The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
RECORD OF NEW
 CASES Is LOWER Remarkable Contrast is Shown
 With 1878 Figures GIRL HAS SAD EXPERIENCE Complains of Headache While Down Town and Is Hustled Of to the
 Emergency HospItal-The
 First Death in Natchez.
GIRL HAS SAD EXPERIENCE
FEVER SITUATION AT 6 P. M.

FEVER SITUATION AT P. M. N.,, os.., 36 Total eases to date... ......Ef<o Total deaths to date... =. ...... o'o Cases under treatment. ......o Cases discharged. ....... .<o''
 New Orleans, September a.-fhe rec ord of new cases today IS lo"er' as Is also the list of deaths anu nc" foci, which. following the rather heaNy report of Wednesday, is gratifying one explanation of the continued heavy daily reports Is the anxiety of the physicians to report every case in their practice which may possibly be yellow fever. An instance of this occurred today, when physician sent in a positive report OH case which he had reported as sus- piclous three weeks, ago, and Whlcn hao long since recovered. He reached the con- clusion that it was positive case De- cause two other cases have developed Tn the houses within the usual period or secondary infection.
 | Only nine of the new cases are up town while four of the nine new foei are m that part of the city Of the deaths, two occurred in the Emergency hospital
 Country Cases. | The country situation shows no mate rial change. The emergency fund of the state board of health has been exhaust ed, and now the expenditures which are being made come from the special fund borrowed by the governor to relieve the situation generally In New Orleans. Where communities are in need of as- sistance for the operation of emergency hospitals, the payment of nurses, phy- sicians, etc., the governor assigns what he considers sufficient for the immediate needs. Two positive cases of yellow fe- yer were diagnosed at Gross Tete, in Iberville parish. Bunklo and Bayou Dulac also turned up with one case each. They are almost in the same neighborhoods.
 An autopsy was held on kthe case of suspicious fever reported at Everett in Vernon parish and 1t was proven not yell low fever
 Other country reports were:
 Kenner five new cases
 l St. Bernard, three cases.
 Tallulah, six new cases. Gross Tete, two cases.
 1 Bunkie, one new case.
 Bayou Dulac, one new case. l Alexandria, two new cases.
 Patterson, sixteen new cases; one death
 | Dr. Anderson, who was sent to Tallu- lah to assist Dr. Chassaignac. was strick- en with the yellow fever, but has only a mild case.
 Characteristic September Weather.
 The weather during the present month has thus far had all the characteristics of September weather in previous years. 1 with hot days and cool nights and with frequent rains, but in the matter of the plague comparison has been altogether in favor of the current year. Dr. Whites warning before the month was entered upon that there must be exceptional vigi- lance in preventing the breeding of mos qultoes undoubtedly had the contem- plated effect, for while there have been spasmodic jumps in the number of cases as was the case in 1878. the total of cases has been far less than during August Sudden changes In temperatures In Sep tember makes 1t one of the worst for mortality, and an increase In the death rate was therefore looked for by the authorities, whereas there has been a marked falling off of the number of deaths for the first twenty days of Sep tember as compared with the first twen- ty days of August an September, 1S7. there has been at this time 75S3 cases and 236S deaths, against 2706 cases this year and only 351 deaths If the fever lasts a month later with half dozen deaths a day the total number will be only half the number who died annually here of consumption.
 There was a marked improvement In | 10 fba bility that Dr. Whites prediction that the fever will go away with great sud- denness will be realized The authori- ties say that old foci are aa4iy being ex- tingulshed and that new foci promptly reported are being so thoroughly con trolled that there is practically no dan ger Of secondary infection Conditions above Canal street are causing the au- thorites much qualification. In the past five days out of 1s4 cases only twenty- five have been found in the entire terri. tory between Carrollton and Canal street The inability of the disease to get hold In this great area, comprising more than half the population of the city, is due to the fact that 1t has been fought accord ing to the most scientific methods, and except in rare instances has there been effort at conceament.
 Camps Will Be Enlarged.
 An arrangement was concluded today by which both the Texas Pacific and the Southern Pacific will use the Avon dale camp, whose capacity will be en- larged to handle the large number of la borers wanted in the sugar districts Pri- vate funds will be advanced for the en- largement of the camp. Practically all the sugar planters in the state are mem bers of the Louisiana Immigration asso- clatlpn, which will operate through the camp, and the planters promise to see that all the facilities are provided, the government having the general surAr- vision of the camp and issuing the cer- tihcates. No man will be sent to infect ed points. Agents of the association will gather laborers in New York, Chicago St. Louis and Kansas City and will hurry them south. Where it becomes necessary for them to pass through New Orleans they will be handled in screened cars.
 There is a possibility now that the cot ton strike will be arbitrated. and that New Orleans will be spared a serious embodiment on the levee, detrimental to it's commerce. The cotton exchange com mittee having failed to bring about a settlement the laboring interests with the support of the exchange decided to sub init the whole matter to the arbitratio of the m'SSot The mayor told the com mittee that ~e could not serve himself. but would agree to namest the umpire. The boss draymen are understood to be agree able and the mayor will announce his se- lection tomorrow.