The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-10
SEVEN DEATHS YESTERDAY
SITUATION is NOT CONSIDERED
HOPELESS.


M EW ORLEANS, Aug. 9-PubIic in
" terest in the general yellow fever
situation suffered a temporary
eclipse today in the unexpected death
OF Archbishop Chapelle the most dis
thguiShed victim of the disease. Al
though the venerable preIate was a
subject of scientific treatment and had
the most assiduous attention his phy-
slque always counted heavily against
MN IN the opinion of both the laity
and the physicians. while his fatipued
condition on his return from a partic-
ularly irksOme trip through the COuD-
Try also was against him. His death
therefore, while generally deplored is
not considered to negative the opinion
OF the medical fraternity that with
GOOD care and proper treatment the
mortality is unlikely to be heavy dur
ing the present visitation. What has
been considered remarka BILE is that the
archbishop should have contracted the
disease here so quickly after arrival
though he had spent many of the lat
ter years of his life in Cuba and Porto
RICO. in both of which countries the
2lsease mas been epidemic, without ever
having contracted it. Among the scfen-
tine men there is little doubt that the
arch bishop fell victim to a MOSQUITO
during brief visit he .aid to the old
archbishopric on Charities street, or an
insect which found its way into his
residence, which is not far from the
territory within which there has been
detection.
Many New Gases.
Today's record of cases was again
large and there was an Increase in the
number of deaths. The new cases are
SWeiihg largely as a result of the vim
anu crergy which federal control of the
situation has inspired and from a grad
ual overcoming Of the Discrimination of
some of the doctors to make known
their cases The overwhelming prepon-
derance of cases continues below Canal
street and the disease has nowhere got
firm hold above
Surgeon White returned today from
his visit to Slidell and after taking No
the threads of his work went down
into the originally infected district TO
ley the conditions there. He also
visited the emergency hospital which
W8s taken over today h the marine
Hospital forces. DR.. White has prac-
ticaly completed his plan OF action.
House to House inspection.
1t was announced at Dr. Warmers
today that action would be taken
against property holders and tenants
who are unwilling to acquiesCe in the
sanitary and other precautions recon-
mended by the health authorities
House to house Inspections are to be
instituted and sffidavits are to be pre-
pared against those who are shown to
have been derelict.
Actual control OF the sanitary work
passed today to the marine hospital
service, Dr. Gessner being paced in
immediate charge.
Advice from Mississippi Indicate that
the people Of the rural districts are
growing restless under the severity Of
the guarantees which have proved Of
great Inconvenience to them In cutting
off their supplies. This is REGARDED as
encouraging in view of the modified
views of Secretary Hunter of Missis-
sippi with regard to guarantees
Among the cases in the last Off .ial
report is one within half a square os
Newspaper row. It is located in a
lodging house in Commercial alley
This is the second case that has been
reported from the same quarter.