The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-30
TEN NEW CASES YESTERDAY AND
TWO DEATHs-RATIO OF DEATHS
TO CASES IS II PER CENT.
THAT HOUSTON SUSPICIOUS CASE
DIR. Swearingen, Up to the Tricks
Of willy Bronze John, Stands
Pat-Latest News From
Quarantines and From
the FOci.


atingly the same A daily average of
eighteen to twenty cases and two deaths
has kept up. But while there is no sign
of an epidemic, the slow progress of the
disease puts obstacles in the way of the
fretful merchant and public. who are
anxious to resume trade with the sur
rounding country. The record today was
not unlike that of many other days in
that it showed death through neglect
of the patient, and twenty-one cases up
to date having a fatal termination, the
facts are incontrovertible that at least
half died through neglect or lack of at
tention.
Business is showing feeble signs of re-
vival and the railroads are putting for
ward superhuman efforts to secure mod
ifcation of the quarantine regulations.
Dr. Olliphant's trip up the road tomorrow
at the invitation of the Southern Pacific
road with view to securing modifica-
tion of existing quarantines will settle
one way or another whether or not trade
is to stagnate for several weeks longer
or whether it is to partially be resumed
at once The trip will also settle the
question of whether or not New Orleans
will raise the bars against Galveston and
other Texas points. In the meantime,
the Crescent city finds itself incapable
of shipping a pound of freight to the
Lone Star state. The result of this, of
course, is throwing out of employment
hundreds and thousands of people here.
The railroads, the manufactures. the big
wholesale and retail stores will have all
dispensed with the services OF many of
their employees until business again looks
up. Now that the force of the shot gun
quarantine is being felt, the theaters
and hotels more than ever are ther-
mometer of the injury that is being done
in this city. The Academy was to have
opened Sunday evening, but the JANSEN
shoot in another direction for fear of be-
ing bottled up here. and the Sowing the
Wind company has also been compelled
to cancel its dates. The Academy can
not possibly open now inside of three
weeks The Grau company is here at
the Grand and will continue to play its
indefinite engagement because it can not
get out. The hotels have done away
with all extra help and have cut off many
of their hands and every man, woman
and child is living with rigid economy
The condition of affairs Is due entirely
to the strict shot gun guarantees that
have been established in the country
when there is no possible chance of an
epidemic here. 1t is probable that there
have left town some 10000 people. but
there are still here no fewer than 275, 900
and even those who were frightened
fortnight ago have come to realize that
there is no possible chance whatever for
an epidemic. In September, 1878, there
were between eighty and ninety people
daily average since the beginning of the
fever here is hardly one.
This was the record today:
Deaths-Louis Quisnel, 140S Dante
street; Miss Emma Fleetwood. 727 Low
erlin street.
New cases--Mrs. B. Fricke. 1924 Cam
bronze street: Jennie r. Wilkinson. 1920
avenue; J. w. Brunswick. $40 Miro
street; Miss Fannie Hewitt, 174S Jack
son avenue: Louis Qusnel, 140S Dante
street: Mrs. J. NJ Fleetwood. 727 Low
erlin street; Sister Marcella, st. Vincent
asylum. Race and Magazine streets; Mrs.
A. T. Willberly. 171S Prytania street;
Riesser, 1121 North Galvez street:
Eli Mcconnell. detention camp: Eleanor
Camps. Phillip street between Chippewa
and st. Thomas streets; Mr.. Lee and
two children. 2233 Barronne street; Mr..
and Mrs. B. Fruffia. Constantine and
First streets.
These figures were taken from the
books at 6:3O tonight. There have been
a total of III cases to date and twenty
one deaths.
A number of patients were discharged
today. OF the deaths today, one was
reported not more than an hour after the
patient had been declared sick. Louis
Ouisnel had been i'll for several days.
He took q sudden turn for the worse this
morning and his wife called in a physi
clan. The doctor found at once that the
case evas hopeless one. In explanation
of the fact that she had not reported the
case. Mrs. Quisnel said that she had sue
cessfully treated her first husband for
yellow fever in 1878 and she believed
that she might pull her second husband
through. She said she had failed to re-
port because she did not want to be quar-
antined DR. Wolff this evening made
an investigation of the case and found
reason to believe that in this same square
there are other cases that are being con
cealed. The result was the board decided
to make n house to house inspection of
the square and to prosecute any physi-
clan that might he concealing cases.
Miss Fleetwood. the other death. was
reported several days ago Her mother
was reported down with the fever to-
night. Among the cases reported today
is that Of Sister Marcella of the Catho-
lie st. Vincent asylum. in which there
are several hundred children of tender
age; The board viii ALLOW, the sister to
he kent IN the asylum with the proyjeo
hat 81. I..&e