The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-22
Yellow Fever Though Mild in
Form and Character,
Is Beginning to Claim Its Vic
TINS at New Orleans.
HAVE CHEERFUL TONE
The Reports From the Stricken
Crescent City.
But New Cases Are Widely Scat
tered and Aspect Serious.

New Orleans, Sept. 22.-There were as
usual no early morning reports today
of new cases of yellow fever in New Or
leans.
Three cases, however, are undeu close
investigation, and one of these is Mrs.
A. T. Wimberly, wife of the Republican
member of the national committee,
Capt Wimberly, who has been wired of
his wife's illness.
Among the cases reported yesterday
were Judge Lee, one of the SECRETARIES
of the Cotton Exchange, and R. F.
Reynolds freight agent of the Missouri
Valley railroad. Two more cases of
fever. Rubinstein, on Povdras street,
and the second, Gelpi boy, have been
discharged.
Forty others are steadily improving
and are considered out of danger Three
are dangerously i'll. The camp of de-
teEtion was opened this morning at
Oakland park and large number of
italian men, women and children will
be removed thither and given accom-
modation until the fever is stamped out.
The camp has been rapidly gotten in
shape and the refugees will find COM
Portable quarters assigned to them. The
spell of cool weather continues and
the mildnesS of the 27 cases in the past
two days is especially pronounced.
Chief O'ConnOr has placed another
engine at the disposal of a special vol
unteer force and the down town streets,
alleys and back yards are being thor
Oughly scrubbed.
Mayor Flower convened a meeting of
the finance committee this morning and
the committee VIII seek to make ar
rangements to advance part of or all of
the $4,000 which the board of health
has requested to enable to pay the
| large force of sanitary and other help
9 n a mr. iOc he G f.
uation here.
! There does not seem to be at present
| much hope that Gov. Foster will ad-
vance any money, because he has no
| legal right to do so. He would have to
| violate the written law in giving the
! board additional money at this time.
DR.. Lowell, son of Col. Starr Lowell,
I of Mississippi. who has been i'll for
more than a week, was reported this
! morning to be sinking rapidly. DR..
| Lowell is said to have contracted the
| disease from his attendance upon sick
patients.
New Orleans, Sept 22.-9:45 A. M
| DR.. Lowell died at $50 a. m. The death
| of DR.. Lowell makes a total of seven
| deaths here.
1000 A. MA second death from yel-
| low fever occurred here today, making
| eight in all. 1t was Miss Elizabeth
| Nuss baum, aged II years, of 1900 Calves
street.
! Edwards, Miss, Sept 22-New cases
| of yellow fever are reported as follows:
c. R. Knox, ]. D. BoxteI, Miss Down
| ing, r. NJ. Perry, w. L. Smith, Rosalie
Howell, Harris Howell Mrs. Rossman.
! Total, s; total to date, so. Deaths, L
! Mrs. Anna Henry. Total deaths, 3.
| S. Nathan is reported sinking. Doctors
say he cannot live. Mrs. Greaves is
| dangerously sick All other cases are
| reported doing well.
| The disease is rapidly spreading, and
| while it is regarded as a mild type, yet
| it is feared it will become more mallg-
nant owing to the cool weather now
| prevailing.
We have more than 100 families in
| side our lines unaffected, with total of
| about 500 souls, and indications are that
nothing but killing frost can allay the
| disease.
DR.. Purnel1 has applied to the How
| ard association of VickSburg for more
heIp-doctors and nurses. The sisters
| of Mercy, five in number, from Vicks-
| burg. with Father Predergast, are do
ing noble work, for which our people
| isters. REV. Mr. Galloway and Rev. Mr.
| Colmery, are both reported GONZALES
| cent. Pat Montgomery has been dis
| oh reyad