Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
Action of President Com
mended at New Orleans.
QUARANTINE TROUBLE
SURGEON GENERAL WYMAN TO
DIRECT FROM THIS CITY.
Federal Work VIII Be an Enlarged
Application Of Present System
in Force--Cases.

Up to noon today there had been eleven
new cases and six deaths from yellow fever
in this city.
New cases of yellow fever in New Or
| leans to noon August ). {.
! Total cases to date, 49,
Deaths to noon August g. t.
Total deaths to date 93
The yellow fever is gradually extendtng
Its grasp on New Orleans, but as this Is
| the third day on which no new cases have
| been reported outside of Louisiana, the
| spread OF the disease to the adjoining
| states Is believed to be effectually checked
In New Orleans the situation Is admitted
! ~ serious, but by no means hopeless and
the turning over of the fight to the federal
/ government has inspired the local health
authorities with renewed courage and de-
| termination. Hearty cooperate of the
| state and city health authorities with Or
| Wyman's bureau is assured beyond a
| doubt and with a largely augmented corps
or fever experts at work in New Orleans
| and competent persons in the employ OF
| 'he United states government seeking to
modify the rigidity of quarantines where
sueh action can be safely taken, viii, 1t is
| thought. soon produce a splendid effect on
| H.
| orally and soon show decrease in tbe
| number of new cases
| Fourteen cases in New Orleans of per-
| sons other than Italians were contained IN
yesterdays official report showing that
otfer natonalities are coming to he in
tec'ed. The bulk of the cases continue IN
come from the Italian quarter but the
| H'aps on nie In the health office begins TO
| sho" injection In many other districts OF
the city. though there has been no actual
| Sp'eao as YET from outlying infection, all
cases being traceable to the original ipfec-
| ton.
| New cases In New Orleans are now re-
ported to the board of health as fast as
| they are discovered. and this enables the
| authorities to keep closer watch on the
| piosress OF the injection. Formerly no re-
ports were made until 6 pm, when the
physicians returned from their days labor.
| st. Tammany parish, Louisiana has re-
| fused to quarantine against New Orleans.
| This is due to the fact that a case Of yell
low fever has never developed in that local.
| ity. although it is but short distance from
the city, and seems to indicate that the
fever-carrytng mosquito does not thrive in
ST. Tammany.
There is very little, If any, change in the
railroad situation. but betterment OF
service is expected by Sunday, when 1t Is
expected Calcasieu parish will modify it's
quarantine sufficiently to permit the South
ern Pacific to resume through traffic Tho
Queen and Crescent is the only line oper-
atfng into Shreveport at present, and 1t
is managing under great difficulties to run
ono train each way daily.
An idea Of the delay to the mails NAV bo
gained from the following bulletin which
has been issued by Superintendent Gaines
of the eleventh district railway mall serv-
ice with headquarters al Fort WORTH Tex:
'All trains between Alexandria and Lake
Charles, La, are discontinued:
''All trains south of the Arkansas, Lou
isiana state line discontinued.
New Orleans and Houston trains 3 and
g. trains 7 and s. New Orleans to Texas;
trains and f. New Orleans to Lafayette,
La, and Orange to Houston discontinued.
"An trains except 53 and "a between New
Orleans and Marshall, and trains from New
Orleans to Baton Rouge Junction discon-
| tinued.
'Al trains between Luna Landing. Ham,
| burg and Lake village are discontinued.
Little Rock and Alexandria trains, No. 1O3
and 104, discontinued.
'All trains between Texarkana and
| Shreveport discontinued.
"TeXarkana and Port Arthur trains and
3. trains / and L. which are relaying to
Arkansas-Louisana state line. discontin.
ued
Shreveport and Houston trains and 4
and trains and ,, between Shreveport and
Joaquin, discontinued.
"AN trains between Simmesport and Bun.
kie, discontinued.
"An trains between Marksyille junction
and New Orleans. and trains So and &c dis.
continued to Shreveport and McKinney.
also all trains between Shreveport and Big.
bend.
"An trains between Winnfield and Aloha,
discontinued.
"AI trains except and 2. discontinued
between Meridian and Shreveport"
The postal authorities at Washington
have declined to order the fumigation Of
mail, which has been demanded by certain
| localities. considering such action unneces-
| sary. All mail refused on this account will
be returned to the senders.
NEW ORLEANS. August 5.-The an.
| nouncement through the Associated Press In
| today's papers that President Roosevelt had
acted with characteristic promptness on the
request of Gov. Blanchard to have the ma
| rine hospital service take charge Of the yell
low fever situation here created general sat-
isfaction. though in some quarters there is
dissent from the action of yesterdays meet
ing on the ground that Louisiana ought not
to surrender her sovereignty and confess
her inability to handle the situation.
| Opinion generally is. however. that conf
dence outside of Louisiana was SO complete
| y lacking In the local health authorities
that unless the interposition of the govern
ment was asked there could be no expecta-
until the coming of frost. Moreover, 1t 10
believed that the power, discipline, efficiency
and resources of the government are neces.
sary to handle the fever itself, which is still
strongly intrenched in the downtown Sec
ton of the city.
Besides wiring Surgeon General Wymans
President Roosevelt sent a prompt acknowl.
e6gment of his telegram to Gov Blanchard
saying:
The Presidents Telegram.
IT have received your telegram on behalf
of yourself, the mayor of New Orleans, the
presidents of state and city boards OF
health and others. and have at once re-
quested by wire report from Surgeon Gen.
eral Wyman as to what the federal govern
ment can do in addition to what has al
ready been done.
Every assistance in my power will as a
matter of course be rendered"
In this connection 1t is recalled that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had made an engagement
to come to New Orleans besides visiting