Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13
FEVER IN HOUSTON.
SEVERAL CASES OF ILLNESS PRO-
NOUNCED YELLOW JACK.
TRAVEL BLOCKADED.
TEXAS
Situation DECIDEDLY Panicky. and the
Feeling One of Growing Alarm
and Apprchension-New Orleans
Situation No Worse.


statement of DR.. Guiteras. that four
cases OF yellow-fever existed here. The
public schools were not opened. and this
fact created some alarm. Few trains
left town, and all were well filed. The
cases have been promptly isolated. City
health officers to-day carefully investi-
gated several cases called to their at
tention by physicians. but pronounced
all OF them dengue. No trains are rum
ming now. except one between here and
Galveston.
TWO MORE CASES.
HOUSTON, TEX, October 1.-TWO
more cases were to-day placed under sur
Vigilance by the Board of Health as be.
ing OF suspicious character. They are
isolated and will be guarded.
There was long-drawn-out meeting OF
the Board OF Health tonight, at which
the following bulletin was prepared:
THE respect we entertain for the great
authority OF Dr. Guiteras will prompt us
to watch the development of the prevail
ing disease with the utmost vigilance.
and, mindful of our duty to the people,
we promise to make specific reports when
ever The occasion requires. We have at
present two cases at the house OF Judge
f.. =. Hambin under special observation.
the result OF which observation we shall
report as soon as we are able to arrive
at a positive conclusion. We have not
yet had an opportunity of examining The
cases reported by DIR. Guiteras, but will
do so at the earliest practicable mo-
ment."
BLOCKADE OF TRAVEL.
AUSTIN, TEN, October 12.-The most
serious situation now confronting the
people of Texas Is the almost complete
blockading OF travel owing to the yell
low-fever scare. Many trains on all the
principal lines have been abandoned, and
local lines have stopped running en-
tirely. Both divisions of the Houston
and Texas Central and the Southern
Pacific are tied up most effectually to-
night, not a single wheel moving. save
in the extreme northern portion of the
State. Every small town in the State
is rapidly organizing shotgun quaran-
tines, so that trains cannot stop, except
at the big cities. The situation in the en-
tire State is highly panicky, and the
feeling Is one Of growing alarm and ap-
prehenslon. BY tomorrow night. unless
the situation is soon relieved. the entire
Southern and Central portion of the
State will be practically without any
railroad facilities, as all trains Will be
stopped.
SITUATION NO WORSE.
NEW ORLEANS, October 12-The
fever situation grew no worse here to-
day. but at the same time there Is no
rift yet showing through the clouds, and
the promise is not bright for an imme-
date reopening of the avenues of indus
tries. Daylight had hardly come this
morning before two deaths had been an
nourced. but no other fatalities had
gone down on the books when night fell.
The cases to-day are. as usual, widely
scattered, and have increased somewhat
the total number of cases under treat
ment, but at the same time the nnber
of cases OF discharged persons to-day
and of deaths have suffered a fall.
Record:
Deaths-Joseph Colette, Allen Giles, j.
StrUm.
New cases-Martin Kinney, Jr., John
r. Grant, Mrs. Hunter G. Leake, Mrs.
williams, James Carney, Reuben Ward,
Charles S. Fav, John Armstrong, Charles
Harvey. Miss Anna Thaller Selma
Buchel Mrs. v. Aschaffenburg. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Chiefly. James Freret, Miss Brown,
Miss Lucy Carroll. James r. Anderson,
Mrs Charles w. Eakin, NJ. Nable, Mrs.
Joshua Pierce, John Thomas Buchel-
boches, Charles Fay. James Hubener,
Emma Elizabeth Hubener A. Guarneau,
A. Lebrezze, Valentine Boches, Hazel
Petit. Leroy White, Harry Farmer,
Henry Thomas, Kate Hoffman, Holt,
Thomas Hume, Miss Kate II. Rodd,
Frank McGinn.
NOT CONFINED TO POOR.
There has been for some time a gene
raj impression that the fever was con-
fined solely to the houses OF the poor
but 1t has likewise found its way into
the houses of the rich, and on handsome
mansions to-day, on Jackson avenue and
other fine residential streets, the ugly
red and yellow flags hung.
OF the new cases those of Mrs. Hunter
c. Leake, wife Of the general agent OF
the Illinois Central road Of James r. An
derson. a prominent supply agent repre-
senting eastern houses, and OF Mrs.
Eakin, wife of the superintendent OF the
Standard OIL Company, are said to be
Of a somewhat mild type.
These are the most prominent cases
reported to-day.
VIRULENCE NOT INCREASED.
MOBILE, ALA, October l2.-Three
new cases of yellow-fever were brought
TO light in the past twenty-four hours.
No deaths have occurred in the past
forty-eight hours. The new cases are:
c. N. Bonneau, John Keefe, and Alphonse
Goubl.
Total cases to date, 12e; deaths, 20; dis
charged, ~; under treatment, 81.
There are three more cases reported on
the steamer Kate, lying at Magazine
Point, three miles above the city. A
hospital will be established there by the
Quarantine Board OF Mobile bay and the
ship disinfected
The fever is making its greatest pro-
gress along the centre of the residence
portion of the city in the Broad street
and Springhill avenue districts. but still
1t is not at the ratio noted at the begin
ming OF the outbreak, while the yrulence
of the disease has not notably increased.
MISSISSIPPI REPORT.
JACKSON. MISS, October l2.-The
State Board OF Health tonight issued
the following: Two cases under treat
ment-Miss Miller, formerly reported,
and the other. Metger, attacked yester-
day. Both doing fairly well
The report from Nitta Yuma is to the
effect that there are six cases on hand.
Miss Thompson, who had suppression, Is
now convalescent.
TIE following official report was re-
ceived from Edwards at Il. NJ: "The
temperature stood last night at So, and
to-day has been quite warm There have
been reported ten new cases-eisht white
and two colored; five cases seriously III
two with black vomit.
Father Prendergast renewed his visits
TO the sick to-day.
SITUATION HOPEFUL.