Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
THINK CRISIS PAST.
New Orleans Authorities Believe Fever
Is n Hand-Weather Grows
Cooler.
New cases at noon since g p. m.

New cases at noon since p. m.
SUNDAY. ..... -...... ....... ~
lotal. 49,. ........ ......... 17o5
OealnS ... '..... ............
Total to date. ..... ............... 400
New Orleans, La, Aug. 2S.-The fifth
week of the fight of yellow fever began
today, and with the hope that the crisis
is past, the fact that there are only 1919
cases under treatment and many of
them of tie lightest character, being es-
pecially significant. In the 81 cases in
the preceding twenty-four hours only 5
were Italians, and there were only 3
cases reported from the originally in
fected Italian quarter. The marine hos
pital service has now a man in touch
with every infected point outside of New
Orleans.
New Fright al Iberia.
Iberia parish, through which the
Southern Pacific runs has a fresh fright
and has cut off all passenger communi
cation with the rest of the state. Re-
ports of low temperatures come from
various points in the southwestern sec
ton of the state. The weather here was
unseasonably cool this morning.
DR.. Warner announced today that
preparations were being completed for
the disinfection of every church and
meeting place IN New orleans.
DR.. Juan Guiteras continues his series
of lectures here, speaking nearly every
night. He devotes the daylight hours to
the study of fever conditions. 1t has
been announced here that since his ar
rival in New Orleans Dr. Guiteras has
been made dean of the University of
the Havana.
Commerce, Not Life, Endangered.
President KOhnke of the city board of
health today corrected the statement at
trbuted to him in the press that there
was no hope to crush out the fever be-
fore frost.
DR.. Kohnke said that the great dam
age of yellow fever to New Orleans was
not so much its death rate, for it had
been shown this year that it was not the
deadly disease of ancient times, but to
the city's commerce resulting from the
panic of outside communities.
In spite of the sudden change during
the night from hot to cool weather. the
early fever report today showed no vari-
alton from the rule of last week, the
normal number of deaths and new cases
being reported. There were three deaths
during the night.
Fever in Mississippi.
Natchez, Miss, Aug. 2S.-Like a thun-
derbolt from q clear sky came the report
this morning of SIX TO ten cases of yellow
fever in Natchez There was no prclim-
mary announcement of a suspicious case.
Five of the patients are negroes and they
are convalescent. Another is a Jewess,
Mrs. Eisenstein, whose case is regarded
as serious. All of the cases are in the
northern part of the city.
Begin Desperate Fight.
Every house in the neighborhood has
been screened and fumigated while a cor
don of quarantine guards has been estab-
lished around the infected quarter. A
marine hospital service surgeon has been
! sent for to hold conference as to meth
DDS of treatment and procedure to pre-
vent a spread of the fever. Depopula-
| ton is recommended.
1t is thought that the fever was
brought from New Orleans, but there are
several gaps in the chain that is being
! traced and no positive declaration will be
| made.
| The fever was here in 1898 and prac-
| tically confined to one section of the
| city. The first case that year was re-
! ported September l.