The San Francisco call., 1905-08-03

and especially TO study the scientific fight
now in progress based on the mosqnto
theory. However, the Louisiana officials
expect little modification or the quaran-
tine regulations until the fever is entirely
stamped out owing TO the widespread
Discrimination of the Mississippi public TO
accept the mosquito theory.
FEDERAL CONTROL.
Surgeon White of the Marine Hospital
service has returned from the Mississippi
coast. from which point he talked over
the long distance telephone with Gov
ernOr Fardaman. DR.. White said the
Governor had given courteous consent to
the establishment of detention camp
on the Mississippi side of the State line
on the Louisville and Nashville road and
would arrange for the admission to Mis-
sissippi points of persons from New Or
lean who entered the camp and are dis
charged with certificates OF the FedeTal
surgeons. There is no longer any OBJ
stacle to the movement of passengers
through Mississippi.
The question of whether Federal control
OF the situation ought 10 be invited is still
discussed, but unless Sraver conditions
arise it is not regarded as unlikely that
there will be any movement in that d.
rection. Mayor Herman to-day signed
the mosquito ordinance and IT was later
reviewed in the official journal. 1t re-
qulr,s that cisterns shall be screened
within forty-e ight hours by property own
ers CT their agents.
Passenger and freight traffic on the
railroads in and out of New Orleans is
practically paTaiyz5d All suburban serv-
ice to coast towns was discontinued
week ago and almost daily the railroads
have been dropping one or more trains
until the service on most of the lines is at
d minimum.
DETENTION CAMPS FILLED.
The detention camps on the railroads
outside of New Orleans are filled with
refugees. The detention camp on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, one of
the main outlets from the gulf was locat-
ed to-day. arrangements being finally
made TO place the station on the line
bC tween Louisiana and Mississippi. All
trains carry armed guards, the train in
spections extending as far north as Cairo.
Ill.
Mobile has frightened its protective cor
don and has ordered in addition to disin-
fection, detention of five days for all
boats coming from Central and South
American ports.
.TeXarkana, on the line between Ar
kansas and Texas, mas ordered a discon-
tinuance of all trains between. Shreveport.
where d case appeared last night at Tex
arkana.
Arkansas, IS we'll as Mississippi, is
using Il militiamen as quarantine officers
and has stationed them at various points
to prevent the landing of people from in
fected districts.
Shotgun quarantines prevail in many
parts of the far South, this emphatic
manner of stopping refugees having been
in operation near Vicksburg for about a
week.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2-Surgeon Uen-
eraI Wyman of the Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service said to-day that
he had not received any official notifica-
ton of the conflict between the State au-
thorities of Louisiana and Mississippi
over the question of quarantine. He
added: 1.-The small boats that went into
Lake Bergne and to the mouth of Lake
Borgne inlet were probably under the
State and local authorities of Mississippi.
Surgeon Wasdin of the Public Health and
Morine Hospital Service is assisting in
protecting the towns of the gulf coast of
Mississippi makes the requet of the au-
thoFities OF that State. He is using the
United States cutter Winona to notify
from New Orleans that they
cannot land at that place and that they
have The option of either going back or
proceeding to Ship Island quarantine,
where they can be held under observation
and then given pratique. The bureau de-
clines to take over the small vessels of
the State which are said to have gone
into the waters of Louisiana"