River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-21
WILL CONFER ON
FEVER QUESTION
MEETING CALLED BY GOVERN
oRS OF TWELVE STATES.
TO BE IMPORTANT SESSION
Delegates to Assemble in Chattanoo-
ga-Situation in New Orleans
Improved-Refugees Still
Coming North.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. ia
quarantine conference will be held in
this city November 9. Governors Of IL
states have signed the call for the
meeting. Representative business
men from all over the south will at
tend Measures will be discussed for
relief from the stringent yellow fever
quarantine regulations, which, the call
says, are Gripping the great business
interests of the south. The prosperity
and growth of the southern states is
recited at length and the call is signed
by Cows. Cox, of Tennessee; Blan-
chard, of Louisiana; Warfield, of Mary
land; Dawson, of West Virginia; Mon
tague, of Virginia; Broward, Of Flori-
da; Vardaman, of mississippi; Beck
ham, of Kentucky; Hayward, of South
Carolina; Lanham, of Texas; Folk, of
Missouri, and Terrill, of Georgia.
Situation in New Orleans.
New Orleans, Sept. 18.-The yellow
fever record up to six p. m. Sun
day is as follows: New cases, "a; total
cases. 2,571; deaths on Sunday, 2; total
deaths. 1856; cases under treatment.
323. The Sunday reports are usually
/ lighter than the weekday reports, but
it was not expected that the report
would run as low as it did. This leads to
the hope that the reports this week will
be much lighter than they were last
week. The heavy report last week is
attributed to the fact that every ten or
IL days there is a marked increase in the
number of new cases, showing a recru-
descence of fever from cases not orig
inally known. The success in wiping
out nests of infection in certain lOcali-
ties, after the original focis in that local
| ity has been discovered and properly
treated, has been the source of re-
newal of confidence in the ultimate out
come.
Refugees Coming North.
Anderson Ind, Sept. 18.-When a
party of yellow fever refugees from
Tallulah, La, passed through this city
on a Pennsylvania railway train, DR..
J. B. Fattic, of this city, was called by
| the railway officials to examine Eu-
gene Dennio, young man, who had
been delirious since the train left Gin
cinnati DR.. Fattic found that Dennio
had considerable fever. DR.. Fattic
thought the abnormal temperature was
due to acute nervousness, and Dennio
and a party of six relatives were al
| lowed to go on, but DR.. Fattic suggest
ed that another examination be made
at Logansport. The party was bound
for Chicago. With Dennio were Mrs.
j. d. Serin and baby, Miss Mary Serin,
Miss Fannie Peterkin, Joseph Peterkin,
all of Tallulah. They came north by
way of Cincinnati, and Dennio had a
certificate for the party from DR.. Og-
bourene, of Tallulah, saying all were
free of fever when they left Tallulah.
Develop Fever in Ohio.
Cincinnati, Sept. 1S.-Four more of
the people who came here early Friday
from Tallulah and New Providence,
| La, to escape the yellow fever were
taken to the hospital Saturday, having
developed some symptoms of yellow
| fever. The new suspects are G. A.
Heath, his wife and two children.
They had gone to a hotel on arrival
and Saturday reported to Health Off
Ger Davis that they were sick, although
| they were doubtful of the nature of the
disease. They were at once taken to
the hospital and placed in charge OF
the special physicians and nurses as
| signed to the fever cases.
No new yellow fever cases were re-
ported here Sunday, and the cases now
under treatment at the ranch hospital
are progressing satisfactorily. Physi-
Clans state that there is no danger of the
disease spreading here.