The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-20

fever situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. AT G o'clock
tonight the record book in the board
OF health showed total of six new
cases and one death. The official bulle-
tin to be Issued tonight win show two
deaths, that of the woman Santa Graf
feta, who died in the hospital tonight,
not having been included in the official
bulletin, although reported in the Asso-
clated Press dispatches.
This Is the record to-day: Deaths
Joseph GisfasI. an italian, 2G26 Urqu-
hart street. New cases-Rosalie Ba-
Gus, Hillary and Burth; John DELL,
Plum, between Cambronne and Jetfer-
son; Irene Terrell, Charity hospital;
William Brandon, $50 Philip street;
Nora II. Hynes, 3l47 St Claude street;
Lena Green (colored) 1858 Camp street.
The first two cases are In the extreme
upper portion of the city; one Is In the
fourth district; one Is In the st. Claude
house, where the original six cases were
reported, and one Is In the Williams
house, where two cases already existed.
There are three cases under investiga-
tion and the health authorities tonight
still view the situation with some COM
placency. They do not yet anticipate
an epidemic, as at Its meeting last night
the board decided to abandon nightly
sessions and created DR.. Olllphant mas
ter OF the campaign against the disease.
with leave to solicit advice from local
physicians and the municipal authori-
ties. The afternoon and night bulletins
will be continued.
Filthy Italian Quarter.
The report of DR.. Metz, the city chem
list, on the condition of the italian quar-
ter moved the board to promptly accept
to-day OF the offer of the city of the
Marine hospital as n refuge. Dr. Metz
found as many as sixty people huddled
together In the Italian quarter living In
squalor and filth. In one of the rooms
a goat was found nightly sleeping with
the family. The woman Graffata was
taken from this quarter and the board
realized that unless something was done
at once the block in which the woman
lived was likely TO become plague spot
soon. 1t was, therefore, decided to
guard and thoroughly dlslnfect and fu-
migate the entire square and to re-
move as soon as possible most of the
families to the old Marine hospital. The
hundred squatters who now occupy the
latter building will be given quarters
In one OF the new school buildings In
the vicinity and the marine hospital
buildings will be used as a refuge until
the fever is stamped out, for the faml-
lies Of the Italian quarters and those of
the INDECENT sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had q confer
uiih DFnul1nnt nllinhnnt tn-1nV
relative to establishing place to which
indlseat yellow fever patients might be
removed. There are usually seven or
eight hundred patients In the Charity
hospital and 1t is considered highly dam
gerous to receive yellow fever patients
in that institution. DR.. Bloom said that
the hospital was ready to go to any eX-
pense to provide n supplementary hospi-
tai. At this conference the doctor sub
mitted an offer of the free use OF old
smallpox detention camps, which Is en-
tirely disconnected from the smallpox
hospital and 1t seems likely that the Of
fer will be accepted and all yellow fever
patients who. for various reasons can
not be treated at home will be sent to
DR.. Boards place. There are now two
patients suffering with yellow fever at
the Charity hospital and their presence,
although they occupy isolated apart
ments, Ia deemed n serious menace to
other patients.
10 Ilnve u General Cleaning DRv.
At a largely attended meeting OF
bankers, business men. ministers and
representatives Of laborlng organlza-
tions It was resolved to ask the board OF
health to consider the advlsabllity of
adopting next Tuesday as n general
cleaning day.
Acting Mayor Brlttln and President
olllphant to-day replied to the sugges-
tion, strongly deprecating It. They
wrote that It would be lnadvlsable and
lnnxpedlent to determine upon flxed
day for cleaning purposes, MS such n
movement would cause an accumula-
ton Of filth and trash which could not
be removed at once and by the stirring
up Of mlasma would further endanger
the health OF the city, Instead OF i'm
proving H. It was suggested. there
fore, that each individual inhabltant of
the city proceed without delay to the
cleaning OF his own premises, to the dis
Infection OF his water closets, alleys,
yard, etc, and the destruction OF all de-
CaylnE matter by FIRE.
The detention camp nt Tontnlnebloau
was tO.dny declared 10 have been prac-
tlcnlly completed and to be ready for
the reception Of guests.
a special train went 10 Biloxi to-day
and from there carried forty people to
the camp. Tomorrow the camp VIII bc
thrown open to all comcrB. Those who
are not lmunes wlll have TO Rtay Ia the
camp ton days, according TO the rules
laid down by Surgeon General Murray,
these rules being simply tho federal law
which the surgeon, as the commander
Of the camp, In bound to enforce. There
were no new CABeB reported at Ocean
Springs up 10 noon, but the weather
was heavy ana sultfy md one Of the pa
TENTS was not expected TO live, She In
Miss Laura Atkins,
Charles HclHler, son Of q prominent
New Orleans family, was among those
stricken yesterday at Ocean Springs,
but hH condition IN not yet cOnRldcrod
serious. when the FOYER Ind been de-
Clnrod epidemic aud yollow, he closed
himself ny In his house aud did not
come forth except to go 10 detention
camp M soon M II was ready lHoln-
tlon, however, did not prevent tho
germs entering his home,
Tho work VI tho New Orleans sanitary
forcoH continued unnbntod to-day and
Tho officers employed themselves IN
hunting ilp many old rookoflCH, whore
y 4 4 tHs ..saN