Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
QUARANTINE is
MADE MORE STRICT
Eee Whole State Of Louisiana Is Guar
antlned Against New Orleans and
Railroads Are Compelled to Dlscon
tlnue Train Schedules Doctors or
sanIze to Fight Disease.

New Orleans, La, July 26., - Two
additional deaths from yellow fever
were unofficially reported to the board
of health today, making thirty-six in
all since July 13. No reports Of new
cases have been received.
Reports of cases to date indicate a
slow spread of the fever. The bulk of
the thirty-six deaths have been in the
French market section. The sanitary
conditions there are very bad. Large
families of Italians have been found
crowded into very small places. The
rongested conditions are responsible
or the rapid developm ent of the fever.
The city board of health in an Off
cial report at 10 o'clock last night to
the state board of health, the United
States marine hospital and the health
officers of other states stationed here
says that returns from city physi-
clans as demanded yesterday show
that there have been 154 cases Of sus.
pected yellow fever in New Orleans
since the start, that there have been
thirty-four deaths and that there are
now about fifty cases under treat
ment
In It's statement the board Of health
explains the difficulty in getting at
the exact number of cases of fever,
because prior to July % there was no
positive system of reporting cases. Up
to that time it Is estimated there had
been 100 cases bearing symptoms OF
| yellow fever. Since then there have
been f1fty-four, making the total OF
154.
Treatment is Thorough.
Two or three of the deaths reported
have occurred outside Of the original
infected district, but this fact has not
caused any alarm Wherever they
have been treated in summary man
ner and the spot isolated. One Italian
who left the city died at Bunkie, La,
last night.
After thoroughly going over the sit
uation yesterday the Louisiana state
board Of health decided to quarantine
against the city of New Orleans, with
the exception of what is known as the
open territory. which includes the
Ozone pine belt in st. Tammany par
ish, portion of the famous Tangipa-
hoa parish, and Jefferson, ST. Bernard
and Plaquemines parishes. All other
districts of the state will be closed to
passengers from New Orleans. no mat
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health may have taken.
This will embarrass the railroad
passenger service out of New Orleans.
4 Many Of the passenger schedules will
be abandoned on all the main lines
entirely as there will be no one to
Il carry This action was taken by the
state of Louisiana against the city In
Il order to relieve the Mississippi quar-.
antine put on by DR.. Hunter against
!, the whole state, and to quiet pros
lrective action of similar kind by DR..
i Tabor Of Texas.
Many Forces Organized.
DR.. F. r. Ross Of Houston, who was
left here by DR.. Tabor as the guardian
Of Texas interests, left last night for
home, perfectly satisfied that the sit
uation was being properly handled by
the city, state and federal authorities.
], In fact, four powers are now graphing
, with the problem in New Orleans
viz: The state of Louisiana, through
I, Governor Blanchard and the state
board of health; the city board OF
health, headed by Dr. Qnitman Kohn-
ke, president; citizens committee,
operated by Mayor Behrman and a
committee selected by the Orleans
Parish Medical society, with bankers
and business men, and the United
4 States Marine hospital service, repre-.
sented by DR.. White and DR.. Guiteras,
who are on the scene.