The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-20
YELLOW FEVER SCOURGE
Little Change in the New Orleans
Situation.
A THOROUGH CLEANING
DR.. Metz Discovers q Plague Spot "A
Mass Meeting Urges The Necessity
OF a General Cleaning Day
for the Whole City.

Yer situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. At o'clock
tonight the record book In the board
Of health office showed a total of six
new eases aud one death. The official
bulletin. to be issued tonight. how
ever. win show two deaths. that of the
woman Santa Grafiiato. who died in
the hospital last night. not having
been included i'm the official bulletin.
although reported in the associated
press dispatches.
This Is the record: Deaths-Joseph
Gisfasy. an Italian. 225 urquaurdt
street. John Dell, Irene Terrell WILL
lam Brandon. Norah Hynes. Lena
Green tcolored). The first two cases
are In the extreme upper portion OF
the city: one in the Fourth district;
one IL i'm the 81. Claude street house.
where the six original cases were re-
ported, and one Is in the Williams
house, where two eases already exist
ed. There are three cases under inves-
tigation and the health authorities to-
night still View the situation with
some complacency.
The report of DIR. Metz. the city
chemist. ON the condition Of the Italian
quarter. moved the board 10 prompt
acceptance to-day Of the offer To the
city of the marine hospital DR. Metz
found as many Ms ~ people huddled
together and living In squalor I'm one
house. In one af the rooms a goat
was found sleeping nightly with the
family who owned IL. The woman
Grafiiato was taken from this quarter
and the board realized that unless
something was done at once the block
where the woman had lived was likely
soon TO become plague spot II was
therefore decided to guard and thor
oughly disinfeci and fumisaie the en-
tire square, and as soon az possible 10
move the families 10 the old marine
hospital. The hundred squatters who
now occupy the latter building viii be
given quarters In one Of the new school
houses in the vicinity and the marine
hospital buildings VIII he permanently
used as a refuge until the fever is
stamped out for the families of the
Italian quarter and those of the indi-
gent sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had n confer
ence with President Olliphant to-day
relative TO establishing place to
which INDECENT yellow fever patients
might he removed There are usually
100 or 500 patients in the charity hos
pital and IL IL considered highly dam
gerous Ia receive yellow fever patients
in that institution. II IL said that The
hospital is ready To go To any expense
10 provide a supplementary hospital
The board submitted an uffer II the
free use Of the old smallpox ,ls'. ntion
camp. which is entirely disconnected
from the smallpox hospital. and II
seems likely that the offer viii he ac-
copted and all yellow fever patients.
who for various reasons cannot he
treated. will he sent Ia DR.. Boards
place. There are now two patients
suffering with yellow fever in the
charity hospital and their presence. al
though they occupy isolated apart
menls. Is deemed "a serious menace 10
other patients.
Al a largely attended meeting or
bankers. business men. ministers and
representatives Of laboring organiza-
tions. II was resolved Ia ask the board
Of health to consider the advisabi'itv
Of adopting next Tuesday as A general
cleaning day.
Acting Mayor Britain and President
Olliphant to-day replied to the sug-
gestion. strongly deprecating II. They
wrote that II would be inadvisable and
inexpedient to determine upon "a liked
day for cleaning purposes. as such y
movement would cause an accumula-
ton OF filth and trash. which could inst
"" removed at once and by the stir
ring up ~ miasma. would further en-
danger the health Of the city instead
uf improving II. IN was suggested.
therefore, that each individual inhab!-
tant f the city proceed, without Ie-
lay, To he cleaning of his own prem
ises, tO t'o disinfecting of yards. al
loys. etc. and the destruction of all de-
caying matter by lire.
The detention camp at Foniainbleau
was to-day de, Jared Ia have becn
practically compl,tcd and Ia be ready
for reception of guests.
special train to-day went to Biloxi
and Ocean Springs and from there c.,r-
riod about 10 people To the camp. To-
MORROW the camp will he thrown open
To all comers Those who are not I'M
muncs will have to stay In tho can'n
~ days. according Ia the rules IN III
down hy Surgeon Muruy. these rules
being simply the federal law. which
the surgeon, as the commander Of the
camp. is bound Ia enforce There were
no new eases reported at Ocean Springs
mp To noon. but the weather Is heavy
and sultry, and one Of The patients was
not expected To 1--we. She Is Miss Laura
Atkins.
thnS. Ltlel"is son bl nfop'll'rnt New
orleans people. was among tn sirick-
IN yesterday at Ocean Springs. and
his condition is not yet considered
serious. when the fever had been de-
clared epidemic and yellow he closed
himself up IN his house and did not
come forth. except To go To the deten-
iion camp as soon as IL was ready. Iso-
lation. however. did not prevent the
germs from entering his home.
The ..crk 81 New orleans sanitary
forces Continued undated to-day. and
the officers employed themselves n
hunting up many old rookeries where
people were closely crowded in pourll
ventilated homes. and where they live
in 9th
Many Of these places were subjected
tn complete disinfection and cleaning
The weather to-day has been warm
and threatening.
4 slight Increase.
Irksburg Miss Sept. lg.-Thc fever al
5dW ards shows but slight In crease and
no deaths have occurred. Or Purnell re-
ports four new casr- to-day. As follows
Mrs Dr Railif Funk Ang'll John Tvs
aud jesse Sharp colorrd. Disinforiior
has bsen cOmmenccd and bc'lding l. htnl
burned " Nhich cannot ba disinf"ctrd. DR.
puun. rnw at Ocean Springs has beer
oI,icrpd TO Edwards
.pF Giddlngs j. expected there Tonight
as afu also tents for ,amp refugees. Tn
. -tstn n'arl iriod 20 pr,rnt Faih's i"n