Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-15

New Orleans, August 4.-No mark
ed change was recorded In the yellow
fever situation today and the early
reports received at the marine hosplt'
al offices indicated no serious turn
In the number Of cases and deaths for
the day. August is u critical month
when the fever appears early and the
relatively small number OF deaths in
the FIRST IL days on the month is re-
garded as justlfying DR.. John Gutter
as statement in his interview given
at Mobile that the worst IS over and
that the present fever will not be-
come like some of the terrible epl'
denies in the past. II Is announced
here that the citizens committee fund
has now reached Sl0O. 900. which. with
the amounts contributed by the city
and state, yields the quarter OF a mil
lion, whic hthe government desired to
be guaranteed before II began work.
All the money needed 10 carry on a
most elaborate campaign OF suppress.
sion is therefore az hand.
The Venus from Fort Hmon laden
with fruit came into the river today
from New Orleans, orders were given
for her to go back to sea and to pro-
coed TO Mobile
Italian Ambassador Meyer des
PlanChos who has been keeping In
close touch with the situation here
Is encouraging the Italian societies In
the relief work they have undertaken
In the Italian quarters and has for.
wafGed a personal subscription OF
5000 A large number of the poorer
class OF Italians are now being fed
daily at the expense Of the societies,
The health OF the nayai reservation
continues good and the premise Is that
the additional physician whom the
government has ordereJ % the yard
will have at present little to do. The
station Is isolated and there has been
no fever IN It's vicinity.
Physicians Are Optimistic.
In spite of the large number OF
cases III fever reported during the
past three or four days hope continues
20 run high here. That 10 due ~ the
fact that there are practical evidences
,hat the crusade against the mosQui.
TO IL telling More than two weeks
have now elapsed since the death or
curing of cases at number Of points
above Canal street. and there has
been no temperance OF the fever
where hose cases existed nor In the
immediate nelEhbOrhOOd. That IL TAX
en- to Indicate the effectiveness at
screening and disinfectiou which in
the one instance has prevented stego-
mylas from singing patients during
the first three days ~ their illness,
aud In Others has worked the dsstruo.
ton OF the mosquitoes IN the Infect
ed houses and Reighborhoods.
The result ~ more taith IN the mos
quito theory In this connection II Is
shown by The officials that while ..
q The 6i new cases officially ~.
ported In The preceding "a hours arr
in the lower section. there are fewer
than ever before IN the Originally in
fec,ed district which 10 still thlctly
Inhabited Tha reason given FOR this Is
that The drastic measures u tun.ga
the federal authorities are rapidly rid
/ ding the district % mosquitoes
RslaSst,en IN oUarantins.
A moderate rria1Aiion n quarantine
regulations y recorded. Trains arr
again running throuEh Lake Prou
dcuce. Ia. uo cases Of suspicious fe
yer being dlscoverah,c there or % ne
vicinity. Lafayette la, Aaa reseisd
ed lts previous action and eli reoOs
nizs detent!Oa Aad health eaf,lBeatc,
aaa rpcslv~ f-s'Skt In eiAinteetsa