The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
|fevfRlN FLORIDA
AND MISSISSIPPI
CASES OF YELLOW PEST ARE Re-
PORTED FROM PENSACOLA
AND vICKsBURG.
AL ALBANIA QuARANTINEs
THE FIRST-NAMED CITY
Low Mortality Shows That Disease
Has Lost Much Of Its Malignancy
in New orleans-First Cargo Of
Bananas Landed.


general of the army Wednesday received
telegram from Barrancas stating that
the mayor of Pensacola, Fla, has ofacial-
" announced that yellow fever has brok-
en- out in Pensacola.
Cases Are Guaranteed.
Mobile, Ala, Aug. 81. = City Health
Onicer DR.. Rhett Goode received tel
egram Wednesday morning from State
Health OMcer Joseph Y. Porter, of Flor
ida, confirming the report Of yellow fe-
yer at Pensacola. He said that the
Greeks did not have any medical atten.
ton and were now in the convalescent
stage. A Gordon of guards have been
placed around the squares where the
cases are located. The houses have
been screened and fumigated as per tn.
plans adopted at West Tampa, Fla.
Alabama has placed quarantine
against Pensacola, Fla.
Two Gases at Vicksburg.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 81. - Secretary
Hunter. of the state board of health, has
received report from DIR. HARRISON and
other local physicians of Vicksburg
that there were two cases of yellow
fever in that city. the same having been
under observation since nine o'clock
Tuesday night. Secretary Hunter has
not received the history of the cases yet.
Low Mortality Is Significant.
New Orleans, Aug. 31.-New yellow
fever cases Wednesday, since six p. M.
Tuesday, II; total cases to date, 1,S49;
deaths, 8; total deaths, 267.
Wednesday dawned clear with some
rise in the temperature. though the
weather forecast is still for showers
Notwithstanding the weather changes,
however, the mortality report continues
to be one of the most significant signs
that the fever has lost much of its malig-
nancy.
Some interesting statistics are being
prepared by the marine hospital service
Among them is record of cases by
streets. 1t shows that Hospital street,
in the originally infected quarter. has
been the worst sufferer, with 154 cases.
of which close to 80 were in one square.
that between Decatur and Charles.
st. Philip street has had 1913 cases,
Charles street has had 116 and Royal
street 80. These are all below Canal
street.
Reports from Natchez quote DR.. Was
din, of the marine hospital service. as
tracing the infection there to New Or
leans, though most of the patients are
negroes. The local authorities want
further lgiht on the subject in viewof the
fact that Nachez for several weeks lad
q shotgun Gordon around her.
Cargo Of Bananas Landed.
Bringing $4,000 punches of bananas,
the first cargo of fruit entering here for
several weeks, the steamer Esparta.
from Port Limon, landed Wednesday at
Port Chalmette and Immediately began
the discharge of her cargo into screened
cars to be taken west by the Illinois
Central road. Laborers to handle the
fruit were carried to Chalmette in barges
from New Orleans and the work of I'M
loading and shipment was under the d.
rect supervision of the marine hospital
service. It is expected that New Or
leans will be able at once to relieve any
fruit famine existing in the west.