The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-08
NEW ORLEANS ASKS AID
u. S. Government to Take Charge
of Yellow Fever Situation.
4s NEW CASES WERE REPORTED
Mails and Trains Eeing Stopped B.
Armed Guards, Causing Great Suf-
fering Among Refugees-Panie In
Many Sections Of the South.

|iHAb FFF'~'0
Many Sections Of the South.
New Orleans. Aug. g. yellow fever
report to last night: New cases. -.
total cases 10 date. AS. deaths. ..
total deaths TO date. SO; new sub-foci.
10: total subfod ~.
with no intention Of admitting the
fever situation to be- beyond control
but in the hope OF rowling confidence
here and elsewhere In the south, OH
cial and business interests decided To
send a request % President Roosevelt
To have the United states government
assume mll charge of the struggle no"
in progress ID wipe out yellow FEVER
from New Orleans and Louisiana. Ihe
public approves IN action taken. Ex'
recitation Ia chat within the nc1t two
DAVIS SURGEON General Wyman. win
all the resources al the government.
viii be enlisted actively in the cam
paicn
When local health officers first took
charge OF the situation il was hoped
that the fever could be- stamped out
within a reasonable time, bat the IN
lection has spread. and so frightened
have the people become In the south
over the increase in the number OF
cases that New Orleans is threatened
with serious paralysis Of trade by
reason OF radical guarantees.
Announcement that the federal gov
eminent was to be called on TO take
charge at first created some alarm In
New Orleans many taking such action
AS an acknowledgment that the sltua-
ton had gotten beyond control That
alarm was allaycd when II was an
nounced that the object In turning
over the direction Of affairs to the
marine hospital service was to renew
confidence among doubtful persons
and thus avert an epidemic.
Hundreds Of persons are Temporarily
moving from New Orleans to ST. Tam
many PARISH. the only near haven to
which they can go. The parish has
opened It's doors to all refugees Vel
low fever has never developed In 81
Tammany parish during the most
serious epldcmics. because yello"
fever mosquitoes have never existed
there.
4 thorough inspection Of the red
licht quarter discovered not a suspi
cious case of fever
The most radical action thus iaE
taken is that OF the police board OF
Calcasieu. the second largest parish
I'm the state. It has passed resolutions
ordering that all traffic. travel and In
tercourse between Calsacieu and
noints east. north and west shall cease
M once. and that 10 one shall be per
mited To enter the limits OF the parisf
until further orders. In consequence
of this resolution the Southern Pa
clac railway has been ordered to rur
no more trains through Calcasieu
which means an abandonment OF the
through service OF the line to tbs
west
Rapldes has shut her doors TO every
thing except mail and fuel oil Al
/ Mermentau. La, shots were eXchang
cd between guards and a negro who
was irving to run the quarantine
Grant parish has instituted a shotgun
quarantine. stopped all trains and shu
herself of completely from mail ser
vice. Lafayette. La. has issued orders
that only mail and disinfected freight
shall come into thaht parish. TeDsa'
parish has guaranteed all passen
gers baggage. household goods. frui
and fabrics. Precautions as radical as
these have been taken in many othel
sections OF the south. and there is ap
parently as great a panic now prevail
ing as at any time during 1897. the
bull, of the country laymen refusing
Ia put their faith in the mosquito
/ theory.
Owing TO the guarantees there Is
great suffering on the part OF those
who are fleeing from the country di'
trlcts of North Louisiana TWO thou
sand refugees were compelled TO re
main I'm their trains at JonesDOro
Ark. The trains were surrounded by
state troops.
So hurriedly had the trains beer
made up that no provisions had beer
made for food and water and the
refugees were hungry and famished
but their piteous appeals for food
we're refused. The unfortunate pas
sengers. many of whom were women
and children. were not permitted tc
put their heads out of the windows tc
cot q breath of fresh air.