The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-22
VICTIMSBURIED
MINUS COFFINS
A DepIorabIe State Of Affairs In
Little Louisiana Town.
ALL SUPPLIES CUT OFF
Tnbulations Of the People Of LeGviIIe
Brought to Light New Orleans
Report for Thursday.

A New orleans special says: Some
Idea OF the deplorable condition that
prevailed at Leeville, La, before re-
lief doctors and nurses reached the
scene was given Thursday in an in.
tervlew with a man from that vel.
low fever stricken town who had
been there throughout the epidemic.
The arrival was Manuel Encalade,
who said II was impossible TO pic.
ture the full horror of the situation
before help was forthcoming. Com
municatiop was cut OF with the city,
the fool supply ran low, the medi-
cines kept in the town store were ex.
haustcd, 1t was impossible to get cof-
fins for the dead and many of thoso
who escaped attack packed their be-
longings and fed to other points.
At first the lumber intended for
new house was used to make boxes to
inter the dead. but when this gave out
bodies were simply wrapped in
shrouds and buried.
Mr.. Encalade brought a hist OF
thirty six who had died in the set.
tiement up to September 5 and sa!a
It was not improbable that numbers
Of those who fed to isolated settle
ments along the coast had also sue
cumbcd.
Mr.. Encalade said that since the
physicians and nurses had arrived,
the situation had steadily improved
and that the end Of the epidemic was
probably near at hand because there
was little more material upon which
II could feed.
DIR. Brady returned to New Orleans
Thursday night from a tour of in.
spcction Of the BaFrataria country
and Lecvllle. He reports that con.
ditIOns at Lcevllle are pitable, that
OF seven babies born there since tho
fever broke out. all have died, eitlEr
OF yellow fever or OF lack Of nutri
ment, because taclr mothers could not
feed them. He says the people seem
to be daZcd and there is danger OF
an outbreak OF scuryy because OF
lack Of necessary food. A carload
Of food was sent on by New Orleans
merchants. The fever has practically
been eradlCa,ed from the lower Bar.
rataria country. though there is con-
siderable in the upper district.
There was nothing new in the sit.
uation at New Orleans beyond the
increase in number OF new cases and
deaths. There were really seven vel.
low fever deaths, but one OF them
does not appear on the record. II
Is the case Of an Italian who. in the
delirium Of his fever, secured a re.
volver and blew his brains out.
The Official report Thursday was
as follows: New cases -. total to
date 24G2, deaths 6. total 329. new
foei -, cases under treatment 3lG.
discharged 1,Sl7.
In tho country. the situation At
Tallulah is improving under the
management OF Drs Cassalgnac and
Won Esdorf
Other country reports were:
Patterson 20 cases, 2 deaths; Ken.
ner. cases, 2 deaths; St. Rose, 2
cases, Barrataria csses: Clarke
Cheniere l death; sarpy. 2 cases;
berwick ! death; Eouma cases:
Tallulah. &c cases, no deaths.
neutrality-suspicious. case I'm sub.
urbs; Mississippi City, case; Vicks.
burg two cases.
The marine hospital service re.
ports that there have been lOG care.
all told in the GulfpOrt territory. OF
0 which only l3 are now under treat.
ment.
-Four Cases AZ Pensacola.
Two deaths and four Few cases IL
the report officially announced Thurs.
day night at board OF health head.
quarters in Pensacola.