Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-07-31
NEW ORLEANS WAR
ON YELLOW FEVER
Louisiana Severely Criticises
Governor Of Mississippi for
Drastic Rules
DEATH RATE BECOMES HEAVY

New Orleans, La, July 31.-The
yellow fever record for Sunday shows
deaths and % new cases, bringing
the totals thus far to IS deaths and
2S3 cases OF fever. The foci through
the city now number 4S.
The work Of disinfection and sani-
tation went ont in uninterrupted force
yesterday, with full crews Of men
Throughout the city. In all the churches
sermons bore directly or indirectly on
the fever situation. and the theme of
most was that the population Of the
city should work and stand together
to keep the present infection from be-
coming a pestilential epidemic.
At noon a long conference was held
among the local, state and Federal
authorities. the railroad officials and
a representative Of the Tennessee
health authorities, the latest state to
Quarantine against New orleans.
While passenger and freight quaran-
tine regulations were most discussed,
lGovernor Vardaman's attitude toward
Louisiana and toward the Marine Hos
pital Service was the most fruitful
theme for discussion that verged de-
cidedly toward the acrimonious.
Saturday night ward, and precinct
lcommittee meetings were held, and II
was finally proposed. and will probably
be adopted, that Wednesday shall be a
holiday throughout the city, the entire
population devoting itself through one
lentire day to cleaning up all individual
lpremlses in New Orleans and the car
Trying out to the very letter the last
SANITARY regulation.
INDIGNANT AT MISSISSIPPI.
Throughout the city the stand taken
lby Mississippi has been the subject OF
acrimonious discussion. Saturday the
population came nearer panic than IN
lmany years, throug-. the first an
lnouncement that Mississippi would not
allow trains to leave the State OF
Louisiana to cross Mississippi.
Citizens were too scared to talk wheI
II was found that Mississippi had con
cluded not to attempt to enforce an,
such drastic rule
, Mississippi has her full stan OF th'
J National Guard along the Gulf coast
Guards under commissioned officers IS
cort every train across the State. Th'
MERIDIAN Field Artillery went on dut,
yesterday. The through cars are shut
the windows closed or screened will
heavy dust screening and the door
locked. Not even the railroad official
are allowed inside during the transi
Of the State
} Inbound Louisianans were stopped oi
! the Alabama side OF the Mississippi
& because they had not health certih
, Gates showing their absence fror
New Orleans for a period Of ten days
Thus far the death rate of the dis
covered cases and recorded deaths 2
. almost % per cent.-heavier than II wa
even in 1878 and experimenting Nh
a percentage Of 1854. the latter the wor'
r yellow fever attack New Orleans ha
e ever experienced.
STEAMER HELD AT NEW. YORK
New York. July 3f.-The liner ProteI
T. arrived in quarantine at $40 O'Clock tn
, morning from New Orleans. A supei
r fetal examination bore out the car
g tain's report that all on board are wei
d / The steamer carried .ninety-one cabi
Passengers and a crew Of seventy-tlv
+ men. Quarantine physicians wer
T. aboard about z o'clock and began
h loomplete examination Of crew and pas
+ sen ~.
Philadelphia, July sl.-The State Quar-
lantine Hoard which is responsible fC