Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-29
FEvER's FIFTH WEEK.
Many of the Cases Are Of the LiGh
est Type Of Disease.

Sos fyPS w S'ooao~s
New orleans. Aug. 2s.-The nfth
week against yellow fever began Nth
continuance of favorable condfttons
and with reason for the hope that thu
crisis is passed. In fact. there are only
1919 cases under treatment and many
OF them of the lightest character. {hls
is especially significant. In the t1f<sy-
one cases of Sunday. only five are al
ians and there are only three cas- ~
ported from the originally irrs&ed
Italian quarters. The authorizes Qelt
when the sickness was pi CITE ly
stamped out Of this district is VOL Pr
comparatively easy to control Il -
where. and there is encouras ut
therefore. in Sundays report. tho Alp-
tiles continuing largely anon De
foreign element.
Surgeon Guiteras went toI
and Surgeon Corrupt starts y
OF the surrounding count -
Won Ezdorf has gone to -
which place informant = c01IlIIIII
vague owing to its isolation.
Mondays reports bring advices u
general quarantine against Natchex all
Mississippi towns cutting of commtn-
nication with that city. which Is lot
difficult in view of the fact that q n
not on the main line OF a railroad. n
dalia. La. which is on the opposite dds
of the river. has suspended ferry con-
munication. Many Natchez people ars
anxious to leave. but they have no
means of getting out OF town. 1bn1x
parish. through which the Soutksrn
Pacific runs. has a fresh fright ind
wants to cut off all passenger cum
munication with the rest of the stste.
The railroad is disposed to obey the
regulation. assuming that as iberia
will suffer most an early abrogation Of
1t viii be asked.
Alexandria is free of fever and ID
vices from there say all signs indisate
an early frost. Tree leaves have been
falling for several days and Wild
geese have been passing over the dty
bound south.
Reports OF low tempers lures come
from various points in the southwest
ern section of the state. The weather
here was unseasonably cool Monsay
morning.
Rev. DIR. Warner announced thai
preparations are being completed Tor
the disinfection OF every church end
meeting place at New Orleans during
the current week. DIR. Warmers own
oh nj
treated.
DIR. Juan Guiteras continues his
series OF lectrues here. speaking nearly
every night. He devotes the daylight
hours TO study of fever conditions.
II has been announced here since his
arrival that DR. Guiteras has been
made dean OF the University Of IA
vana.
President Kohnke of the city board
of health corrected n statement attrib-
uted To him in the press. DR.. Kohbke
stated what he said was that the hst
case might not he reached before fr,st.
because OF concealment or other sini-
lar reasons. hut that the fever is AL
ready controlled apd the date Of the
last case is not Of as great Importance
as a winning fight for control. DR..
Kohnke said the great damage by yeI-
low fever TO New Orleans was not SO
much the death rate. for IL has been
shown this year that II is not the dead
ly disease OF ancient times. but to the
city's commerce. resulting from tho
panic IN outside communities.
Twenty-Five new cases and i've
deaths was yellow fever record ur 10
noon Monday.