The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-01
RIOT IN NEW ORLEANS.
A yellow, Fever Hospital Attacked !
a Mob.
DISPERSED BY THE polio

The Structure Attacked Was q BchN3<
Building That Had Been Transfernse1
Into n Hospital For Yellow Fever SUI
ferers-The Edihce Partially Burne1
But Saved From Total DestructId1.
New ORLEANS, La. (Special).-The yelloN
tever situation in this city assumed q SER
GUS aspect Friday. There was an increas<
In the number Of fatalities, and S..sa time
early In the morning n portion tlthe Gle
was under the control Of mob of panic
stricken citizens.
The trouble arose over the arrangemer$
made by tho Board Of Health to use q.
Beauregard School Building as o yelloN
fever hospital. Ameeting Of citizens resia-
Ing in the locality of the school building
was held Thursday night to protest against
the order Of the health authorities, and at
terward q riotous crowd made an attempt
to burn the building. Two Of the annexes
we're reduced to ashes but Joint efforts Of
the police and FIRE departments prevented
the destruction OF the main building.
The alarm was sounded at 1880 q. M, q
large crowd being then in the vicinity OF
the school building. During the evening
Sister Agnes and q number OF Sisters OF
Charity, together with nurses from the
hospital, had been putting the building In
order for the reception OF yellow fever pa
tients. The School Board, In h mean
time, had removed from the building every
desk and other article of furniture aud the
hospital managers had moved into the
building cots and other necessary adjuncts
for the treatment Of the sick.
At nightfall, Surgeon Bloom OF tho hos
pital, the sisters, and others had been
warned that they had better leave the
building. They did so. headed by Sister
Agnes, and threaded their way through a
dense mob OF excited citizens. Then q mall
force Of police was ordered to che scene,
but the mob outwitted the guards, and,
while the police were busily engaged In at
tempting to quellthe rlotous crowd In front
OF the building, two men with o hve-gailon
can Of oil proceeded to the rear and quickly
had the building In flames.
An alarm was turned in, but il first
engine had scarcely arrived when its hose
was cut. When other engines arrived their
hose also was destroyed by the mob. Chief
Caster and Captain Journee finally arrived
In a patrol wagon with a big squad OF om-
GERS. who boat the mob back. Then the
bremen succeeded In preventing the total
destruction OF the building.
The school house is a handsome building,
entirely isolated and situated in the centre
OF a large square There was no danger OF
infection from 1t, and the people in the
n~eighborhood were unduly alarmed.
Mayor Flower ordered q force OF police
men to guard the school house. The por-
tion Of the building not burned will beused
as q hospital. A committee called on the
Mayor to protest against its use for that
purpose. The Mayor denounced the out
rage, and said that II 1t required all OF the
forces OF the city and State, he was deter
mined that the Beauregard School Building
should be used as o temporary hospital. In
the meantime, he sold. no effort or expense
would be spared to bring to justice the men
who had fred the building last night. The
Mayor has the support In his course OF
almost the entire community.
Thus far there have been a few less than
100 yellow fever cases and fifteen deaths in
this city. The death rate is In the neigh
borhood OF fifteen per cent. 1t was in 1873
sixteen per cent, 50 that up to the present
time the disease is about as viruient ASH
was In the last great epidemic.
The situation In the infected Mississippi
towns is improved, except at Edwards,
where there are twenty-three new cases,
making q total OF eighty-six under treat
mont. Most Of the cases are of a mildtype,
the death rate being remarkably low; but
there Is considerable distress among the
poor families, and the number OF nurses
and doctors Is insufficient to care properly
tor the sick.