The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-24
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Fewer Cases Yesterday, but Two More
Deaths Reported.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23.-The local fe-
yer situation did not show any Improvement
to-day when results were summed up. There
were fewer cases than We're reported on
yesterday. but there were two more deaths
"rfsTf m tire previous tWenty-four hours, and
at least four of the patients were reported
at o'clock to be in a dangerous condi-
ton. So that while there is no reason to
justify the statement that there is danger of
an epidemic here, conditions are multiplying
to prove what most of, the eminent doctors
here have said-that yellow fever exists. At
the close of the last twenty-four hours the
record here stood:
Deaths
MARIE DUBOIS, three years old, ST.
Charles street, between Cherokee and Hill
larry streets.
c. sECRETo. S11S Birch street, Carroll
ton.
MRS GAsPARo LEssEMEs, 524 st. Phil
ip street.
PAUL TOMA, of st. Andrews street, be-
tween Camp and Chestnut.
New Cases
EDGAR ROY, Miro and Esplanade
]. H. CHERRY, 1129 Fourth street
- LEWIS, colored, 1913 Josephine street.
ANNA SCHULTZ, 422 Dryades street.
PATRICK MCANN, 1851 Constantinople
street.
- SCHILLING, 252S Rosseau street
DOMINICK TARRANTO, Berlin and Ca
rondelet streets
- SMITH. Clouet and st. Cloude streets.
The ninth new case reported to-day was
that Of Mrs. Lessemes, whose death is men
toned. The woman had been sick for sew
eral days, but she had apparently no friends
or if she did they were afraid to go near
her. 1t was only this morning that doc
tor was summoned, and when he went 70
the house he diagnosed the case as yellow
fever. The woman died of inattention as
much as of the prevailing disease. Marie
Dubois, who died this morning was a
child nearly 312 years Old living in Carroll
ton, where the disease has been especially
prevalent. She was taken on the 10TH and
her case was Immediately diagnosed as yell
low fever. The third death was Secreto.
He was an Italian, and, as in other cases
of Italians afflicted, a physician was only
called in when there was no hope of saving
his life. Tonight four cases at least We're
reported to be in an extremely dangerous
condition. The other cases. however were
reported as presenting favorable signs and
there was marked Improvement in the st
Claude neighborhood
AT a special meeting of the City Council
it was decided to put at once $4,000 at the
five thousand dollars more is held in re-
serve TO be used in event that the situation
shall become serious enough to warrant the
use of the additional sum by the board
One death has occurred since the official
report, and Of the four three are Italians
The neighborhOods in which the poor Sicil-
ian lives are thickly settled and very dirty
and the Board of Health has recognized the
necessity of removing and isolating these
people. so as to take away so much food
for infection. camp of detention was es-
tabshed in Oakland Park, but the Italians
refused to so there deeming it a plot to do
them harm even fearing poisonous food
Leading citizens of their own race went
among them and argued that their going
TO the place was one of self-preservation
and some fifty We're taken out.
The Beauregard school building which it
was proposed to use as a fever hospital,
and which a mob threatened to burn down
was destroyed by nre at l O'Clock this
morning although it was guarded by po-
lice. 1t was formerly a fine residence. and
occupied a square of ground out on Canal
street. near the cemetery.