The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
MARKED INCREASE
IN DEATHS, ALSO
NEW LOCALITIES
Yet the Doctors are Hopeful and Lay
Increased Mortality to the
Hot Weather.
NEW CASES TRACEABLE
TO THE ITALIAN QUARTER


New Orleans, Aug. 2i.-The official
report of the yellow fever situation
for the "a hours ending at six O'Clock
tonight is as follows;
New cases, 61.
Deaths, 8.
New infected localities, 16.
The report was distinct disap-
! pointment as it had been hoped the
new localities infected would show
decided decrease. but as most of them
are down town the doctors declare tho
! figures seem worse than they really
are Most of tie new casessare easily
traceable to the Italian quarter and
on the whole there seems no reason
to doubt the assertion of the phys'-
clans of the marine service that they
have the malady under control. To
day was intensely hot and this fact
of itself accounts in a goodly measure
for the nine deaths.
Following out the plan to compel all
citizens, regardless of their station in
life to obey the provisions of the new
sanitary code, which demands that all
cisterns be screened, Charles jan
viers, president of the Canal Trust &c
Banking Co., and chairman of the vel.
low fever fund. was arraigned in court
today and fined S25 for falling to prop
erly scresn a tank on the roof of his
residence. The Judge offered to re-
NIT the fine but Mr.. Janviers insisted
that he be permitted to pay it and
turned his check for the amount into
the court
| Nicol Mangi, an Italian, was remov-
ed today from a police cell to the
Emergency hospital, suffering from
| yellow fever. He resides in the infect
ed district and when arrested he had
symptoms of the disease although he
remained in Jail two nights with chills
and high temperature and today was
removed to the hospital.
| The parish board of health of Frank
lin, La, has appropriated $1,000 to
assist in eradicating the fever at Pat
| terson. La.
A prominent drug firm estimated
today that 100000 arsenic tablets
prepared under the direction of Dr.,
Reginald Leach, the St. Paul, Mimi,
arsenical expert, have been taken By
New Orleans people to avoid yellow
fever within the past two weeks. The
demand for the tablets has been so
great that druggists have run short Of
supplies. A mass meeting has been
called for this week by prominent citi-
zens to urge the experiment proposed
by DR.. Leach to test the efficacy of ar
senization as preventative for yell
low fever, by allowing mosquito in
fected with the blood of patient to
bite him. His appeal for recognition
was snubbed by the federal and local
physicians. who will be urged to ap-
point a commission to watch Dr..
Leach's experiment.
Ending at IL o'clock last night tho
fever has been epidemic here for ex-
actly month. During that tina
there have been 1885 cases and 1876
deaths in 81 different localities.
There have been discharged as cured
153 persons of various nationalities
giving death rate of 14.10 per cent,
small proportion considering that
most Of the deaths have occurre
among poor Italians whose cases were
not reported until the victims were
dying from black vomit
YELLOW FEVER AT COLON.
Panama, Aug. 2i.-A sudden out
break of yellow fever has been discov-
cred at Colon. The victims of this
attack of the disease are a dozen ma
tives Of prominence who were suppos-
ed to be immune.
SENATOR'S GRANDDAUGHTER is
STRICKEN.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 21-Dr. Lebar,
the state health officer today admit
ted officially that the illness of Miss
Money, granddaughter of United
States Senator Money is yellow fever.
She is resting easily at her home in
MiSSiSSiDDi City tonight