The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-29
MORE CASES
 OF DISEASE Yellow Jack Spreads at
 Laredo. CITIZENS ARE FLEEING To the South is the Only Dir
 ecti0n Open. Dr. Cutters Says War Should be De- clared on the Moqsuito, for the Insects Cause All the Trouble.
CITIZENS ARE FLEEING

Laredo, Tex, Sept. 2S.-There have been no deaths from yellow fever in this city, but five new cases have been pronounced by the experts who are in charge of the situation. light rain fell about three hours this morning. increasing the un- favorableness of the situation.
 Orders have been issued to the railroad companies prohibiting the sale of tickets to any point north. This step was taken because the authorities intend to estao- fish detention camp at Sanchez stationn' five miles from here. where all passen- gers who wish to depart for points in the north will be compelled to spend ten days under surveillance. The detention however does not apply to through pas sengers from points beyond the yellow fever district in Mexico, the only thing exacted from such passengers being a certificate from United States Consul In Mexico showing they have not been In an infected region within ten days.
 Difference of Opinion.
 Drs. Guiteras and Tabor have perfected khe organization of their forces to carry on the work of placing the city in sani- tary condition by sending out four gangs fin charge of competent physicians, whose duty it Is to supervise the disinfection of all houses within the neighborhood
 
 and where cases now exist. Federal and State officers are working in harmony. but there Is difference of opinion as to whether or not the disease Is contagious. Dr. Guiteras, in an interview, urged the necessity of fighting the mosquito as the only means of stamping out the disease. He said this theory of stamping out the disease was accepted by the International Medical Congress, held at Havana in 1901, and although there are many men who do not accept this theory, he Is thorough Nv convinced of its correctness He said If the city had been thoroughly drained before the introduction of yellow fevor from Mexico, there would have been no spread of the disease here.
 pr. Tabor said he believed the fever could be transmitted by infection. and that while the mosquito undoubtedly com xnunicated the disease he thought 1t could be acquired by infection as well As there are many things not absolutely settled to the minds of all men of science. he said 1t would be well for the inhabi- tants of the city to take every precaution. both against infection from contact with the disease and by being bitten by the mosquito.
 All Cases Isolated.
 Every case of fever has been isolated. and the doors and the windows of the houses covered with mosquito netting to prevent a further spread of the disease from the patients under treatment
 Little information of a reliable nature can be learned from Nuevo Laredo, but 1t is reported tonight that several cases developed there today. It Is also report cd that several of the patients are not protected from the mosquitoes, some of the medical gentlemen there not beliv- ing in the transmission of the disease by this means.
 A number of people left town today for Saltillo and other high points in Mexico, the only outlet now left open.
 It is hoped and believed by the phys- clans that the disease will be stamped out before it spreads much further.
 Reports from Linares say the yellow fever situation is Title improved Twen- ty-two deaths have occurred during the past three days. The agents of the su- perior board of health are doing all they can to control the disease. Patiennts are isolated as much as possible as they are found, and large force of men is being kept busy working to improve the sani- tary condition of the city.
 In the towns north of linareS the dis ease has not appeared. The Monterey authorities claim the city is free from fever. They say the only case which has appeared was that of Dr. Alderman, who died yesterday. They say If the fever should make it appearance, they are prepared to speedily stamp it out