Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-03

fering with trafhc in Lake Pontchartrain
and capturing schooners that they have
stopped fishing in Lake Borgne and that
traflc in Lake Borgne canal has been in
terrupted.
Surgeon General Talks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-Surgeon General
wyman Of the public health and marine
hospital service said today that he had not
received any official notification Of the con-
hct between the state authorities Of Louis
lana and Mississippi over the question Of
quarantine. He added
The small boats that went into Lake
Borgne and to the mouth Of Lake Borgne
inlet were probably, under the state i and
Wasdin Of the public health and marine
hospital service is assisting In protecting
in accordance with the request Of the au-
thorites OF that state. He is using The
which carry refugees from New Orleans
that they cannot land at those places and
that they have the option OF either going
antine where they can be held under OBJ
servation and then given pratque The
sells OF the state. which are said to have
gone into the waters of Louisiana.
Shreveport Patient Recovering.
SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. 2.-.An official
report issued by the Board Of Health to-
night on the case of yellow fever at the
detention camp on the outskirts of the city
states that he is considered convalesCent.
There are no new cases of yellow fever
and no suspicious cases and the local health
authorities are confident that the Infection
will be confined to this one sporadic case.
Only two railroads. the Vicksburg Shreve-
port & Pacific, and the Cotton Belt are
taking passengers out of the city, and these
g., ,f1fr of Tom Gne
and the Carolinas or to points in Missouri
All trains from the south are stopped at
the parish line, twenty miles distant and
are not permitted to come into the parish
northbound train on the Kansas City
Southern was halted at the parish line
today and all passengers were left stranded
on two sleepers and two coaches. The
engine and mail cars were fumigated and
allowed to come into the city. The city
Board Of Health resigned today because of
criticisms in permitting the Kansas City
Southern to bring the man suffering with
fever into the parish.
Southern Illinois Guaranteed.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. 2.-The portion of ILL
nois lying south of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railroad, which extends from
St Louis to Vincennes, Ind, was this after
noon declared quarantined against all fever
infected points. The quarantine order was
the result of a conference held this after
noon between Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary OF
the Illinois State Board of Health, d.. j.
| C. Sullivan, a member of the board, ana
| Acting Mayor w. H Wood. Tonight
! letter was prepared by DR.. Egan addressed
| TO the officials of the railroads entering
| this city, notifying them of the fact. Dr'
Egan returned this afternoon from Mem
hn mat nH
employed to guard against fever epi-
demic. DR.. Egan has sent to Springfield
! for four inspectors and tomorrow morning
they will begin their work of inspection
Of all trains and steamboats, all trains will
be met at East Cairo and inspected before
they cross the bridge An inspector will
| be placed at Thebes to inspect all trains
| crossing the bridge at. that point There
was a great demand for health certificates
| today, many travelling men bound for
southern points securing them to avoid de-
lay, occasioned by quarantine regulations
only Four Cases in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2.-The Superior
Board of Health reports that there are
only four cases of yellow fever in the en-
tire republic. These cases are within the
city of Vera Cruz, where they are thor
Conditions at other Points.
| MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 2.-The Mobile
| Board of Health will meet this afternoon
to take action on the Montgomery situa-
ton. President Good said he did not be-
lleve in quarantning Montgomery. There
is no alarm felt here over the one case at
| Montgomery.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-FOur of the five
persons taken from the steamer San
Jacquemin. from Galveston, and sent to
| Hofman's island yesterday for observance
| as to fever symptoms, were discharged
from quarantine today. The two patients
from the Scguranca were fast convalescing
today.
One Case at TexarISnna.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. "A special TO
the Commercial Appeal from Texarkana,
Ark, says that Jay Taylor, a young man
who arrived there Saturday from Louis
lana, was taken sick with fever in hotel
The patient was Immediately isolated at a
: point two miles out of town, and the case
is under close observation. A shotgun quar-
; antine was Immediately placed about the
hotel, none of the inmates being permitted
to leave. The building was thoroughly
fumigated.