Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05

other cities In the south in October. Here
tcfore In serious epidemicS the fever has
always existed in october and guarantees
have been maintained during that month
Unless, therefore. the government Is able
to stamp out the fever before October. re-
suting IN the raising Of quarantines. the
presidential visit to the south will neces-
sarily have to be abandoned.
DIR. White expects to be advised today
that his department has assumed control.
Surgeon General Wyman himself will not, IT
is thought. come to New Orleans remain
Ing In Washington, where he can be in full
touch with all the work in the south. but
a large staff or marine hospital surgeons
and workers will. 1t is expected be imme-
d:ately concentrated here. Concerning what
will be done when the department takes
charge. DIR. White said:
The Special Work.
''Our work will be an enlarged application
of the system at present in force-taking
the utmost precautions to prevent persons
from moving while in possible incubative
stage and injecting new districts. rigid
application of measures destructive TO mos
quitoes to the whole Of any infected Vi
entity daily inspection of every person in
every house where there has been case
of fever and a duplication in such houses
of destructive measures for mosquitoes.
The railroad situation has somewhat inn
proved. RapideS and Chalsasieu, the par
sage of any trains across their borders. nave
made concessions. DIR. Tabor showing dis
position to modify his restrictions as to
through passengers 1t is thought that the
Southern and Texas Pacific will be able to
move through passengers and some freight
during the day. At Lafayette the Southern
Pacific has lost some OF its men, the result
of fake dispatch there that people were
dying in New Orleans by the score. AS
sstant Division Superintendent Scarlet re-
signed and with eight or ten assistant oper-
ators and dispatchers took passage for
Texas.
The Fruit Trade.
AS forecasted in these dispatches. the
difficulties of handling the fruit trade
through Mobile are beginning to force the
Central American steamers back to this
pert. There is a complete boycott against
fruit in many of the towns in Mississippi.
Edicts have been issued forbidding the
passage of fruit trains through them.
Owing to the increase in r!gidity of the
regulations at Mobile the United Fruit
Company has already ordered four of It's
ships back to New Orleans. and other fruit
firms here are in conference to decide as
to whether to bring their vessels from New
Orleans or send them to New York.
The fruit company will observe the six
day detention by sending its ships UP from
the fruit ports under half speed. Because
no further fever has appeared in ten days,
Burke. La, has asked to have the quar-
antine against her raised. Similar action is
desired by some of the other towns that
have been bottled up.
Under the mosquito theory however sew
enteen to twenty days must elapse before
there can be reasonable expectation of no
additional infection from case and con-
scquently all guarantees are expected to
last at least twenty days
To Open Detention Camp.
NEW ORLEANS. August 5-Surgeon
White today went to Fontainebleau Miss.
to complete arrangements for the establish
ment and opening of the detention camp
which Gov Vardaman has authorized the
federal authorities to open there DR..
White left DIR. Guiteras in charge of the To-
cal office of the marine hospital service.
Or. Guiteras said that up to noon there
had been no instructions received from
Washington.
Detained for Observation.
NEW YORK. August 5.-The steamer
Ligonier from Port Arthur, was detained
at quarantine today and one member OF
the crew was removed to Hoffman Island
for observation.
Two members of the crew of the steam
er FL Paso. from New Orleans, were re-
moved from their ship today at quaran-
tine because of high temperatures They
Servation.
No More Suspects at Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 5.--No sus-
picious cases have been reported today and
the only patient is reported convalsec-
ing State Health Officer Sanders says the
state law guarantees refugees right to open
windows, have food and water and that
the localities which do not allow this are
violating the law.
Two tramps who said they were from
Mobile, but who are believed to have come
from New Orleans, were sent on to At
lanta this afternoon