Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-09
MAY CALL ON MILITIA
Quarantine In Louisiana In
 Chaotic Condition.
ILLEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL
Proclamation Issued by State Board of Health Warns Persons to Ob- serve Regulations Governing
 Mail, Etc.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9--If the
 present chaotic condition of quarantine
 matters in Louisiana is not speedily
 terminated, in obedience to procla-
 ma ton issued, the state board of health
 has announced its intention of imme-
 diately invoking the civil powers and.
 that failing, of asking Governor
 Blanchard to call out the militia to re-
 store and maintain order The procla-
 mation resulted from the letters sent
 by the governor to Presidont Souchon
 of the state board of health.
 The proclamation prohibits any town,
 parish or village from refusing admis-
 sion to a person from n0ninfected
 locality holding a health certificate not
 over twenty four hours old or to .
 person from an infected locality who
 has spent six days in detention camp
 and has been discharged with | marine hospital certificate. Interference with the passage of steamboats or trains is
 forbidden unless they violate legal
 quarantine regulations. No mail, freight or express matter shall, under the proclamation, be refused from in- fected territory provided it is carried in cars which have been fumigated by the marine hospital service.
 All persons who disregard these regu- lations are warned that they make themselves liable to answer in the courts. It is announced that no moro illegal restrictions on travel will be tolerated. It is understood that the action taken by the board of health has the full sympathy of Governor Blanch- ard.
 Because of the large number of cases reported the fever situation did not have so favorable an aspect. but 1t is understood that the increase is the re- suit of the investigation of number of suspicious cases of sickness. some of which the health authorities were ble to inquire into before. The in- spectors of the marine hospital service spent much time in their investiga- ton. and their reports showed an in- crease in the mum Der of cases.
 Practically all doubt of the raising of the fund of quarter of a million de sired by the government was removed when both the state and city moved to assist the citizens of New Orleans. Governor Blanchard. whom Chairman Janvier of the citizens committee had asked to advance s100. GOO. wired Mir. Janvier that he would make the loan as soon as he had heard from a suf- ficient number of members of the leg islature. if they will support an ap- of sloo.ooo. Affirmative answers are being received. In addi- ton to this action of the governor the rity took steps to swell the fund. With the sIo.O00 originally in the hands of the citizens committee. s22o.0oo is now In sight.
 Surgeon White put in . hard half iay's work here and last evening took s train for Lafayette. La. to attend . conference of various health boards in that section of the state called with a view to securing an amelioration of the quarantine regulations. Mir. White ex- poets that by tonight sll of the addi- tional health officers whom the govern rent has ordered to New Orleans will be here.
 To-day is the day set for the general street cleaning movement. There is -o be general suspension of business sli of the merchants lending their arts and wagons and employees to as- list in the work.
 The difficulties the authorities en- ,oun'er in trying to get at concealed 'ases was illustrated when Police Of3- 'er T. E. Gregson was perhaps fstallv injured while trying to bresk into q louse where there was known to be as 'sse of yellow fever. Oregon wssI ,sised on to assist the authorities. em was the opposition of thel 'eople at a house in Chartres sreeel gsinst invasion by sbe fnspexou ulaei became necessary to break h S9a3 he result that heavy ookeahoDu1 ell on Grgson and crushed .hir 4HdI <se removal fo fF1r rrrzr,8.er