The news & observer., 1905-08-04
NEW
CASES OF FEVER
Yet the Deaths Yesterday
Were Only Five.
THE OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
Thus the Health Authorities OF New
Orleans Hold. Governor Blanchard's
War.Like Preparations in The
States Behalf Attract Atten-
tion but no Apprehension.

States Behalf Attract Atten-
tiOn but no Apprehension.
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans, August 3.-Although
there was a considerable increase of
new cases, with a diminution in the
number of fatalities, today the yell
low fever situation was regarded as
having a hopeful aspect The authori-
ties have not concealed their eXpec-
tation that for some days TO come
there would be a daily average OF
twenty to twenty cases ana pro-
portionate number of deaths. Owing
to the extent of the main infected ter
ritory anything less than these figures
will be regarded as a distinct assur-
ance that the situation is still under
control.
The new cases today up to 6 p. nk
number 81.
Total cases 10 date. .......... 432
Deaths ..........
Total deaths to date. 81
Total sub fOci. ............... %
Gets Ready TO right.
Though the announcement that
Governor Blanchard had actually or
dered the naval brigade under arms
and had dispatched the mosquito fleet
of the oyster commission to the
louisiana Mississippi bounday at
tracts attention. there is absolutely no
apprehension that any serious colllS-
ion will occur. Hope Is generally eA-
pressed that Governor Vardat1lan i'm
structions to mis- guards not to trespass
upon Louisiana territory will be rig
idly observed, and that there will be
no necessity on the part Of Comn1an-
der Bostick's fleet to take violent
measures.
In addition to putting the naval
brigade on ships, Governor Blanchard
today wired to the sheriffs and dis
trict attorney of st. Bernard and Or
leans parishes with a view to invok-
ing the assistance of the civil author
tiles to clear Louisiana waters of any
armed invaoers. To the -shertftS he
sent this telegram:
TWO
"You will take steps Immediately
to capture and arrest all armed VI
sells and those aboard found with
that part of Lake Borgne situat
in your parishes so that the gra
jury may act. onsult the district
torney and call upon Comman
Bostick of the naval militia for
sistance to effect capture. Go W
Bosticks expedition through ths
Lake
With a view Of inaugurating NJ
thorough cleaning movement and
strengthen the arms of the authorl-
ties in fighting the mosquito, Mayor
Behram called a conference today.
| Opinions were expressed by health
| officer Kohnke and by DIR. Beverly
Warner. in charge of the ward work
| and by Chairman Janvier, of the Ctti-
| zens Committee to the effect that
general movement would be certain
to have a fine moral effect and would
enlist the sympathy and active assist
ance of the public in putting into
effect the precautions deemed neces-
sary to destroy the breeding OF the
mosquito.
There still exists q widespread an
| tipathy among the ignorant classes 20
making public cases of sickness and 4
great deal of the inspectors time ls
| taken up in running down SuSplc-
| ions of cases which are communicated
by citizens to the board OF health.
The announcement that a consider
able amount of money has been de-
! posted here to the order of the Marine
! Hospital service surgeons has caused
| officers
cants for various positions. 1t is ex-
nIained that no money is to be spent
! nv tho government in sanitary work
| here. All the funds that it will put
out will be in the establishment ana
| maintenance of detention camps and
| in anv disinfection of cars or steam
| boats that may be required. 1t is not
| improbable that the movement to
bring Italian immigration here on
large scale will suffer, partly by rea-
son of the terror which the present
/ infection has spread among the Ital-
ians and partly by reason of the en-
tirely unwarranted prejudice which
seems to have arisen against extern
sive Italian colonization. With the
negro flocking to the cities, Louisiana
and Mississippi planters have had
difficult problem to solve in obtaining
adequate labor to till their fields
Thousands of Italians have i'm recent
years replaced negroes in the sugar
fields of Louisiana. and as the Italian
is usually an excellent laborer, there
has for some time been strong move
ment TO provide such facilities i'm the
way of immigrant station as will di-
vert to this gateway a larger proper
ton of Italian immigration.
That movement has suffered a
severe setback by reason of the fact
that it unfortunately happens that it
is the Italians who have infected not
only New Orleans, but points in other
States. 1t is recalled that the epi-
demic OF 1853, the severest New Or
leans has ever had it was the Ger
mans who suffered most among the
nationalties. due to the large flow of
German immigration into Louisiana
in the earlier fifties.