Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-10-05
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Disposition to Raise Quarantine De
LIGHTS New Orleans Business Men.

Disposition to Raise Quarantine De
lights New Orleans Business Men.
New Orleans. Oct. 5.-To bushes:
men the most encouraging feature o
the yellow fever situation is the dispo-
sition that is being manifested by par
ishes and towns in Louisiana to rails
guarantees about Oct. Is. In harmony
with the suggestion of DIR. White anc
President Souchon. II the rule is gen.
orally followed New Orleans will re-
cover more quickly in a business way
than in 1897 and 1898. when the mos.
quito theory, being unknown. the out.
side country refused to remove re-
strictions until frost came. Iberville
Terrebonne. Kentwood and Acadia
sent word they would probably dis
pense with their guarantees about the
time suggested. while Baton Rouge
now has the ma tier under considera-
ten, Health officer Dupre and Surgeon
Corrupt both having made 1t plain ic
the citizens that there will be practi
cally no danger in resum ption of rela
lions with this city. The pace having
been set 1t is probable many more par
ishes will follow suit, and by the time
OF the presidents arrival practically
all bars will be down. There is greai
eagerness among country people to
come here and participate in the jubi
lee that will attend the presidents
visit
one of the chief features of the pres
ident's reception here was TO have been
q banquet. at which representative cit
liens of Louisiana were to have gath.
cred and the president afforded an OPP
portunity TO speak freely. Advices
from Washington announce the pro-
gramme arranged contemplates only q
daylight visit, the chief executive ar
irving at o'clock in the forenoon and
going aboard his cruiser at O'Clock
in the evening. An effort will be
made to persuade him to extend his
stay in order that he may attend
banquet.
Wednesday was another day OF
gloomy weather with light showers
but the fever situation has lost what
ever alarming features II may have
possessed. For the fifth day there was
not a single case reported from the
originally infected region and for sew
eral days no deaths In the emergency
hospital. while cases under treatment
there dropped TO thirty-eight and near
ly all patients are doing well. Above
Canal street old cases are recovering
more numerously than new ones are
being reported. and ii is expected thai
within a few days there will he little
II any fever in that section. Except foi
the development OF a considerable
number of cases at Grand Isle. In the
Gulf of Mexico and at Wildswood
plantation. In Jefferson parish. the
country situation is full of hope.
The Louisiana state university is an
nounced to open on Nov. l. Variou:
departments of Tulane university vii
open about the same time. Public
schools in many parts OF Louisiana ar.
already in operation.
Superintendent Eason of the New
Orleans schools has issued an order
that each of the 500 teachers employed
give brief talks daily 10 children or
the mosquito theory. There Is TO he
printed cards for each pupil to study
and later Illustrated lectures for In
little ones.
Nine new cases OF yellow fever and
two deaths is report up to noon Wed
nesday