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New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

THE safest place in New-Orleans," is the way
the surgeons speak Of the emergency hospital IN
Dumaine-st a stones throw from the Frencla
Market and in the heart Of the infected district
From the beginning TO case OF yellow fever has
originated there.
Or. Hamilton p Jones. a native OF New
Orleans. who had the fever in the terrible epi-
demic of 1878. holds the post Of chief medical
officer. He is assisted by DR.. Charles FACET, Dr.
James Burnie Guthrie. Dr. Felix FOrmento and
DR.. Paul Emil Archinard, pataOlOglSt. There
are eight trained nurses, women, the majority
of whom have never had the fever; two resident
internes. eight Orderlies and kitchen force
The Tribune correspondent spent q morning N
the hospital in which there are forty-CWO Ger
tain cases of yellow fever The nrst hOor II
given over to two wards for men. fifteen being
in each ward. The patients were IN all stages
of the disease. those who had not been sick
more than three or four days being in beds IN
closed in mosquito netting 1t IS only IN tie
first three or four days Of the disease that ths
stegOmyia can become infected.
In OF the little iron beds near the window
lies extreme case of fever, an Italian, VINO
was found after he had been sick six days HIS
chest is heavinS like the walking beam or
a steamer. Across X, as II to hold the mo-
tion within bounds his arms are folded and his
hands clnched- His teeth are set, the lips be-
ing drawn back by his suffering Every part
Of mis- body is the color OF saffron and his eyes
are shut The man is dying. the surgeons say,
and every other patient IN the ward knows IT.
They don't know, however, that a chronic KID
ginning and his death struggles excite his
ward mates.
We should have a hospital large enough To
permit putting such cases into a separate
and depression caused by ward death are one
o hanliCapS.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
MANGIN0'S LAST MEAL.

How is Mangino to-day" asks the surgeon
"Oh. he is very fine to-day: thank you very
much" says the Italian wife, all smiles.
The surgeon takes his temperature and notes
the result with frown. He feels the pulse, and
registers that with a shrug Of the shoulders
What did you give him to-day" is the Of
fetal question.
oh nothing much" says the wife, stin all
vmles; "just bit of spagitt' and tomrnat'. He
get well now; he eat such fine breakfast"
In the list Of dead Manginos name appeared
the next morning Yet outsiders wonder why the
death list grows
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
LOSS OF BUSINESS.

New-OrIeaus is suffering more from the strtcs
c,,arantiues put on by neighboring States and
cities than it is from the disease itself Certain
lines of trade are practically paralyzec- Thers
is only one train in from the north and one out
zach dav where there are six in ordinary times.
Hundreds of citizens have summer homes IN the
nrattv towns on the Gulf. Just over the line IN
mississippi In order to visit their families they
have 10 travel to Atlanta and spend seven days
there before they travel back into Missis-
sinpi. Those who have country places in ths
four surrounding parishes are more fortunate.
for no quarantine has been declared and people
90 and come as they please Strange as 1t may
seem these parishes are practically free nom
fever Parishes further away. which clapped
down the quarantine at the first sign OF troubls
in Orleans have become tnfected-
According 10 the commercial statistics. now
ever there has no. been as great falling OFT
in trade as might be expected The rerall trade
has suffered most, though the quarantine has
cut into the wholesale business somewhat The
total volume of business shows an increase over
last year. which was the best New-OrIes1ns ha
ever known. The first week OF the fever showed
an increase of n per cent over the same Week
last year. the second week Oh per cent tn1rd
week 80 per cent. fourth week - per cent u
is of course. impossible 10 say how much tha
increas Sc would have been If there had been no
endemic Local stocks and securities fell away
many points when the fever was discovered.
but as confidence has been restored they havs
climbed again until they are about where they
The many sensational reports OF panic, cc
persons dying in the street. OF imaginary plagus
horrors OF all sorts, have done great deal or
harm in unduly alarming the surrounding coun-
trv Many Of these stories get back TO New
Orleans and tend to cause unrest and fear
that the authorities are keeping something back
AS long as the citys trade continues IN it's pres
ent volume there will be no suffering among
the labOring classes. If the quarantines should
be tightened up, however, and many thousands
thrown out OF employment there win he suffer
ing here That means rust one thing, according
to Dr. White the poorer class viii rush the
quarantines. shot guns no shot guns. and
spread the fever all uD the Mississippi Valley.
as they did in 1878 The crisis in this epidemic
seems TO be at hand. and in a few days the scala
will turn one wav or another. From the ef-
fort that is being put forth the chances seem To
be against the epidemic and in favor OF the city.
JAMES FRENCH DORRANCE
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
Even the King of Terrors Has His Funny Side if
One Can Find 1t.

arnor. He high shoes and leather leggings
which reached TO his knees His hands were
safely slowed away in heavy gauntlets. His face
was screened in by a net which hung from his
broad brimmed hat Thus equipped he into
the infected district. He asked of the hospital
surgeons to take him to see a very bad case of
fever, and his lip trembed when a mosquito was
heard buzzing about the sickroom. When the local
papers began to cartoon him the doctor decided
that he had seen enough yellow fever and started
north.
Another doctor. a practitioner of prominence in
St Paul, is at the hotel with a theory that ar
senic will prevent yellow fever. He has been
looking for infected stegomyia for nearly two
weeks. He made every effort to get the health au-
thorties to lend him one Of their collection long
nit this the ground that they had all they could
S0ctor {e n m ks bm
down because he was homoeopath;
the newspapers and in hired halls lie soon had
a following of many thousands; who take their ar
the bartenders in his theory and in nearly every
0 hey he Sa sef 6ee an 1an d s' h Wn
belief since a couple of the arsenic eaters have
taken the fever.
One hears of nearly many preventives as
offered for seasckness when ones friends learn
of contemplated voyage There are several thou
sand people walking around the streets with sui
phur in their shoes. In the Italian district one
finds many wearing little bags OF salt and vine
quarters is that the man who soaks up dozen
gin rickeys every day cannot get the fever Others
Many who are afraid TO drink liquor have taken
TO champagne which is given fever patients in
small quantities.
The members of the cotton and sugar exchanges
are just as full of fun as they ever We're Yester-
day they knocked off work for while TO watch a
brick lifting contest among crowd OF negroes.
Twenty-Five bricks were placed on heavy plank
and the negro who could put ii on top of his head
got a 10 cent prize.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
MIXED BATHING IN ENGLAND.

Within the last two summer seasons mixed bath
ing which was formerly regarded BY the British
natrOn with horror has become popular that ths
restrictions against II have been allowed to fsN
into the breach of non-observance at ths majority
of English watering places
II is a curious fact that while the rasngifng oe
men and women in the surf has prevailed tha
Continent in America for a score or wears. MIS-
Grunty until few years ago successfully resiSted
II English sands
For the first time the West Pier. at Brighton
made arrangements for mixed bathing this year
and the practice has failed 70 excite opposition
Easthourne, Isle OF Wight. Nargatc. Blackpool
SCuthend-nn- sea. Ramsey. Peel and other seaside
places. The onlv noteworthy exceptions are Bourne
mouth and Rhyl At Rhyl women's and men's bath
ing stations are half mile apart and policeman
is duty 70 prevent strong swimmers eyadinS the
regulations
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
YELLOW FEVER LIMITS
Precautions Nep-YOrk and Other
Cities Should Take.
CE,,om Tn. Tribune Bureau1

Washington, Aug 26.-The Marine Hospital
Service commends the editorial in The Tribune
on the need of precautions TO prevent the i'm
portation OF yellow fever into New-York City.
and especially the comforting assurance that the
exercise of proper sanitary measures at Quar-
antine on ships arriving from infected ports
will prevent the fever from gaining a foothold
In the metropolis. The danger OF introducing
the disease by means of railway travellers from
the South, some of whom may have left New
Orleans within forty-six hours while fully real
lied by the public health officials as a subject
for reasonable fear is nevertheless declared 10
be no real for alarm. for. with isolation
and protection from mosquitoes, all possibility
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
PART ".
EIGHT PAGES.
rrom stan Correspondent Of The Tribune,
New-orleans, August %

New-Orleans, August %.
The death knell of yellow fever as an cpl
demic and a scourKe in America is being
sounded in New-Orleans these hot August days
according TO the government experts in matters
Or public health That the fight will finally
ssnonstrato that yellow fever can be checked
without waiting for the coming of frost seems
te be almost certain. That the disease is only
communicated by infected stegomyie mosqui-
toes is already established beyond reasonable
doubt in the minds OF every medical practi-
iioner in New-Orleans.
Above all things Ne7v-Orleans has learned the
great folly OF trying to ignore the presence of
fever as long as possible and the Importance
II q quarantine that really quarantines. The
temper Of the people will brook no hesitation
in the future and before another summer the
state is expected to pass quarantine law that
VIII demand the extreme period of detention Of
vessels from infected South and Central Ameri-
can ports The ports of Mississippi and Ala
hama viii learn his lesson along with Louisi-
ana when the epidemic is over and all the
facts are brought cut.
The Crescent City is putting up fight against
this disease which must command the admira
lion of the world when its details fully
known The citizens are almost literally
stripped 10 the waist" and stand man to man
in q solid front. Having thrown aside the lons
cherished theories of States rights and asked the
federal government 10 take charge of the fight
they are giving most admirable support. All
the money the Marine Hospital surgeons need
IS forthcoming without delay and a score Of the
most prominent Of the city are giving most
cf their time in departments in which they can
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
TAKING THE CHANCES.

This is the real danger zone IN New-Crieans
The citizens OF the city do not venture there
unless absolutely necessary. When The Tribune
district on an inspection trip the Marine Hos
ptal surgeons shook their heads Dr.. T. Farrar
Richardson. who has charge Of the inspection
work, and who goes through the district twice
daily, said: "As medical man. must tell you
that you should not go down there. In spite OF
our screening and fumigating. the district is
alive with mosquitoes. many OF which are un-
Gtroneua freely and trust 70 luck" The Trib-
nne man decided that his luck would stand the
strain
The party included DR.. George NJ. Berry. the
only government surgeon who has yet taken
yellow fever and who had left the hospital only
tne Gay before. lie had worked tor ten days IN
The heart of the infected district. taking every
procaution which did not interfere with his work,
Yet an infected mosquito found him out and ne
Goes not know when or where he was
bitten. OF a naturally strong constitution, ana
~ perfect health, he threw on the disease. ana
SITTER spending ten days In bed without SOHO
food he is only fifteen pounds under weight
few blocks below Canal-st. brings one into
the infected district AS there no sewers.
the sanitation, even of the streets, IL miserable
water hee IN the open CUTTERS, and mud oozes
from cracks between the wide, stone paving
docks. Some Of the streets are not paved at
ell. and are full Of chuck holes as a lumber
buildings IN the district old. some of them
over one hundred years. The architecture IL
curious mixture OF Spanish and French, modern
lzeS where repairs have been absolutely neces-
ea-y. There many huge rookeries, in which
eozens OF Italian families 1--we. In even wcrfs
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

HSertifcat:-This is too sertife that the
barrer is a preecher frum the norf an in god
helt"
scrawled on a telegraph blank, in an almost
illegible hand, the foregoing "sertifcat" was
presented to the Wynne Ark. authorities in re-
Spouse to their demand for quarantine papers.
The hard hearted guide no more softened
by the humor of the thing than dour Scotch
man and turned the colored gentleman down.
When last seen the man from the norf was
taking his "god helt" eastward, and his wide
coattaiIs were Tapping down the railroad in the
direction of Memphis.
hobo" had been halted by guards on the
south side of Memphis. just as three vehicles
drove IN all desiring to enter and none holding
q permit The "hobo" finding admission denied
him broke through the line and ran toward
town, a guard hot on his heels Ine tramp
gained and the guard fired In the air TO halt
him. without effect on the hobo" but with un-
looked for results otherwise, for, excited by the
shot the other two guards joined IN the chase.
OF COURSE all the halted vehicles slipped quickly
through the lines, and two GUARDS are no"
hunting work instead of suspects.
Many small towns pin their faith on their
own efforts regarding State quarantine as in
terfering with their rights and pass some queer
laws One of these towns has an ordinance de-
manding that all trains pass through with win
dows and doors tightly closed, regardless OF
being screened A conductor VINO han not peen
through the village after the passage OF thls
law rolled into the station with summer tiine
ventilation in all his coaches, and swung OFF the
steps. only to feel the heavy hand of the laws
representative his shoulder.
Yer my prisoner" announced the marshal
open your throttle and run her into court.
then. I've got to get away from here" responded
the railroad official. and into the Mayors court
they ran. most of the Inhabitants following. The
marshal told his story, and the conductor &C
knowledeed that the facts were as stated
"PIl have ter fine ye twenty-five COLLARS
mister. YoualI done broke the law" announced
the Mayor
eThat's your privilege sir" replied the con-
ductor. affabiy. He moved his chair back and
tilted IT at a comfortable angle against the wall
,Jobody spoke and the silence became embar-
rassfne Finally the Mayor made much ado with
naners pen and ink. and cleared his throat.
.sc,bal writ We q reeseet fer tibet fine? he vent
ured to ask.
.sUrite what you please AIS one to me-"
varas the railroad man. whiting at pen
ell
rha official shuffied around more and
,,.,,red another shot Amt yo goin ter pay
thet hne~'
None. No dust" sententiously
..Twenty-five dollars means sixty days"
warned the Mayor.
or, a Southern man, and respect the law.
youTl have 10 enforce II. Of course" answered
the railroad man.
But you're a-losin time. You are way be-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
IN THE WOMEN'S WARDS.

ON the third floor OF this irnprovised hospital
are several small wards for women The rooms
are uncomfortabIy hot. IN spite OF the use oc
a number Of electric fans. but most OF the pa
tients are doing we'll one poor italian woman.
who must have been something OF a beauty in
health is dying. She was brought to the hos
pitaI from the crowded howell in which she lived
with her large family and where she had
ceived practically no treatment Her case was
hopeless from the beginning, yet every effort
was made to save her. When 1t becane a mat
ter of a few hours. they sent for her husband
and he was at her bedside when the CORE
spondent visited the ward begging for one last
word from lips that will never speak again He
was led away after little by one OF the nurses
In q front room on this floor is a brighter
picture A mother and six children. step lad
der family ranging from a girl OF nine to a
babe in arms, have just been pronounced con-
valescent. They were found IN one OF the most
miserable rookeries which the INSPECTORS have
explored and all were sick with the fever II
there had been a day or two OF delay the names
of some of them would surely have been entered
in the list OF dead. AS It was. they spent ten
davs in the hospital and passed through the
several stages Of the disease without acute SUI
fering.
most careful study of the disease, and complete
data are being taken OF each case Blood sTnears
are taken in every case, and the doctors oeNsVe
that they will be able 10 Work out IrusI"ortny ~
means of identifying the disease. II - as YET
too early TO make any announcement In this
regard.
The hospital is run entirely on the mosquito
theory The building is thoroughly screened at
doors and windows The entrance 70 t1e WARDS
&c Though ''unosouito locks" or double screen
doors Many of the hospital stan have never
had the fever, but none have been infected thus
far Several patients have been brought 10 the
hospital suffering from what appeared 70 De
yellow fever but which developed into undouor-
cd malaria They were sent away as soon as
the malaria was established but not ons OF
them caught the yellow fever. There is no furr-
gation of clothes and when a patient Is wei
enough to leave he goes out IN the garments NJ
wore to the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
Scenes Among the Fever Stricken Italians of New
Orleans Dying in Dirty Tenements

This case was not an extreme one. 1t is the
story of twoscore of the deaths in this dis
trict. There are more extreme cases. For
instance. an Italian saloonkeeper, who had been
treated by of the most expert physicians in
New Orleans, worried through a most severe
case of fever. He practically WELL and
his friends. who were many, rejoiced
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

squalor than prevails in the crowded tenement
houses OF New-York's East Side. Most OF the
houses built about courts which are paved
with fat blocks or cobbles. and reek with ac-
cumulated flth mud and stagnant water. The
courts often serve stables for the horses, as
well as Fairgrounds for scores of children many
of the smaller ones running naked in the very
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

we must give Filipo banquet tonight" Z"
was the word that passed about.
flipo was fiattered at the attention. Sure. he
would come TO the banquet He even walked
tnere, and many were the compliments on his
apparent good health. He ate heartily of several
Italian dishes. He drank red wine the rich
Chlanti. and smacked his lips. He went home
rejoicing. and in the night he died. This is the
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
DEAD.

Eidd-r has lust answered letter" said
country EDITORS ss.istaat. '-Tou TO him
told him his subscription had expired
What e sayF' asked the editor
Hanged n understand him He Just rny letter
back with reouiescat pace scravled tbs bottom
Of n."-lPhiiadslphta Press
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
THE WORST IS OVER.

Il have strong hopes that the epidemic Of
yellow fever in New-Orleans has eliminated"
said Surgeon ]. H. White, who is in charge of
the work for the government, in a statement to
r-he Tribune correspondent to-day. L have
every reason to believe that it has reached
its height. and evary hope that we can command
a decrease from this time on. September is the
worst month for the stegomyia, but that does
not mean that we viii have a fresh rush Of
fever in that month. I think we have the ste
cainyis under control in New-Orleans and
T-fiuiJy
-rAe are making sanitary survey Of the city.
Tor tila next week a force of 500 men Will de-
Fre-riou. A. the close of the survey we will
lratc record Of every case OF sickness since
= r~l: will know whether not there are
s-1N cisterns unscreened; We will even have q
- a-G ~ uncovered tubs and flower pots. and
f'--o viii he a report every vacant lot as to
Lrant water. The last OF the week we will
IN salt the open cutters. using 700
s'fs of salt 10 the block Some fear that the
iD the salIed cutters will breed the harm
CTleT soicitans mosquito. I say let them
ana when We find them we will be sure
-. hzge no stegomyia-"
-'t- c-ty was turned over 10 the officers OF the
- go PoePital Service August > The total
1-.r8b= os cases 10 that date was GIG. and the
Irrnrer of this 1I2. Seventeen surgeons We're
o. .le~o5 here from different points. and began
,-fr~~-t1lg the fght. Sixteen ward headquarters
we're established throughout the city, and be-
tween six and seven hundred men began the
WORK Of inspection, fumigating and screening.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
BIGGER HOSPITAL NEEDED.

The general headquarters Of the Marine Hos
pital Service is the busiest place in the South.
The commanding general Of the fight DR.. White,
IS proying a genius at handling difficult situa-
tons He is a large built man. with iron gray
hair and mustache. His eyes smile always and
he does not know what il is to be ruffied. New
Orleans is beginning TO swear by him His
staff consists Of Surgeon Guiteras and Past AS
sistaut Surgeons Rupert Blue J. B. Green, c. H.
Lsvinder, John McAIullen, G. NJ. Corput. T. f.
Richardson. D. H. Currie. T. D. Berry, w. c..
Rucker. Z C. Ebert. F. c. Smith, E NJ. Steger.
p Il McReon, E. A Sweet, W. II. Frost and
z & Mullen. Several physicians of large local
experience In past epidernics assisting. in
oluding Dr. A L Metz. professor Of chemistry
st Tulane University, who has charge Of the
sanitary survey.
In the least suspicious is reported TO headquar-
ters the nearest ward organization is informed,
and a screening squad goes out on the jump.
Ine patients bed is closely screened ana the
doors anc windows Of the room in which he lies.
The tuTnigating squad follows later in the day
ana thoroughly furnigates every part OF the
house except the sickroorn. AS soon as the
patient can be moved the sickroom Is funigated.
The crying need in this fever fight is a hos
pital Of sufficient size SO that every case which
breaks out IN the Italian ana trench quarters
can be removed TO a ward II every Italian
who takes the fever could be cared Tor IN q
hospital the danger of infection spreading would
be greatly decreased AS It is. q great majority
OF the cases must be treated at home.
The districts occupied by negroes have been
remarkably free from fever. There have been
only twenty cases IN the entire negro popua-
ton and only two deaths
As an epidemic yellow fever exists In only
two quarters OF New-Orleans. These are known
as the French Market quarter, once occupied oy
the French. now by the Italian residents OF the
city IN which the fever originated, and the 1th
Ward. TO which the French people moved when
they were crowded out of the old district It is
here within seventy squares that S5 per cent of
the cases have been found and here at least 30
per cent Of the deaths have occurred.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
SAD SCENES OF DEATH.

ike any other sickness. Afraid. what's th'
use?'
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

There are thousands of these all town and
every other meets is following this advice.
which emanates from the city Board of Health.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

russy little doctor from Indianapolis. who cams
here 10 Investigate the yellow fever his own ac
count caused much amusement by his mosquito