The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08
NEW ORLEANS CHECKING THE
 PROGRESS OF YELLOW FEVER

million dollars desired by the govern ment. Checks poured steadily into the office of the Committee. In addition to this, Mir. Janvier took steps for State aid. When Governor Blanchard came | here for conference with pr. White and the health officials three weeks ago
 he said that, should the emergency
 warrant 1t, the State could be depended on to do it's share toward furnishing the funds necessary towards prosecut- ing the light to d successful finish To- day Mir Janvier wired the Governor l saying the emergency was here and that the States assistance had been pledged to the government to assist Tn raising the money desired. In similar emergencies in the past the Governor
 has consulted the members of the Leg islature by wire and secured their pledge of support of legislation to re- imburse the fiscal agents for money borrowed from them. As the whole State is interested in the present cam paign 1t Is assumed that in twenty four to forty eight hours the Governor
 will have all the backing he desires and that Louisiana's contribution or
 at least $50,000 will be made Cnsolic-
 tied checks have been sent here from other parts of the country to the fund
 which will be fully subscribed, 1t is be- lieved, before it is needed.
 An evidence of panicky feeling in the coAltry Parishes is shown In the
 experience of the Cumberland Tele- phone Company At Arcadia, La, the man in charge of the office fled when the fever began to spread. Local head quarters tried at once to fill the posi- ton, but Arcadia refused to permit n man to come through. It declined to take a man from Meridian. The con | sequence Is that the service has been
 suspended. A similar state of affairs prevails at Baton Rouge. whence also the manager has gone and where rigid quarantine prevails. The Baton Rouge exchange serves much of the surround Ing countyr and all that section will be without communication.
 Adequate Attention Needed.
 The death reported on the Bell plan tation in Jefferson Parish, opposite New Orleans. Is the fifth that has occurred ! there. showing the heavy mortality | from the fever where adequate atten- 1 ton is not given. Five Italians fled from New Orleans to this plantation and one after another has taken the fever and succumbed The vicinity has | been thoroughly isolated and disin- fected and every precaution will be | taken to prevent subsequent infection i by means of the mosquito.
 One incident out of the ordinary Is
 
 1 Lopez, a boy. from the fever. After | his death had been reported. the board | of health gave permission to hold the body twenty-four hours before burial. 1 While the boy lay in his coffin his
 mother embraced her dead son and
 thought she detected signs of life.
 Physicians were called and efforts made
 to revive him. They proved unavail- | ing, however. and young Lopez was
 finally pronounced dead and buried. ] It will probably never be possible Ito estimate how much New Orleans has suffered in financial way through the diversion of business, but the heavy
 tax on the people by the present visi-
 tation is shown by the fact that. be- sides the money already spent by the boards of health and the quarter of
 a million to be raised for the govern
 ment, thousands of dollars have been subscribed and expended in the ward work. On a conservative estimate pos ' sibly $50.000 has been raised by the
 subsidiary organizations and used for
 cleaning, oiling and temporary screen
 ing Probably $50.0Oo will have to be spent by landlords in the wiring of | their cisterns.
 It is said that the fruit companies
 which have been doing business here
 are making arrangements to continue
 to import through New Orleans, where they have abundant facilities for ship
 ping to the entire Mississippi valley. 1 Under the mild rules which were in effect before the fever. the fruit com
 panis built fast ships to make quick
 trips between the fruit countries of
 Central America and New Orleans That
 enabled them to handle their cargoes
 with great rapidity and without the
 necessity of elaborate refrigeration
 upon shipboard.
 l RerfrigeratOrs Necessary. '~ Now that it seems possible that
 hereafter a rigid five or six days de
 tention will be required. 1t is expected
 that each of the ships coming here will
 frigerating plants, which will enable
 them to go into detention on their ar i rival at the mouth of the river with
 out running the risk of too rapid rip
 ening of the fruit in their holds.
 Some of the drug houses report that
 a number of towns have Quarantined
 against drugs. In 1897 the quarantine
 was general over the South against
 every character of freight, including
 medicines but this year many of the
 towns have excepted certain classes of
 medicines and practically all of them
 are glad to get medical supplies.
 Dr. Guiteras of the marine hospital service spent the day in southwest
 Louisiana Investigating reports of sus-
 picious cases, one of them in St. Mary
 parish.