The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-28
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER
 OF CASES IN NEW ORLEANS
Only 31 New Cases Are Reported But Deaths Numbered 13 Yes terday-Three We'll Known
 Merchants Are Victims.
FEVER SITUATION AT 6 p. M.

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 Board of health of Natchez, Miss, pronounces six to ten cases of yellow fever there.
 New Orleans, August 27.-The record shows the smallest number of new cases since August G. and the largest number of deaths on any day since the fever made its appearance. The unusual number of deaths Is attri- buted in a measure to the change in the weather last night being cool and pleasant, in great contrast to the weather of the preceding week. Three well known merchants are among the new cases Only two names that can be traced to Italian origin are among the thirty-one Of the deaths, eight are Italians Two died in the charity hos pital and two in the emergency. All but two of the deaths were down town.
 This was a very quiet day among the health authorities Surgeon Guiteras will return to Patterson tomorrow and sur geon von Ezdorf will go to Leeville to look into the situation there.
 Natchez Blames New Orleans.
 The principal news from outside the city was the announcement from Natchez of the discovery of six cases there and ' It.. n.f.. them This is regarded as rather strange, in view of the fact that of all the tight quarantines against New Orleans, Natchez has maintained the tightest not even allowing it's own people to enter if l they had been near New Orleans. Other reports from the country are as follows:
 Patterson-No new cases and no deaths,
 Amelia-Two cases. Bayou Boeuf-One case. Pecan Grove-Three cases and one death.
 Elizabeth plantatlon-On deatn.
 Hanson City-Four new cases and one death.
 St. Rose-Two cases Port Barrow-Two cases.
 Ninth Ward of Jefferson Parlsh--one case.
 Lake Providence-Three cases. Gufport-Three cases.
 Mississippi City-No new cases.
 The Southern Pacific at the request of the state board of health has put on special coach for the accommodation of people travelling between infected points on that road It will be run every other day.
 Holt and kohnke Clash.
 Quite a controversy has developed be- tween City Health officer Kohnke and Dr. Joseph Holt at one time president of the state board of health. pr. Holt in the course of an address before meeting. passed some severe strictures on the citv health officer, who when he read the re- port of the address in the morning pa- pers, wrote him asking if he had been correctly quoted. Dr. Holt made q rather warm reply in the course of which he said
 You are evidently trying a blufr game, but whether so or not, you can pop your whip and wade in. for I make to you neither apology nor explanation"
 To this Dr. Kohnke made response in which he told him politely that he should have ascertained the correctness of his Impressions before giving them public ut terance.
 Dr. Holt had several thousand copies of Dr. Kohnkes first letter and his own thereto struck off. and generally distrib- uted in the city. Dr. Kohnke has written letter to the public giving all corre- spondence and concludes with this state ment:
 ''The heat of battle of this community against common enemy affords the op- portunity for the improper exhibition of personal antagonism and individual pref erence against which those who are busI- ly engaged in serious work find little time to defend themselves. At the proper time it will be shown that the health officer acted promptly, properly and vigorously in the emergency presented Until then fair-minded men will reserve their judg- ment."