Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-31
FEVER CLAIMS
MORE VICTIMS
THREE DIED YESTERDAY IN
NEW ORLEANS
SANITATION WORK is RUSHED
Decrease In the Number Of Deaths
and Of New FooI Encourages
Those Who Are Fighting
the Disease
SANITATION WORK is RUSHED

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BY Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. July SO.-Though
this was Sunday the work of sanitation
fumigation, oiling and screening went
on just the same and will continue daily
until the city has been thoroughly
screened and made mosquito proof.
The record for today shows little
change from that of yesterday, except
in the reduction Of the number OF
foci is also a new encouragement.
new complication was disclosed today
when Superintendent Curren of the
New Orleans & Northwestern railway
announced that two passengers who
had remained the required length OF
time in the Slidell detention camp and
sought admission into Mississippi had
been turned back.
The location of the Louisville &
Nashville camp has not yet been fixed,
but DR.. Guiteras hopes to get in COM
munication with Adjt Gen. Fridge of
Mississippi, who is in charge of the
state quarantine on the Gulf coast, and
finally arrange the matter.
1t was announced tonight that of the
ten men of the crew of the Seguranca
under detention eight were suffering
from malarial fever only and that while
there was still some doubt regarding
the firemen and steward it was prob
able that they were suffering from the
same form of fever
Denies Vardamans Assertion
President Souchon of the state board
of health has also taken cognizance OF
Governor Vardaman's comments about
evasion and discrimination and today
gave out the following statement:
"I most emphatically deny the asser-
tion made by Governor vardaman OF
Mississippi that l knew there were a
great many cases of yellow fever in
New Orleans before the announcement
of the fact was made.
'That assertion is false and erratic
and quite in keeping with the we'll
known temperament of Governor Yard
aman. The first case came upon me
AS soon as I had seen four suspicious
cases which all came to my knowledge
within four days, wrote the following
letter and sent the following telegram
to DR.. Hunter of Mississippi, DR. Ia
Dor of Texas. DR.. Sanders of Alabama
and DIR. Wyman of the marine hospital
service"
DR.. Souchon then quotes his letter
and telegram notifying them of the
presence of cases presenting symptoms
of yellow fever.
This forenoon, in response to the cal
of Souchon, a conference was held te
discuss freight and passenger regula-
tions. No Representative of the states
was present except DR.. Baxter of the
Tennessee board, who expressed him.
self as follows:
Lam thoroughly satisfied with every
condition ! see. both as regards energy
and efficiency"
Fumigatlon Is Thorough
DR.. White. public health and
marine hospital service, said thai
freight cars were fumigated whenever
there was possibility of their con
tanning infected mosquitoes and wher-
ever else there was demand for fumi.
cation on the part of the authorities
of the states TO which or through which
thecars were to run.
Statements from D. d. Curran, super
intendent of the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad, by o. M. Dunn
superintendent of the Illinois Central
and announcements by others familiar
with the situation were that every pas.
senger train run out of New Orleans was
either supplied by shuttle train at q
point beyond possible infection or was
fumigated prior to departure and was
closed through the states demanding
such regulations.
There is much qualification at the
action Of Texas in raising the quaran-
tine against the state, except at points
of infection, which is in line with the
statement of Or. Tabor that this course
Jould be taken just as soon as ths
state was quarantined against the in
fected points. on the other hand th'
Mississippi authorities are drawing the
lines tighter every day as was showr
by the refusal to admit passengers with
certificates from the slidell detention
camp on the New Orleans and Easter
railroad. Surgeon White has taken this
question up with the authorities Of Mis-
sissippi and hopes to be able ts
stralghten out the tangle