The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-21
THE FEVER SPREADS APACE
LARG ESTNUNBER OF CASES YETRE-
 PORTED IN NEV ORLEANS,

ician in Failing to Report Eight Cases
 Under His Care-state to be Asked for
 S25,OOO to Fight the Disease-The situ-
 alton in Other Parts of the South.
 'New Orleans, Sept. 20.-The largest number of cases reported on any day since yellow fever first made it's ap- pearance in New Orleans, two weeks ago, was recorded on the books of the board Of health this evening at 6 o'clock, although at that hour not a single case had proven fatal during the day There were eighteen cases in all Those reported to-day are:
 Sophie Ricard, F. c. Ray, Lucius Ray Catherine Ray and Clinton S. Dixon, James Simpson, Lizzie Nussbaum, Charles M. Kerr, Frank L. Kerr, Miss Alice Phelps, Maggie Custer, Mrs. B. Lyons, Bishop Helman, Hazel Fisher Loeb Leberman and Salvador Casinor.
 The most sensational incident of the day was the announcemet from pr. Holt, expressed to the board of health, that he had discovered nine cases among his practice, the first of which had come under his observation on Fri day. Dr. Holt wrote letter to Presi- dent Olliphant, and entrusted it to the mail, and his letter reached the board of heath this morning. But fearing that the letter might not reach it's des tination in time Dr. Holt sent special messenger to the residence of pr. Olli- phant at F o'clock last night giving this information.
 At the board of health office when the Holt letter was opened there was first incredulity and then criticism of Dr. Holt because he had adopted what the board considered an irregular way in which to make known his cases. Im- mediately upon the receipt of the letter the machinery of the board was placed in motion and inspectors were sent to the various houses where Dr. Holt re- ported sickness to exist The places were all disinfected and guards placed in front of them, but the board said it had very little hope of effectiveness of these measures.
 One of the houses where are four of the patients is a fashionable boarding house. The first case to develop in this house was at 2:3O Saturday morning, and the other cases in the same place were noted on Saturday afternoon. Those living in the house, of whom there were quite a number, knew of the existence of fever early Saturday morn- ing, and therefore got out as fast as possible.
 Some of them moved their baggage cn Saturday and others on Sunday, while it is said that some of the board CTS took a train and left the city The result of the meeting tomorrow will decide whether or not there shall be a prosecution of Dr. Holt in the courts
 The brightest feature of the day was that there were no deaths Tonight most of the patients in the city were reported as doing we'll Trouble in two cases was reported in the effort to en- force quarantine regulations. This morning down town one man managed to escape from the infected quarter and was chased and arrested, and after be- ing arraigned in court and frightening everybody present was sent back to his home. This evening a report was re- ceived that a man had appeared in front of one of the infected houses up- town, armed with a shotgun, and had torn down the yellow fever flag, and had taken possession of the premises. A squad of police was sent to the scene
 At its session this afternoon the board of health decided to send an ap- peal to Governor Foster asking him to supply the board with $25, 900 from the surplus fund of the state to assist the board in prosecuting it's fight against the fever