Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-19
LITTLE CHANGE IN
fever SITUATION
Eleven Cases Discovered In q
Mississippi Town.
TWO DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Mississippi Coast Towns Seek TO In.
crease Rloidty Of ousrantine-Dr.
ouiteras Is TO Deliver a Lecture on
the Mosquito Question.

ouiteraS 10 TO Deliver Lecture on
the Mosquito Question.
New Gases in New Orleans since G
: p, IN. Wednesday-l9.
Total cases TO date-1 les.
Deaths today.
Total deaths-l7S
A considerable spread OF the yellow
fever has been shown in the reports
Of the past "a hours, 43 new cases
being unearthed IN different localities
In Louisiana and nine In lower Mis-.
sissippi The last report from Ship
Island quarantine station Just outside
of Mobile bay is dated Aug. 8, and
showed seven new cases on that day.
Up 10 Aug. Is ther ehas 5een Is eases
and one death at Ship Island. In
New Orleans the situation today was
featureless. The infection continues
to spread slowly In the district north
OF Canal street.
Governor Lanhum, Of Texas, has Is.
sued proclamation calling attention
TO the quarantine against the entire
state Of Louisiana and urging upon
the people Of his state the necessity
for perfect sanitation. The document
empowers the authorities OF all Texas
cities to prevent any violation of san.
itaTy regulations OF the statd and
makes any conflict herewith a penal
offenSe. Not case of the fever has
thus far been reported in Texas.
New Orleans. August 1S.-The vel.
low fever situation was featureless to.
day except for the explanation OF the
discrepancy in the death report in the
preceding twenty-four houds. The
number AZ noon was give as five. At
6 O'Clock Il was given as four Five
deaths actually occurred, but the Ger.
tiflCates In an uptown case were turn.
cd in after the record was closed and
WILL therefore, 80 into today's list.
making three deaths above Canal
street In the last three weeks
Some OF the Mississippi coast towns
have been seeking to increase the ri.
gidity OF their guarantees So as 10
prevent The handling Of any freight
from New Orlcars. and 10 require the
through fire eht 10 be carried In spe.
clally sealed and fumigated cars
The existence Of fever on the coast.
however may cause a change Of heart.
row that 1t 10 known that that sec.
ton is actually infected. A move
mont Was IN foot here for an eXten.
sive flushing Of the cutters which has
been always done In yellow fever
times The health authorities how
ever are OF the opinion that the flush.
nE Of cutters will leave pools in
which mosquitoes will hibernate and
instead OF hushing the cutters will be
treated with rock salt.
Or Juan Gulteras Is to deliver
lecture ON the mosquito aud the expe.
riences OF Havana At woman's
league meeting arranged for Friday
nigh,
Eleven Cases at Mississippi City,
The announcement OF the discovery
Of nest ~ III cases 81 yellow fever
AZ Mississippi city. Nithin , miles OF
Gulfport. The terminus OF the Gulf OF
ship Island road, and the fact tina, The
tower has been IN existence there
since before July 20. the time when
the announcements were made here. Il
expected In soften somewhat the Sc
we're criticism of Assisslppians "
NeN Orleans for falling 20 fnd the 10
cal infection earlier. Before u va
known THAI there was fever here
there was frequent reports ~ the eN
istence ~ fever on the Sun coast. bu'
the inspcctiou has been 50 rtEid along
the coast Tor = month BY the A!absms
Mississippi and federal authorities.
ia, the deniAl of fever Al Mississippi
CITY or elsewhere was accepted
The family In Nh!sA 'he tever ars,
appeared Al Mississippi. City arrived
there from NsW Orleans on July :.
ant the fever Ia stated 20 have beca
IN AiSS,sslppi stree the 20th TAe
faEaiU IS hat 10 Major Nagee. Of