The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01
a QUEER CASE HAS ARISEN
Prisoner Jumped His Bond ana ~
In = Guaranteed Town Where tire
Marshal Can't Ges Him.
Yesterdays record:

New Orleans. September ao.---The hoard
OF health of the city announces the status
In New orloens as regards yellow fever e.
follows:
During the twenty-four hours ending
Mt . D. m, there were. Cases dt yellow fuver
today "a deaths today 3. total cases OF
yellow fever to date 22s: total deaths from
yellow fever TO date 2S; total csses ahso-
lufely recovered co. total cSses under
treatment lao.
S. r.. oll!phant, NJ. D.. President.
Walter c. Flower, Mayor.
New Orleans, La. September So,--There
was neither Improvement nor agsrayation
OF the yellow fever situation here today.
Cases we're hume rorssly reported, and us
early as 6 o'clock threatened to exceed the
number of last night, but Mt that hour
the record was email. Ono case was left
over. not appearing in the official bulletin
last night. but being mentioned IN the dis
patches OF tho Associated Press.
The fever seems to DO slowly spreading
around town, but UP to tho present time
no nest of cases has been found, and tho
authorities have thus been able TO carry Ion
their work of quarantine with some cue
cess. Many OF the cases within the past
few daye have been foand In houses where
sickness already exists. hut the instances
are extremely rare where tho cases have
| been transmitted from one house 10 an
other adjoining. Yesfcrday's record Of
four deaths created sosne alarm. butswhen
Today up to noon thGrc was no cviaerce
i that the pace Get IN serday was b ssg i III
up the city breathcd -sr,iphf easie.. Tnc
record today was as follows:
Deaths-James Grny, SIS Isplanado:
Pierre poublanc. Beaurcgard hospital.
Patrick S. Cahill. SO Galenne.
New caees--I1dwsrd Roddy, 1900 Char
tres; Mary Mccollum. John McCollum, lis
81. Mary: Miss Irene Virgins, Hampson
and Broadway; Aleck McIardy, Pine and
\ Maple: Mrs M, u, Jones, lit Carondelet:
Sam J. Mes1lnn, George Mcssina, 2024
Cont; James II. Nix. Hampson and Pine:
Mrs. Lizzie McGinty. HOS SonIat: Rev, J.
M. Williams. Camp street: Miss Gertrude
sedgman, 213i Raronnc: George ReIsser.
1l2l Galvez; Otto Drewes. G065 Tchoupl-
toulas; Paul Ensel and Mrs. Paul Engei,
1905 Tchoupitouns; unknown. 25oe D'Abo-
die; Miss Alice Jumonville, 1899 Eutepe:
- Dyer. l776 st. Charles; Henry Coxeiar,
Elmira avenue. Anglers; Y. J. Hudson. 49o4
Perrlsr.
Willie, Sullivan. $40 Gaines street. Ono
case at the Marine hospital name not
given.
The death Of roublanc occurred last night
In the yellow fever hospital after the board
health had been closed, hence 1t is re-
ported today. Very little is known either
| OF the history OF the case or the life az
Poublanc. He was taken to the hospital
| from the detention camp.
James Gray. who died this morning, II q
| Northerner and has not been here long
enough to be acclimated. His wife is said
also to be ILL.,
Among the cases OF today is Edward
| Roddy, the well-known local railroad man
connected with the Illinois Central He Il
the second man OF that line that has been
stricken. r. +. Reynolds. freight agent OF
| the Valley. being the first. son OF
| George McHaiiy OF the Metropolitan I.ife
was taken down this evening The father
| WAS stricken several days ago. The Nc
| Ginty case Is In house where sickness has
| already existed.
| Today's record was noteworthy from the
| fact that the fever crossed the river one
case being reported from Algierf Algers
has $1,000 people In 1t. IL the landing place
for the Southern Pacific steamers, the site
OF the Southern Pacific shops aud has
maintained q partial quarantine against
New Orleans from the beginning OF the
l fever here.
DR.. John Gulteras left bis slecper this
morning at an early hour and returned 70
the st. Charles hotel, which he had let
uInlaunnuu~s4sA1~1aIanuIII - n
Reysi nakss ths feed pure.