, 1897-10-11
news Of YELLOW JACK
FIVE CASES IN GALVESTON AND
THREE THAT HAVE RE
COVERED.
Cases Are Scattered and Seem 10 Have
no Connection-A Type Of Dengue
Has Existed for so Days-The Sit,
uation is Growing No Better in the
City Of New Orleans.

Wy u c otlSpho-
Galveston, Texas, Oct. 10.-Before a
meeting Of the Galveston board o. health
today, DR.. Guiteras made the following
statement:
Il lave reported to Surgeon General
Wyman and communicated to Health
officer Fisher, county physician Of War
field, and Acting Mayor Skinner that
there are five cases Of yellow fe"er here
and three cases that have recovered
from the disease. There is no doubt in
my mind as to the correctness of the
diagnosis. l have been very careful and
have made no statement as to any case
without close personal exam.na,
ton. The cases are scattered aud seem
% have no connection. They appear to
have developed in a quite confusing way
and are mixed with dengue fever. There
is one at Sealy hospital. l have re-
ported two at st. Mary's .nf1rmary, but
and that in one at the infirmary I was
mistaken. Finding there is 10 albumin,
| alter my diagnosis as to that case. The
other case is in the infirmary and is dis,
tinctly yellow fever"
According to this statement there are
four cases Of yellow fever, as the case
in which Guiteras was mistaken was
one OF the five mentioned in the above
statement.
A type Of dengue fever has existed Al
Galveston Cor the past so days, there
have been 500 cases OF dengue and not
a single death.
A meeting Of citizens Of Galveston has
been called for Monday morning, for the
purpose Of asking Or. Wyman to keep
DIR. Guiteras here until he has had time
% report fully on all suspicious cases.
Galveston was somewhat excited Satur.
day night, but today the city was quiet.
The Santa Fe is the only road open.
All other roads were cut of last nigh,
before anyone could get out Of town.
The Santa Fe took cut rs persons last
night and 118 departed IN today's train.
Fcrty-two people are booked for New
York by steamer Monday. and 20 people
have left by boat for bay shore points.
This constitutes the total hegira from
here. The citizens claim II these four
cases are yellow fever then thousands
o. citizens have 1t, as they have had
similar sickness.
MANY CASES IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Oct. 1O.-The fever Sit
uation here grew no better today. Early
in The evening there was a promise that
yesterdays record would be equaled il
1t was not exceeded. New cases appear.
ed in various portions OF the city, many
Of them, however, being reported In
houses where there was already infec-
ton. There were several deaths and
in one instance the fatality occurred not
long after the report Of the case was
brought to the attention OF the beard.
Three persons were reported sick in one
family this morning. During the day
one Of them died. The second death
among the cases in Algiers was report
ed today. Miss Caselar, who was re-
ported sick with the fever several days
ago. In the other fatal Algiers case the
patient was removed to the isolation hos
pital and died there. Two OF the deaths
today in Carrollton, which, rela-
tive to population. has furnished more
fatal cases than any locality in the city.
Official report Of the board OF health:
Cases today. 81; deaths today, 5; total
cases to date. SIT; total deaths to date.
81; total cases absolutel recovered, 240;
total cases under treatment. 276.
Among the nav cases Is that OF Mrs.
Sampsell. Her husband, DR.. Sampsell,
and their son were taken i'll two or three
days ago, and the infection has spread
in thep remises.
Another physician Is on the list OF
cases reported today. DIR. Otto Leech.
but he is not reported to have a serious
attack. DR.. Barnett and DR.. Howard
Olliphant are both reported to be pro,
crossing favorably towards recovery.
Among the new cases is that of A. W.
Read, second engineer of the steamship
Valleda. He was taken sick in the YES.
sci and removed to the Touro infirm.
ary. The steamer has been disintected
and extra precautions are taken to pre-,
vent a spread Of the fever among the
crew.
Miss Carrie Hecker. who died today,
was only reported i'll yesterday. To-
night her mother was announced to have
yellow fever. This Is the record of new
cases and deaths today.
FLOUR AND GRAIN BURNED.
tAtchison, Kan, Oct. 10.-Fire which
started at 2:30 o'clock this morning de-
stroyed the Touring mill and warehouse
Of John M. Cain, together with contents;
the Touring mill and contents belonging
to the Central mills. the Cain block, a
two-seory brick structure containing