Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-27

New Orleans, September 26.-To-day
was the uuietest of the week in New
Orleans, and the fever situation, IN
spite of the appearance OF a rather
large number of new cases, may De
said to have shown much improve
ment Fifteen cases were recorded on
the books of the Board Of Health, put
there was no death, and there nave
been no deaths since Friday. The au-
thorities received reports during the
evening from nearly every patient that
is now under treatment, and these
were all to the effect that the cases are
doing well and that no patient is IN any
immediate danger of dissolution. Some
forty cases were reported tonight as
being rapidly on the mend, ana
number of them will be discharged
during the week. One of the most
dangerous cases that has appeared
was discharged to-day. 1t was that on
Madison street, in the neighborhood OF
the French Market, where the condi-
lions were considered to be such as to
warrant fear that the disease would
spread.
Unusual precautions, however, were
taken by the authorities to quarantine
the case and improve the sanitary con-
ditions of the neighborhood, and the
fever in that vicinity seems to have
been stamped out completely. At Oak
land Park detention camp all the refu-
gees who have been given quarters
were declared to be we'll.
To-day's record is as follows:
E. Toma, 1906 ST. Andrew street; G..
G. McHardy, Pine and Maple; A. Gold
man, 1927 Baronne; Lou Lawler, 90S
Second street; Michael Dryer, 612
First; James Cranes, CTS Esplanose;
Percy and Susie Matson, 2411 Con-
stance; Bronson, 1926 IRENE;
AeAndrew and Miss Pizzo and servant
I201 Poydras; Arthur J. Blake, 2013
Emma Schlesscher, Baronne
has; Mrs. w. Fl. Williams,
street
cases are. as usual scatter
Ife most prominent among them
are Mr.. McHardy. wealthy insur-
ance man. and Mrs Williams, wife of
Gen. w. H. Williams, a we'll known
newspaper man. There are now four
cases in the Williams residence, but
they are all reported to be doing we'll.
E. Toma is the brother of the man who
died of yellow fever last week. and
lives in the same premises. A num-
Der of children are among the new
cases.
Prof. Metz has a large number of
formaldehyde generators now at work
To-day he burned in the street the bed
clothing and other articles in the
house where Series died, on Constance
street, the clothing having first been
subjected to formaldehyde disinfec-
ton. Some discomfort and loss is be-
will try to provide for the poor classes.
whose effects have to be burned, but
Prof. Metz said tonight that he was
hopeful Of getting the city to make
an appropriation to cover just such
cases of distress. Prof. Metz has
placed these generators at the railroad
depots, and baggage is being promptly
and thoroughly disinfected before it is
put on trains. The local charity Or
ganization is taking steps to relieve
all cases of restitution that are pre-
sentad. The board of health supplies
medicine and the charity hospital ply
sicians and the charity organization
will try to provide for the porr classes.
Mrs. S. A. McCubbage died this
morning in Ocean Springs of yellow
fever. She had been sick for several
days and her case had already been
reported.
There have been no new cases at
Ocean Springs. Reports from the de-
tention camp say that about ten
refugees from New Orleans have ar
rived there and eighteen from Biloxi.
There is no sickness in the camp, save
one case of sciatic rheumatism. The
patients in the hospital a mile away
from the camp are recovering.