The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-20

l SO low as to attract little attention. Dr. White considers that cases will de- velop for some time from old infec- | tfon, but that the number of them each day will be very small because of the rapidity with which centers of infection are now being wiped out on the basis of the twenty day limit.
 The various sub-headquarters are keeping in close touch with all new cases that are reported, but If the pre- sent rate of progress is maintained it Is assumed that there will be further con- solicitations next week. Dr. White him. self will remain here in all likelihood until frost is due. gathering up the details necessary for the elaborate re- port which he will probably make on the campaign. but 1t Is anticipated tha, the beginning of November will see practically the whole of his force oi service surgeons withdrawn.
 Some agitation Is still going on in the press of both Louisiana and Mississippi over the responsibility for the introduc' ton of the fever, and with It's early eradication promised, it Is likely tc become a question of some acuteness One board of health here Is under the domination of the municipal govern ment and the other Is answerable to the Governor. The quarantine station
 
 gubernatorial control. All three de- partments will figure in the con troversy and 1t is intimated that at seasonable opportunity Governor Blan- chard will seek to institute an investi- gation designed to bring out the facts.
 That will be exceedingly difficult, however. because of the acknowledge ment of both the State and the city boards that they knew nothing of the of yv months after it first appeared and be- cause of the insistence of the quaran- tine officers at the rivers mouth that no case got through their lines. Presi- rdent Souchon, of the State Board, will not resign under fire and that is the attitude of the other officials involved.
 Promise that the present warm spell which lasted for several days and tenn porarily checked the spread of the movement for the relaxation of quaran- tines will be broken is given by the weather bureau today in a forecast of colder weather to the coast line to- morrow night. It Is possible that by the end of the week sections of both Louisiana and Mississippi will get an- other taste of frost. The effect would be undoubtedly to forward the revival of business.
 The efficient work done by the marine
 
 transmission of infection to other points Is shown by the experience of the Southern Pacific steamers. When the fever broke out here Dr. White put Dr. Tusson in charge of the steamer service which was carried on uninter- ruptedly between New York and New Orleans. Dr. Tusson examined every passenger who desired to sail, turning down those who might have tempera- ture or who presented other reasons for suspicion, while all the customary measures of disinfection were taken. The result was that not single case of yellow fever got from New Orleans to the New York quarantine station, though from time to time passengers were taken of there and detained until their condition developed. Conse- ouent upon the disinfection of railroad cars by the service not a single case of yellow fever reached any outside point after the federal authorities took charge.
 As the President progresses on his Journey to New Orleans interest In his visit increases Four hundred plates are to be laid at the luncheon to be given him at the St. Charles and the company will include many men of prominence in other parts of the State who are advising the local committee of their intention to be present. Some of these are from cities which are now still tightly bottled up and that fact leads to the impression that their quar- tines will be ameliorated about the firne the President gets here.