The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-04
NIIIIIABENK QUARANTINE
,rr oAvcER or AN INTERSTATE
CLASH rs DIMINISHING.

nav v.rdsman Visits Sound District ana
WV u,,I Do,,ble His Force ~ Louisiana
morder-striot Orders Issued 10
Troops-Arkansss Puts Up Bars
Nvw ORLEANS, Aug. s-dov. Varda-
n, Mississippi to-day visited tho Mis.
tl".;,ni Sound district, which u the seat OF
AZ" Quarantine war between Louisiana ana
,S1i..is.inpi. to investigate the troupie"
-. He has announced his intentioh
y, do,bline tho militia force on the state
ia hut Il 10 believed here that ne now
"s, the sbsurdity Of q serious inter-
.t.ts quarrel over tho trouble.
nov yardamsn's contention Is that the
.o>c.iled invasion Of Louisiana was more
s.oapade OF young millttamen. Inc cap
ture Of the Louisiana boats 10 mo,o III ..
oils matter and Is unquest,onapiy ING ouV
growth Of the dispute over the wa1er oovn-
dsry Of the two States and the o"ners n.
Of the valuable oyster reefs there, mo
territory has usually been consioereo =
mart OF Louisiana. but has been invaoed
by the Mississippi fishermen In inc OK
citement over the quarantine ana tne pres
ence Of Mississippi troops 1t has oeen prec-
tically seized and patrolled BY ehe miesis-
sinpi quarantine boats, and the LOUISIANA
vessels and fishermen have been captured
md sent to the United States quarantine
station. ...,,,~
for the Stranger, presented to the STATE OF
Louisiana by the United States Navy De-
..r,ment the Louisiana Naval Reserves left
,hs citv for Pearl River to-day on the Ma
;ostic The party consisted OF fifty men
f,Ilv armed under, Lieut. Stanzenberg. The
Louisiana feet includes four more vessels,
,,hich will leave tonight or tomorrow under
commander Bostick Of the Naval Reserves.
Gov blanchard has issued orders to
sheriff Nunez Of st. Bernard and Sherin
Innu in New Orleans, in which parishes the
disnuted territory or waters are situated,
IN swear In as many men or vessels rs neces-
.arv to patrol the coast OF their parishes
md arrest all bodies Of armed marauders
found there The presence Of Gov. Varda-
man at the front and the very strict orders
issued by him to the Mississippi troops are
likely to prevent any conflict
new case Of yellow fever is reported
from Sumrall, Marion county, Miss. IL ID
only 30 miles from Lumberton, where case
has already been reported. 1t caused very
Nttle excitement; indeed, the situation II
looseninr I'D except In Pearl River, where
the two quarantine armies are facing each
other. MANY of the smaller Mississippi
towns. already short OF provisions and gro
ceriee, and in danger Of starving or going
m half rations, have let in some trains
Alexandria, La. which shut itself up
dramatically to-day and barred all steam
boats and railroad trains, made an exception
ata
Navigation Company, which is allowed to
send in freight trains loaded with pro-
visions.
The sealing process was too late, now
ever, for a case Of fever was discovered at
Alexandria to-day, the subject as usual
hednp an Italian refugee from New Orleans
! n has been noted that the Theoretically
sealed towns like Shreveport and Alexandria
..em to be the very places that catch the
fever.
Monroe, La; has declared for strict gun
quarantine, and the Ouachita guards have
heen ordered to enforce it, The quarantine
in Mississippi and Arkansas and in Baton
Ronee. Monroe and other Louisiana towns
10 now entirely military, the militia instead
OF civil guards being used.
The Arkansas military quarantine guar
ters have been established. There will De
four stations at the Louisiana line at which
the militia will be stationed to keep out
refugees from that State. II is rigid
shotgun quarantine. Texas has followed
the example Of Louisiana and Mississippi
by establishing the nucleus Of quarantine
| navy. a steamer having been secured to
patrol the Sabine River, the boundary line
between Texas and Louisiana, to see that
roLouisiani ans cross the river by swimming
] All others, even Texans must E sIeno s'A
Beaumont wants It's mails from New
1 Orleans fumigated. but Postmaster Wood.
ward has refused this request as absurd ana
unnecessary. The guarantees are begin
ming to make themselves felt IN the labor
Of points come complaints OF the demorah-
L zation and scarcity Of farm labor because
Of the quarantine. The trouble is likely to
I've felt worse in the rice fields, where the
is now ready for the 5s naryes rserted
Texarkana. Ark, in the person OF refugee
from Louisiana. Lake Providence, La, is
now cut of entirely from the world because
of the case OF fever reported there. The
case of fever from Sumrall: Miss. Is an
from New Orleans. The case is In charge
Of the United States Marine Hospital ply
sicians and all the neighboring towns have
ouaTantined.
The Ave towns Of franklin, New Iberia.
Lafayette, Crowley and Lake Charles In
southwest Louisiana have formed quar-
eniine alliance and will cooperate to keep
out the fever. They will act with the Texas
health officers against the rest OF Louisiana,
thereby practically seeding from the
State, at least from its quarantine juris-
diction.
Or. j. W. Drummer. municipal health
officer of Savannah. left here to-day, hay
Ing made careful examination OF con-
ditions. As a result OF his report Savan-
nah, Macon. Brunswick and South Georgia
generally quarantined against Louisiana.
DR.. Drummer has declared emphatically
for Federal control Of quarantine as the only
solution Of the present difficulty. He said
that the Federal Government was willing
to accept the responsibility and that 1t
would be good policy to accept the o1 .h.
very strong sentiment here in favor OF
Federal control There b., are many inn|,v Who hs
lieve il too late In the season to make a
change and will wait until the EPIDEMIC
il over. In the meanwhile the local health
Of incompetenoy. The Shreveport board
resigned to-day because Of public criticism
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