Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-07-28
The CONCEALIM
OF MANY CASES
Several Yellew Fever Patterns Are
Just Ascertaiued.
ITALIANSARE AFRAID
Arbitrary Restrictions In Regard to
Attending Funerals Are Not In
Vogue, Mosquitoes Thought
Only Transmitters.

New Orleans. July 2s.-As the esult
of the decision of the state board Of
health to make six-day detention i'm
mediately effective four fruit ships
bound for New Orleans have been or
dered to Mobile. which city is under
stood to be willing TO receive them
one case of yellow fever has appear
ed at Cannery. five miles from Fort St
Phillip, sixty miles below the cHs, II
is that of an Italian woman, who es-
capped from the French market district.
Lieutenant Colonel Maus. United
States army. has returned from that
place. There are no present Intentions
TO move the garrison. DIR. r T. A-mes
is to be stationed at Jackson barracks.
There is no fever at that post
Italian societies are taking a hand
with priests of their nationality with
, view of aiding the authorities The
! only serious alarm here has been
among the Italians. Many Of them
living in the French market section
!
when the fever began to rage they be-
came frightened and those not down
| with II fed to friends in other sections
, of the city and to the surrounding
, country. That is why the foci has
been distributed. There Is still alarm
among them and Italian societies and
, priests will try to reassure them. In
terest them in sanitation and pledge
them to promptly report cases OF Ill
! ness among them. Several cases Of
} concealed fever hage been reported by
Italian societies.
Formerly in yellow fever epidernics
here houses containing cases have been
tagged. 1t has not yet been decided to
| flag cases this "ear. Arbitrary restric-
tions against attendance at funerals
have been modified In the belief that
only the mosquito can transmit the
disease. Publication OF lists OF cases
and their location has not been made,
but records are open to inspection and
health officials are mapping all foci and
promptly screening them
To enable passengers from the-cast
to proceed westward without annoy
ance or difficulty via New Orleans the
4
ating its trains from Esplanada ferry
landing. where direct Connection u
made with Louisville and Nashvllle
trainis without transfer throus the
city as heretofore. ~
Patients are hsiuS receiveds ne
enc - i-Trr<---feSar noSe .
80. .s,oca - -. seventy five -.
have been provided. These wui> BE
steadily Increased. -tt<tz
No report of additional new caG(o of
deaths from yellow fever were made
| public by the city board OF health in
the early hours Of Thursday. There
was an unofficial report of a number
of new cases. Official report was made
Thursday Of twelve new cases and six
deaths occurring in the preceding
twenty-four hours. or the twelve
new cases nine are Italians. Six OF
the cases are at 522 and 524 st. Phil
lip street. showing the principal infec-
| ton to be still In the vicinity OF the
French market. Only two Of the
cases are in the upper part Of the city.
| OF the deaths one occurred In hos
pital. two up town and the other three
I'm the French market district. Health
authorities after study of foci ex-
pressed the opinion that there is still
hope of Graduating the disease before
i fall. and that I'm any event with the
! precautions being taken a serious
| epidemic is entirely out of the ques-
ton.