cases here
Surgeon Gleunau reported two new cases
and no deaths az Mobile.
40 IMPROVEMENT.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sept 23-The
local fever situation did not show any
Improvement to-day when results were
summed up There were fewer cases
than were reported ON Yesterday, bat
there was one more death than I'm the
previous twenty-four hours and az least
four OF the patients were reported at
T. NJ TO be I'm dangerous conditions.
At the close Of the last twenty-iour
hours the record here stood:
| Dcaths-Marie Dubois three years old,
st. Charles between Cherokee and Hill
larry. S. SccretO. SIS Birch Carrolltoni
Mrs. GasparO Lessemes 52i St. Phillip.
New Cases-Edward Roy. Miro and Es-
panade. j. Cherey, 1l2 Fourth street, --
! Lewis (col0red 1913 Josephine street;
Anna Schultz 422 Dryade street; PatrlcA
Mccain. 1913 Constantinople, -- Shild-
! ing. 252s Rosseau DOmink laramie Ber-
lin and Car0ndelet; - smith, Clouct and
/ ST. Cloude.
SOME or THE CASES.
The ninth new case reported to-day was
| that of Mrs Lessmes, whose death l5
| mentioned. The woman had been SICK
for several days. but she had apparently
no friends. or II she did, they were afraid
| fo 20 near her. 10 was only this morning
| that "a doctor was summoned, and When
| he went to the house he diagnosed the
| case as yellow fever. The woman died OF
| inafteution as much OF the prevailing
| fever Marie Dubois was "a cnlid nedIy
| three and a half years old, living IN car
r0lton. where the disease has been espe-
| ci9llv prevalent She was taken lil on
| the tefh and her case was Immediately
! diagnosed as yellow fever. The death UT
! Secreto an Italian as In the ease OF
! other italians afflicted. physician was
! only called when there was no nope OF
| saving his liie.
! Tonight four patients were reported 20
! De I'm am extremely dangerous condition.
! The other cases were reported as pre-
! eenting favorable signs. and there was
| marked Improvement in the ST. ClAude
! neighb0rh0od.
Ata special meeting OF the city Council
| it was decided TO Dut nc once $4,000 nc the
| disposal of the Board of Health. Ike
| sum Is 10 boz held in reserve. TO- be used
| I'm the event that the situation shan be-
! come serious enough 90 warrant the use
of it by the board
A CASE IN ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. Ca. September @.-Ihe
| Board of Health OF Atlanta to-day an
nounced that Carrie Fleming fourteen
! wears old. who refugeed from NOBLE with
| her father and mother and who ii stop
! ping at a boarding house at no. ll' Au-
! burn avenue Is suffering with yeilo"
fever.
The Board OF Health met tonight and
issued the following statement
I'm view Of the fact that the Board or
| Health has promised 10 say frankly ana
| freely 10 the public the exact status OF
| yellow fever in Atlanta. We deem 90 our
| duty 10 publish the following statement.
| ON the 18th instant there came TO Atlanta
from Mobile a. young girl. Carrie Fleming.
| accompanied by her father and mother.
! on the 21th instant she was taken SICK
| and was seen hy some physician. whose
| name IS unknown 90 the board, ou Mon
! day. who called again next day ana
found her better and dismissed the case.
| on Wednesday, 22d, DR. r. ID. Longino
was called I'm and considered the case
| rather suspicious. Or. j. Q. Olmstead
was called IN this evening and in con-
junction with Or. LOngino made posi-
tive diagnosis Of yellow fever.
The case seems 20 be very mild. and the
indications point 10 recovery The pa-
| tient. her father and mother and other
! individuals from Mobile who were I'm tne
house. have been placed under strict
| quarantine
The Board of Health does not consider
that there is the least danger or any Al
| lantian or individuals not exposed in IN
fected cities catching the disease, nor -
| it surprised az the DEVELOPMENT or this
case having anticipated that such spo-
radio cases would occur
STATUS AT MOBILE.
MOBILE, Ala. September 23.-The Of
| fetal report to-day is that so far there
have been thirty-eight cases OF pronounc-
ed yellow fever three have died, sixteen
have been discharged and ninteen re-
main under treatment. Two OF the cases
were reported and ten were discharged
to-day Up TO noon there had been no
deaths since Saturday last and an the
sick but one or two are reported doing
we'll The two cases are Mrs. judah
Jarvis. Elmlra street, and Henry p. Luii-
J ing, George street.
There were at the close or last week
four serious localities Of infectlon-name-
lv. the neighborhOod OF Christ church, I'm
the vicinity OF Washington Square, near
the Marine Hospital and City Hospital
and I'm the extreme northwestern part OF
town. Since that time there nave been
no further developments I'm any OF these
localities. save in the second named, and
IN that the spread of the fever has been
remarkably slow SO slow that there Is
now entertained hope that IL VIII De
stamped out altogether.
Another death was added 70 the list to-