The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10
DEATH LIST
 SHOWS ONE
 -s Boy Only victiu Z at New Orleans Yes s,rday.
 i; MIMMS MAKE DISCOVERY
 g. Will Rev0lut. lize Sanitary Disinfecti0n. Chief Interest in Yellow Fever situa- tion is Report of . Case at Baton Rouge, the Lcu-
 isiana Capital.

New orleans, Sept. s.-official record to 6 p. m. Saturday:
 New cases, fl; total cases to date, 3, 1 262; deaths. |; total deaths to date, 309 new foci, 12; cases under treat ment, 3l1; cases discharged, 1,e42. | Patterson, 10 cases. l death: Lake Providence, 5. cases. 2 deaths: St. Der nard: Terre aux Bouefs cases; Yer ret, i death. Smithville. Tere Bonne Parish, case.
 A merchant at Centerville in St. Mary Parish wired the Ctate Board tonight that he had bought some drygoods from New orleans. and kept them in his store three weeks, but when he att tempted to open his store today and sell them citizens placed a shot gun 1 quarantine around his stroe and would | let no one enter. The parish authori- ties have been notified to relieve the | situation.
 l The local situation shows no material change. There are no specially well known names in the list, The only death is a boy, whose case was discoy-. cred by the Seventh Ward headquarters after his death.
 A radical change will be made in the Immigration methods next week. owing to a discovery of City Chemist Mimms. For two weeks 8 committee appointed | by Dr. White. consisting of Drs. Kohnke, Veazie. Professor Boyce. Past l Assistant Surgeon Currie and City Chemist Mimms have been testing the discovery, and tonight Dr. White an nounced that 1t would be adopted and used hereafter. in speaking of 1t he says:
 "I consider this the most remarkable and valuable discovery as well as the greatest contribution to disinfectants 1 that has ever come under my obserya- ton, and the entire credit for all of 1t Is due to Mir. Mimns.
 Mr. Mimms will not file a caveat or obtain a patent on 1t. being willing to l give 1t to the world as life saving in- ventton. The component parts will be made public fin a few days.
 The Emergency Hospital at Ktnner l will receive twenty patients Sunday. It Is now ready for use. There are up- I wards of eighty cases under treatment I in and around Kenner now. There were two deaths there today. Surgeon von Ezdorf is in Alexandria making an investigation owing 10 the disagree ment between pr. Brady and the local authorities over the diagnosis of sev- eral cases in that territory.
 Case at Baton Rouge.
 Baton Rouge, the capital of the State, reported a case of fever today It Is impossible to trace 1t, as the party had
 
 | try reports were:
 Tallulah. 16 cases, 5 deaths; Lutcher, cases; Terre Haute Plantation, 1 case; St. Rose case, 2 deaths; Pecan Grove, 1 death; Lion. near La Place. ? cases i; Dutch Bayou, 1 case: MississipDi: Gulf port, caes; Vicksburg, cases, death: Natchez. 2 cases
 The chief interest in the yellow fever situation today was the report of in- lection at Baton Rouge, and the fact that, though only one case had appeared there, numbers of people had taken the northbound train today out of fear that the sickness would spread Since the fever appeared fin New Orleans, the State capital has been completely bot tied up, permitting practically no com munication with this city. So severe have been the detention rules that few people have cared to submit themselves to them. All the measures taken here in the matter of screening and disinfec- ton were repeated there and 1t was confidently believed that Baton Rouge would escape.
 There Is only one case. The patient is Aaron Block, the son of a prominent citizen. He had severe yellow jaundice a month ago. During the past week his case was suspicious, but a consultation of physicians decided 1t was not yellow fever. Last night at midnight, how. ever, yellow fever symptoms appeared, and the case was declared today, tele- grams benig sent to President Souchon and to the minor health boards. The usual precautions have been taken in the infected district to prevent any spread of the fever It Is stated that beyond this case there Is no suspicious fever at all at Baton Rouge
 Now that the capital Is itself infected, 1t is considered probable that Governor Blanchard will take advantage of the opportunity to come here. He has been unable to visit New Orleans during the strictions. which would have prevented his return.
 Death List Favorable.
 Though the number of new cases to- day was again disappointing, the death list was so favorable as to confirm the frequently expressed opinions of the authorities that the fever Is practically under control. The number of cases in the last two days does not exceed those of ten days ago nor equal the total of five days ago. but is unsatisfactory be- cause 1t prolongs the period when an nounc ement may be made that the dis ease has run It's course. The compara- tive harmlessness of the disease when 1t Is well treated has removed all ap- prehension at home, but while cases continue to appear in any number, it is assumed that many of the irksome duarantines will be maintained, and that fear naturally Is annoying to the business community.
 How effective Is good treatment in saving the lives of those who are at- tackled Is shown by the fact that there has not thus far been a death record ed at the new emergency hospital } There are now thirty-six patients al the institution. Some of them are ' women. One of the latter. had to be pleaded with to go there. She feared that she might not receive as much at } tention and be surrounded with as } much comfort as sne was sure of a, ? home. Today, in a convalescent stage she spoke in the highest praise of her treatment and of her agreeable disap. } pointment.
 Besides supervising the large nav. roll of men employed by the marine hospital service. pr. White and Pbar. , macist Richardson spent some time today in arranging for the closing of ? the detention camps week hence 5 May Use Nashville. The abandonment of the canps will | release three surgeons for whom pr White will nnd employment here. He