Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-09
SANITATION V|GOR
Great Street Cleaning Cam
paign Inaugurated
AT NEW ORLEANS TODAY
STATUS OF THE YELLOW FEVER
IN LOUISIANA.
All Foreign immigration Into Crescent
City to Be Stopped for the Pres
ent-NeW Cases.

NEW ORLEANS. August "a great
street cleaning campaign was inaugurated
here early today and will continue until
nightfall. Besides the paid lahorers of the
city and the prisoners from the jails and
houses of detention. thousands OF yolun-
teers went to work to give New Orleans a
thorough scrubbing Hundreds of carts
and wagons were employed In carrying of
refuse. The state board of health was in
receipt of advices from a number of par
ishes today notifying it of their disposition
TO modify quarantine regulations.
A number of boards have conferred at
Lafayette and decided not to interfere with
the movement of passengers from non-in-
fected points who have health certificates
and from infected points If they have
served time in detention camps and been
released by the Marine Hospital service.
Restrictions were taken off freight pro-
vided it is shipped In fumgated cars. Full
confidence was expressed in the Marine
Hospital service. Additional appeals have
come from the smaller towns for relief so
they may obtain food supplies and ice.
Gueydan. La. and Logansport. La, are
among the towns thus complaining The
latter is on the Texas border, and because
of the Texas quarantine has not had train
for seven days. Its Supplies nearly ex-
hausted.
Guarding Against Infection.
Baton Rouge is guarding against possible
Infection by the erection of an isolation
hospital --lexandria. La, having lessened
the severity of her regulations, has been
able to receive twenty pouches of delayed
mail. but is still anxious TO secure outside
newspapers describing the fever situation.
Governor Blanchard has received an ap-
peal for assistance from Bon Ami La,
where two cases were reported One has
died and the other is dying. There are
1.200 people in the settlement, and only one
doctor.
All foreign immigration into New Orleans
is to be stopped until after the fever is
stamped out Large numbers of Italian
immigrants were expected here in Septem-
Der and October but as the bringing in of
thousands of unacclimated persons would
be to supply fresh material for the fever
the diversion of the ships to other ports,
unless by that time there is longer a
trace of the disease here
Fine Force Organized.
DR.. White and his staff are gradually or
ganizng a fine force OF labor assistants.
1t is announced that the federal authorities
want only first-class men who can stand
hard work. and who will DO their tasks eff
ciently.
large meeting OF representative colored
people has been addressed by Dr. Warner
and Drs. Bloom. Dabney and McGhee, lead
Ing physicians OF the city. Colored educa-
tors also made addresses. An address was
issued to the colored race urging them to
observe the various sanitary measures that
are put forth by the authorities.
Though the large number of new cases
announced during the last twenty-four
hours had discouraging effect, the rea-
son given, that many of them were cases
left over from the day before for investi-
cation, was accepted as promising; fewer
cases today.
The fact that the number of deaths was
less than for some days encouraged the
belief that many of the cases lately re-
ported not of the violent type which has
played havoc in the ranks of the italian
population.
Merchants Indignant.
Considerable indignation is felt by the
merchants against business houses in
other southern cities which are seeking
to benefit by the local misfortunes and
bidding for trade in New Orleans terri
tory by Misrepresentation of the condi-
tions here. One house In Memphis selling
drugs has sent out a circular in which 1T
states that the deplorable yellow fever
conditions prevailing in New Orleans will
continue until November - that the job
berS here Will De unable TO serve their
trade and that unusually liberal terms
will be offered II the trade is diverted to
Memphis. Merchants here say that there
is no general quarantine against freight,
the local conditions are not deplorable,
and that with the marine hospital serv-
ice in charge there is every proba bility
that within the next two weeks all bars
against shipments from New Orleans, pro-
vfded they are handled in fumigated cars
will have been abolished.
Fever Is Increasing.
Dr. George H. Tichenor and two trained
yellow fever nurses left here today in
special train over the Southern Pacific
and Kansas City Southern for Bon Ami.
La, where it is understood the fever Is in
creasing Their trip is in response to an
appeal which reached Gov. Blanchard this
morning
The state board of health received a re-
port from Talluah. La, today of two sus-
picious cases there.
Suspects at Yazoo.
JACKSON, Miss. August 9.-Surgeon
Young of the marine hospital service left
here on a special train at 10 o'clock to in
yestigate suspicious cases at Yazoo, Miss.
Member of Crew Under Observation.
NEW YORK, August 9.-One of the crew
of the steamer FL Norte. from Galveston,
was removed from the boat at quarantine
today and taken to Hoffman Island for
observation. His temperature was too high.
Prevalence Of Yellow Fever.
In a report issued by the public health
and marine hospital service 1t is announced
that in North American outside of The
United States, according to notifications
received during the month Of July. yellow
fever has been reported in Tehuantepec.
Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos and TERRA Blanc1.
Mexico; Porto Cortez, San Pedro and Cho-
Iona Honduras: Colon. La Boca, Corozal.
Empire and Paraiso, republic OF Panama
San Pedro" the report says. is the only
one of these places IN which an extensive
prevalence Is recorded. In South America
reports received since July l show the con-
.inued presence of the disease in Mara
caibo, Venezuela: Guayaquil. Ecuador. and
Rio Janeiro. the latest reports indicating