The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-28
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION,
NEW ORLEANS REPORTED EVEN
FIFTY NEW CASES YESTERDAY
AND FIVE DEATHS.
FEVER At MEMPHIS IS GENUINE
"uiteras Investigated Mont
somery and Found Fourteen
Cases-BilOxi Has 1S New
Cases and Scranton IL.

New Orleans, Oct. 22-The fever situ-
alton here is as tickle as a weather.
Vane. For two or three days the new
cases and deaths will run to alarming
hgures. On the following days both
cases and deaths will drop and the i'm
preston be given that high water mark
mas been reached, and the disease is on
the wane, then there will be another
g. jump. The situation yesterday was ex-
tremely encouraging. Tonight at 7
b. O'CLOCK the cases had nearly reached
htty, and there had been no fewer than
hve deaths, one Rev. DR.. Purser of the
Nalence Street Baptist church. DR..
Purser is from Mississippi and was a
gallant soldier during the war. Five or
six years ago he came to New Orleans
and became the pastor of leading ND
town church. His brother also min
ister mere and a second brother is a
theological student.
During the summer DR.. Purser went
away with his family, but when the
fever broke out in New Orleans he at
once returned to be near his congrega-
tion. He had not been here very long.
however before he was stricken. He
was given expert attention and had an
parently recovered from the attack, but
ne had labored so hard before taking to
bed that his constitution had been i'm
paired and he was finally left without
vitality when the fever was broken. He
was buried this afternoon few hours
hu hn faJo
ganization.
Another of the deaths today was in
st. JoSeph's asylum, one of the charita-
BILE institutions, in which the fever has
been very severe.
Y. Rarosse, who died this afternoon,
was the third fatal case in Algiers
which is opposite the city.
Three cases developed to day in the
asylum for destitute orphan boys, and
it seems now every institution of this
character will be infected to some ex
ported State Senator Gage was takel
few days ago with the fever. Hi:
wife, who nursed him, was stricken to
day, as were a relative and a servant
Several cases today appeared in houses
that were previously infected.
There have been rumors of frosts il
the outlying country. Capt. Kerkam OF
the weather bureau says. however, that
the temperature in Louisiana has beer
entierly too high for frost and that
none need be expected until November
This was the record of new cases
and deaths today:
New Cases.. A. L. Thatcher. 143-
Octavia; Mrs. G. J. Flornoy, 1912 Caron'
delet; = Meyer, 2127 Chippewa: - Jau'
dot. 2OO3 Adams: Charles BOIL. Jr.
SOL Oak: Francis Allen. $50 Burthe
Pierre Spricance, isolation hospital
Mamie Spricance. same address: Kate
Corcoran. 430 Bouny; Sidney Hobdon
isolation hospital; Emmett Wilson, 1l0a
Arabella; William Grimshaw. l2l9
Rampant: Mrs. Taydee Perett, 1920 Con-
hospital; Emily Capron. Barron ana
Louisiana avenue: James Kearney. 3141
Maurepas; Miss Ada Mitchell, 1850 st.
Andrews: Mrs. Thomas Greene. same
address: Edward Monahan, $50 Felicity;
A. ]. Morgan, 1923 st. Andrews: Miss
Helen Wright. 1922 Magazine: Mrs. H..
G. Cage. 1144 Webster; r. b, Curtis,
same: Wallace Bruce. same; Miss An
ME Hollingsworth. 1907 Eighth; James
johnson, asylum for destitute boys: =
Dohman. same; George Fortune, SANE same;
Aselia de Liste. 1914 Felicity. Sister
Juanita, st. Joseph asylum; Hank Edel'
same; y Seeleye, S37 State: -. Donez'
321 Joseph: - :. 1903 NashviIle ave
nue.; Ridgley Finley, 1927 Fourth lrihG
Emile L. Tansing $500 Constance; MISS !ss
Addie Dowaty. 2O3 North. Rampant:
Marshall Shackelford, Touri lnhrm ntto
Ada Shnneret. 1919 Bu GHnaSos s9i3
Ghartress: Miss Johnson, same address;
q. p. Lawrence. 1912 st; Charles. .u .
The board of health officially, reports ports:
Gases of yellow fever today %;
deaths today, 8. &c ,,o,,ov
Recapitulatiol0oTotal cases as, OF yffi rom
fever to date. 1914; total dea .al n ases
yellow fever to date. III; total cases
absolutely recovered 523; total cases I'M
ue Deaths-Magdaline Kerne. St. Joseph
osvlum: Robert Gordon, Touri inflr r
David I. Purser. 1926 Perrier; n. pa f
rosse. 513 Leguin; Charles bohi' ''.'
S1O7 Oak street.