The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-26
SCIENTISTS
 WINNING OUT Fever Situation Bright at
 New Orleans. SEARCHING FOR THE GERM Important Discoveries Are
 Already Made. Incoming Trains Bring Hundreds of People whose Fear of Yellow
 Pest Is No Longer
 Haunting Them.
SEARCHING FOR THE GERM

New Orleans, Sept. 2o.-Omcial re port to D. m. Monday:
 New cases, 37; total cases to date, 2'- sss; deaths, 3; total deaths to date. 370; new foci. [; cases under treatment 2s2; cases discharged, 2,216.
 The great majority of the new cases being reported lately comes from the seventh and eighth wards, which de- veloped into the real battle-ground or the fever campaign as soon as the situation in the original infected dls- trict began to get under control. TO- days report shows most of the new cases in that territory. There are only six new cases above Canal Street ana three in Algiers. There are no names of prominence in the list. or the three deaths, two were Italian children anu the third a man who developed the fever in the Avondale detention camp and was taken to the emergency nos pital with a companion The com panion died two days ago
 News from the country indicated two new points of infection, one ID Avoyelies parish and another in As sumption parish. The country reports were: Kenner, new cases; Tallulan and vicinity. new cases; Alexandria. 2 new cases; Lake Providence, ne" cases; Borodine, case; near Napoleon ville, 1 case, 2 suspicious Bayou bouel and Amelia tsix days). 13 new cases: TeEre new cases, deaths; McDonoughviiie. new case; Fishers Camp, Barrataria' new cases; Patterson, 26 new cases.
 Report Encouraging.
 Reason for a continued hopefulness that yellow fever will be practically memory on the date scheduled for the visit of President Roosevelt was found by the authorities In today's report. which, while exceedingly encouraging in the matter of new cases. after the low report for Sunday, also indicated that the fever now prevailing Is Of comparatively light type Though the authorities do not care to stress the fact that not all the cases that so into the ofIicial report are yellow feVer' confirmation is partially furnished in the total number of deaths which are occurring at this time and which are in disproportion to the number of cases that were reported during the past two weeks. Doctors as a rule are now turning in every case of fever that comes into their practice. and these cases figure in the daily official reports. On occasion where there Is remon- strance on the part of the family of patient, the explanation is given that the authorities desire to be informed of every possible case of fever and the physician declares his unwilllngness to / run the risk of arrest and imprison- ment for failure to make report. In many instances this reporting of cases which are obviously not yellow fever causes considerable adverse criticism, but generally there is uncomplaininE submission to the rules which the fever fighters have set down even though the result is that New Orleans Is cred- lted with more fever than actually ek- ists pr. White continues to hold very favorable view of the general sit uation, believing, as he has repeatedly tx-tII ha aNfd pn l. lapse of the fever when every source of infection has been run down.. Not q handful of concealed points of infec- ton are believed to be in existence and with cooler weather rapidly ap- preaching the early weeks of October will probably see the rout of the dis ease practically complete. +- @-.+
 Germ Not Discovered.
 Publications were made here today Of the absolute discovery of the germ of yellow fever. Denials promptly fol- lowed that there had been any change in the condition of the investigation from that which has already been an- nounced by the Associated Press.
 Has any one positively announced the discovery of the yellow fever germ?' was asked of Dr. Hamilton Jones, in charge of the Emergency Hos pital.
 No That is something which mo- body in this wide world knows" replied Dr. Jones We shall make no an nouncement until we are positive of our findings We have found something which some of us believe may be the this is, and it will take time for us to determine the value of our findings There is no change from the announce ment I made two weeks ago at the meeting of the Board of Trade that our scientists had reason to believe that they had found something of value"
 Dr. Rosenau. who is participating in the investigations as the representative of Marine Hospital Service, confirmed what Dr. Jones said. Intense interest is manifested in the work of the bacte- riologists and the most exaggerated re- ports of what they have discovered have been corroborated.
 Dr. Corput went to Kenner today. He visited the Emergency Hospital there and on his return he said that there had been vast improvement in that section since the hospital was estab- lished. Patients are being constantly received in the institution and the cen ters from which they come have been eliminated as sources of infection. The disease is showing a decrease all along the Mississippi Valley Road and it is believed that very few weeks will see 1t entirely stamped out.
 House Moving Begins.
 House moving started on a large scale today. It will grow steadily larger until the end of the week It is possible that an infected mosquito will in sporadic instances be carried in household goods from one point to the other, but the Federal authorities are doing all in their power to prevent that by securing the Immigration of houses as fast they are emptied. The ten ant needs only to notify the ward head quarters and the work is done for him by the Government without charge and with little inconvenience.
 Two of the local theatres have opened and are doing a hourishing business Two more are to throw open their doors next week. In their case the troupes they play remain only a week and ar ranEements have had to be made to jump them from here to points outside of the zone of infectibility, the Texas authorities remaining obdurate to ap- peals made that the companies be per