New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-25
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1897
RIOTING IN NEW-ORLEANS.
A YELLOW FEVER HOSPITAL ATTACKED
by A MOB.
rrrr rt.II.DING PARTIALLY BURNED. BIT SAVED
FROM DESTRUCTION DY POLICE ann
PREVENTIVE DEATH RATE NEAt:-

r,rr ,t.uDINc PARTIALLY BURNED. BIT SAVED
FROM DESTRUCTION DY POLICE AND
PREVENTIVE DEATH RATE NEAE-
LIZ AS HIGH AS IN 1875
New-Or,eans Sept. GA riotous crowd gam
cred around the Beaurecard schooi putting
early this morning and openly threatened 10 seI
fire to II at the first Opportunity Ihrousnou'
Yesterday evening Sister Agnes and number
Of Sisters of Charity, together with heip from
TIE hospital had been putting the building III
order for the reception of yellow fever patients
Tho School Beard IN the mean time. had re-
moved the decks and furniture, and the hospital
people had moved In cots and other necessary
articles for the treatment Of yellow fever pa
tents.
At nightfall Surgeon Bloom. Of the hospital,
the Sisters and others were warned to leave inc
building. They did so. headed by Sister Agnes
and made their way through dense crowd OF
panic-stricken citizens Then small force or
police was ordered 20 the scene But the mob.
bent on incendiarism. was sharper thaa the
guards and while the police were busily en-
gagged in attempting TO que the crowd in front
~ the building. TWO i1cendiarie9. with can OF
OIL proceeded to the rear and quickly had the
building IN flames.
An alarm was turned in. but when the engines
arrived the hose was destroyed by the mob.
Chief Caster and Captain Journee finally ar
rived In n patrol-wagOn with a large squad Of
officers. and beat tho mob back. Then the fire.
men went actively to work. and succeeded in
preventing the destruction of the building. Only
The anneXes were burned. Mayor Flower to-day
ordered a fore" of policemen to guard the school.
II IS still possible to use the structure n hos
pital for the treatment OF yellow fever patients.
The attack on the school created great ex-
element ard the outrage is bitterly denounced.
4 committee to-day called on Mayor Flower to
protest ara:hst the use Of the building as a
hospital. The Mayor icrccy denounced the
outrage. Tho question sad arisen. he said.
whether here should he law and good order
here or anarchy. SO far as he was concerned.
he proposed to exhaust every power at his COM
mand To establish peace. and II It required all
the forces OF the city and State he was deter
mined that the Bcauregard School Building
should be used as a temporary hospital In
the mean time no effort or expense would be
spared in bringing to justice the men who had
fired the building. The Mayor has the sup
port in hie course Of nearly the entire COM
munty.
Thus far there have been few less than
one hundred cases and fifteen deaths Inc
death-rate IL In the neighborhood OF Id per
cent 1t was 10 per cent in 1879 so that up 10
the present time the disease is nearly as Viru-
lent 1t in the last great epidemic
one of the sensations OF the day was the an
uouDcenent that the Board of Health had dc-
cided To prosecute DR.. MonluZn i0r havins
falIed 10 report n SUSPICIOUS case. This morn
ing Dr. Monluzn reported 10 the Board or Health
tho case of Miss Drefous. who. he said, was
suffering with yellow fever. 1t was not long
before the report was received OF the death OF
Miss Dreifous An investigation proved that
she was taken Ill about six days ago and that
DR. Monluzin had failed to report the case
Three deaths and eight new cases were re-
ported to-day. The situation Is generally I'M
changed Freight * moving slowly. and there
.s practically no passenger traffic. The theatres
are still oren. and lnusements are not re-
strained HIT that New-Orleans Is losing nun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars by quarantine Is
not TO be doubted The ordering by the South
ern Pacific Company OF the steamer El Norte
from New-York to Galveston means that all
Eastern freight destined for the Pacific coast
will go through the Texas port Until the quar- |
ar;inc embargo against this city Is raised.