The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-30
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TORS HAVE SAID.
GROWING MORE MALIGNANT
RUMORs OF FEVER IN SAN ANTONIO
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COULDN'T STAND THE SAN
GERMY TIPS FROM THE THE STATE
GERMY TIPS FROM The THE STATE
nuarantine-The beaumont Case
Caused New Orleans Papers to
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New Orleans, Sept. 23.-The local
fever situation did not show any i'm
provement today when results were
summed up. There were fewer new
cases than were reported on yesterday,
but there was one more death than in
the previous twenty-four hours and at
least four of the patients reported at q
O'clock to be in dangerous condition.
So, that while there Is no reason to
Justify the statement that there Is dan
ger of an epidemic here, conditions are
multiplying to prove what most of the
eminent doctors have said-that yellow
fever exists. At the close of the last
twenty-four hours the record stood:
Deaths--Marie Dubois, "a years old,
st. Charles street, between Cherokee
and Hilary; 9. s. Secreto, S11S Birch,
Carrolton; Mrs. Gasparo Lessemmes.
New CasesrEdgar Roy, Mire and Els
planade streets; j. Ii. Cherry, 11D
Fourth street; - Lewis (colored), 1191
Josephine street. Anna Schultz, 422
Dryade street; Patrick Mccain, 1913
Constantinople; - Schilling, DOS Rous.
seau; Dominick laramie. Berlin and
CarOndelet; Smith, Cloiett and st.
Claude.
The ninth new case reported today
was that of Mrs. Lessemmes, whose
death Is mentioned. The woman was
sick several days, but she had appar-
entity no friends. or If she did, they
were afraid to go near her. 1T was only
this morning that Il doctor was sum-
m0ned, and when he went to the house
he diagnosed the case as yellow fever.
The woman died of inattention ne much
as of the prevailing disease. The sad
feature of her death Is that she leaves
an infant babe with no one here TO care
for 1t. Chief Sanitary Inspector Wood
was this evening trying to make ar
rangements to take care of the child, but
as the mother had died of yellow fever
of course he found difficulty in getting
any one to care for the child. 1t was
not considered prudent to send the in
FAINT to any of the local asylums.
Marie Dubois, who died this morning,
was a child nearly 4 years old, living in
Carrolton, where the disease has been
especially prevalent. The other death
was Secreto. He was an Italian, and,
saB In the case of the Italian Lessemmes,
medical aid was called only when there
was no hope of saving his life. Hon.
10. III. Farrar, distinguished lawyer,
who is at the head of the volunteer san
itary service and who has gone daily
into the Italian quarter, said tonight
that the greatest mortality during the
present sickness was likely to be found
in the neighborhoods where the Italians
; live. He himself discovered two or three
scases of yellow fever by accident, and
says that as q general rule that the ltal
ians are isolated and refuse to accept
any assistance rendered them. They
conceal their sickness, and when they
are offered medicine they refuse it be-
cause they fear that an effort is being
made to poison them.
Tonight ut least four cases We're re-
ported to be in a dangerous condition.
The other cases, however, were repre-
scented as presenting favorable signs.
and there was marked improvement in
the st. Claude neighborhood A special
meeting of the city council was held to-
clay to take action with regard to the
appropriation of funds sufficient to allow
the board to proceed with its work of
attempting to stamp out the fever. After
long discussion it was finally decided
to put ait once $4,000 at the disposal
of the board of health, $4,000 more
being held in reserve, to be used in the
event that the situation shall become
serious enough to warrant the use of
the additional sum.
There was suggestion made ait the
board of health office today to send an
expert to Galveston to investigate the
fever that is existing there. There has
been death from yellow fever at Beau
mont, and there has been much fever
pronounced dengue prevailing at Calves
ton and San Antonio for several
weeks. 1t is not likely, however that
the Texas authorities will permit an
expert from here to so into any Texas
cities.