The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-03
LOUISIANA ARMY
PATROLS COASTS
Warlike Forces on Land and
Water Fight Mississippi's
Quarantine Guards.
MORE YELLOW FEVER
NOW IN NEW ORLEANS
Italians Disregard Public Pre-
cautions and Pay Forfeit
With Lives.

New Orleans, Aug. 3.-Governor
Blanchard has ordered out the national
brigade to patrol the Louisiana coast
against armed invasion by Mississippi
troops and quarantine guards. The
Louisiana militia will supplement the
work of Governor Blanchard's s patrol
boats against the fleet directed by
Governor Vardaman Of Mississippi.
The relations between Governors
Blanchard and Vardaman assumed al
critical stage yesterday, when the cap
tain Of one of the Vardaman mosquito
feet threatened to shoot the bridge
tender at Rigolets if he would allow a
vessel from Louisiana water to pass
thru the bridge.
Warlike on the Water.
When the state of Mississippi adopted
radical measures In quarantining the
state of Louisiana, armed military men
crossed the state line on Aug. l, and
previously two Mississippi launches in
terfered with traffic in Rioolets for
seven days, capturing eighteen schoon-
ers, which were turned over to the rev.
enue cutter Winona and taken to Ship
Island. A Mississippi launch on Mon
day presented fishermen from leaving
Chef Menteur, and another auxiliary
schooner has stopped fishing in Lake
Borgne and has blockaded the Lake
Borgne canal, stopping all traffic.
Mississippi military quarantine
guards have invaded Louisiana soil, and
Mississippi patrol boats had intercept
ed Louisiana fishermen at the mouth of
Chef Menteur, preventing them from
fishing in Lake Borgne.
Upon receipt of these reports Gov
ernor Blanchard issued order to Captain
Bostlck to form, arm man and equip
fleet and proceed to the troubled terri
tory with orders to open fire on the
enemy.
More Deaths Reported.
There were early reports of two
deaths at the emergency hospital, and
the prospect was that, with the num-
. bers Of serious cases rooted out yester-
day by the inspectors, there would be
still more fatalities recorded during the
No physical clash has been reported
between the armed forces Of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and there is an in
creasing likelihood that good judgment
will be no trespassing by the people Of
either state on the preserves Of the
Cause Of Heavy Mortality.
Concealment until the cases are al
most hopeless, and. utterly inadequate
treatment stt until they fall mtg int9 the hands
responsible for the heavy mortality
among the unfortunate Italians who
have fallen victims to yellow fever.
Investigations have shown that
heavy food, like macaroni and bana
mas, has been aken by members of the
race after the fever has fastened its
clutch on them That means almost
certain death, for in the treatment pre-
scribed by the doctors, no solid fooc
of any kind is given during severa
days Of a patient IS illness. Milk il
the principal diet, with alkalin water.
and the juice of watermelons to work
on the kidneys: To allay nausea, tn,
to be dissolved in the mouth. Many
Of the Italians die because they do no
get this treatment until too late.
Comparatively few, other than Ital
ians, have been attacked and some OF
these exceptions are already on the
streets little worse for their illness.
Viewed With Optimism.
The situation today continued to be
viewed with something like optimism
by those in charge of the fight TIL,
public Is warned not to be alarmed be
cause the number of cases and DEATH
are more numerous than they were
week ago and the doctors are saying
that for some time, probably even witt
the most favorable progress, there will
be new cases and fatalities. But S
long as there is no infection in the mod
ern section of New Orleans, that is, tn
large district which lies above Cana
street, the doctors refuse to believe tha
there is any chance of the disease as
suming a general epidemic form.
Excitement in Country.
The excitement in the country dis
tricts is not allayed, but seems to hav
grown more acute with the discovery Q
cases at other points. In this COZ
nection the doctors here are disposed
question whether all the cases that az
pear can properly be traced to Ne
Orleans.
{ A whole trainload of passengers o
the Iron Mountain road has been hel
up in Concordia parish, removed fro
any habitation for some time. The pa
sengers have been loud in their tel
graphic protests to the state railroa
commission, declaring that they hav
had neither food nor water and ths
nothing has been done to relieve the
y from distressing situation. Effort
are being made to move the train.
Monroe, La, with fever on thre
Zens on every road leading into h,
limits. New Ibria, La, has put Gu
few law in effect.
- Columbus, Miss, has decided to gual
against Infection by the use of rifle
Many of the smaller towns are passi1
mosquito ordinances.