The San Francisco call., 1897-09-25
VICTIMS
CLAIMED BY
THE PLAGUE
Fever Not Spreading,
but the Death Rate
Increases.
ABOUT IS PER CEN T
PERISH.
So Far There Have Been 100
Cases at New Orleans and
al at Mobile.
ONE PHYSICIAN WILL BE
PROSECUTED.
Falls to Report Suspicious Sick
ness Until After the Death of
the Sufferer.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. A.-Emi-
nent doctors believe that the work OF the
Board of Health is productive of good
results and that the fever is not spread
ing, but, on the contrary, is being con-
fined 10 localities. Thus far there have
been few less than 10G cases and fifteen
deaths.
The aeath rate is in the neigh borhood
OF Is per cent. 1t was in 1873 10 per cent,
so that up to the present time tIe disease
is about as virulent as it was in the last
great epidemic New Orleans had. One of
the sensations of the day was the an
nouncement that the Board of Health
had decided to prosecute DR.. Monluzin
for having failed to report case of sus-
picious fever. In one OF the morning
papers a few days ago DR.. Monluzin was
quoted as saying that there was little i.
any fever in New Orleans and that the
prevailing sickness was Burmah, or sun
ever, which he described as contagious
or infectious, and quite likely to be at
tended with about the same mortality OF
yellow fever. This morning DR.. Monluzin
reported to the Board of Health the case
of Miss Dreyfous, who, he said, was suf-
fering from yellow fever.
1t was not long before this report was
received that the board had to report the
death of Miss Dreyfous. An investiga-
tion proved that Miss Dreyfous had taken
sick about six days ago and that DR..
Monluzin had failed even to re port the
case as suspicious.
There were nine new cases to-day and
the following deaths:
Salvador Cascnci, 1923 Charles street,
Frederick Gund, 535 Marais.
Miss DIeyfous, old No. 36 Bourbon
OF the ninety odd cases in New Orleans,
from the beginning only four have been
among the negro population. There are
several serious cases among those who
are i'll, but the Board of Health is daily
discharging patients as cured.
Mayor Flower to-day ordered force of
policemen to guard the Beauregard School
on which a mob made an attack to burn
last night. Only portion OF the build
ing was burned and it is still possible TO
use the structure as hospital for the
treatment of yellow fever patients. 1t was
shortly after midnight that the mob ap-
piled the torch TO the school and thereby
carried into execution a threat that had
repeatedly been male during yesterday
evening.
When the firemen arrived on the scene
their hose was cut, but the iremen
worked pIuckily and with the assistance
of a squad of police ultimately succeeded
in exunguishing the flames. The burning
of the school created intense Indignation
here and the outrage was bitterly de-
nounced.
Every newspaper publishes ringing
edil oriaIs, pledging itself to support the
Mayor in whatever action he may take to
punish the culprits and carry into effect
the original determination to establish a
yellow fever hospital in the Beauregard
schoolhouse. A committee during the day
called on Mayor Flower to protest against
the use OF the building as hospital. His
Honor fiercely denounced the outrage of
last night. He said that such occurrences