The herald., 1897-09-30
QUARANTINE RULES DEF|ED
ny PEOPLE TIRED OF STAYING
INDOORS
Al a Result New Orleans Reports
More New Cases Than on Any
Previous Day
Associated Press Special Wire.

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Of any day since the yellow fever was
first discovered in the city.
There are various reasons given Tor
the spread of the disease. but the prin-
cinals ones are two-that the weather
turned warm again, and. owing to the
much wider field to cover, the board OF
health has had some difficulty in getting
every house as closely guarded as was
possible when the cases here were few
In number and the trained officials OF the
hoard were stationed about the quar-
Iitined houses.
The fact that the death rate has been
Gmall and that the chances or an epi-
demic have been constantly growing
less. have made the public somewhat
careless, and there has been increasing
friction between the quarantined people
and the authorities.
Imprisoned inmates Of houses have
been going over back fences and sneak
ing out Of side doors in order not to be
confined, and the result has been that
germs have been scattered and rapidly
developed in these warm days. In no
ether season have the authorities been
more strict in quarantining houses and
iSolating inmates who might be around
the sick, and the result has been that
every possible effort is being made by
certain elements Of the community to
ret the better Of the board The in
creased number of cases here has caused
no general alarm, because the increase
of deaths has not been in proportion
The death rate is a trifie under II per
cent, whereas five or six days ago it was
shown to be above Is per cent. The con-
clusion, therefore, Is natural that there
II no increase in the malignancy of the
disease.
The authorities here still believe that
for some time longer the new cases will
occasionally exceed the number on the
books today, but they ae singularly one
In the opinion that the disease cannot
attain the proportions of an epidemic.
Following deaths were reported today
Giamoco Ruasso, 625 st. Philip street.
Emile Tammors, 1906 St. Andrews
street.
Mrs. Jennie Afford, 1904 Chartres street.
P. c. Hands, 1906 Octavia street.
Pierre Poublano, Frenchman, died
At the isolation hospital tonight.
AT EDWARDS
EDWARDS, Miss, Sept 29-Twenty-
four new cases Of yellow fever were re-
ported here today making the total num-
Der Of cases to date 236; number of cases
under treatment, 109; number GONZALES
cent and discharged, 119; number eeri-
ously Ill, 8.
DR.. Watts Of Brownsville reports two
new cases at that place. A child named
Taylor died Of the fever there today
The Edwards doctors are kept busy.
however. hardly having time to give in
their daily reports. There are several
Edwards people desperately sick.
AT MOBILE
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 29.-Yesterday's
rather big report of ten new cases was
Offset today by small report of four
The only death in the twenty-four
hours ending at noon today was that Of
Brother Symphorian at the Industrial
gardens. reported last night.
Total cases to date, 6S; deaths, 10; con-
valescent and recovered, S4 under treat
ment, "a.
There is much destitution in the fam
lies of the poorer classes of the infected
district. The families in which sick
off from the world and their food sup.
plies soon give out.
The Can't Get Away club is minister
ing to their necessities with great energy
and is successful in relieving much of
the distress
TEXAS SAFE
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept 29.-Dr.
swearingen. on his return from Beau
mont tonight, issued the following proc
lamation:
To the People of Texas: The quaran-
tine against Houston can be raised with
perfect safety, but if a single case de.
velops the people of Texas will be i'm
mediately informed
(Signed) r. NJ SWEARINGER.
State Health Officer.
STILL FEARFUL
LAFAYETTE, La, Sept 29.-The effort
today OF business men, city and health
authorities Of New Orleans to effect
modification of the rigid quarantine re-
strictions of the various parishes of
this state by conference Of the parish
and town quarantine officials along the
Southern and Texas Pacific roads, was
not successful. The train carrying the
physicians who were TO take part in the
conference and which passed through
Lafayette this afternoon was stopped
at Rayne by a mob armed with shot
guns, who refused to let it go through
The reception was too warm to even per-
NIT OF parley and the officials Of the
train and the physicians decided to
abandon their object.
Had not the people of Rayne prevented
the party from passing through, it
would have been stopped. elsewhere
The authorities OF Lake Charles ard
Opelousas wired here that the train
would not be permitted to pass through
those towns.
IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Tex, Sept $3.50 far as
North Texas is concerned the fever sit
uation is said to be distinctly better.
The diagnosis of the case at Victoria,
Allowing 1t to be dengue, and repeated
statements Of prominent physicians at
Houston that the case there is dengue.
have In . measure reassured the public.
sput In the southern section of the state
- scare has abated little. II any. DR..