The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-27
no DEATH YESTERDAY
THE YELLOW FEVER SITUATION
IMPROVED ~ NEW ORLEANS.
Refugees at Oakland Park De-
etared NelI-A Death and Tween

NEW ORLEANS Sent 9s-Tcssay was
the gaietsst 81 the week IN New Orleans.
ard he fever situation ia spite q The
~ esfance or q l&r@e number % new
cAses. may b said 20 have shown muca
improvement. Fifteen cases were record
Ell Oh the books of the board ~ health.
hut there u ere no deaths and there have
been no deaths sine Friday. TIE aUtner-
HES received reports during the evening
from nearly every patient that Is NOW
0E-Qer treatment. and these were al -
the enect tost the cases are Ccsns well.
SID no patient Is IN any immediate dam
ger Of dissolution some forty cases were
reported tonight as being rapidly on the
nrend- and . number OF them VIII De dis
charged during the week
At oakl411 Park detention camp ali tie
refugees who have been given quarters
were declared TO ~ well nc sickness haV-
ing Yet appeared in the camp.
To-Day 5 record or new cases Is a. .ol-
lows; +. ToTna. 9. q McHardy. \ cod
man. Lou LAWYER. Michael Dwyer. James
Gray, Percy and Susie Matson. - BTon-
son, Andrew sad Miss Pixzo and ser
Want; Arthur Blake. Emma SchlosScher.
Mrs " f. Williams. The new cases as
usual ara scattered. The most prominent
among them are Mr.. McEardy d wealthy
insurance man. and Mrs. Williams wife
or GEN W. II Williams a well-known
newspaper man. There are now four
cases ia the Williams residence, bur they
are all reported as doing we'll \ number
or children arS amons the new eases.
Prof. Metz has q large number % formal
dehyde generators now at work. Today
he burned Ia the street the bedclothing
end other articles In the house of the man
Series. who Sled on Constance street, ne
clothing being subjected 10 forma1-dehyde
disinfcction.
Some loss is being suffered by the poorer
classes whose effects have been burned.
Prof. Meta said tonight that he was hope
tui OF getting the city TO make an appro-
prlaIon TO cover Just such eases OF dis
treSs. Prof. Metz has placed these gen.
orators AZ the railroad depo[s, and bag
gage Is being promptly and thoroughly
clslnfected before il is pat on trains. The
local charity organizations are taking
steps TO relieve all eases OF restitution
that are presented. The board Of health
supplies medicines and the charity hos
pttal physicians ana the charity organi-
cations win try 10 provide food FOR the
poorer classes.
Mrs. 4. McCubbage died this morning
In Ocean Springs OF yellow fever. She had
been sick several days. and her case had
already been reported. There have been
no new cases at Ocean Springs.
Reports from the detention camp say
that about ten refugees from New Orleans
have arrived there, and eighteen from Bill
oXi There is no sickness in the camp. save
one case OF sciatiC rheumatism The pa
tients in the hospital "a mile from the
camp, are recovering.
EDWARDS. Miss. Sept. 2s.-There has
been one death from yellow fever mere to-
day, thai OF Mrs. Noblin.
The following cases are reported since
o clock last night:
Whites-Mrs. Levi. Mary Sagler. Mrs.
DrugOod. Duke Askew, Caroline Brown
Mrs. Sadie Martin. Lee Martin Estes Har-
ris. Eva Harris. Mrs. Ethel Crister. Dr. W.
NJ. Champion, Mrs 5. 4 Harris. Mrs w
II. Harris, Waverly Birdson. Mrs. J. b.
Graves. Mrs. Pavenkott J. ". Berber. lii
tie daughter Of J. Boxtel.
Colored-Alf Beard. Willie Brown. Annie
Make Rosa Sweeper. sam McTh0mas.
New cases today. =. total cases TO date.
l'6; deaths for the day, !, total deaths 10
date. =
A new case developed at Champion Hln,
that OF Or. William Champion, and the
case Is "a serious one. Another case Is re-
ported At Queens Hin A few more strides
and the fever viii have stricken the entire
town Of Edwards.
Mr.. Etaelcrister. our only druggist. was
taken down III the morning and Dr. Hun
ter, Of the state board, has been wired for
another druggist immune from the disease.
%4AAf AA4 CE " AVAf tztEfr are Ebit@4NEEG1 So
rious and these are receiving the best Of
attention from physicians and expert
nurses. Among those known with the dis
ease today was (. T.. Barber, representa-
tive of the Associated Press. and one OF
the wealthiest Men in Edwards Seine days
ago Mr.. Barber advised The jackson office
OF the Associated Press that he feared nc
was taking the disease but that II was his
intention 10 send the news as long as pos
sible.
Mr.. Fred Johnson. an immune operator
from Tallulah, Ala. has been sent 10 take
the place Of Mr.. Barber. and he went on
duty today.
situation nj Mobile.
MOBILE. Ala. Sept. 26.-The returns at
the board OF health Office today for the
twenty -four hours ending at noon showed
five new eases and no deaths. with two
patients discharged. This leaves twenty
one under treatment.
So favorable report was not looked for
BY many. The deaths so far show ratio
OF IA per cent.
Another death was reported today-Ailss
Florence Barley, aged q. residing at FL
mira. She was reported yesterday