The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-09
Quarantine Matters in
Louisiana Chaotic.
STRONG HAND NEEDED
II The Civil Power Cannot Restore Or.
der the Military will be Asked
to Aid. Sixty New Cases
of Fever Reported
Yesterday.
CIV the Associated Press.)

New Orleans, Aug. S.--The official
report of the fever situation up to six
O'Clock this evening is as follows
New cases today. -. 60
Total TO date. 49,. :. $50
Deaths today. :. :. >. .. -.
Total to date. :. -. ..117
New sub foci. :. ;. -. :. IL
Total sub foci to date. :. :. ..114
If the present chaotic condition of
quarantine matters i'll Louisiana is not
speedily terminated in obedience to
a proclamation issued today the State
Board of Health has announced its
intention of Immediately invoking the
civil powers and that failing, of asking
Governor Blanchard to call out the
militia to restore and maintain order.
The proclamation resulted from the
letter sent yesterday by the Governor
to President Souchon, of the State
Board of Health. The proclamation
prohibits any town, parish or village
from refusing admission TO a person
from a non-infected LOCALITY holding
a health certificate not over "A hours
old. or to a person from an injected
locality who has spent six days in
detention camp and has been dis
charged with a Marine Hospital GER
tificate5 Interference with the pas
sage of steamboats, or trains is pro-
hibited unless they violate quarintine.
No freight, express or mail matter
shall, under the proclamation, be re-
fused from infected territories, pro-
vided it is carried in ears which have
been fumigated by the Marine Hospi-
tai Service. All persons who dIsre-
gard these regulations are warned that
they make themselves liable to answer
in the court. 1t is announced that no
more illegal restrictions on travel will
be tolerated. 1t is understood that the
action taken by the Board of Health
has the full sympathy of Governor
Blanchard.
Because of the large number of
cases rported. the fever situation did
not have so favorable an aspect to-
day, but it is understood that the in
crease is the result of the inveStiga-
ton Of a number of suspicious cases
of sickness. some Of which the health
authorities We're unable to inquire into
yesterday. The inspectors of the Ma
rine Hospital Service spent much of
the day in their investigation and their
reports showed an increase in the
number of cases from noon to three
o'clock
Practically all doubt of the raising
of the fund of quarter of a million
dollarS-by the government was re-
moved today when both the State and
city moved to assist the citizens of
New Orleans. Governor Blanchard,
whom Chairman JanVier, of the Citi-
zens' committee, had asked to advance
100000 wired Mr.. Janvier that he
would make the loan as soon as he
heard from a sufficient number of
members of the Legislature, if they
viii support an appropriation of $780,
900. Affirmative answers are being re-
the governor, the city took steps to
swell the fund. With the $4,000
originally in the hands of the Citizens
committee $4,000 is now in sight.
Surgeon White put in hard half
days work here and in the afternoon
took a train for Lafayette, La, to at
tend a conference of various health
boards in that section of the State,
called with a view to securing an
amelioration of quarantine regulations
DIR. White expects that by tomorrow
night all of the additional health Off
GERS which the government ,haS or
dered to New Orleans. will be here.
Wednesday, is the day set for the
general street cleaning movemnt.
Thre will be a pretty general sus-
pension of business, all of the mer-
chants volunteering to lena their carts
and wagons and employees to assist in
the work.
The difficulties the authorities en-
counter in trying to get at concealed
cases was illustrated today. when po
lice officer II. e. Gregson was perhaps
fatally injured while trying to break
into house where there was known
to be case of yellow fever. Gregson
was called on to assist the authorities.
So stubborn was the opposition of the
people at house in Charities street
against invasion by the inspectors that
it became necessary to break in with
the result that heavy oaken door
fell on Gregson and crushed him. He
was removed to the hospital.