Warren sheaf., 1905-08-24
SC0URGE SPREADS
IN new Orleans
NUMBER OF DEATHS AND
NEW CASES INCREASE
?, DAILY.
Infection Appears in New Quarter
Health Officers However, Are OPP
timistic-Business Greatly At
fected by Quarantines.

New Orleans, Aug. 19.-The official
record of the progress OF yellow fever
up to six p. m. Friday is as follows:
New cases on Friday, 62; total cases to
date, 1885; deaths on Friday, 8! total
deaths to date, 1888; number OF cases
under treatment, Ais. While the num-
ber of deaths on Friday from yellow
fever exceeded those of each OF the
past two days, the total was so small
in comparison with years when real
epidemics prevailed that the situation
continues to be regarded as infinitely
more bright and hopeful than month
ago, when it first became known that
yellow fever had taken firm grip in
one of the most thickly populated Sec
tions of the city. Nothing at present
indicates any change from the present
mild form of the disease, and the
health authorities are inclined to be.
lieve that so thorough are the prep
arations already made for the future
that, barring entirely unexpected con-
'ditions, there is no further occasion
for alarm. I
Appears in New Quarter.
" Among the new squares that have
been infected is that in which the SUI
preme and civil district courts and the
st. Louis cathedral are located. Here
tofore the fever has fringed it without
invading it, but number of Italians
are now down with the fever in a row
of ancient houses standing next to the
civil district court building Extra
ordinary precautions are being taken
square. Many lawyers daily visit it, as
do large number of Catholics attend
ing services at the cathedral
Quarantine. Affects Business.
The rigid quarantines, which have
been maintained now for five weeks,
are beginning to tell on business gen.
orally. The oyster industry will prob
ably feel the full effects of the re-
strictions as the open season begins
September 1. Retail merchants have
not suffered severely, but wholesalers
whose receipts are measured by the
business they do with the surrounding
country are still seriously affected.
AS the regular business season opens
here on September 1, strong appeals
are being made through circulars and
otherwise in cities, towns and counties
in restoring freight traffic.
New Orleans, Aug. 18-A consider
able spread of the yellow fever has
been shown in the reports of the past
"a hours, 43 cases being unearthed
in different localities in Louisiana,
and nine in Lower Mississippi. The
last report from Ship island quaran-
tine station just outside of Mobile bay,
is dated August 9, and showed seven
new cases on that day. Up to August
3 there had been 18 cases and one
death at Ship island.
Gulf Coast Tied Up.
The discovery of nearly. Q dozen
cases of yellow fever at Mississippi
City, on the gulf coast, within three
miles of Gulfport and the fac, that
Jackson has tied up the gulf and ship
island road by the declaration of quar-
antine against the entire Mississippi
coast, leaves New Orleans the only
avenue open to the gulf coast towns.
Alabama has on a tight quarantine al
ready, against these towns, and with
the rest of Mississippi quarantined
against them, the reason why there
should not be daylight communication
with New Orleans, as was the case
during the prevalence Of the fever in
1897, has disappeared. Several thou
sand people here summer on the coast,
including bankers, merchants and
professional men. Many have hand
some homes there. When the coast
quarantine against New Orleans was
put on by Mississippi they left their
families at their summer homes. The
raising of the quarantine would en-
able them to visit their families daily