The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-25
YELLOW FEVER SPREADS
Four Cases Have Developed at Fort
Morgan, Alabama.

Fort Morgan, Ala, July EST was
announced today that four cases of
yellow fever have developed on the
steamer Columbia, which arrived in
the bay from Colombia. The Columbia
was not permitted to go up the bay
but was ordered to the quarantine sta
ton at Ship island, ten miles below
here at the entrance to Mobile bay.
There are now suspicious cases at the
army hospital. sai7
One Death at New Orleans.
Washington, July 25.-Acting Sur
geon General Glennon, of the public
health and marine hospital service, has
represents that service at New Or
leans, that there had been a death
from yellow fever IN that city outside
the district in which previous deaths
had occurred.
DR.. White also notified DR. Glennon
that detention camps would be estab-
lished at Kenner, Avondale, Waveland
and Slidell, all small places on the
railroads near New Orleans. The
camps will be supplied with stores
from the government repository at
Fontainebleau, Miss
Warming About Mosquitoes.
New Orleans, July 25.-Mayor Behr-
man has issued a proclamation to the
people of New Orleans urging them to
heed the advice of the health authori-
..
premises, and calling special attention
to the necessity of screening the houses
and placing nets over cisternS and all
pools of water which might breed mo-
squitoes., This proclamation was also
signed by the president of the state
board of health. president of the city
health board. Surgeon White, of the
marine hospital service, and the adj
visory committee of the New Orleans
Paris Medical society.
n of state
health today it was decided, in re-
Spouse to the numerous requests Tor
information from the parish health Of
ficers, to prepare and send out de-
tailed statement of the situation. This
will include an official statement that
up to date there have been seventeen
cases of fever here and six deaths.
The quarantine regulations suggest
ed by the meeting of citizens, requir-
ing six days detention for all vessels
from ports liable to yellow fever, were
adopted after a very heated discussion.
Notification was received at noon
from DIR. Hunter of the mississippi
board that he had proclaimed quaran-
tine against the whole state of LouiSi-
ana, because the state had not quaran-
tined against the city. This question
was discussed at the board meeting,
but owing to the intimate relations
between the city and certain portions
of the state, and the Willingness of
some sections of the state to maintain
open communication with the city, 1t
was decided not to quarantine the
state against the city.
Surgeon White is perfecting arrange
ments for the establishment of deten-
ton camps for the different railroads.
Lieutenant Colonel Maus, U. S. A, came
here today to investigate the situation
at Jackson barracks. He found no cases
of illness and recommended against re-
moving the troops at the present time,
which he said was not necessary. He
urged, however, that the men be kept
within the grounds.
Meanwhile there is widespread conf
dence in the ability of United States
Marine Hospital Surgeon White and the
state and city authorities to success
fully apply the mosquito theory and
there has been no exodus from the city.
Large numbers OF home people are re-
turning to New Orleans from the sur
rounding resorts in order to avoid being
separated from their families owing to
the rightly of the guarantees that
have been put into effect.
The health authorities continue to in
sist that there is absolutely no occas-
ion for alarm, and that if people will
follow the directions that are being
published the fever can be restricted,
successfully treated and stamped out