Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
MAY INVOLVE UNITED STATES.
Second Largest Parish 10 the State
Orders All Intercourse With Out.
side Points Stopped.
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE IN FORCE.
Man Fired Upon for Trying to Run 1t
Archbishop Chapelle VIII Aid
The Authorities.

New cases IN New Orleans 70 noon
Aug. g. ~; deaths to noon Aug. 4, 4;
total cases ii9, total deaths to date. &C.
The report to the New Orleans board
OF health early today of four deaths
and three new cases Of yellow fever in
that city seemed to presage consider
able increase over yesterdays report,
which stands as the record mark for
"a hours during the present invasion OF
the plague.
No reports of new cases or deaths
anywhere from the south outside OF
New orleans have been received by
the Associated Press today and as the
review Of conditions yesterday showed
a very slight Increase ln this respect,
the assertion seems warranted that tho
authorities In the widely scattered To-
caliti'3 outside of New orleans which
have found such sporadic cases, have
the situation well I'm hand
outside OF the fever itself the condi-
tons brought about by the strict quar-
untines are serious and are felt IN every
limo OF commercial life The railroads
are badly Handicapped and IN many
instances are unable TO move passen-
gers, tho mails or freight. The South
cru Pacific has its entire service on
the main line discontinued because one
parish I'm West Louisiana refused to
permit trains Of any kind TO pass
through night or day Train service
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad
a. also disturbed. The regulations In
regard 10 sleeping ears have been
changed mere generally than the coach
service, Sleepers southbound on this
line are stopped at Mobile, Ala, and
the occupants transferred 10 screened
day coaches for the remainder Of their
Journeys Northbound passengers from
New Orleans are taken TO Grand Bay,
Ala, q station Is miles west OF Mobile,
and there transferred TO sleepers on
the through trains for the north These
northbound trains then run to Mont
gomery Ala. without stopping. The
local business is handled by the &C
commodation trains. but anybody along
this division Of the road wishing TO
hoard a through train must SO either to
Mobile or Montgomery TO do 80.
Beginning tomorrowy the train leav-
ing Cincinnati At # p. m. over tho
Louisville y Nashville viii be held at
Mobile which IS reached I'm the night
until daylight when It will start for
New Orleans Also with tomorrow the
Cincinnati and New Orleans limited
ON the Same road viii be discontinued
bJ yond Mobile and passengers for New
Orleans will be compelled TO walt some
time at Mobile.
The Illinois Central h stopping all
MS south bound trains at Harahan, La,
where the transfer TO screened coachese
rs made under the same conditions as
apply al Mobile The officials OF the
Illinois Central report no serious delay
to their trains Notwithstanding the
strict annoying quarantine.
Omcials Of several cities and towns
in Arkansas. Mississippi and west
Tennessee make complaints that HARM
full reports Of the prevalence Of yell
low fever are being spread broadcast
In some unsccountable manner Thf
rumors are 90 be run down IN every in
stance possible and their perpetrators
punished.
Though the armed forces Of Missis-
sippl and Louisiana have been IN touch
for o. hours. there have been no re-
Torts OF collision and the situation is
not regarded as acute. The marine hos
pital service is to have more trouble in
locating Its detention camp at Fontain-
bleau, consent Ia do which was given
yesterday by Gov Vardaman.
Advices from Biloxi, Miss, today that
the announcement that the camp is TO-
be placed at Fontainbleu has aroused
q vigorous protest on the part OF the
citizens OF Jackson county. The wires
were kept busy last night carrying pro
tests TO the governor and q delegation
VIII be sent TO demonstrate with him
against the proposed action. Gov. Var
dunan has been asked 10 delay mate
tcrs until the people can be heard
from. il Is said that IN the present
temper of the people Of Jackson county,
open rebellion viii follow any attempt
TO establish the station.
New Orleans. Aug. 4.--Extreme mea-
sures which some of the country dis.
uicts are taking to guard themselves
from yellow fever threaten TO put n
stop to traffic lu service and may bring
the federal government into tho fever
situation in the south, The most radi-
cal action thus far taken is that OF
the pollso board OF CalC8sieu, the Sec
lnd largest parish in the state. II has
passed resolutions ordering that all
traffic, travel ana intercourse between
Cdlcasieu ana points east, north and
west shall cease al once and that 10
1ue shall be permitted 10 enter tho lin
ts of the parish until further orders
lu consequence Of this resolution the
Southern Pacific has been ordered from
today TO run no more trains through
'alcasieu. which means an abandon-
ucnt OF the through service Of the line
20 the west The Watkins trains on
he Kansas City Southern tracks HAYS
also been stopped. II is understood the
quarantine IN "a day or two viii be ea-
tended To- all freight trains. The effect
IT the orders Is 10 stop all mail seryics
nto or through CalCasiou.
Rapides has shut her doors on every
hing except mail and fuel OIL
AZ Mermentau, La shots were eT-
hanged between guards and n negro
Nho was trying 20 run the quarantine.
Grant Parish has instituted shot
rum quarantine, stopping all trains and
hut herself on completely from mail
ervice.
Lafayette. La has issued orders that
My mail and disnfected freight shall
ONE into the parish
Tensas parish has quarautined all
Messengers. baggage and household
foods. fruit and fabrics.
Precautions rs radical as these have