Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-09-15
WORSE At TALLULAH.
That Place and Lake Providence
Being Deserted
BY GREAT NUMBERS
Dispatches Received at yieksburg
State That The Situation Is De-
plorable at Those Fever
Stricken Towns.

New Orleans Sept. ii.--Yellow feye
report up 10 o'clock Wednesday even
Ing IA as follows: New cases. 81; total
f4i2: deaths. 4; total 323: new focl. s
cases under treatment. 800; cases dis
charged. 1871.
While the fact that there was a galr
"wednesday OF a large number OF new
cases Of yellow fever Il did not give th'
authorities serious concern. The rea.
son for the sudden jump In cases with
In the past four or ave days has ben
the cause OF much speculation and con-
siderable disappointment on the part OF
the public. The disappointment comes
larely from the fact that any increase
n bound 10 have a dlscouraging effect
elsewhere and therefore prolong the
existence of guarantees. Various rea-
sons for the increase are suggested
among them the fact that te hphysi-
clans are now turning up cases OF the
slightest pretext owing TO the example
that was recently made OF one Of their
number
The persistency with which the fever
has stuck 10 the Port Barrow neigh
borhood In Ascension parish. led the
state board OF health 20 decide TO es-
tablish a hospital on the outskirts Of
Donaldsonville.
The death Of Sister Mary OF ST. Ce-
celia az the Mount Carmel asylum
Wednesday calls attention TO the fact
that the Roman Catholic church has
suffered quite severely during the pres
ent sickness. Sister Mary was the sec
ond religeuse TO die. and besides them
the church has sustained the loss OF it,
archbishop and Father Green. one OF its
ablest priests here.
The appearance OF yellow fever al
Hamburg. on the Mississippi Valley
road. threatens 20 tie up the country
along that route. Baton Rouge. Ham
burg and Vicksburg are all three In the
line and all are now infected.
Two new points OF Infection were re
ported outside Of the city. one is az
LeCompte. In Rapides parish. and the
other Is Berwick. across the bay from
Moran City. DR.. Chaseslgnaic reports
from Tallulah that out OF forty-two
blocks, thirty-six are infected. but the
people have manifested new hope and
have gone 10 work with a will.
Other country cases. Patterson. six
teen cases. one death
Alexandria one case.
lafayette. one case.
81. Elizabeth plantation. two cases
kenner. one case
Clark Cheniere. four cases.
Natchez Miss two new cases.
Gulfport. Hiss. one new case one l
death.
dispatch from Yicksburg saws the |
Herald OF that city has reported from 1
Lake Providence and Tallulah that the
yellow fever situation In those places
s daily growing more serious, the dis
Ease becoming virulent. At Lake Prov
dence "Wednesday there were three
ieaths and seventeen new cases. Dur
ng the last two days Tallulah had had
'our deaths and twenty-nine new cases
Nm effort II being made 10 depopulate
he towns. special trains Wednesday
hight carrying over a hundred people
rom Lake Providence and almost as
many more from Tallulah. Al the lat
er place nurses are badly NEEDED
a telephone message received az
from Tallulah brings news
u the death from yellow fever OF Miss
florence Con. the second daughter OF
]. y. Con Of that city. This makes the
bird death IN the Con family In as
many days. Mrs. Con dying on Mon
ay. Miss Minnie Con. the Oldest
laughter Tuesday. The same message
tates that the condition there Is ter
ible and wanton in the extreme. prac-
lcaliy all busines being suspended and
u who could possibly do so having got
en- away. Hon. Jen h. Snyder. one OF
he most prominent and hard working
itizens. was among the new cases