The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
MOB PROTECTS A SCHOOL.
WON'T LET IT BE USED As YELLOW
FEVER HOSPITAL.
Beard or Health or new Orleans Selected One
OF the Newest sehssi BuiidinEs or the City
for = nospital-Crowd said We. and the Po-
liro Were Called 0ut-Ths Fever Cases.

Beard or Health Of new Orleans Selected One
OF tho Newest sehssi BuiidinEs or the City
for n nospital-Crowd said Nc. and the Po-
lice Were Called Out-The Fever Cases.
New ORLEANS. La. Sept. 23.-This city had
nine new yellow fever cases to-day. The deaths
to-day numbered four. One Of the deaths was
that Of an Italian whose case had been concealed
for several days. This is the third death of the
kind reported in as many days. 1t is found i'm
possible to induce the Italians to report their
sick. The police to-day closed all secondhand
clothing and furniture stores.
After selecting a dozen sites for a yellow fever
hospital. to all OF which objections were made
by people living in the neighborhood, Mayor
Flower to-day chose the Bcauregard public
school on Canal street for the hospital. 1t Is
one Of the newest and handsomcst schoolhouses
in New Orleans. The School Board protested
against the use Of the building. The Charity
Hospital officials were unwilling to accept yell
low fever patients.
A mob assembled tonight in front Of the Beau
regard School. which had been set apart as q
yellow fever hospital. and refused to let the
Board OF Health officers or Sisters OF Charity
enter the building. The building is in charge Of
the police, as the mob threatened to burn it.
A strong demand Is being made for the closing
OF the theatres. The schools have been closed.
public meetings prohibited. and even ministers
advised not to hold night services. but tho
theatres are open and doing a fine business. tho
people seeming to find relief in them from the
excitement over the yellow fever.
The Southern Pacific steamer FL Norte ar
rived at the jetties this morning from New
York and was ascending the Mississippi when It
was notified by telegraph not to come to New
Orleans. but to go to Galveston instead. as the
Texas quarantine would allow no goods from
louisiana to pass the Texas line.
A special appeal was made to-day to the police
jurors OF the several parishes, acting as local
boards of health. TO so modify their guarantees
as to allow sugar supplies and machinery TO be
sent to the sugar plantations, for, unless this Is
done, IL will BE- difficult to harvest the big sugar
cane crop which will be ready for the mills next
month.
The yellow fever flag is half red and half yell
low. At a distance 1t looks very much like 4
Spanish nag. Several Spaniards have COM
planned OF the use OF the Spanish colors as a
warning Of pestilence. and seem to imagine
that It was done purposely.
The town Of 0pelousas, La. is threatened with
| o famine because OF the severe quarantine in
force. A special train load OF provisions was
deficiency. A telegram was received at Opelou-
sAs to-day announcing that the train had been
seized at Alexandria, which Is also short OF pro-
visions, and the provisions sold. A check was
forwarded to Opelous.s to pay for theu. Ope-
lousAs is compelled TO go hungry.
The Mobile city ordinance prohibiting news
paper correspondents from sending the yellow
lever news was knocked in the head to-day. The
suit was against q newspaper correspondent
whose account OF tho panic in Mobile was
thought too broad. The case was dismissed by
the City Attorney. Similar ordinances have
been passed in a number OF other towns to pre-
vent the publication OF yellow fever news.