Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-07
EIGHT DIE OF FEVER
Spread Of Yellow Fever Continues in New
Orleans s-Twenty- light New Cases.
PREPARE FOR SYSTEMATIC FIGHT
Citizens Pledge Funds TO Pay Expenses Of
Marine Hospital Work.
ONE DEATH IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL
Victim is William B. Smith, Pantryman
from Steamer Advance,
DISEASE CONTRACTED ON THE ISTHMUS
OF the Three Cases Discovered In New
York None Have Originated in
New orIeans-Other Men
I'm Detention.
DISEASE CONTRACTED ON THE ISTHAUs
NEW ORLEANS, La. Aug. G.-Fover re-

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 6-Fover re-
port np to y. M:
New cases. 20 20
Total cases 10 date. .O59
Deaths OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .
TOtal to .lu9
New sub-tOCl. -
Total sub-foCi to date....................... W
The fever situation today is great Inn
;proVement over the middle ot the week
and the fact that there are only two new
sub-foci. one up town and one down town,
is a source Of special encouragement An
effort is being made to determine the num-
her OF cases of fever under treatment and
allowing ten days, which is liberal esti-
mate for a patient to either recover or die
II is figured out that there are now 2S6
cases under treatment.
The marine hospital service has not yet
assumed control of the local situation, but
It Is expected to do so tomorrow. Inc
conditions precedent to their assumption
that the citizens OF New Orleans pledge
themselves to put up S25O.OCO to defray the
cost OF labor and material, has been met
and Surgeon White is in momentary ex-
pectation ot receiving the formal order
from Surgeon General Wyman to take
charge.
city Pledges Funds.
President Roosevelt and Surgeon General
Wyman have both been wired by the
citizens committee OF New Orleans that
all the funds the officers may acquire out
side OF it's stated expenditures will be sup
piled by the people of the city. This action
was taken at noon by a meeting of the
finance committee at the ST. Charles hotel
1t followed the news from Surgeon White
that Surgeon General Wyman had asked
for a definite statement Of the financial
intentions of the people and had himself
given statement of what the marine
hospital expected to do with the funds.
This telegram was sent to Surgeon Gen
eral wyman:
The citizens of New Orleans pledge
themselves 20 secure and furnish all the
funds necessary to pay. the expenses which
your services may incur for labor and
materials in dealing with the situation
here. This in accordance with DIR. Whites
telegram to you"
The citizens committee has addressed
the following appeal to the citizens of New
Orleans
We respectfully ask your earnest at
tention to the telegram from Surgeon
General Wyman of the United States pub
lie health and marine hospital service, in
which the service Will assume charge of
the fever situation. AS immediate action
at once n these conditions and in your
behalf we gave the pledge that you would
contribute funds which might be required
in the prosecution of the fight. The COM
mttee has now In hand about $4,000 A
very very much larger IT9 sun m than this will , be
days TO place at the command OF the
federal authorities at least S25O,OOO. The
state and city can be counted on to do
their duty, but the individual citizen must
do his. The city of New Orleans In times
of peril has never faltered, and We appeal
to you to redeem the pledge made by us
in your behalf Not one dollar of the
n funds contributed will be expended except
u under the direction of the United States
public health and marine hospital service
Surgeon White returned from Gulf Port
and Ocean Springs, where he had gone to
arrange for the Improvement OF the camp
at Fontainbleau, on the Louisville & Nash
willie road. and stated that he would prob
ably not establish any camp on the Missis
sippi coast, in view of the attitude OF
the people of Ocean Springs and Governor
Vardaman's expressed determination &c
abide by their wishes. The camps al
slidel and wyman will be enlarged tc
accommodate such travel as would have
gone over to a camp on the Mississippi
coast.
ChRpPelIe Is Holding His own.
Chappelle was holding his own and ther,
was no change in his condition since las
night.
The State Board OF Health has been ad
vised of two suspicious cases near Bor
Ami, in calcasieu parish, one OF which hai
died
Surgeon Guteras of the marine hosplta
service went TO Patterson, ST. Mary parish
to see a case which was considered sus
picious,
The last two vessels OF the naval brigade
the Marie and Wolverine, returned TO tn,
city tonight from the Rigolets. where the!
had gone under orders from the governo
to protect the fishermen in Louisian,
waters from the depredations OF the Mlssis
sppi patrol boats. The incident Is close,
now that the federal government ha
charge OF the quarantines of the tw,
states, except for the case of the Tipse,
and the two officers under arrest in st
Bernard parish, who were captured Il
Lake Borgne.
Marine Hospital Takes Charge.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Active control o
the yellow fever in New Orleans by III
United states public health and marin
service will begin Immediately. Orders 1
that erect were wired tonight to Surgeon
J. II. White. the marine hospital once
now on duty in that city. These order
followed the receipt from DR., White toda
of a report showing that the citizens q
New Orleans had promised their co-opera
tion In the work to be undertaken by IN
federal government and would meet certai
financial conditions imposed by the marin
hospital service as a preliminary TO assum
ing the responsibility.
Anticipating this outcome OF the case, Di
White had already determined upon ten
tatve plans for the work In hand Tn
city viii be divided into wards and eac
ward will be placed In charge Of a respou
sible and experienced surgeon OF the marin
hospital Service, who win have absolut
control OF the locality, Already Surgeo
General Wyman had given directions to
number OF marine hospital surgeons TO pre-
coed TO New Orleans for assignment I
= work under Or White. These are all on
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