The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-05
Have Faith In wxman.

II was the concensus of oDinion that
~ ~ SoNernnsht control was resolved upon
Cnere would be an immediate restoration
OF confidence throughout Louisiana and
the other states In the south where there
ues for not sooner making public the
existence OF the fever. II was the belief
VIII be able 10 send a force of physicians
- New Orleans thoroughly equipped for
the handling of yellow fever situation
because of their experience in Cuba Mex
lco and al different points in the United
states. and that the government would
entific campaign not possessed bv the
local authorities
Immediately after the meeting a teIe-
gram signed by the mayor and other
interests represented was addressed to
Governor Blanchard. telling him of the
action taken
Caused Some Alarm.
The announcement of the action taken
at first created some alarm in the city.
growing out Of the fear that it meant
mat. the, situation had grown entirely
beyond control, but that alarm was al
authorities had acted simply in the be-
lief that the PROMPT action now in turn
ing over the direction Of affairs to the
marine hospital service. in whom there
Is supreme confidence here would almost
certainty avert an epidemic.
At conference at the city hall Il was
decided that Mayor Behrman should issue
a proclamation recurring every business
mouse IN the city to close it's doors on
might take q hand in the general cleaning
InoVement that has been inaugurated.
their carts and floats TO assist in carry
ing away refuse A thousand carts Will
BE- be required in the work. A special APP
TO cooperate in the sanitary campaign
by the thorough cleaning of their back
yards.
Prompt Report Required.
The mayor decided to borrow an ad-
ditional $1,000 from the fiscal agents to
assist in the work. Today the board Of
health instituted new rule requiring its
cases To that order was due the fact
that twenty cases had been announced
ing the dav,. Yesterday the O'Clock re-
port was of seven new cases and two
deaths. The announcement at o'clock
mat there were fifty-four cases and five
deaths was due to the fact shat the in
spectors turn their cases in punches late
ing effect on the public which had been
led TO believe that the situation was i'm
proving
Leaving the City.
Hundreds Of people are temporarily
Tammany parish. St Tammany is prac-
tlcally the only nearby haven to which
loca! people can go The parish has re-
fused to put on "A quarantine and has
opened its doors to all refugees That
= que 10 the tact that a case of yellow
FEVER has never developed there. even in
the most serious eDide1ics here. Cases
nave been taken to the parish but
whether the patient recovered or died
there has never been any extension of
the Infection The reason for the i'm
munity Of St Tammany is that the ste
Somy1a mas never existed there.
Because OF the rigidity of the dUaran-
tines instituted by Texas and some OF
the PARISHES in Louisiana the Southern
Pacific has suspended passenger traffic
and has also refused much OF the freight
offered to IT. General Freight Agent Fav
however issued an announcement today
that; beginning on Saturday. the road
would again receive freight for TeNds
points