The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-07-28
Owing to Yellow Feye. Cases in
Italian Quarter of New Orleans.
HEALTH BOARDS ACTIVE
Alabama, Texas, Florida and Other
States Put Up Barriers Detention
Camps Established.

OdIcIal autopsy on patient, an tai
ian, who died OF what has been called
suspicious fever. has disclosed that the
disease was yellow fever. President
Souchon OF the state board OF health
has notified Governor Blanchard and
the health officers OF Mississippi, Tex.
az and Alabama. Arrangements haze
been made for a detention hospital 10
treat the remaining cases. Applied.
ton OF the same methods which were
pursued at Havana Is 10 be made, and
the authorities are hopeful that the
disease can be stamped out. Presi.
dent SmchOn said:
NO CASES OF the fever are known
20 exist outside OF this area, save
two or three which are directly trace.
able 10 II and the infected area, a
few squares in extent, Is under Wig.
Orous dlsnfcctlon.
1T Is expec' ed that the measures
adopted and operated will be success.
fnl In Graduating the infection, the
nature OF which Is suspected 10 be
yellow fever, though the autopslc find.
ings In one case only determined this
AZ conclusion"
Tn" quarantine situation affecting
Sow Orleans Is not serious In that T.
applies ON 10 persons and baggage,
and THIS viii be- relieved by the In.
mediate establishment Of detention
camps ON INC liucs Of an he railroad B.,
whore travellers wIO dcrIrr 10 go 20
'h" quarantine territory may remain
llo da'a and secure u cert. hrIto Jt
uoninf"ctiOn from th" marine hospital
United S'C'cs marine hospital scry.
TO-" SUNDAY arranged for the Cs'aJ.
lishmont NJ camps at the following
points: Slidcll, on the Queen ana
Crescent; Ayondale, on the Southern
Pacific AMI Texas and Pacific; Ken.
ner, on the Mississippi Valley and
Illinois Central. and Waveland. on
the Louisville and Nashville.
Alabama guaranteed on the basis
Of opinions expressed by her health
oflcer Mississippi ana Texas quar-.
antIned on the basis Of information
toiegraphed them.
The state health and city boards
OF health RI Florida, Saturday, order.
cd a quarantine against New Orleans.
Freight will be permitted TO pass al.
ter tumlga'iOn, but inspectors are sta.
toned at donation with instructions
TO allow no persons from New Orleans
to pass.
Sunday the city Of Montgomery,
Ala, through Acting Mayor e. p. Nc.
Iniyrc. issued an oflcIal proclamation
Of quarantine against the city OF New
Orleans.
The board Of health Of Selma, Ma
Sunday afternoon sent hack 10 New
Orleans thirteen .yCar.old girl OF that
city, who arrived Saturday TO visit
relatives. The girls parents reside
leans, where the yellow fever Is said
10 have boon discovered.
Havana Guarantees.
4 Havana dispatch says: On nc.
count Of the OK stoncc Of yellow fever
~ Now Orleans, quarantine has been
declared against that port.
Mexico Won't Quarantine.
Tho health authorities Of Mexico
CIV say there viii 10 ne Quarantine
against Ncw Orleans. Tho sanitary
ln7rcrt'on ct arriving passengers from
infected ports ls str'C' ana suspected
Cnsoe are Isolated Merchandise from
ports who're yellow fever exists Is not
detained. Tho theory on which the
Mexican sanlt1rv authorities deal with
yellow foyer ia that II IN only COIN.
munl,n'cd by a species ~ mosquitoes,
thus tho mro1souah'C1Css Of quaran.
tine precautions.
Washington Ia Aiding,
The officials ~ the public health
and marine hospital service az Wash.
inEton are working IN harmony VITA
thosc IN Louisiana in tho effort 10
prevent any spread Of the fever. nr.
A. ". Glennpn, acting surgeon gen.
ora In the absence ot Or. WymRd.
who Is now in Honolulu. has dis.
patched Surgeons q, NJ. Gulteras from
Cairo. Ill.,, T. II, Richard from savan.
nah and ]. n. white from Mobile 70
proceed TO New Orlcans and assist
the marine hospital oficiAls stationed
there.
A thorough outgoing passenger mel.
teal train inspection service will be
organized 30 as to prevent the depart.