The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
THAT YELLOW PLAGUE.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE
CRESCENT CITY SINCE sATUR-
DAY NIGHT.
MILITARY GUARD MERIDIAN
SIX VIEW CASES IN NEW ORLEANS
AND ELEVEN IN MOBILE, ALA,
YESTERDAY.
TWO POSITIVE CASES At CAIRO
The Sick Mt Ocean Springs Doing
Weil-An Traffic Suspended In
MobiIe-Germs of News From
VicIssburg and Other
!, Feverish Points.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 19.-The local
fever situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. At u o'clock
tonight the record book in the board OF
health office showed total of six new
cases and one death. The official bul,
letin TO be issued tonight, however, will
show two deaths, that of the woman
Santa Graffalo, who died in the hospital
last night not having been included in
the official bulletin, although reported i'll
the Associated Press dispatches.
This il the record today:
Deaths--Joseph Gisfasy, an Italian,
262G Urquart street.
New cases-Rosalie Bacus. Hillary and
Burthe; John Dell, Plum. between Cam
bronze and jefferson; Irene Terrell,
Charity hospitals; William Brandon, 6320
Phillip; Nora Hines. 3147 st. Claude
street; Lena Greene. colored, 1918 Camp
street.
There are three cases under invcstiga-
upper portion of the city. One is in the
fourth district. one in the st. Claude
street house where the original SIX eases
were reported and one in the Williams
house. where two cases already existed
There are thee cases under investiga-
ton and the authorities tonight still view
the situation with some comDlacency
They do not yet anticipate an epidemic,
M ut its meeting last night the board
decided to abandon its nightly session
and created DIR. Olliphant master of the
campaign against the disease with leave
to solicit advice from local physicians
and the municipal authorities. The
afternoon and night bulletins will be CON
tinued. The report o. DIR. Metz, the city
chemist, on the condition of the Italian
quarter. moved the board to prompt ac-
ceptance today Of the offer of the city
marine hospital as n refuge. DIR. Metz
found as many az sixty people huddled
together in the Italian quarter, living
in squal0r and filth. In one of the rooms
n goat was found sleeping nightly with
the family who occupied it. The woman
Graffalo was taken from the quarter
and the board realized that unless some
thing was done mt once the block in which
the woman lived was likely soon TO be-
come n plague spot. Ii was. therefore,
decided to guard and thoroughly disinfect
and fumigate the entire square and to
remove as soon rs 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 houses in the Vi
cinity and the marine hospital buildings
will be permanently used as refuge
until the fever is stamped out for the
families Of the Italian quarter and those
of the INDECENT sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom has had another
conference with President Olliphant to-
day. relative to the establishment of a
place in which the fever patients might
he moved. There are usually 700 or SOU
patients in the Charity hospital and il
is considered highly dangerous to receive
yellow fever patients in that institution
Dr. Bloom said the hospital was ready
to go to any expense to provide supple
mcntary hospital. At this conference
DIR. Beard submitted an offer of the free
use Of the smallpox detention camp
which il entirely disconnected from the
smallpox hospital, and it seems likely
the offer will be accepted and yellow
fever patients, who, for various reasons
can not be treated at home. will be sen,
to DR.. Boards place. There are now two
patients suffering with yellow fever il
the Charity hospital and their presence
although they occupy isolated apartments
is deemed n serious menace to other pa
tients.
At largely attended meeting of bank
ers, business men, ministers and repre-
sentatiyes of laboring organizations i
was resolved to ask the board of healtl
TO consider the ACCESSIBILITY of adopting
next Tuesday as general cleaning, day
Acting Mayor Britton and President Oh
liphant today replied to the suggestion
strongly deprecating it, They wrote tina
1t would be ineXpcdient TO determine upol
fixed day for cleaning purposes, NJ sucl
movement would cause an accumula
ton of filth and trash which could not b
removed at once and by the stirring VI
of masma would further endangcr tn
health of the city instead of improving
it. 1t was suggested, therefore, that eac
individual inhabitant of the city procee
without delay to the cleaning of his ow
premises, TO the disinfection of his waite
closets. alleys, yards. etc. and the dc
struction by fire of all decaying matter
The detention camp at Fontainblea
was taday declared to have been praC
tically completed and to be ready for tn
reception of guests. A special train tC
day went to Biloxi and Ocean Spring
and from there carried about forty pee
pie to the camp. Tomorrow the cam
will be thrown open TO all corners. Thos
who are not immune win have to sta
in the camp ten days, according to tn
rules laid down by Surgeon Murray thes