The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-16
FEWER DEATHS FRO,I FaYEn.
ONLY SIX YESTERDAY, WITH CT
NEW CASES DISCOVERED.

Equal Improvement in the Quarantine
Situation Alarm About PlaQueninc
Parish Was False. Only Two Cases
There--Moblle 10 Take Down Hars.
New ORLEANS, Aug. l6.-Slx persons died
from yellow fever to-day and sixty-one
new cases were reported. This makes
total Of l73 deaths and i,07o cases up to date,
with the mortality percentage lessening.
At the present rapid rate Of quarantine
Improvement, the indications are that by
the end Of the week there will be Uniform
quarantine system throughout the South
west, based upon the rules and regulations
Of the United States Marine Hospital Ser
vice. This Is already the case In oil except
three or four parishes OF Louisiana. Mon
roe, which has maintained a shotgun quar-
antine. with the Monroe guards doing duty,
to-day Withdrew It's strict regulations, and
Shreveport, for the first time since the
opening Of the epidemic, threw open Its
doors TO freight from New Orleans.
The appearance Of cases at Lutcher.
Lafourche Crossing, wildwood. Alexan-
dria and two scattering cases in st. Charles
did not excite the slightest alarm, expert
ence having shown that these cases can
easily be held under control and prevented
from spreading. The twelve cases re-
ported In Paquemine Parish proved on
investigation to be only two, the telephone
operator having made a mistake. They
are both In one house and can be easily
screened Patterson remains the only dan
ger point outside Of New Orleans.
In Mississippi the sentiment is strong
for a uniform quarantine. Natchez, which
has been one Of the extreme non-inter-
course towns, let down the bars to-day.
Several conferences have been held, look
ing to uniformity, and the general senti-
ment Is that it can be reached in the next
few days and that by September it would
be possible to restore business to its normal
condition.
In Alabama, Birmingham has withdrawn
its quarantine against Montgomery, and
there is now peace within the State.
The examination by the Alabama authori-
ties of the Mississippi Gulf Coast has con-
WINGED them that no sickness exists, and
the Mobile quarantine against Southern
Mississippi. for which there was never
any reason, will BE withdrawn in the next
day or two.
Many complaints have been raised here
against the order of Surgeon General Wy
man prohibiting the shipment Of bananas
from New Orleans as being In excess OF the
powers enjoined by the United States Marine
Hospital Service The fruit company pro.
posed to unload at Port Chalmette. just
below New Orleans, and ship them thence
directly to northern cities, this was agreed
40 by DR.. White, but the health officers
in st. Bernard, in which parish Chalmette
is situated objected and the plan cannot
be carried out, in consequence.
James Jackson a negro. was brought
here to-day from Patterson, La, to escape
lynching He had shot quarantine guard.
in self defense he said.
Archbishop Chapelle's will was probated
to-day. He leaves his property in Louisi-
ana to the Bishops OF Little Rock and Mobile
for the use Of the Church, and his property
in New Mexico in the same way. His prop
Inc Solignac.