Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-10-21
BIG CROWDS WILL
VISIT new ORLEANS
Coming of the President Will
Help to RAISE guarantees.
RAILROADS TO RUN EXCURSIONS


THE Yellow Fever Epidemic In cres-
cent City and Surrounding Country
Is ovsr-Peoplo Rush Back to Their
Homes
New Orleans, Oct, 2O-The railroads
today are announcing low rates from
ali the surrounding country on the oc-
casiOn OF President Rooseyelts visit TO
New Orleans, and that fact is expected
90 give still further assistance in
breaking up the guarantees that now
exists against New Orleans, because Of
the widespread desire among LOuisIan.
ans and Mississippians TO see the pres.
ident
The wonderful Improvement in the
situation here, implicit faith being
placed in the reports Of the government
officers, is also having its effect, and
every day brings announcements Of re.
mOyal of restrictions. West Baton
Rouge parish is the latest to throw
itself open to the world AMI Plaque. !
mines parish sends word that all her
guarantees will be removed on Sun.
day.
The travel to the plantations contin.
ues heavy. many of the parishes now
only requiring health certificates. The
Marine hospital service las It's hands
full in furnishing them. Today's |
early morning train over the Southern
Pacific carried 245 lRborers, each arm
ed with a certificate, right out Of the
city, bound for the sugar district.
The number OF patients In the emer.
gency hospital has now dropped TO rs
and Will be- further reduced today. A.
Kenner hospital, which Is soon to he
closed, only five remain under treat,
ment
Touching the cost Of wiplng ont the
Infection here DR.. White said today
that IL was much less than lad been
the expense Of some other cities IN
fighting contagious diseases
DR.. White was at Glasgow 10 tae
early ninetlCs and with only - cases
OF plague IN excess OF 100000 Was
spent. In San Francisco about 5000.
900 was spent In dealing with abou,
400 cases. In New Orleans about the
same AMOUNT OF money has been *.
pended as Was put out by San Francis.
co. though there we're nearly ten t!ucs
as many cases.
A dispatch from Rosetta. Miss. says
that arrangements are progressing Tor
a memorial service In the cemetery
next Sunday for those who fell victims
10 yellow fever During the height
Of the epidemic thprc It was Imposs.
BILE 10 have religious services with tho
funerals Ministers from nearby towns
have been invited 10 par .clpate. butt
viii not be exposed 20 infection. They
win remain on one aide Of the quaran
tine lines ard the Rosetta ministers
and people on the other Eighteen
arms we're represented here. some
from New York. CHICAGO and other en-
ice. In the bidding for The new Den.
sscaau1 hotel The contract vas let
~ q New York arm. while the az
area are Dot announced. n Il under.
il0Od the bid approxlmsisI $50 .o90.
Nithin a year NeW Or'cans vii haVr
.UD Immense new hotels
iutersS, IN the fever aiiuaIi0u Il nou =
apldiy passihE People 20 wager .
lVoid districts gbere .nferilos pre- d
'aila. That - due largely 20 TIE Z
act that TIE sEcsrdlnriy few deaias d
g TIE last two weeks Indicates that q
whatever fever nos prevails BE- % d
harmless charzctsg =
Tiers h2ve bssn 20 isaths rsport. a
4 e tie past ihirtyslS koar &
Tae Emsrgsaey hoap,fM ulu d.s
barre saf . tozsn NOR % he -
bats total q 70 eoariseFef psula
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