The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-24

New Orleans, Sept 23.-The yellow
fever record stands to-day rs follows:
New Orleans, new cases, 10; suspicious
cases, 3; total cases, 81; deaths. 2. Mo
bile, new cases. A; total cases, 80; deaths,
2. Biloxi, new cases, Z; total cases, 5G;
death, L. Ocean Springs, new cases, Z;
total cases, "a. Fontaiuebeau, new case,
l. Beaumont, Tex, one death Scranton,
new case, |.
The case OF Mrs. A. T. Wimberly, wife
of the Republican candidate for collector
OF the port, has not been declared yellow
fever, but II report on it is e. pccted from
experts during the day.
There are two othf RS which are eXpect-
ed to be pronunced yellow fever No
actual new cases are on the books this
morning
One CT the first of the local physicians
to undertake the task of checking the
spread OF yellow fever in this city died
from the disease to-day. He was DR. Jo-
seph Lowell. He was infected with the
malady eight days ago. He was native
of Mississippi, and one Of the honor grad.
yates of the medical departments Of Tulane
University
The finance committee Of the city 'coun-
ell has authorized Mayer Flower to ad-
's-J,ouO W tIc IJOuItl I'll nGhltn 10 ne
used by that body for the suppression of
yellow FEVER.
The citizens volunteer force has under
taken to clean up about half the city.
There is commander for each block
The plan of burning out the yellow fe-
yer germs with the surface heater used
NY The asphalt paving companies in burn
ing away asphalt has been so successful,
apparently, that II large number of these
heaters have been ordered from st. Louis
and Buffalo
The ashes and garbage are now being
burned instead of hauled, and the fur
naces OF the New Orleans Sanitary Com
pany will be used for cremation purposes
The sanitary officers are having hard
time enforcing the quarantine laws
among the more ignorant classes. The
yellow fever flags ar" constantly being
tot n dowr aud several health officers have
been assaulted. The courts have an
uounced their intention to severely pun
ish any interference with the health Off
GERS, and began to-day awarding heavy
fines and imprisonment against them.
The detention camp, located at Oakland
Park, was opened to day with twenty
two Italians and one negro as it's inmates.
The parish rison ia thoroughly disiu-
fected by the coroner every day to prevent
tuc icNcT llOill UclbtHB III tDerc. L nc
burial of all pei sons who die of yellow
fever has been placed in the hands of
City Chemist Metz. No funerals are al
lowed to be held. The collins are taken
to the cemeteries in carts Immediately
after death. Mr.. Metz has arranged with
the sections to keep the cemeteries open
at night.
Most of the Louisiana parishes have
given notices that they will accept freight
from New Orleans provided it bears the
certificate of the United States Marine
Hospital service that 1t has been prop
erly disinfected and is not dangerous.
Dr. 6wearingen, health officer of Texas.
in reporting the death of Tom Lovejoy
to- day in Beaumont, Tex, as being
caused by yellow fever, declares the cpl
demic now prevailing in Galveston to be
deneue. The discovery of the case of
fever in Beaumont has resulted in pro.
bibitinS the Southern railroad from run
ming any of its trains through that town.
The Southern Pacific steamers between
New York and New Orleans will make
Galveston their gulf terminus.
There are now 2S5 persons AT the Fon-
tainebleau camp of detention, of whom
all but ten are white.
The doctors in Mobile have decided TO
report no more suspicious cases. Two
suspicious cases OF sickness in IL family
recently returned from Ocean Springs are
reported near Delhi, La. This has
frightened Delhi so that no farmer in the
neighborhoOd is allowed to go to that
town. He can go as far as quarantine.
and must send his order for goods to
town by special officer.
j. II. Whyte, newspaper man, who
went to Ocean Springs some weeks ago
t. write up the yellow fever there, is
dangerously ill of the disease ut the Eon-
tainebleau detention camp. The editors
of the two Biloxi newspapers, the News
and the Review, are both, Ill with the
fever
Levy, who died in Biloxi to-day, Is a
baker. lie concealed the fact that he had
yellow fever, because yellow fever flag
would have injured his business, and
when he was disco, cred last night by the
doctors he was hopelessly ILL.,
A number OF cases are being concealed
at Biloxi. The steamer Utstein, which ar
rived at Mobile to-day, was not allowed
to land there because of the fever, aud
threw her cargo of $4,000 punches of ba-
nanas into Mobile bay