The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
1HE YELLOW S|}OURGE
a MUCH BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR
NEW ORLEANS WAS EVIL
DENT LAST NIGHT.
TfVER'S FUNERAL FLARE.
aROODs OVER MOBILE AND DREAD
BLACK vOMIT ADDS TO
THE GLOOM.
EDWARDS IN THE FEVER'S GRASP.
scranton Sends Out nm Appeal for
Aid-Meridian Completely Cut
OLA Suspicious Case at Pal
estIne, Texas-News From
Various Points.
EDWARDS IN The FEVER'S GRASP.

New Orleans, sept. ia brighter
outlook for New Orleans Is evident to-
night so far as the fever situation Is
concerned. The reports received by the
board of health and compiled at p. IN.
from all sections of the city were of a
most encouraging nature. Instead OF
twenty cases requiring investigation, as
on yesterday, there were only ten to be
looked into today, and of these only
three were pronounced suspicious and
two declared yellow fever. There was
nothing in the others. The two new
cases are: L. Toma, Il butcher, 30 years
of age, living at 1905 st. Andrews
street. and Il. Hartman, a mulatto EN-
ployed at the cotton exchange and liv-
ing at 2120 Tulane street. The Toma
case has been under investigat ton for
three days and as the patient has been
suffering with other complications. some
difficulty was found in Immediately
diagnosing the case as of yellow fever.
The premises where iona resides have
been In charge of the board of health
for several days and it Is not anticipated
that the disease will spread In this
quarter. The case of Hartman is note
worthy because it is the first case
wherein negro has been attacked.
Physicians are agreed that the colored
people are less susceptible than the
whites to yellow fever, and the cor
rectness of the opinion seems to be
borne out by the fact that IN spite of
the large negro population. out OF
twenty cases only one has affected u
member of that race. Toma lives in II
thickly populated neighborhood and care
is being taken to quarantine the neigh
borhood. The doctors have been I'M
able to determine the origin of either the
cases reported today.
VOpipht III WAS given ont nj the DDD ri
of health that the case of Toma Is the
most serious at present. Or the remain
ing eighteen cases, half mt least are
considered to be practically well, but
the board has decided not TO allow re-
covered patients or any of the inmates
of the house In which they live to ven
ture in the street until a certain period
of detention during which the board can
complete its work of dsinfection, burn
ing bed clothing and everything found in
houses where there has been sickness
calculated to harbor germs. The cases
on ST. Claude street are nearly all OF
young children, and most of them are up
and about their houses.
The Gelpi case is improving. DIR. Joe
Lowell, who was considered seriously i'll
at one time, was so much improved this
evening as to he considered practically
out of danger. Edward Mc(iinty, the
days ago, was able to sit up today. Her
man Dartois. on Madison street. who
MAS rather i'll day before yesterday, is
this evening progressing toward re-
.covery. The same report is received
from the three cases in two houses ON
Dante street The case in Tori in
Urinary is in its early stages. Taken as
a whole. then. the situation is brighter
than it has been ut any time since Sun
day afternoon.
President Olliphant of the board of
health, and President Britton of the
council, say the chances of crushing the
: disease In its incipiency has infinitely
improved. They are not shouting be-
cause they do not consider they are yet
out of the woods. but they do not con-
zeal their belief that the danger of the
epidemic is rapidly being lessened.
Zone effect Of our experience" said Mr..
Britton, will be that we shall he COM
PEELED to quarantine Mississippi and Mo-
bile from the first of May each year I'M
less the quarantine system at Ship
island and at Mobile is made more
modern. We are tightly shutting our
front door at the mouth of the river
now and leaving our back door ut Mo-
bile wide open.'
An important meeting OF business
men. health officials and representatives
day To devise some means for the fumi
cation of merchandise and to secure q
modification of quarantine regulations
Instituted by towns in Louisiana. Ala
hama and Mississippi.
Surgeon Carter OF the marine hospita
service was among those who took 8
friendly interest in the meeting. \ mo-
ton was adopted that Il committee OF
one from each commercial exchange
xxstt Dpnf Iat,y .,f In hAa nod of
and Surgeon Carter of the marine hos
pital service in conjunction with tn,
railways and steamboat companies of
ficials he instituted n committee to en-
deavor to obtain consent of the othcl
state and local boards of health nov
squarantined, to the receipt of such mer
chandise and commodities. If accom-
panied by certificates from the l.ouisian;
board of health and the marine hospita
service, that the same have been render
ed or are incapable of carrying infection
in accordance with the interstate quar-
antne rules established by the Unite,
States government. A hundred thousan'
circulars will he sent to the surrounding
country appealing TO parishes, countie
and towns to cooperate with tn
Louisiana and federal authorities L
curing the present paralyZation of trade
The meeting today developed the fac
to organize a through train inspectio
service and to assist in raising the ur
necessary quarantine which has bee
placed against freight from New o.
leans. After the meeting this afternoo
it was stated by number of merchant
that some of the country towns at leas
Were showing signs of recovery from tn
panicky feeling. and that more freigf
was being shipped today as result tina
at any time since Sunday. That mean
that The people in the country town
who have locked themselves up are b,
ginning to grow hungry and need SUI
plies.
A fatal and somewhat peculiar cas-
of genuine yellow fever developed in tn
very heart of Biloxi today. Early TIL
morning Corlon Lampognani, an Italian
keeper of fruit stand on one of tn
principal streets of the town, who ha
seen i'll for several days, was foun