The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-29
FEVER DRAGGING ALONG
CONTINUES ExASPERATlNGLY THE SAME
IN NEW ORLEANS.
No Epidemic Thought to be Possible Great
Efforts Being Made to Open Up c.ia-
munic ation With Texas.

! New Orleans, La, Sept 2S.-The yel-
low fever situation here continues ex-
asperatingly the same. A daily average
4! of is to 20 eases and two deaths has
kept up. But while there is no sign of
an epidemic visitation, the slow prog
ress of the disease puts obstacles daily
IN the way of the merchant public who
are anxious to again resume trade with
the surrounding country. The record to-
day was not unlike that of many other
days, in that it showed a death through
sheer neglect of the patient 1wenty-one
cases up to date have resulted fatally.
The facts are incontrovertible that at
least half died through neglect or lack
of attention Business is showing feeble
signs of revival, and the railroads are
putting forward superhuman efforts to
secure modification of the quarantine
regulations. DR.. Olliphants trip up the
road tomorrow at the invitation of the
Southern Pacific Company with a view
to securing a modification of existing
Iduarantines will settle one way or an
other whether or not trade is to stagnate
for several weeks longer or whether it is
partially to be resumed at once The
trip will also settle the question of
whether or not New Orleans will raise
the bar against Galveston and other Tex
as points In the meantime the Crescent
City finds itself incapable of shipping a
pound of freight to the Lone Star State.
The result of this, Of course, is the
throwing out of employment of thousand
of people here. The railroads, the manu-
facturies, the big wholesale and retail
stores, have all dispensed with the SER
vice of many of their employees until
business again picks up. Now that the
force of the senseless shotgun quaran-
tine is being felt, the theatres more than
ever are a thermometer of the injury
that is being done the city. The hotels
have done away with extra help and
have cut off many of their hands and
every man, woman and child is living
with rigid economy. The condition of
affairs is due entirely to the strict shot
gun quarantines that have been estab-
lished in the country when there is no
possible chance of an epidemic here. It
is probable that some ten thousand peo-
pie have left town, but there are still
here not fewer than two hundred and
seventy-fve thousand and even those
who were frightened fortnight ago
have come to realize that there is no
possible chance for an epidemic. In Sep
tember, 1878, there were between 80
and 90 people dying Of yellow fever
daily. Today the daily average since the
beginning of the fever here is hardly
one. This was the record today:
Deaths:
Louis Quisnell, 140S Dante streete.
Miss Emma Fleetwood, 727 Lowerline.
New cases:
Miss Nellie Brunswick, 519 Miro.
A. r. Pierson, 1919 st. Mary's.
Mrs. B. Cricket, 1924 Chambronne
streete.
Jessie R. Wilkinson, 1920 Jackson ave-
nue..
Sarah Lea, 1910 Dublin avenue.
j. w. Brunswick, 10 Miro street.
Miss Fannie Hewitt, 174S Jackson.
Louis Quisnell, 1409 Dante.
Mrs. j. M. Fleetwood, 727 Lowerline.
Sister Marcella, ST. Vincent Infant
Asylum, Race and Magazine
Mrs. A. T. Wimberley, 1718 Prytania.
- Reisser. 1121 North GaIvez.
Eli Mcconnell, detention camp.
Eleanor Reams, Phillip between Chip
pewa and st. Thomas.
Mrs. Lee and two children, 2233 Bar
onne street.
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