The sun., 1897-09-14
NINE NEW FEVER CASES.
FRESH OUTBREAKS OF THE DREAD
DISEASE IN NEW ORLEANS

situation IN TINS CITY ii u1sCOurnRlnR To-Day.
Nine now cases are reported, two uptown in the
American section OF tho city, where II has not
been reported before.
The cases are all widely separated and far
apart from each other. They are all OF local
ORIGIN and show that the disease is contagious
here.
Tho case Of DIR. Joseph Lowell living on the
corner OF ct. Charles and Adams stroets was
pronounced yellow fever to-day by the Board OF
Health 1t is the first case reported uptown or in
tho American section. II Is ton miles from the St.
Claude street cases. but DR.. Lowell was the ply.
sican who attended three of tho families on
ly pronounced yellow fever so that the origin
OF tho case can easily be traced, Nevertheless,
il has caused alarm by establishing new centre
OF infection on the avenue which ia the finest in
New Orleans, tho Fifth avenue of this city
The second case reported Is in the Gelphi
family on the Rampant Raoul delphi came home
from Ocean Springs and died OF the fever in this
city Sept @, being the first case reported here.
The infectious character OF the disease 10
shown by the fact that another member of tho
family was stricken down by 1t to-day.
Tho third case. however, causes tho most
alarm. II IA that OF n bow named NcGinty. liv-
ing on Soniat and Pcrricr streets. about midway
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oe."een 'ne ."oeN'ronie centres Vi 'hc oi'ease'
a Cnllu Ol tnc name OF SHltn. VINO was ClOse
companion OF NcGinty was taken down two
,,,ots nr., hv \ ,.ror ,.,,,h ,h, ,t,o,5,,o doc.
Weeks aso oy ateVer "hicn tne "''ehu,nR ooc'
tor regarded as very suspicious. and which he
personally diagnosed as yellow fever
tn, -, - ,..,,o,, go osno,,s ,,0,,od ,,.
me ooaru Oh yo''ow ieFer Experts Nis'''o 'ho
patient and declared 1t not yellow fever.
The death Of McGipty's sister soon after tho
,l,.'s s1c,'l. 80 Il" s a..',.,s
s'eh"ess VI "''hhts' "n''i 10 "oN P'oo"iNo"
yellow fever. has aroused the fear that a
mistake was madc in the first diagnosis. and
s,r.o, tor wal, W. ,on davs without ho,nS d,s.
street tor week or ten Gays without oe'hg ais
covered or diagnosed as such. There are now
'ei , .A,e' onio'any p'onoueu . ,olo" @ w. @ "mu
se'erai otner cases Oh suspicious ie'ers ho"
The, The news Of the discovery o, a case of yellow
,.ver in Mobile today caus.d no SURPRISE here
yt' has Sesn e.peetsd The louisiana @ Board Of
Health has frequently complained of the in.
adequate quarantine system prevailing at
Mobile and on tho Mississippi coast.
Mobile has considerable trade with the Cen
the same rigorous quarantine and detention
as New Orleans, The Louisiana Board OF
Health Will probably bring the matter up at the
mex. M ,s ss''' upon
~ r,,, t,,t., ~ n-'s' a. a. ~ ~.
Inc southern p rns,no dsGon5nued Two t1n,ns
against New Orleans The louisville and Nash
ye Will probably ,nrs run through o h train %ar to A.,
ianta is the nearest large town that has not
9uarantined against the infected points. and
out largo numSsr Of refugees from New
Orleans. Mobile and the coast cities who want
pD tine ssa viii allow
to even pass through the State unless he has q
clean biz Of health M and md premises % not to return
10 mississippi from inc north inside OF twenty
| days.
The news from Barkley sheds some light on
| 1t further back tnnn we had previously been
| able TO DO. Hitherto 1t has been impossible 10
at ocean springs who died on sept. q. 80 '-'''''
The officers OF the Alabama State Board OF
Health held an autopsy on bis body and pro-
ocean Springs in August. but ali had
| been treated for dcnRue, or maIariai fever,
and when they died their certificates read
| malarial fever. while OF course some suspicion
attached to their deaths. II was. after all. mere
| way or the other.
The Barley epidemic now leaves no doubt as
| TO one case. Mrs. Saunders ed in Ocean
| Springs, Aug. ls. OF what declared to be
nsiarial fever. being one OF the nrst fatal cases
one of the main streets Of the town. As she had
come originally from Barkley. her husband
and the body was put in a cart and driven by
| Saunders and his son to Barkley. The latter 10
pny woods hamlet Of five houses and twenty
and as much cut OF from the world as the centrc
| OF Africa, and never sees stranger from
one year 10 another. The body OF Mrs.
Saunders was buried, and five days, after.
| ward the husband sickened and died from
| taken sick and died. A neighbor, Mrs. Glenn.
was then taken sick and died on Tuesday night.
| Another ncighbor, Capt. Post, died on Friday
| night. and young Glenn died on Saturday. Thus
one-hfth OF the population OF the hamlet died in
| two weeks. There are ten still sick aud very
| sick. and several deaths are hourly expected.
Only four OF the people In tho place have 80 far
escaped the disease.
| Barkley Ia without a physician and such On
! out-ot.the-way place that the news Of the cpl
temic was not received until some time after
establishes beyond question the fact that Mrs.
Ssunders, who died In oce4n Springs on Aug:
to he one of the FIRST OF yellow fever in Ocean
! From Edwards comes the news that the cases
| there and at Pelahatohie which were previously
| reported have bocn examined by an expert OF
the Mississippi State Roard OF Health and pro-
| nounced dengue at Edwards and malarial fev or
4 PslahatGhie. There are twenty.six cases of
dengue AT Edwards, but all mild.
The people caught in between guarantees and
tho schooners and pleasure yacht In tho Gulf
) are having q hard time Of IL. Al Rgolets are q
number OF New Orleans people who do
fair ra1 apI tkar for ri ha, IL