The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-15
The YELLOW FEVER
ASSUMES A MORE VIRULENT
PHASE IN NEW ORLEANS
Nine Deaths and Thirty One Cases There
Yesterday-NO Deaths and Only Seven
New Cases in MObiIe-NO New Cases in
Houston or Galveston - Texas Doctors
Censure and Disagree With DIR. Guiterss.
The Expert Leaves for His Home

Galveston Texas October 13-No new
cases were reported as suspicious today
and there were no deaths from yellow
fever. All the cases reported as suspici-
Gus have been dismissed by the doctors,
or are convalescent. The city council
met today and passed a resolution calling
upon Surgeon General Wyman to have
DR.. GuitcraS return, or to send some
other expert to investigate other towns
in Texas, and to watch the progress of
disease here and elsewhere. The city
council today adopted n resolution refuS-
ing TO accept DR.. GuiteraS' diagnosis.
DR.. Guiteras left today for St, Louis on
q through train He said he must hurry
back to his lectures. He promised to
complete his written report on the cases
here while on the train, and send it to
the board of health. There has been no
death in the city during the past twenty
four hours. Freight Is coming in, but
none going out.
Houston Texas October 13.-The three
cases of so-called yellow fever are getting
along all right. Police Officer Lee
whose attack more pronounced, is
said to be improving rapidly DR..
Mason and Policeman Fem are without
fever this evening. and Mcdonnell is up
and about. No more suspicious cases
have been reported. The board of health
met this morning and conferred with the
advisory board to visit all suspicious
cases and to enforce health ordinances.
The meeting was quite warm and Dr.
GuitcraS came in for u liberal amount of
severe criticism on the part of the board
The Mcdonnell case discussed at
some length with the view of showing
how absurd was the diagnosis that pro-
nounced his case one of yellow fever. 1t
was stated that Mcdonnell was up and
DR. McEL>oy who claims him as his
that he never had yellow fever that he
was just off debauch and had the
dengue and the rash incident to it, but
from the amount of Whiskey he had been
drinking since, he had been diagnosed by
DR.. Guiteras as suspicious case, pre-
cluded the idea that he had yellow fever.
Mobile, Ala, October 13.-Seven new
cases in the city proper and six brought
into the city from Magazine point, three
miles out, make up the record of today.
Eight recoVeries are reported There
were no deaths for the past SeVentytWO
hours Three more cases were today re-
ported on the steamer. They are con-
valescent and are declared tonight to
have had yellow fever. There has been
much malarial fever on the Kate since
she came into port.
r. c. Settles, superintendent of the
Wager Lumber Company at Wager, Ala,
died there last night of yellow fever. One
new case has developed. Settles was
from Ohio.
Jackson, Miss, October 13.-The state
DOdTu OF neSltn (OnlSnt issued the IOl-
lowing statement: DR.. Dabney reports
from Clinton only two cases under treat
ment. The report from Nitta Yuma is to
the effect that there was one new case
there today; others doing well.
New Orleans, October 13.-This was the
record smasher in the number of deaths
in a single day from yellow fever since
the sickness was first reported in New
Orleans. 1t is difficult to find the cause
except in the fact that concealment,
neglect and rebellion against the au-
thority of the board OF health have made
it difficult for the physicians to give
proper attention to cases At 7 O'clOc
this evening there had been nine fatali-
ties reported and thirty new cases
during the twenty-fOur hours Heretofore
day has been six.
very large number of recoveres were
reported to the board of health today.
Some of them were of people who had
been i'll but a few days. The board of
health tonight received letter from
Health Officer Johnson, Of Plaquemine
parish. saying that Tabbony had died of
yellow fever. The case was regarded as
suspicious and after death an autopsy
was held. The case was found to be un-
QueStionably one of yellow fever. Two
others Of the same family were taken
down with the fever, but they are now
both convalescent. DR.. Johnson has
been unable to trace the origin of the
disease. Plaquemine parish is located
below New Orleans and extends to the
gulf, and there is much interest taken in
the development of a case of yellow
within it's limits the Sicilian emigrants
uplO1lpd last