Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-05
STATEMENTS OF LEADERS IN
FIGHT DECLARE WORST OF
scoURGE rs OVER.
PLAGUE RIvALED THE
EPIDEMIC OF 1879
When Frost Strikes New Orleans,
Dr.. White Believes Pest Will Be
Forgotten - Death at Pensacola,
Florida.
Yellow fever situation:
New cases. 10.
Total to date, 1929.
Deaths, /.
Total to date, 27S.

fight, Surgeon White, Presidents
Kohnke and Souchon, of the boards of
health; DR.. Beverly Warner, DR.. Metz,
of Tulane university and Chairman
Janyier, of the citizens committee, in
dicating that the crisis has passed,
that the campaign of science is meet
ing with unbounded success, and that
the fever will be practically forgotten
by frost, were printed here Friday.
DR.. White says: Elm view of the fact
that the fever started this year abreast
of the epidemic of 1873, and pursued
exactly parallel lines, holding it's own
long enough to convince any sane man
Of what would and could have been
the result had not proper steps been
taken, it is fair to say that the work
begun by the city board of health and
continued by the marine hospital serv.
ice, has undoubtedly been effective in
holding the infection in check. We
may say without undue self congratu-
lation that the disease is being grad
ually worked out,
Progress Steady, He Says.
ut must be apparent, for the lists OF
cases and deaths, taken on the aver.
age, week by week, are growing stead
lily less. Along with this want to
call attention to the fact that per-
sons are coming in from the country
who afterward. fall i'll from previous
infection. This is a handicap, how
ever, which we are willing and able
to bear rather than interfere with
the relations with the outside commu-
mites by imposing drastic quaran-
tine" DR.. White says he has neve,
seen any country the equal Of the ex.
ample of patriotism and broad-mind-
edness set here, and never expects to
see the superior of 1t. He adds: "All
these things formed conditions which
make for success. Give, in addition,
& fair opportunity, all cases as they
occur, and there can be no possibility
OF failure to eliminate the fever before
frost. The last proposition is the cruz
Of the situation"
7 Invites Discussion Of Control.
President Schwing, of the Louisiana
Press association, has issued an ad.
dress to the papers Of the state iuvit
ing 2 discussion of the question o,
federal control Of the quarantine, ani
strongly advocating it himself to make
IL impossible in the future for such con:
ficts as have occurred In the south
this year. Vicksburg and Natchez
which formerly placed most stringent
restrictions against infected points
have appealed to the marine hospita.
service for a fumigation system sim.
liar to that in force here, in order tt
enable them to move goods.
Two cases of yellow fever have beer
reported at Pennington, Miss, an i'm
portant lumber point at the mouth o.
the Pearl river.
Italians Hide Disease.
Reports from Pointe Celestein
Flaquemines parish, show that the au
thorities there are meeting with grea
difficulty through. the efforts of til,
Italians to hide their sick. In on,
house, hid under a bed, and vel
wrapped in blankets, was found be,
Of IL suffering with severe case O
the fever. Rev. Father Pullier, Cathe
lie priest at Harangs Canal, La, ha.
turned over his parish and has gon.
to Leeville to administer to the sick
Leading citizens have met here ant
formed the New Orleans Health asso
citation, permanent organization
with Charles Javier as president. Il
is expected to exert powerful influ
eHce on the future of New Orleans II
its relation to quarantine, sanitatio1
and the evolution Of proper laws TO,
the guidance and control Of citizepi
regarding infection OF contagien O
any and all descriptions.
First Death at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 2-The frs,
death from yellow fever occurred Fri
day when, William J. Abel. q tailor
expired. He was stricken Sunday
Abel occupied quarters adjoining
those Of Greek who was one Of thu
first to take the fever, and who is nov
convaleseing. No other new case
were reported.
Fine Dogs Cremated.