The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
THE EXPERTS, HOWEVER, TAKE
HOPE FROM THE MILD TYPE
OF THE FEVER.
THE DISEASE SPREADING IN MOBILE
And People Hustling Out of the CITY.
jackson Excited and About De-
b. populated-The Galveston and
Orange Quarantine-News
From Other Points.

New Orleans, Sept. 14-At nightfall the
books of the board of health showed the
following recapitulation of the days de-
yelopments in the yellow fever situation.
There had been reported to the board for
investigation twenty-six cases, which the
attending physicians considered suspicious
OF these thirteen cases had been found
suffering with a harmless fever. Five
cases were regarded as suspicious, but nee
essary to be further investigated before
a definite report could be made upon them
There were no reports as to four cases.
and four cases had been pronounced genu-
inc yellow fever, though one of the latter
was classed as of mild type. OF the four
cases of yellow fever, one is in the same
square on st. Claude street in which the
first six cases of yellow fever were report
ed the other day; another was on Madi-
son street in the vicinity of the famous
French market, and the other two were on
Dante street, near jeanette, in Carrolton
in the upper portion of the city.
One of the suspicious cases is on Soniat
street. close to where one case was re-
ported last night. The most serious of the
four yellow fever cases is that in the
z, ghborhOod of the French market. The
AZ Atty is far from a clean one, is popu-
m tied by a poorer class of people, many of
y whom are foreigners, and might be con-
sidered dangerous ground. For that rea-
son especial pains were taken by tine
board of health to quarantine the infected
houses. Officers from the police force
were detailed to take charge of the neigh
borhood, and a restaurant, bakery and
a shop next door to the premises in which
the sickness was found were closed up and
a large quantity of disinfectant was sent
to the scene to be used.
Of course the report of new cases daily
is creating alarm in some quarters, but
thus far the disease has shown but little
malignancy, as witness the record of one
death out of fourteen cases, and none OF
the practicing physicians are yet on record
as expressing fear of an epidemic
President Olliphant said tonight to the
Associated Press correspondent: u repeat
tonight what have said to you heretofore.
OF course, it is an unpleasant task to have
to report the appearance of new cases,
but the momsnt has not yet come when
we should throw up our hands, and admit
that the fever is in fair way to capture
the city. Public anxiety is, of course, rea-
sonable, but there is no cause for general
alarm. 1t will not be surprising and we
shall not be disappointed if Other cases
appear daily for some time-how many l
am not prepared to say. That is, of course,
to be expected from the extended inter-
course that has existed between New Or
leans and the infected places on the gulf
coast and from the tardiness with which
the character of the fever at Ocean Springs
,xwas finally established. So far, however,
Va the fever in New Orleans is concerned,
4 ! may say that we are convinced that
w disease is not spreading beyond the