The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

has cordially indorsed the suggestion of Dr. White, which has been made in view of the rapid decline of the num- ber of cases during the past two weeks.
 Dr. White believes that at least 10 per cent of the cases now being re- ported come from outside infected points against which New Orleans has not qnarantined. In statement of the situation, he says:
 T feel there is much cause for con graduation and entire Justification of the statement I make, that victory has been won. and that unless frost comes earlier than 1t did in 1897 (No- yellow fever ia New Orleans is con- cerned, to no purpose. for. guarding untoward accidents, there Is every req son to believe that the yellow fever cases will cease to be a noticeable fac~ tor in the city, before the date of the 1897 frost.r
 The record Of cases today was again low one andt that of deaths gave gen eral satisfaction to the authorities. The reported Sunday gave reason to ex- pect a much larger quota today. but the report turned out to be in harmony with the low Figures of the past week.
 No news came today of the raising of more quarantines than those already announced. Several orders raising quarantines. however. went into effect. bringing numbers of country people into the city. warm spell succeeded the cold snap of last week, and that Is regarded as explaining why more towns and parishes have not acted. Dr. White considers M not improbable that fortnight hence will see the last of the Mississippi restrictions.
 Laborers are now coming from the -.rx f 1 rt-~ kwx<xv. .u- fering across the river just above the city to the Southern Pacific to be car- ried into the sugar district. A number of additional mills are scheduled to be- gin grinding within the next ten days
 Among those who have applied for and received health certificates were about sixty members of two theatri- cal companies which played engage ments last week. As they go from here to points outside of the quaran- tine zone. the certificates were not actually needed, but the players took them as souvenirs. Some of them came to New Orleans reluctantly, but are leaving with their impressions of local conditions corrected. They have been playing to large and enthusiastic audi ences
 It is announced that the Marine Hos pital Service will not take charge of the situation at Patterson. Dr. White was anxious to do something to relieve conditions there, but Dr. Corput's re- port has satisfied him that 1t is im- possible to expect the cooperation at Patterson which would be necessary to stamp out the disease. The fever Is, therefore likely to continue at Patter- son until frost.
 The civil district courts opened to- day and the building was crowded with lawyers and others. It Is situated In the heart of what as the originally infected district, all foi long time was given a wide berth, out the dis trict Is now the scieanest in the city, and almost completely clear of the fe- yer, and the court building is no lon- ger considered a place Of danger. One lawyer, J. O. Daspit, fell victim to the fever. and the courts met to hear tributes to his memory and then ad- journed out of respect. There fs pes- sibility that communication may be opened hAtwesn New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf coast, where so many New Orleans people have their sum mer homes. Dr. H. M. Folkes, member of the Mississippi Board of Health. who lives on the coast, has written to Sec retary Hunter, urging that profound moral effect would be produced in con nection with unreasonable quarantines if the board would order the re-opening of communication based on health, non exposure and non-immune certi- ficates. The matter is now under con- sideration by Secretary Hunter.
 Though Gulfport, Miss, Mississippi City and other points on the coast have been infected. New Orleans has not put on a quarantine against any of them.