The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-15
SEVERAL new FEVER CASES
Four We're in The Vicinity Of lhe
French Market.
MAILS ARE NOW BEING FUNIGATED.
Passengers Leaving Tor Atlanta are Not Al
lowed To Take Certain Baggage-spain
WIN Quarantine Vessels From
Infected Ports.

NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sept iL-M
nightfau the books OF tho Board Of Healt
showed the following rocaptulation OF th'
days developments in tho yellow fever
situation:
There has been reported 10 tho RoarS
for investigation twonty-six cases which
tho attending physicians consldepd com
spcuous; OF these. thirteen cases hae
been found suffering with a harmless fe
yer. Eve cases were regarded as suspi'
cious, but necessary 10 be further investt
gates before a definite report could D,
made on them there were no reports as
70 four cases, and four cases had beer
pronounced genuine yellow fever, though
ono Of the latter was classcd as of mild
type.
Tho most serious OF tho four yellow
fever cases is located I'm the neghborhood
OF the French market. Tho locality which
is far from a cieanly one, is populated by
poor class Of people, many OF whom
are foreigners and might be considered
dangerous ground. For that reason cs-
pecial pains were taken by the Board of
Health TO quarantine the infected house.
CLOSED.
officers from the police forco were de-
tailed to tako charge OF the noighborhood.
A restaurant. a bakery and "a shop next
door 20 tho premises I'm which the sickness
was found. were closed up and a large
quantity OF disinle1tants were sent TO tho
scene to bo used.
Oue OF the features developed during
tho day is that people of maturer age
nave been attacked. Heretofore tho di-
sease has been confined principally 10
children Of tender age. and BOYS and
girls not yet grown 90 manhood and wo-
manhood. Two or Tho late cases show
that old people have been stricken.
Conference was held this evening at the
ST. Charles Hotel Members OF tho board
of health. representatives OF Parish Med
ical Society ana city officials, including
Mayor Flower were present The SIT
uatiOn was discussed in an It's phases
for two hours behind closed doors and a
resolve was made 20 spare neither EFFORT
nor money in controlling tho disease.
FUMIGATING MAILS.
Under Instructions from tho suporin.
tendeut OF the Railway Mail Service tho
pOstOiiice authorities to-day fumgated az
outgoing mails. so that letters and pack
ages Will not ho sent back by the authori-
Ties of quarantning cities and towns
Complaints have been reaching here from
many points Of delay in getting mail, but
~ i5 thought that this system OF fumi-
CATION will I'm tho future relieve all serious
complaint OF thi3 nature.
The Louisville and Nashville to-day ran
a train 10 Atlanta giving people on tho
| coast an opportunity 20 reach tho Gate
City. The train took about twenty ladies'
and gentlemen from Biloxi and a num-
| bor have loft New Orleans for that point.
| The railroad company however, refuses
/ 10 allow passengers 10 take baggage OF
! such nature as 90 bo good ablolhB
place for germs.
This afternoon a new caso OF fever was
reported at Barclay out OF a popula-
] ton OF twenty-five only three persons
| ln Barclay have not had the sickness and
! the percentage OF deaths has been what
| ls usual in yellow fever epldemics
! There were several new cases reported
| to-day at Ocean Springs and OF the num-
! Der nm at Biloxi fifteen wero reported as
| suffering with yellow fcver. Al Ocean
| Springs. DR. Wasdn, Of the Marine Hos
| pital stam. Is receiving the best or atten-
! ton, and it Is hoped he will pull through
! In few days.
! Surgeons Carter and Dunn LEFT Ocean
| Springs for PascoagOa to-day. Cases OF
! yellow fever exist at that point.
! Surgeon White has been at the Deton-
| tion tamD FOR the past two days supcrn-
| tending its construction. As soon as 10
IS ready a large number OF people viii
ho taken away from Biloxi and Ocean
Springs and yellow fever thus deprived OF
fresh material 10 feed upon.
OTHER CASES.
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept Ito
| nights adyicc3 from tho yellow fever
/ district contained tho following informa-
| ton:
Surgeon Carter reports another case of
| yellow fovcr in Scranton, Miss, against
| the spread Of which reasonable precau-
| tiOns have been taken.
| From Mobile. Ala, Or. Guiteras reports
| three new cases in the southern part or
the city whore tho disease Dr. Guiieras
SAYS VIII begin 10 assume an epidemic
form.
WILL BECOME EPIDEMIC.
| MOBILE ALA. Sept. 1i-Throe. new
| cases OF yellow fever where officially an
nounccd to-day by the Board OF Health.
| The announcement caused much moro
| alirm than the discovery or the first case.
| Tho people who can are leaving for points
| of safety Some several hundred dol
| lars worth OF tickets 20 Atlanta were sold
to-day by the Louisville and Nashville
railway and outgoing trains are crowded.
| The same a. truo Of tho trains on the
| Mobile and Ohio railway.
| Dr. Guitoras left to-day for Edwards.
Miss, ordered thither 10 Investigate the
disease prevailing there. He declined 10
| Cell what have been hts observations
hero to-day. saying he had hrt 10 re-
mort 70 the SurgeOn-General at wash
| inefon. 10 i8 learned, however mat he
finds four suspicious cases here' an IN
| tine south central districts. When asked
uuon what he based his telegram - the
| Surgcou-Gcneral that there would pe n
| enroad OF tho disease here, ne siln that
the city had had n long Immunity from
| disease and theFc i5 much mateflai TOT IL