The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Frank Fowler DaHhcs Nearly Etght
Hundred Miles In d Special Train
20 visit = Sick Relative.
Yea,eraay's Rsclni-

The New Orleans board Of health offi-
cially reports; Cases OF yellow fever to-
day. 80; deaths today, s; total cases Of yell
low fever to date, 1914; total deaths from
yellow fever to date. III, total cases abb
solutely recovered. 52s; total cases under
treatsnent, 4o4.
New Orleans, October 1.-THE fever slt-
uaticn here Is as iiclsle as n weather vnne.
For two or three days the now cases and
deaths will run 10 alarming fgurM, On
the following days both the cases aud
desths win drop ami the impression bo
given that the high water mark has been
reached and that the disease Ia on the
| wano. Tonight AT O'clock the cases had
nearly reached nifty aud there had been
no fewer than Ave deaths OF which one
was that of distinguished citizen, Rev.
DR., Purscr ct the valencc street Bitptast
church. Or. Pnrser WIS from mississippi
| and was a gallant soldier during tho wal.
| Five or six years ago he came to New
orleans and became the pastor of a Lead
ing uptown church, His brother Is also n
/ minister here and second brother Is ~
theological student
! During the summer pr. Purser went
awag with HIS family, but when the fever
| broke out IN New orleans no at once came
/ home TO be near HIS congregation. lie
| had not been hero very long, however. be-
fore he was stricken. He was given ex-
pert attention ana had apparently recov-S
cred from the attack, but he had labored
| 80 hard before taking to bed that his
constitution had been impaired and he was
nnally left without vitality when tho
fever was broken. He was buried this AFT
teri DON by the Confederate organizations
N few hours after his death,
Another ri Tho deass Il '--'r's'-s-~ - s..
Io.i,sI,f ipse af ., ~ WI a~ "
stil,tions, in winch tne ,tges tslA b IA
very severe.
n. Bnrrose. who died this afternoon.
wne the third fatal case In Algiers, which
Is opposite tbs c.ty.
Three eaaee developed today In the asy-
ium FOR destNute orphan boys and 1t
i seems now ~ .f every institution Of THIS
character In the city will be infected 70
somo extent before the disease II stamped
out Eight or more have already reported
cnsscs. The list OF new cases has been
sweilcd by three in the home of state
Senator Cage. Mr.. Cage was taken SICK
IL few days ago. His wife, who nursed
HIN. was stricken today, MS were rcia-
tive and q servant. several cases today
4 appear IN HOUSES tniiH IWoi" PfcFNuS'S ~
fecte1.
There have been rumors of fross In tho
outlying country. Captain Kerkam OF
weather bureau says. however, that the
ternperatnre In Louisiana has beol en-
tirely too high for frost md that mona
need DO expected until November.
This was the record OF new cases ana
deaths today:
New cases--J. A. l.. Thatcher. 1a3e Oc-
tayia; Mrs. C. J. Florney, 1852 cnrondelet:
--- Meyer, 2ig Chippewa; $3.50 Janndot.
zoos Adams G. BOIL, Jr.. SUI Oak; Franz
els Allen. $40 Burthe Pierre Spricance.
Isolation hospital; Mamie Spricance, same
J ADDRESS; Kate Corcoran 430 Bouney; sd
ney Hobdon, Isolation hospital; Emmett
J Wilson, 1107 Arabella William Grlmshaw.
1919 Rampant; Mrs Haydee Perott. 1000
Constantinoplc; Alexander Teagle, Isoia-
ton hospital; Emily Capron, Baronnc and
Lo,tisisna avenue; James Kearnoy. III
Maurepas; Miss Ada Mitchell. 1903 st. An
drows Mrs. Thomas Greene. same; Ed
ward Monahan. $50 Felicity; A, J. Nor
gan 1923 st. Andrews: Miss Helen Wright.
1929 Magazine; Mrs. II. G.. Cage, lt4 Web
ster: Il. u, Curtis, Wallace Bruce. same;
Miss Annie Hollingsworth. 1907 Eighth;
James Johnson Asylum for Destitute; q.
Dohman. George Fortune, same Azeiia
De Liste, 1914 Felicity; Sister Juniata. ~.
Joseph's asylum: Hank Edel. same: 49,
seoleye. SS7 State; Donez. 32i Joseph;
unknown party. 1905 Nashville avenue;
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