The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-17
CASES In NISaSISIP
Eleven Are Reported A. Happening
at Mississippi City.
ARE JUST LEARNED.
All the OiEer Gulf gasa~ III Once
Instituted Qnsrantint.-i'a PARISHES
Of Louisiana Report >oiac
More eases.

New Orleans Aug, ~ -falIow iug is
the official record mp 10 . oci" K
Wednesday evening New cases 81
total cases. I146; deaths :. total
6eaths. lie. new focl ~. total foeL
24s; cases under treatment, 8l4.
With little variation tn The datlv
record. it naturally follows that there
is no material change In the situation
and none is looked for In the 'nlrne
date future. There is considerable
satisfaction 10 be drawn from the
small number OF deaths. because II
shows two things--one that the type
OF the disease is not a. malignant AZ a,
first supposed. and The other. that the
authorities are finding about every
case In the city. The generally accept
ed death rate is about ii per cent IL
Is about a week ago that the daily
record took jump one day los cages
being reported. Since tf1.n the daily
record has lowered around sixty While
eight days are usually allowed for a
patient Ia recover or die most of the
deaths occur on the nth and s3xfh
day. 40 the fact that the deaths
Tuesday and Wednesday we're small
indicates tAst all the sases are on the
record now and subjected to treatment
according TO the modern Idea DR.
White said the other dsv that If no
could be assured OF having every case
In the city under observation and
proper treatment he could stamp out
the disease In short time. so evidently
the desired condition is approaching
II II has not alreaAy been attained.
There were no prominent p4oula
among the new cases. hIt the majority
Of them are among the gaort'.. Of com
Portable circumstances Only six Of
the new foti are above Canal street.
Past assistant Surgeon Corput
found another n"si IT infection outside
OF the city Ne ucaaay Tic went 10 st
John parish. CITY miles above the city.
on the Mississippi river and unea-tl cd
thirty three cases. twenty-ou, Of Which
are in an entirely ufu foe4S 54 .sd
around tire town ~ Les Place Sc fn.sad
eight mere cases on Diamond fta-ta-
ton. ia 81 Charles perish sr8 Ga4sr
more or Te'te liaute plantation Tho
cases at IA Plurv ARE if.r,ifa[sv
among the better ria-~ pf E-4.t.tt. .r.s q.
seems 10 De a mlla t~ o., f,.fa,st~
that all the houses af tsss {s.o.,s class
Of people In that seetlau ar- ftis ~
stegofnyiA. and unless steps tr. ga&ee
Immediately to eradicate tnr-a t4e
spread wiii act beyond ,.tutrof
The state board OF health haas y4a. eI
Or. Corrupt iu control ~ thGs vuFh and
he will return to that place at once
The state board will also semi pav
sictan and nurses 10 the sceue
Patterson reports six new ,asrs ana
no deaths
Points Celeste. IN Ptaquemlne par
isT reports two new cases and proba-
bly, three among as many children an
"a the same group. \ case was diSrov-
erred ia Ra6ine, In the parish of Acadia
ON the Southern Pacific railroad sur.
geou Guiteras visited Lafayette and
confirmed the diagnosis Of the case
there. No others have developed As
sistant Surgeon Gotdberger has con
rrmed the suspicious case which devel-
oped In Alexandria The patient is
nearly we'll
A special from Gufport tells ~ tho
discovery 0f yellow fever az Alssls-
sippi city. on the Gulf OF Mexico and
states that the disease has been there
since July 90. II originated In tho Har-
yey observation-disclosures there among tne
family u Ma ior Gee There have been
eleven eases sll TOLD and four persons
are now under Treatments AN az fne
other coast towns have quar8uiir-d
against Mlsaisairpi tsItx bnf Thew, 3D..
much resentment oveg che PACE that
the existence 81 The fewer there was
not discovered until Wednesday