The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-01
FEVER REMAINS SAME.
Improved Weather Conditions
Afford Some Relief-Twenty
New Cases.

New Orleans, La, Aug. Glowing 10
the fact that the total number of 1oei
which have been printed from day To
day is misleading and that the number
OF cases reported under treatment is
inaccurate, on account of Il defect in
the formula in whicsN9hey were figured,
these figures hereaftN viii be dropped.
Reports of new cases from the coun-
try yesterday are:
Lake Province, 8; Amelia, 4; Bayou
Boeuf, 3; Adrouyne, 2: Houma, J.. Ken
her, 5; Hanson City, 9; Ninth ward of
Jefferson parish, /; St. Rose, 8; Patter-
son., 3; Waveland plantation. .; Port
Barrow, L.
The most important development of
the yellow fever situation yesterday
was the report of DIR. C. Milo Brady,
who had been sent by the state board
the bayous and lakes in Jefferson pan
lsh, where there are many settlements
of fishermen in constant communica-
ton with New orleans. DIR. Brady
made the trip with DIR. Stanley. of
North Dakota, and without completing
t~hirty-tive cases of yellow fever, mostly
along Bayou Barataria. They learned
that deaths had occurred and
found much suffering. After DR..
Brady had made his report the
state board of health decided TO
49, q party
consisting of a physician and Two
nurses. A large supply of medicines
and provisions also will be rwarde
and the state board Will keep in con-
slant touch with the situation in the
effort to control the sickness. The local
situation continues tc be of the most
hopeful. On August 1S there were es-
tilnated to be 459 cases under treatment.
but since then there has been a steady
diminution until today there We're re-
ported only ISL sick, AS per cent. of
the total of 1.76S cases having been dis
charged as cured or convalescent Or.
Guiteras will be sent to Natcilez as
soon as he returns to this city. satur-
day and Sunday of this week have been
set as additional fulmigation days.
Showers continued here throughout the
day, succeeding q heavy rain yester-
day II there was a great moderation
in temperature. The weather forecast
is for continued showers today. What
ever work has been done in the matter
of oiling and sailing cutters will. OF
course, be undone by the rain, but DR..
Whites organization is not sufficiently
perfect to insure that there will he
prompt reoiling and resulting when
clear weather comes again.
Condition Was Terrible.
Natchez makes no report of new
cases, the people deciding to await the
arrival of an expert before accepting
the statement that there was yellow
fever there. 1Iscatawpa, Miss, near
Mississippi Point, reports four cases.
DR.. Devron, in charge of Leeville.
in a short report on the situation there
says:
I found things worse than DR.. Stark
could have seen them a few days he
fore. The people We're in a panic. They
had no medicine, no doctor and they
were dying from too much experiment.
ing with different remedies. l find that
more than half The population of 500
people is sick. they are districted and
many are on the verge of lunacy from
fright and grief"
Confidence has been restored among
them since DR.. Devron's arrival, and
he now has two assistants and a halt
rlOZen nurses,