The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-06
FEELING OF ENCOURAGEMENT
 NOTICEABLE IN NEW ORLEANS

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 the community to join hands in stamp ing out the disease. The Federal of- fcers make no attempt to conceal the fact that the situation is serious, but
 they say at the same time that 1t Is not | without hope, and that success Is pos
 sible in spite of the headway the fever has gained, particularly in the foreign
 neighborhoods below Canal Street. | Searching Out Cases.
 | The inspectors of the City Board of Health, the number of whom has been
 largely augmented during the past
 week. continued their work of search l ing out cases today. large number
 the Board during the day. and the me- | cessity of Investigating these promptly
 in order to avoid the infection of mos quitoes during the first three days of the patients illness kept the inspecting force steadily employed. They will
 and report the results to the city board
 until the details of the Federal man. | agement are worked out.
 | The fact that the infection in the first, fourth. sixth and seventh munich pal districts, which lie above Canal street and constitute modern New Or | leans, Is relatively small. leads to the | hope that vigilant observation of all cases in that quarter, while the more direct campaign progresses below will enable the authorities to keep more than half of the city free from seri ous infection Thus far screening has been done in the instance of every case above Canal street and the most ener- getic efforts made to kill the mosqui- toes in the vicinity. Of the deaths to date only five have occurred above Ca l nal street and of them four were Ital- fans who left the infected neighbor- hood in the vicinity of the French Mar ket, and the fifth was merchant who did business in that quarter. Of the cases. except the most recently report ed, all have recovered or are on the way to recovery
 Much good is expected to result from a meeting tonight of the leaders of the ward workers throughout the city. They gathered in the dining room of the St. Charles hotel with Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner, their chief, presiding and listened to addresses by Marine Hospital surgeons on the character of the work that was, done in Cuba and elsewhere. Valuable advice was given | to them in the work they are doing. Among the offers of assistance which Mayor Behrman has received was the following cablegram, dated Harogate England:
 Philanthropical Offer.
 Liverpool School of Tropical Medi- cine offers the services of Professors Ross and Boyce to the City of New Cr- leans during the epidemic of yellow fever.
 l (Signed.) Alfred Jones, 1 President"
 The mayor said that while appre- ciating the tender, the situation was not sufficiently serious to warrant him in accepting it.
 l A large number of educational meet ings- have been announced for next week. There will be ward, cittb. parlor and mass meetings. All the available
 scientific talent in the city Is being pressed into service to address them and every effort Is to be made to i'm press the public with the value of the mosquito theory. The lecturers are to be supplied with stereopticons, so that the anatomy of the stegomyia may be fully studied by those who are willing | to learn her ways. Dr. Warner was in correspondence today with the charity organizations of this city in an effort to hit upon a plan for relieving distress among the poorer classes. Ample money is prom | ised to relieve all actual distress that exists, but 1t is the desire to have 1t distributed in some systematic and re- sponsible way, so that 1t will not go to the undeserving.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad Is still having trouble in handling the United States mall. It has used an engine and a freight car to go through Calcasieu, but finds the method of handling troublesome and expensive. The decision of Iberia Parish, which Is east of Calcasieu. to put up her bars against everything added to the difh- culties of the road. The disposition of the postal authorities, as indicated in Associated Press dispatches from
 Washington, is evidently not to ask the railroads to attempt to do the impos- sible. and the notice of the Southern Pacific sent today to Washington that 1t cannot carry mail through some of the Parishes will probably result in routing through mall to Texas through sections in which there are no quar- antine restrictions. The road today an- nounced that 1t was able to receive freight at all points in Louisiana with the exception of two parishes.
 sOuchon Did Not Resign.
 It was reported on the streets today that Dr. Edmond Souchon had sent his resignation to Governor Blanchard as President of the Board of Health. The report gave as the reason for his action dissatisfaction growing out of the action yesterday in asking the gov ernment to take control At Dr. Sou- chon's office the report was promptly denied, with the statement that the dOCLOT was m Iull sympathy with what had been done and stood ready to do all In his power to aid the marine hos pital service in it's work. like state ment was made by City Health Officer Kohnke. pr. Kohnke said the local health authorities did not regard the fact that the Marine Hospital Service was to take charge as reflection up- on them. As a matter of fact he said all that had been done here has been done on lines supervised by Dr. Wy. mans representatives, and the chief reason for the change was that outside communities would have more conh- dence in the United States public health authorities than they appeared to have In the local authorities.
 Considerable complaint is being re- celved in the city from people living in the country districts against the aT- bitrary quarantine rules that have been put Into effect. The result of them Is that many communities are already be- ginning to run short on supplies. and 1t Is desired that the authorities here shall do what is possible to secure a relaxation. Many of the letters re- ceived indicate a willingness to sub scribe to the mosquito theory and ex- press the view that freight cannot carry the insect for any distance.
 VIVIAN REPORTS