Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-18
MISSISSIPPI is
NOW VERY M
That Commonw alih Has IN a
Yellow Fever Trouble. r
ALL IN ONE FAMII
Eleven Parties Taken Down nt1
Seaside Resort Of Mississip1l
City Reside at Carroilton,
That State.


nouncement of the discovery of q
of eleven cases of yellow fever at
sissip pi City. within three mill
Gulfport, the terminus OF the Gulf y
Ship Island road. and the fact that IN
fever has been in existence there 4Inc
before July 20. the time when m
nouncoments were made here. aro-ox
pected to soften the somewhat e1rer
criticism OF Mississippians OF New y
leans for failing to find local infe J
earlier. Before IL was known
was fever here there were frequed
ports of its existence on the gulf
but the inspection has been so
along the coast for a month par
Alabama. Mississippi and Federal q
thorities that the denial OF few b
Mississippi or elsewhere was acce "a
The family in which the fever Ers
appeared at Mississippi City ar11ve<
there from New Orleans July an 81,
fever is stated to have been in Mis-
sippi since the 20th. The faInf11 /.
that of Major Gee of Carrollton, Miss.
which stopped a week in New Or1(hnI
on their way TO Mississippi City
There are now eleven cases. only on.
OF which is seriously i'll. Troops .hav,
drawn a Gordon around the inG1cke<
section and every effort WIN be I'll
by Surgeon Wasdin of the MARINE q J.
v.ss ul ~.
All towns on the gulf coast as We
towns on the Gulf and Ship - K
road slapped on guarantees.
The really Insignificant number %
deaths here on Wednesday,. at a Nm.
when II is expected there Will be 1oms
Increase over the maximum figure al.
ready reported, made a fine imnres.
sion on the local public. confifxo1nf
frequently the expressed view thu hi
disease was losing its virulence III n.
tact with modern forms OF treafI at
OF the nineteen new squares ind ter
twelve Immediately joining Sd es
were previously reported as ind ed
showing a slight spread of the die Ne
A list of eighteen suspicious oes
after the report closed and was del
Investigation Thursday. A fine
inig was made by physicians.
seven of the sixty-six cases beiu
ported from private practice.
more were reported by the emaf
hospital. Twenty-Five Of ~
e<teeissalt -fBfecfed
E.,a ~.a..t f<...f 80 Oh
the three adjoining squares - al
ready infected. ~
Governor Blanchard wired Chairman
Janvier of the citizens committee an
nouncingi that he had compliutentet
Surgeon White by making him a colo
mel on his staff.
Some guarantees tighten and some
are loosening. Lafayette. which 1:
very severe in restrictions against New
Orleans. now finds herself practically
isolated because there is one case Of
fever there. Crowley called out, hel
military company to guard all avenue.
of approach TO the town. St Francis
Vile announces she viii bar from heI
midst all drummers and Italians.
The city council of Lake Charles. "a
defiance of the state board OF health
declared no freight can enter the towr
from New Orleans or other infected
points whether authorized by the
state board or not.
In Donaldsonville, which has a large
Italian population. there has been q
mass meeting OF Italians which
pledged the race to cooperate with
authorities in guardingi against infec-
ton.
There were nineteen new cases and
two deaths in this city up to noon
Thursday.