Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-10-18
PEOPLE RETURNING
TO THEIR HOMES
New Orleans Cit z sns No Longer
Fear Yellow Jack.
ouARANTlNEs ARE BEING RAISED

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Influx of People to Ccrescen City from
surrouncii1 contry Is Large, and
the Heel Registers Show that a
Great Many Visitors Are in City.
New Orleans, Oct. 17.-The~ rush of
New Orleans people to their homes
continues, p&Itly induced by tne fact
| that the danger fcC.n foy6r is practical.
ly over ana partly BY anxiety to be
nere during the visit OF President
Roosevelt
Many representative business men
and financi ers are cutting their vaca
tions short in order to assist in show.
Ing to the president how much his
services during the fever fglt are ap
preciated.
The influx Of people from the sur.
rounding states and more remote sec
tions OF the country is also on. The
hotels report comparatively long lists
OF arrivals and the lists promise to
grow daily from now on. Commercial
travellers from the north, east and
west, who have been kept away for
three months, are also putting in an
appearance.
The country towns that are lifting
| the guarantees are crowded with me
| chanics, laborers, clerks and others in
terested in the sugar industry.
The lines Of the Texas Pacific anC
Mississippi Valley, both of which ira
verse the sugar country, are gradual
ly being opened.
The local fever situation mends
steadily At the rate at which the
week has begun the deaths for the
seven days will probably equal those
OF the past week, but there promises to
be another striking diminution in the
number OF cases. In the state during
the preceding "a hours there were only
two deaths and the first good news
in long time came from Patterson OF
only one new case in two days. The
light frost Of last week is believed
to have done mucn toward the destruc
tlon OF infected mosquitoes in the city
The attendance at the New Orleans
public schools is now reported to be
25,0G0; q gain of over 5000 since the
opening two weeks ago. Two more
of the schools opened this week, leav
Ing only two unopened.
DIT. White has accepted an invita-
ton to be the guest Of the country club
at banquet to be given on Oct. %.
The banquet is to be an expression OF
the clubs appreciation of DR.. Whites
services in the fever fight.
New Iberia has not altogether adopt
ed the mosquito theory 1t has decid
ed to quarantine houses in which cases
of fever exist, There are sixteen cases
there now. Only one death has oc
Cured
Two New Cases; No Deaths.
Up to noon today there were two
new cases of yellow fever and nc
deaths.
Orders were issued today to receive
no more patients at the Emergency
hospital.
Although there is a forecast of a
fall in the temperature tomorrow. the
weather today is clear and warm
which is not considered favorable
weather for the further removal OF
guarantees. However there is great
confidence that in view of the contin,
ued Improvement the next spell of cold
weather will bring general collapse
| OF the restrictions.
A brisk movement in grain has start
ed and Vice President Harahan, of the
Illinois Central. wno is here, declares
that The indications are all pointing to
rco0ri-bl aking imports through this
Ecrt this season. The reconstruction
OF the Stuyye52nt docks has been prac.
| t.caily completed.