The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-15
DEATHS AND NEW
 CASES INCREASE Awful State of Affairs DesCrIb-
 ed at LeeviIIe
TWO DEATHS IN PENSACOLA
One Patient In New Orleans Is Vrtu- ally Kidnapped By Officers and Hustled of to Emer-
 gency Hospital.
FEVER SITUATION AT 6 p. M.

OGdIf15. Total deaths to date. ......... SZs New focl... -. ....... 10 Cases under treatment. .......... olo Cases discharged. .. -. ......... lon
 New Orleans, September 14.-There was nothing new in the local situation De- yOnd the increase in the number Of new cases and deaths There were really seven yellow fever deaths but one of them does not appear on the record. It is the case of an Italian who, in the delirium of his fever. secured a revolver and blew his brains out Of the other deaths one oc- cured at the charity hospital and one at the emergency. One was in Algiers' two up town and the rest down town. In the country the situation at TallI- lab is improving under the management of Doctors Chassaignae and Von Esdorf.
 outside Cases.
 Other country reports were: Patterson, 20 cases: two deaths. Kenner, eight cases two deaths. St. Rose, two cases.
 Clarke Cheniere. one death. Sarpy, two cases.
 Berwick, one death.
 Iouma, three cases.
 Tallulah twenty-six cases; no deaths.
 Babies Are Victims.
 Dr. Brady returned tonight from a tour of inspection of the Barrataria coun- try and Leevile. Ne reports that condi- tious at Leeville are pitiable, that of seven babies born there since the fever broke out, all have died, either of yellow fe- yer, or of lack of nutriment because their mothers could not feed them. lie says the people seem to be dazed and there Is 10 danger of an outbreak of scurvy by lack of necessary foods. carload of food was sent there two days ago b5 New Orleans merchants. The fever has practically been eradicated from the lower Barrataria country though there is still much in the upper districts.
 Mississippi: Gulfport one case in su- burb; Mississippi City, one case; Vicks- burg, two cases.
 The marine hospital service reports that there have been 106 cases all told in the Gulfport territory, of which only thirteen are now under treatment.
 Dr. White tonight gathered all his of- ficers together and had talk with them over the situation. He urged them to re- double their efforts and be more watch full than ever of every focus of infection that develops Tn tnelr terrlLOry.
 The Avondale detention camp is now in full operation under the direction of the Southern Pacific railroad but still under the auspices of the marine hospital ser vice. It Is used now purely for state bus mess.
 Deplorabe Condition at LeevlIle.
 Some idea of the deplorable conditions that prevailed at Leeville before the relief doctors and nurses reached the scene was given today in an interview from that yellow fever stricken town by man who had been there throughout the epidemic. The arrival was Manuel Encalade, who came here to transact im- portant business and returned today. MT. Encalade said 1t was impossible to pie ture the full horror of the situation be- fore help was forthcoming. Communca- tion was cut off with the city, and food supply ran low, the medicines kept in the town store were exhausted. 1t was im- DC ssible to get enough collins for the dead and many of those who escaped took their belongings and fled to other points. At first the lumber intended for new house was used to make boxes to inter the dead. MT Encalade brought list of S6 who had died in the settle ment up to September and said that 1t was not improbable that numbers of those along the coast had also succumbed.
 MT. Encalade said since the physicians and nurses had arrived the situation had steadily improved and the end was prob- ably near at hand because there was not much more material upon which the fever could feed.
 In Lower Walks of Life.
 The victims today were principally per- sons in the lower walks of life. It is believed toward the end of this month harn wi hn a satlrad Il..A i.. number of cases.
 The conference in the matter of the mosquito and screening ordinance has reached conclusion, the effect of which is to postpone until January 1, the obliga- ton to screen cisterns with wire. It was discovered to be physical impossbility to screen 10000 cisterns with wire between now and the end of the month. Mean time all householders will be cautioned to keep vigllant eye on their cheese cloth screens.
 The new ordinance will hold landlords responsible so far as any fixtures or per- manent additions to real estate of build fngs are concerned, and the tenants will be made to suffer for failure to empty, dry and clean cans. tubs. buckets. bar rels and other water receptacles The or dinance will require private mills fae- tories. congresses. etc, do away with all fire buckets and fire cisterns and substi. tute hand chemical fire extinguishers.
 The series of educational meetings which have been conducted by the Wom- ans league, will be practically wound up on Friday night with big meeting at the Board of Trade, the large auditorium of which has been decorated and bright ened up specially for the occasion. One Patient I1 kIdnapeS Assistant Surgeon Berry today virtual ly kidnapped one yellow fever patient For some, days neighbors have hissed Grocer Caseoux. who runs a store at | Bourbon and Dumaine. Information to that effect was communicated to Dr. White, the federal authorities having for some time believed that fever was hid den In this section. Today Dr. White sent Dr. Berry and policeman to the Caseaux residence. They insisted in seeing Case aux, and fully dressed he finally put in an appearance. He was discovered to have fever at 102, and was undoubtedly suffer- ing from yellow fever. They said the man would have to go to the emergency hos pital. The doctors were ordered from | the premises. The police officer stepped in and arrested Caseaux. and he was taken to the hospital in his buggy Efforts to disinfect the house were resisted, but this was finally done.
 The fifth death in the adjoining parish of St. Bernard was reported today. It oc- cured at Terre Aux-Beouf. The situation is reported to be improving at Corinne. where neglect of the population to obey the instructions of the doctors has made 1t difficulty to make headway against Ah~ t,faottox, Tho TTpftod cta taS