The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-19

New Orleans. Sept 1S.-A trifling i'm
proven Mt in the fever situation marked.
the close Of the days work of the board
of health. There were two deaths to-.
day, as against one yesterday, but there
were fewer new cases. At 6 o'clock
this evening there were still two cases
under investigation by the experts. OF
the cases investigated today i've We're
declared by the experts to be yellow
fever and as usual they were widely
scattered. This is the record:
Deaths.-E. Harmon and Santa Graf
fato.
New Cases.-Marie Dubois, Rafael
Fourteen, c. H. Gormon. - Meichier.
The fatal case OF Z. Harmon, a
muIatto, was reported in last nights
DISPATCHES as one of the new cases,
and was said to be a genuine type Of
the disease 1t has not been found
possible to trace the origin Of his case,
but it is not improbable that he came
in contact with the summer solourn-
ers at Ocean Springs or Biloxi. He died
this afternoon. He lived in a nest Of
the negro quarter, and ever since his
case was reported the neighborhood
has been under the most rigid surVeil
lance.
The woman Graffato was an Italian
and as soon as her case was pro-
nounced steps were taken to have her
removed TO the hospital, where ar
rangements had been made to isolate
her. Rafael FOURTEEN is also an ltal-
ian, living in an apartment house in
q neighborhcod in which the Italian
population is very large. The Italian
colony in New Orleans is an especially
large one. and its members huddle to-
gether in houses poorly ventilated and
Special efforts have been directed to-
ward the sanitation of the -neighbor-
hood.
The Melchier case is that of a boy
in the St. Claude street quarter, where
the first six cases in New Orleans were
reported. Other members of his fam
lily have been i'll with yellow fever,
and there was no surprise this after
noon when il is learned that he has
suecumbed TO the disease.
As a general rule the patients Who
are suffering with yellow fever are re-
ported tonight to be improving with
the exception Of DR.. NorVen, whose
condition is not considered satisfac-
tory There have been a total of 80
cases here. and the death rate has not
yet reached 10 per cent, thus showing
the mildness Of the type of fever now
prevailing.
Marion Dowden, a member OF the
Ouachita guards who are guarding the
city, was aceidently shot this morn
ing at Monrae about $3.50 o'clock by
Henry Mccormick, a fellow member,
and it is not thought that he can re
cover
The board of health this morning
urges that meetings, whether social
fraternal or otherwise, be avoided or
postponed as much as possible, and
enjoining the public TO use for drink
distilled or boiled water. IF the fever
should spread it is anticipated that the
mana gers of the playhouses will be
asked to suspend temporarily. The
old marine hospital, which has been Sc
lected as a hospital for yellow fever
patients. is in comparatively isolated
locality in the rear of the city. No pa
tients have yet been received. but the
place win be rapidly got in readiness
for the sick. a sharp watch is being
kept by the authorities at West End
and other points TO prevent sehooneIs
from infected points of the gulf coast
from slipping in. The charcoal, oyster,
lumber and ether trade along the coast
has been seriously interfered with One
schooner was seized last night. Her
captain had dehed the police, but he
was quickly made TO see the error Of
his way, and his craft was shipped
back whence it had come.