Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-08

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NEW YORK, Aug 7.-According to Briga-
der General Arsene PerriIllatt, chief OF
ordnance OF Louisiana, II will be five days
before New Orleans will face a crisis in
the yellow fever situation. General Per-
rilliatt arrived here from the south last
night.
New Orleans is suffering more from
commercial anxiety" said he, but resi-
dents OF the city feel that the health Off
cials and the various committees, aided
by the federal authorities, will cope with
the fever. In the meantime business in
that section OF the state is at a standstill.
Unfair discrimination is being made
against Louisiana by other states and its
commercial interests are suffering in con-
sequence. The city is opposed to the par
ishes and the parishes are arrayed against
one another with the shotgun guarantees.
THE mosquito, which carries the disease,
breeds in clean, stagnant water. New
York is safe I am sure. By this time
New orleans is protected. The exodus
from New Orleans is a little more than is
usual at this time of the year While
commercial interests arc paralyzed now 1
think that the situation Wall clear within
two weeks. We will stau4p out the dis
ease" t.,t
Sir Patrick Manson, X. CAM. c., medical
adviser to the British Colonial office, who
is here on his way to San Francisco. de-
clares that mosquitoes are among the
greatest curses of mankind.
I'VE are yet in the infancy Of the dis
coveries OF the transmission of such dis
eases by insects" he said, but in the
matter of yellow fever infection all credit
should be given to the. Yankees, who went
ahead of our eminent men and demon
strated that the stegnomjia was the vehicle
that caused all the trouble II there is
not, there should be q law, in every state
making 1t criminal offense to a high
degree to fail TO report Immediately the
prevalence of a base OF yellow fever. The
slightest attempt at concealment by u
physician should be followed by summary
punishment. '..''
The steamer Comus, from New Orleans,
was stopped 'at quarantine today and will
be held there, with ninety eight passengers
and crew Of siXty-six, until a period of
ave days out of the port of New Orleans
has elapsed. This is the time limit for
yellow fever infection to show itself It's
Ave days will expire tonight and no medi-
cal examination Of those on the vessel
will be made until the time limit is passed.
Suspected Cases Released.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. THE British
steamer BarntOn, which arrived at the Del.
aware breakwater on Saturday from Port
de Paix, Hayti, with fifteen of the crew Ill
with fever, .docked, at this port today. This
Barnton was held by the government quar-
Intiue officials pending an investigation as
10 tho character OF the fever, but after
careful observation the steamship was per
nitted TO. come to port, the physicians find
ing the seamen suffering from tropical ma
aria.
Illinois Limits CertihcRtes.
CAIRO, Ill, Aug. 1.-The state Board OF
Health I'm connection with the yellow feve
quarantine today ordered restriction il
the Issuance of health certificates and il
future they will be issued only to citizens
of Illinois and to persons who are voucheC
for by 1ninosans. Health certificates hav'
heretofore been issued to all who applied
MIR, J, A. Egan departed for Springfield
today to be absent uhtil the latter part o
the week. DIR. George T. Palmer, assis
tant to Secretery Egan. is in charge o
the inspectors. Many instances of hard
ship come to the notice of the inspectors
Before leaving for Springfield DR.. EgaI
started a campaign against mosquitoes. H