The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-30
A SMALL RIOT.
School BUisoing Fsed Up for Fever
Hospital Burned
THE FIRENAN's HOSE CUT.
SiEht Trains IA IsIas T.kea OF ard Irayei
IA That STATE Parzlysed-More Cases
at Edwsras-Fined for Qusr-
aatine vIcistion.

NEw ORLEANs sept p Eficient
york by the FIRE department IN face
u the sttacks Of = mob enabled
the department this morning 20 save
I The main portion Of the Beaursgard
school building. only the snnexes Of
the structure were reduced to ashes
I The alarm was sounded az i3.So a N
After the mass meeting Of citizens held
last night. q riOt0us crowd gathered
around the building and openly threat
sned that az the first opportunity they
would fire it. Throughout yesterday
evening Sister agnes and a number Of
Sisters of Charity. together with help
I from the hospital. had been putting the
building in order for the exception Of
yellow fever patients The school
board, in the meantime. had removed
troLS the building every desk and
other article of furniture and the hos
pital people had moved into the build
ing cots and other necessary sdjuncts
for the treatment Of yellow fever pa
tients- AZ nightfali SargvS= RioOm-
Jf the nos pits,. .he sisters. and others.
had been warned that they had best
leave the building. They did 50.
headed by Sister Agnes and tresded
their way through a dense crowd Of
panic-stricken cis.zenS Then a small
force Of police were ordered to the scene
Bat the mob bent on incendiarisn.
were sharper than the guards and,
while the police were busily engaged
in attempting to euel he riotous
crowd in front of the building, two
. rFna a 2
oil, proceeded 10 the rear and quickly
had ,he building in flames An alarm
was turned in, but the first neighbOr-
ing engine had scarcely arrived when
is hose was eat When other
ing :',es arrived their hose was
also destroyed by the mob. Chief
Caster and Capt Journee finally
arrived in patrol wagon with big
squad of officers which beat the mob
back. Then the firemen went actively
At work and succeeded in preventing the
absolute destruction of the building.
There is only one new case reported
his morning II is man living on
! Bourbon street and he is reported to
/ De in a dangerous condition.
Nigh; Trains In Ts1a. on.
! DALLAS. Tex sept 2J.-On account
I IF the yellow fever scare and rigid
quarantine regulations by state, county
and city authorities, all night trains
IN the Houston & Texas Central road
and other Huntington system lines
nave teen ordered taken off and the
| lay service has been largely curtailed.
| Travel over the state is almost para
lyzed.
| More New Cases at Edwards.
EDw ARDS, Miss, Sept 25.-Twelye
new cases of yellow fever were re-
ported this morning, making the total
to date ll2. Frank Rossman is dying
but all of the other sick. 10 in number,
are doing well in charge of four physi-
clans. There is much want and out
side assistance may soon be needed.
| Fiued for Quarantine Violations.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 25.-T. j..
Groce and ID. +. Grassland of II. j..
I Willis & Bro, and A. J. Theakstol
broker were fined $50 and costs in the
recorders Office yesterday for having
/ brought coffee from New Orleans in
defiance Of the quarantine.