The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13
FEVER STOPS WORK 0NLEYEES
DEslLT OF QUARANTINE AGAINST
NEW ORLEANS.
over 100 New Cases Yesterday. with Nino
Deaths.-states Borrowing Money TO
FIEht tho Plasue-Post Oflice Depart
ment Calls = Halt on stubborn Towns.

FIrht the Plague--Post Omoe Depart
r,ent Calls = Halt on Stubborn Towns.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. i2.-One hundred
and twenty-five new cases OF yellow fever
we're found to-day and nine deaths o.
Cured.
DR.. l. S. White again gave notice to-day
that doctors must report all cases Of fever.
no matter how mild tho typo, ~ no re-
.,rictions are placed on the families Of per-
sons sick with yellow fever There was,
he said, no excuse for not reporting them.
Formerly when a case occurred In q house
the family was kept isolated there and
rre.t panic resulted. Now there Is perfect
latitude allowed
Mississippi and Texas have followed the
,1ampe Of Louisiana In borrowing money
for quarantine purposes. A majority Of
the members OF the Louisiana Legislature,
having been consulted by Gov. Blanchard
nv telegraph, decided that they would vote
for the appropriation Of 500 900 for crushing
out the yellow fever at the next regular
session, which meets in May. This guaranty
being deemed sufficient by the banks
which act as fiscal agents Of the State.
Tho first allowance of $40, 900 was forwarded
TO New Orleans to-day, and It will be sent In
like sums as long as needed.
Gov. vardaman Of Mississippi to-day
sent a circular letter to members Of the
Mississippi Legislature asking II they are
willing to vote a $50 900 appropriation at
Of the present quarantine against Louisiana.
In Texas Gov Lanham without going
through these formalities. has borrowed
L.
officer, and turned 1t over to him. Tho
Texas quarantine fund was almost ex-
harsted when the present epidemic began,
and Dr. Tabor has been in great straits
for lack Of funds.
The Louisiana State Board Of Engineers
calls attention to another case that has re-
prevailing. Not only have they injured
The cotton crop by cutting of communica-
ii n with New Orleans and preventing farm
ers from getting the paris green poison
50 necessary at this time Of the year for the
destruction Of the cotton caterpillars, but
they have practically stopped all the work OF
building and repairing the levees which is
usually carried on during the summer and
fall The State engineers are cooped up IN
New Orleans and admission has been refused
to any Of the river parishes, and It is impos-
fbe for a contractor to get together camp
oflaborers to do levee work Necessary work
has been post poned and il the fever con-
tinues late there Is great danger OF overflow
in the event OF high water,
The United States Engineers ONCE In
this city has been temporarily removed to
yicksburg 90 as to be as little interrupted
In it's work as possible by the guarantees.
but the change has been Of but little assist
ance as there are 80 many close guarantees.
An attempt will be made to get the Govern.
ment engineering feet Of four vessels out
Of the city for the purpose OF making an
inspection Of the levees.
Half dozen more Louisiana towns and
parishes surren dered to-day to the Louisiana
State board Of health on the quarantine
hs sf e a%e ons 81 eee The o. noo
intercourse parishes in tho State, and
Pointe Coupee, which h as become con verted
to Tho mesquite theory Notifications
were made In the case Of 0ueydan, Jeaner-
rs m aa for ten p dsgs thst t time
It has been without Ice and other necessi-
lies.
The Post Ohaoe Department has decided
that the railroads must carry the mails
and tender them to a towp. L they are
and the salary Of the postmaster will cease.
This il expected to call halt on the stu-
pidty Of some Of tho scared towns. Yer
million parish. which ie shut out OF its mails
by the guarantees Of some Of the inter-
o,
subscription . private mail route which
viii get letters and mails through.
The railroads, which have suffered heavy
losses, have declined to prosecute the health
boards although advised to do 20 by the
Louisiana board Of health. They complain
Ia the sudden clapping on OF .guarsntines
vi hout notice. A carload will be taken
10 some place where there Is no quarantine,
but when 1t reaches there It Is announced
that quarantine has just been declared.
The Louisiana State board Of health took
act ion in case Of this kind to-day over a
carload Of freight sent to Iabadieville.
In Assumption parish. An attempt was
made to hold 1t up at that point but by
Instructions from the State board the quar-
In the future no attention will be paid to
such uuarantines.
In Mississippi there has been some loosen;
ing up but there are occasional fanatioal
outbreaks and quarantine wars. Brandon
has auarantined against Florence because
Ship Island Railroad to stop there, while
Wahalak has quarantined against Mobile
because she permits banana vessels TO Land
at her wharves. At Utica the quarantine
Z so stringent and the laws 80 severe that
the town marshal has resigned, declaring
1t impossible to enforce them.
The three Italians who have been seen
In yawl in the Mississippi, and who are
reported to have been elected from tow
boat because one Of them was sick with
fever. continue to keep the quarantine
guards on the Arkansas and Mississippi
banks in q state Of wild excitement lest
they might land on these banks. Yester-
Gay they were observed from Helena by
means Of a telescope and seen to Land on
towhead, or sand island, in the middle OF
the river, where they are reported to be
digging, presumably a grave. This has
doubled the excitement and panic OF the
guards. The castaways are apparently
trying to get to Memphis or some large
town where they can be sent to deten-
ton camp.
The Union Sulphur Company, which
operates the works at Sulphur. City, Ia,
the largest in the world, has given car.
load Of sulfur for disinfeoting purposes and
viii give as much more as may be needed.
The Standard Oil Company has rendered
free oil and the use Of It's tank wagons for
cling cisterns, ponds and cutters likely TO
breed mosquitoes. There will be great
tenrnd for disinfectants tomorrow, when,
on the advice OF the citizens committee,
every householder will disinfect his premises
'i.h sulfur to kill mosquitoes.
DR.. John Guiteras head OF the Cuban
uarantine service. who IL investigating
v" yellow fever situation, declares that
Cu'Na will not remove its quarantine against
tho (,,nf ,oaat ~ xha T1rtSol 2tat0a until