Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-30
EMBARGO ON Freight
This Drastic Action Causes Bushes,
Men Uneasiness.
MANY PLACES DO 1T,
Number Of Towns VIII Not Permit
Merchandise Of Any Kind Prom
Crescent city 90 Enter
Their Limits. (

qufetinig news In the yellow fever sit
uation saturday was evidence Of the
panic Increasing In smaller towns of
Louisiana and Mississippi and that .
disposition was growing 20 revive dis
astrous commercial guarantees Of 1897.
when some country towns even re-
fused TO receive Ice or hardware from
New Orleans. Columbia. Ia. bars all
kinds OF merchandise except hardware
Utica. Snss-. win not receive freight Of
any kind. osyia. Mise. will take nc
fruit or vegetables. Jackson. La
wants no household articles from New
Orleans. Several towns In Tennessee
and along the Mississippi Valley road
In Mississippi refuse 70 allow express
matter Of any hind TO be put OF. Fort
Gibson. Miss. win not take bread nos
anything wrapped In buriap that may
be shipped from this city. Some Texas
towns are asking that the mails be
fumigated. n movement OF the quar-
antine Of freight spreads. New Orleans
will suffer more seriously than from
the fever itself Up TO saturday there
had been no local apprehension Of a
dangerous epidemic. and Il is believed
that II the boards OF health in other
states lived up rigidly 10 the agree
ment not to place any restrictions upon
transportation OF freight there would
be only a slight reduction In business.
and the chief inconvenience would be
In the inability of country people GO
come here and OF New Orleans people
TO 40 into southern towns and cities.
Anticipating quarantines. most of the
business houses. with the discovery Of
the fever. wired their drummers not &C
come 70 town. but remain IN their ter
ritory so they might travel freely and
send In orders as usual during the
prevalence Of sickness: but n an en-
barge Is put on freight now New or
leans drummers will ind their useful
ness az an end and New Orleans nat
ural business will be diverted to other
points.
The history of the case Of yellow fe-
yer reported az Lumberton. Miss. the
first In that state. had not been traced
up 10 Saturday night, but IL was not
considered improbable the victim is
one of the many Italians who fed from
the French market districts here. Very
probably cases viii develop az other
points. though the danger Is constant
~ lessening. because 80 tight is the
Gordon drawn around New Orleans
now. az least so far as emergency oil
Italians is concerned. that u Is doubt
ful II any more win be able 10 leave the
city Lumberton Is on the Ship Island
road and II would not have been DIM
cult for Italian from here 10 have gone
that point. Dr. Wasdin of the marine
hospital service Is In charge of the
Lumberton case. which has been
screened and isolated and Is being
scientifically treated. II Is not consid-
cred probable there be any spread
there. and ship Island trains viii con-
tlnue TO run 10 Gulfport.
Cleaning campaign continues to be
carried on with great energy. and every
cart TO hire In the city have been re-
Questioned by the public works de-
partment and citizens committees.
Tons OF street cleanings are being
transported TO the rear and hundreds
OF barrels OF lime are being used IN an
effort 90 purify the streets cutters and
back yards. The masses Of the people
think disinfectants serve a double ur-
pose-that OF killing germs and that OF
putting fever bearing mosquitoes out
OF the way.
The Era club. one OF the chief wo-
mems organizations OF the city, have
volunteered its services 20 DR.. Beverly
! Warner, proposing to hold parlor meet
/ ing daily I'm order that the women Of
the city may be instructed IN the cru
sade against the mosquitoes and best
methods OF Kidding in the city OF them
Much sympathy is felt here for Mem
/ phis. which has been compelled %
/ quarantine New orleans against her
| will. on the first report % fever that
/ cit sent a representative here. who put
! himself close touch with the situation
and saw no necessity for quarantine.
and the health authorities would doubt
| less have kept their promise not to bar
! New Orleans refugees n imposition Of
| guarantees by other cities against
Memphis had not forced them 70 act
IN seif-defense.