Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-05
YELLOW FEVER
SLOWLY SPREADS
Louisiana and Mississippi Officials
May Clash Over Quarantine.
MANY NEW CASES REPORTED

New Orleans, Aug. 3.-The record
up TO last night is as follows:
New cases. 81; total cases to date,
37S; deaths. IL; total deaths TO date.
20: new subfoci, 1: total susfoci. 81.
At Ship Island quarantine station.
in the Gulf off Mobile bay. four cases
(convalescent) Shreveport. one case;
Montgomery. Ala. one case; Lumber
ton. Miss, one case; Westwsgo. La,
two cases and one death; Algiers, La.
one case: Sunrise. La. one case: En-
pire. La. one case; Ostrica La, one
case: Point Celeste, La, one case;
Vaccaro. La, one case.
The fever situation showed no ma
terial change during the day. and the
few new foci shows that il is not
spreading with the rapidity of former
years. OF the deaths. four were in the
emergency hospital. four in the orig
inal districts and three in the charity
hospital.
The controversy between the states
OF Louisiana and Mississippi over the
invasion by Governor Vardamans
quarantine mosquito fleet and the
armed guards stationed at Pearl river
Is not improved by the statement
given out by Governor Vardaman in
Jackson after his return from the
coast. where he went to investigate
the situation.
Governor Blanchard has ordered
nj n in fnE of no hrf do
TO impress the fleet of patrol boats of
the oyster commission into service and
arm them and patrol the waters now
In possession of the Mississippi boats.
One of these boats has already been
dispatched to the Rigolets. and a
launch armed with Colt rapid-fire
guns from the naval brigade armory
and manned by officers and crew from
the brigade will leave for the scene
today
There was no dissent among the au-
thorities from the view expressed by
Health Officer Kohnke that conditions
were hopeful. There will be no relaxa-
ton of energy in fighting the fever
With only few isolated cases above
Canal street. il is believed that. once
the infection begins to decline. there
will be little difficulty in stamping
out the disease. While the fever spells
a serious state of affairs. IL Is not be-
lieved that there is justification for
the terror which seems to have spread
over the country outside of New Or.
leans.
In spite OF all that has been done
to reassure them, many Italians con-
tinually try to conceal their cases.
They are still stricken with panic and
they turn in fear from doctors and
health officials.
in one instance when the officers
had made a thorough inspection of a
house and had failed to find a pa
tient. they went through skylight
and found a sick man lying on the
roof. In another case they found
patient concealed under a cistern. The
other day wagon. loaded with house
hold goods and accompanied by Ital-
ians. started to cross on one of the
ferries. Officers insisted on an investi-
cation. and when the goods were I'M
loaded a sick man was found In the
bottom of the wagon
Italians are said to be prone to
sleeping without mosquito bars. while
80 per cent. of other people in New
Orleans in the summer time sleep un-
der netting to protect themselves
against mosquitoes. The humber Ital-
ians have in many instances refused
IN fnlIaur fhfe junction..