The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
The YELLOW FEVER
NO LET UP OF THE DISEASE IN
THE INFECTED CITIES

to New Sections of Mobile and
New Orleans-Thirty New Cases in the
Latter City Yesterday-Seven New Cases
ut Mobile and Two at q Point Twenty
Miles From That C~ity-Cases of Black
vomit at Edwards-Mobile to Start Com.
mittee of Relief for the Poor
Mobile, Ala, October The increase
there being but seven cases reported to-
day. There was n death, Mrs. A. Hon-
man, on Seventh street, near Jefferson.
The record is: Total cases 81, deaths IL.
discharged 40, under treatment 70.
Mrs. Gillian and Miss Cohen are sick
in the house where Taylor, one of the
first yellow fever victims, died. The
case of Miss Heiter, on Jackson street,
announced yesterday, is traced to the
same place. Miss Cohen, who was an
inmate OF the house, visited Miss Heiter
for several hours, just after Taylor died.
The case yesterday on state street, near
Kennedy, is that of a man who was a
guard in the infected district. He has
carried the infection to the northwest
part Of the town where many Of the
poorer people dwell. Thus are established
two additional foci of infection.
The Commercial club has called a
meeting of citizens for tomorrow to form
a relief committee to assist : people
thrown out of employment. There is
much being done for the poor, the mayor
leading in relieving the suffers who Up
ply for aid, but there are many persons
who will not apply or who are ignorant
of the help that is available.
A suspicious case is reported tonight
in the heart of the city, G. F.. Steiner,
keeper of the Delicatessen restaurant,
living on st. Emanuel street, near
Dauphin.
DR.. Edwards, at st. Elmo, twenty miles
south Of Mobile, on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad reports four suspicious
cases which he diagnosed as yellow
Grand Bay, on the same line. Health
officers nave gone to investigate these.
Mobil board of health has issued or
ders that no person shall move out OF the
infected district into any other part OF
the city. 1t is sought to prevent eject
ment for non payment Of rent.
New Orleans, Octoer To-day was
again something of a record breaker in
up in all directions, but up to 6 o'clock
the death record was still low. The fever
is rapidly spreading in many directions.
but the large majority of cases are
proving to be of a harmless type. The
weather is warm and the conditions ex-
cellent for new cases. But the death per
centage has fallen considerably below
the record of 1878. Today there were
twentyseven new cases recorded and four
daths. The most important new case IS
DIR. Beverley Warner, the pastor of the
rich Trinity church. His case is a mild
one. Rich and poor alike have been
stricken today, land the board of health
reports seem to show that the best drain
ed and kept streets are presenting cases
as numerous as those which are. minus of
sanitation.
The authorities continue to keep the
water plugs open and every gutter is
filled with running water. A number Of
today as cured. Today Professor Metz
disinfected III various houses in which
sickness has occurred and where the pa
tients have been discharged.
A bitter fight is being made on the
board of health because it is insisting on
@Q~uarantining inmates of houses In which
yellow fever exists and those houses
which they adjoin. The fever here has,
Of course, not been declared epidmic,
and for that reason physicians are dis
inclined to report yellow fever. A num-
Der Of doctors said tonight. in a formal
protest, that If their names are reported
in connection with yellow fever patients
their practice will be ruined. No body
would send for them if they have had
anything TO do with yellow fever
The official bulletin of the board OF
health, says: During the t~wenty-four
hours ending 9 p. M, Friday, October
LIST. there were: Cases of yellow fever.
TO-DAY ~, deaths today 8, total cases OF
yellow fever to date 258, total deaths from
yellow fever to date 80, total cases alb
ssolutely recovered rs, total cases under
treatment 1872.
Ocean Springs, Miss, October IA pos
tai agent was taken off the train at
Fontaineb1eau last night, sick and
placed in the camp hospital. Mr.. Levy,
from Biloxi, is sick at the same place.
DIR. Kells, of Scranton, was taken sick
today and was brought down to the
camp hospital. Two new cases of fever
are reported at McHenry today.
Edwards, Miss, October 1.-Dr. Dunn,
Of the state board of health, tonight gave
the Associated Press the following state
ment: Nineteen new cases have been re-
ported today. of which eleven are white,
and eight 'colored. There were no deaths
today. Total deaths to date 8, total num-
Der of cases to date 2S4, number con-
valescent and discharged ISL, number
under treatment 124, number very sick 8,
sick with black vomit 2.
DIR. Purnell visited Champion Hill this
evening and found a nurse who has been
waiting on DR.. Champion down with yell
low fever. This man claims to have had
the fever in 1878. The cases reported with
black Vomit today are Mayor J. L. Red
field and his sister, Lillian and Estis
Harriss, who has had three attacks of
black vomit. All are reported as resting
easily.