The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-20

the Crowded Bsokerie. VIII BE
fnken--Few New Cases Reported,
fai That the Course of the
YeIisw Fever VIII BE stayed
by the Very Rigid Quarantine
Regulations Now Being Enforced.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. ia.-The losal
fever situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. At 6 o'clock To-
night the record book in the health or
Zee shows total Of six new cases and
one death. The Official bulletin 10 be as
sued tonight, however. viii show two
deaths. that OF the woman santa Graf
hato, who died in the hospital last night.
not having been Included in the officlaI
feiietin, although reported Ia the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches.
This Is tae record. Deafhs-Joseph Cts
fasti. an Italian 26 Urguhart street
New casos-Rosalie Balus. John Dell
Irene Terrell. William Brandon Moran
ityies and Lena Green (colored) The
first two cases are IN the extreme upper
portion ot the city. one In the fourth dis
tftet; one ts In the ST Claude street
house. where the original six cases were
reported, and one is in the Williams
house. where two cases already exist
There are three eases under investiga-
ticn. and the health authorities tonight
view the situation with some compla-
cency. The report Of Dr. Metz the city
chemist, on the condition Of the Italian
quarter moved the board to a prompt ac-
ceptance today OF the offer TO the city
of the marine hospital as a refugee. Dr.
Metz found as many as sixty people hud-
oled together IN the italian quarter. hy-
ms In squalor and fiitb. In one of the
rooms a goat vas found sleeping nightly
with the family wno owned H.
The woman Graftiato was taken frogn
this quarter. and The board realized that
unless something vas done az once the
block IN which the woman had lived was
likely soon 20 hecome a plague spot. 1t
was therefore decided 20 guard and thor
ouEhly dlSlrfect and fumigate the entire
square. and 20 remove as soon as possible
most Of the families 70 the Old marine hos
pitai. The hundred squatters who now oc-
cupy the latter building viii b. given quar-
ters In one Of the new schooihouses In the
vicinity. and the marine hospital buildings
Will be permanently used as a refuge until
the fever IS stamped out for the families
or the Italian quarter aud those Of the In
dieaut sick throughout the city,
House Surgeon Bloom bad conference
With President Oljphant today relative 20
establishing a place 70 which INDECENT vel
low fever patients might Ne removed.
There arc usually go OF 80 patenis 10 the
charity hospital ard it Is considered high
Is dangerous to receive yellow fever pa
ticuts in that institution, Il is said that
the hospital Is ready 10 30 20 any expense
20 provide q supplementary hospital. The
board submitted an offer Of the free use
OF the old smallpox detention camp, which
Is entirely disconnected from the smallpox
hospital. and Il seems likely that The offer
viii he accepted and All yellow fever pa
tlcnts who FOR various rcasoHs cannot be
treated. VII be sent % Dr. Beard s place
There are now two patients suffering with
yellow fever in the charity hospital. and
thelr presence although they occupy iso-
lated apartments. is deemed serious meD-
ace 20 other patients.
A. a lsrgely attended meeting Of bank
erz business men ministers aDd reprcSen-
tatives ~ iaborleg org nixatlons r VAS re-
solved 20 ask che hoaEd Of health to con-
slider tae asiVisaA.l.ty of adopting next
Tuesday as general cleaning day.
Acting Mayor Britain and President
Onnltant today replied to the suggestion.
strongly deprecating It, They wrote that
IL would be inaivls9hle ara ne~pedlent 10
Determine upon a nxed dan fer cleaning
purposes rs such a moNeIneut would
cause an accumulation Of Alth and trash
which could not De rfmoved at once. and
hy the stirring Up 81 rissiua would fur
thcr eneanGer the health ~ the tity in-
stead II inarrov.ng Il. q Nas suggested
therefore that each Individual inhaniiant
~ the city rro eed. without delay to the
,.lranins uf Fts awp ~ -ntsss. to the da-
irferting ~ closets. a}lets, ctc- and the
aaefructfes Fl Ntl evt8e',.& matter hE .fr
rhe detention cemp az Fo1fainbleaC
was today declared to hate been pfacti-
cally com,, ssed. and Go Re ready fer tho
reception - Euests
A sueeal ta.u tQday went % biloxi ard
Ocean sncln~s. ard from there carried
sh5gt forty people 80 the camp. Toner
ron the camp wtl be- thrown cTe1 20 aH
.,or7prx. Those who are rot iu}alDnes VIII
have IA sfsv III SIZE camp fen a4rE ac-
,.r.it~r 60 the r8los l2'a .ievsu ay >u~-cen
Murray. tness rulsS beinE simply the Fed
eral iaw which the surgeou. as Che ccna-
.,lanier of the camp, 81 ooand &c enforce
There aers TO ueN cases reported st
Ccean Sf,rinEs ur 20 noon. h1t iHo %eata
e~ : heavy and sustry and ere 90 ease
ratfen-s was uns szpee 3 &c hvr- SIZE
IS Miss I.aiTs Atkins.
charles Ee5cleT san of prominent Nv
orleans ,searH Was tu-ne lhose st-rseT
,.et.r,fsg AZ Ocean Sp-inrs. ARA bis tc'i-
9tI,r IS considered serious Nefn ne
80 haa been 3es sTed epidemic and
,--a.v.- DE closed htuSef up lu Pass Ecuse
80 st4 net come forth. exrerf On rr 20
$50 camp as seen as Sc w4s rcasy
ia. gr. hawget~. dt1 net prevent lhc
s.o-.ss tra-1 entering iis heroe
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s,-.-.s fc.trfausa 'a8rlt toiay. ant fhe
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s c-ne~v thav ttvs fr Ntn AsaF a,
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sss.faessan ans cleaning The ~- Ser
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