Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-10-15

".sesso. hsS . First-class
over -Four Cases Of ~. se
Disease-People Fly t. IL. e.ssa
New Cases.
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New Orleans, Oct. 1.-THE fey., a..
alton here is no better. Early last
ing there was promise that the pr.,;
days record would be equaled Il &
not exceeded. New cases appeared !, :"
rious portions of the city, many Of ~
however, being reported in house. ~.
there was already infection. Thar.
several deaths and in one instance a..
tality occurred not long after tn. -.
of the case was brought to the .t4.nssN
Of the board. Three persons were 80
ed sick in one family. During ths ~.
one of them died. The second ~.
among the cases in Algiers was rsnos+. 49,.
today-Miss Caselar, who was ren,,..s
sick with the fever several days ago, Pa.
other fatal case was in Algiers. tn. =.
tient was removed to the isolation NJ:
tai and died there. Two of the d..,s'
were in Carrollton, which, relative to n.
1 population, has furnished more fatal ~.
than any other locality in the CITY. =
Official report Of the board Of health.
Cases 81, deaths s, total cases to dat. n,
total deaths 81, total cases absolutslv :.
covered 24o, total cases under treatm.n,
276. t2sG art SD. 5.=.-. +. 1T" N"s
| Some Of the New Cases,
i Among the new cases Is that Of Mn
Sampsell. Her husband, DR.. Samps.,I
and their son, were taken ill two or tAr,.
days ago and the infection has spread !,
the premises.
/ Another physician is on the list Of c.,..
reported, DR.. Otto Leech, but he is not -
ported to have q serious attack. Dr.. Bar.
nett and DR.. Howard Oliphant are both
reported to be progressing favonbly q.
ward recovery. QA d b. .olr!s III
T. Among the new cases is that Of A. "
Read, second engineer of the steamshiu
ijiVaAada.' He was taken sick on the ves.
sci and removed to the Touro inilrmarv.
The steamer has been disinfected and q.
ira precautions taken to prevent spread
Of the fever among the crew. - Z
l. uUl 5g1 At Galveston. -t.,l
Galveston, Oct. ll.-Before a meetise
of the Galveston board of health DR.. Gui
teras made the following statement: q
J. 81 have reported to Surgeon Genera
Wyman and communicated to Health OF
dcer Fish and Acting Mayor Skinner thai
!, there are five cases Of yellow fever her,
and three cases that have recovered iron
! the disease. There is no doubt in MI
mind as to the correctness of the diagno
VI sis. l have been very careful and hay
made no statement as to any cases with
out close personal examination. III
cases are scattered and seem to have d
;. connection. They appear to have DE-
veloped in quite confusing way and az
\ mixed with dengue fever. There is on
at Sealy hospital. l have reported tw
at st. Mary's infirmary, but find that i
one ct the inffrmary l was mistaken
Il misunderstood the statement of the q
, tending physician as to the presence (
albumen in the urine. Finding there is .
Il albumen ]. alter my diagnosis as to TIL
, case. The otaer case in the infirmary
= distinctly yellow fever" ..s4
J According to this statement there a
! four cases of yellow fever, as the case
. which Guiteras was mistaken was one
J. the five mentioned in the above stat
. ment. A type of dengue fever has exis
! ed at Galveston for the past 60 days, al
% there have been 5000 cases of dengue 81
!, not single death.
= The Santa Fe is the only road open. 4
!. other roads were cut off last night befO
!. any one could get out of town. The s.
: ia Re took out IS persons last night al
a lis departed on the train today. For
"A people have left by boat for bay she
y points s.-.t..r.,-...
N This constitutes the total hegira tn
i here. The citizens claim If the four ca'
!. are yellow fever then thousands Of q
zensAave had it, as they have had SINH
sickness. i... ..
- Government Precautions.
d. Washington, Oct. ll.-Surgeon Gene
10 Wyman has been in communication W
; DR.. Fish of Galveston and State Hea
!. Officer }Swearingen, and has been advl
> that all necessary precautions have D
i. taken TO prevent the spread of the
~ ease. The officials of the marine hosp
service have known for several weeks
10 the existence of considerable dengue ie
Il at Galveston, but they decline to exPi
I'd any opinion of the development OF yell
fever there. DR.. Guitens would n
ut been sent to Galveston sooner had II
II possible to spare his services elsewher'
~ At Mobile, Ala, there were seven
cases in the city and two deaths. IN
:. county there was one death, but no
- cases. f3i1d 4UlWoift' .---
Il ,; New Cases ut Edwards.
Il jackson, Miss, Oct. ll.-There are
"a new cases OF fever at Nitta Yuma. Az
Nc wards there are nine new cases. iou'
". which are colored people, and one os'
Be The state board of health has advised
in industrial institute at Columbus. M
o not to open the fall term until &c"
frosts occur in the state.