The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
Fifty Thousand Dollar Bath.
New Orleans to Indu1ge in Thorough
Scrubbing-Feyer Spreading Slowly.

NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept. 11.-New
Orleans is to be treated to the most
thorough cleaning she has ever had
in many moons. Today Mayor Flower
and Dr. Olliphant met the heads of
the various departments of the city in
a conference, at which the majority of
the council were present. The confer
ence resulted in the instant appropria-
ton of $4,000 with which to begin the
work, with the understanding that any
portion of 900 necessary to conclude
it will be forthcoming when required.
A large force of men viii be put at
once to work and New Orleans will be
treated to a flrSt-class bath.
This afternoon Mayor Flower issued
a proclamation to the people, calling
for general clean up about their
homes and a general use Of bichloride
of lime. The health situation in New
Orleans has steadily improved today
The board of experts issued a bulletin
concerning the ST. Claude street pa
tients and declared of the twelve cases
only one might be considered suspi-
cious and the other cases have so much
improved as to warrant no apprehen-
sion that any of them will result fatal
ly. The exceptional cases, it is hoped,
will be out Of danger tomorrow or next
day. The usual care in guarding the
square is being exercised.
The board of health reiterated this
evening that there was not a serious
case in the city, and there has thus
far been but one case of yellow fever
in New Orleans this summer. The best
evidence that confidence had been re-
CIR in foa OF hot Ion
nees of the. theaters today were crowd
ed, and that half a dozen bands have
at different times appeared on the
streets in the past twelve hours.
Although there has been a vast i'm
provement locally, country towns con-
tinue to issue quarantine edicts, and
some of the towns are being forced to
declare quarantine under threats of
other cities. Monroe, for instance, does
not desire to stop communication with
New Orleans, but she was told today
that IT she did not quarantine New
Orleans, Shreveport and Vicksburg
would quarantine her
The Illinois Central issued bulletin
today that no passengers on north
bound trains on that road, would be
allowed to pass through Mississippi,
unless they possessed clean bills of
health.
Nothing has been reported this after
noon of an alarming nature from the
coast. A few new cases of fever have
been discovered, but the seourge is not
spreading with the rapidity as other
epidemics. There is lack of harmony
in Biloxi and the trouble today resulted
in the assignment of DR.. Allmont as
president of the board of health. The
work of plastering Biloxi with disin-
fectantS, however. continues unabated.
Tomorrow the Mississippi state au-
thorities will take charge of the stu
alton at Biloxi Biloxi. although she
has fever herself, will continue to
maintain quarantine against Ocean
Springs.
Dr. Murray and DR.. Guiteras. of the
Marine hospital service, to-day went to
Fontainebleau to hasten the completion
of the camp of detention. There are
thirty-eight persons sick in Ocean
Springs today and four hundred who
had not had the fever Ocean Springs
is still appealing for help, especially
for trained nurses.
At Jackson. Miss, the mayor and
council declined to raise the quarantine
against New Orleans for the present,
but among the people. there confidence /
IS about restored.
Vicksburg, Miss, is auarantined !.
gainst New OrIeansand every point