The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-28
SHOIGUNS STOP
FEVER FUGlIIVES
New Orleans Italians Treated as
"Yellow jack Suspects in
Louisiana.
CASES NUMBER 2O6;
DEATH LIST IS A
Crescent City Is Taking Vigorous
Measures to Stamp Out the
Dreaded Scourge.

New Orleans, July 2S.-Oficial de-
tailed report of 26 new cases ana TWO
deaths occurring in the preceding e
beard today, making total of 206 cases
and "A deaths to date. Of the 70 new m
cases all except one are Italians. The
exception is negro living in the in
fected district. The majority OF the
cases reported are from the FRENCH mar
Brocato and John Nalio, occurred in the
vicinity of the market.
Quarantine Against City.
The Louisiana state board is in ses-
sion today. 1t will quarantine the state
against New Orleans with the. exception,
many, Tangipahoe and Jefferson, con-
tinguous to the city, some OF whose
towns desire communication with New
Orleans.
The steamer Imperial was compelled
to return to her landing here today. She
Ice today began the inspection Of all
steamboats, on the river. The service IS
buying thousands of barrels Of sulphur
to be used in the destruction Of mosqul-
toes.
The feeling prevails beyond the city
that 200 cases means a serious sltua-
ton. The escape of Italians from the
infected French market eenteI has re.
ii in the ease has
been reported at Tampa, Fla, of an
Italian refugee from New Orleans, and
there are reports of cases in La Fourche,
Ascension, St. Mary and Plaquemines
Shotgun Quarantine.
Shotgun guards are now being put
on public roads in parishes outside OF
New Orleans to turn back every Italian,
and the bars have been put up all over
the state against that na dag a. hoard
a Mississippi. valley train yesterday
were locked in a car which was side,
tracked at Baton Rouge last night and
sent back to New Orleans today.
Here and elsewhere the Italians are
suffering thru a marked reduction in the
fruit business in which they are largely
prehension that fruit from the tropics
Is capable Of transmitting the infection
and some of the towns are already in
Guiding fruit among their quarantined
articles. In New Orleans many people
are refusing to patronize the italian
peddlers and fruit stands.
Button Campaign for Cleanliness.
Rev. DR.. Beverly Warner, who re-
today opened Offices in one of the prom
inent Office buildings. He has been
chosen superintendent of wards in the
great campaign Of cleaning and the
Sanitation Of the city. All Of the wards
will make daily reports to him. Screen
ing and oiling cisterns is to be popu
larized il a novel way: Thousands OF OF
lapel buttons have been ordered to DC
given to those who have followed this
Regulation of the board of health. The
buttons are plain white with life-size
stegomyia fasciata pictured in the cen
ter and surrounded with the words
EMy cisterns are all right. How are
yours7'
The Morgan line steamer Excelsior
whose passengers were detained a.
Havana, brought news on her arrlva
here that Cuba is to send commission
of yellow fever experts to study tn
local conditions and report upon tn
fight being waged against the diseas
in New Orleans. Other points in tn
south are also to be visited.
Population Is Aroused.
Meantime the news of quarantin
put on by the Central and South Amer
lean countries and the Indies agains
New Orleans, is rousing the population
to a supreme effort to wipe out the IN
fection It is known that Havana
Costa RIGA, Vera Cruz, Tampico an
other former centers Of yellow fever ar
taking precautions to protect then
selves against communication with Ne7
Orleans. Nicaragua, however, is an e.
ception, and her consul has notified tn
authorities here that no bars will b
put up against the city. There is, how
ever, little advantage in that. The SCI
timent here at present is so strongly j
favor of minimizing the danger of flu
Their Infection from ports which tn
fruit steamers touch, that PRACTICAL
all the lines that enter here have d
ternined to send their steamers els
where.