Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-24
fever SITUATION
GREATLY IMPROVED
Perfect Harmony Between Fed
eral and Local officials.
TOTAL CASES, 1857; DEATHS, a.

Not Yet Won, the Authorities Feel
Certain They Have the Fever Well
In Check.
New Orleans, August 23.-Showers
| today promised some amelioratiOn VI
the high temperatures which have been
| prevailing, but otherwise there was lit.
tie change In the yellow fever s!tua-
ton.
Six deaths during the night prom.
ised that today's total would run about
equal with that Of the preceding "a
hours There was little variation
In the number OF new cases In the
early morning report. The me lical au-
thorites said today that evidence OF
the fact that the situation is constant.
ly improving, insofar as the system Of
| controlling II Is concerned, was TO be
found In the fact that cases are now
being reported six and eight hours
after they are taken down. II is an
indication Of the efficiency with which
the local physicians are cooperating
with the federal authorities Report Of
cases promptly on their occurrence
permits immediate screening and thus
lessons the changes for infection OF
persons who have not been attacked
one Of the cases reported today in
the city was Of Salvador Lucca. a sail
or on the schooner at Spanish Fort
He had been III for several days. There
Is a possibility therefore that others
on the same schooner will be affect.
Ell as well as members of other crews.
Fight Not Won Vet
While the leaders In the fight
against yellow fever feel that the great
struggle is succeeding beyond their
expectations there Is no disposition
20 lull the public into false sense
Of security lest there shal, De- a relax.
alton Of the efforts which II IS essen.
tial that every houSrhlld,r shall make
II the present control 0f the disease
is 10 be- maintained The fight has
not yet been won. said Professor Net
Of Tulane university. today in urging
every citizen 20 keep up his en'husl
asnI We NJ" only ON me foothills,
Tho mountains are yet % be scaled
the fnr'ihca,ions are yet to De- taken.
In the next two or three weeks II vii,
be- known whether the disease can be
stamped Out or checked II L can
De stamped out. u will he a miracle
That u can bo held tn check Is DO.
: lleNrd. hut the people ~ New Orleans
must exert themselves 20 he utmost.
with the deaths, however. running
into NE Mites and rapidly approach.
ing The e.gn'irs az this time IN 1873 and
the new cases ~ genuine yellow fever
approNima',ng 200 agains' less than n
dozen deaths daily now, there is con.
sidcrrd - De- every Justification fur
the encouragement (which Dr White
announces b. feels over the situation.
Especially encouraging IL the stua
tion above Canal street The disease
has struggled desperately 70 gain a
footho!d Ia tha, section. but has failed
Their have been a considerable mum.
Der ~ cases hu, they are widely scat
tered and there IS not a nest ~ them
% De- found anywhere fr'm Cana. tn
the upper limits 90 the parish
some dal, aso President Snuehou'
wrote 90 M railroads asking them
20 pu' or small trains 20 come ~ Tho.
town which arr In sor, d.st-css No.
cause COMMUNICATION 10 enc % G,ter
a. Sapcr.n,endens Cushiag % the
southern Pac'hc has written a -,p.v'
tha, th, -'aa Is nou running ,rai-, a,
a ncay, .,ss 20 AFFORD service fo- -oa.
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IS -o Lab, ia, ,hcse ira as a-r earn
.ur '~ss than me fourth q afs.
co,,s 'o rHa them. an alIrtezs.
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