The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
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upon the transporta ton of freight there
ness, and the chief Inconvenience would
De the inability of the country people to
come here and Of New Orleans people 10
so INTO the southern towns and cities.
Not Yet Traced.
The history OF the case of yellow fever
r. reported at Lamoerton, Miss. the. first
IN that state, has not yet been traced. but
II Is considered improbable that the vic
tim Is one Of the many Italians who fled
from the French market district here.
Very probably cases will develop at other
points though the danger is constantly
lessening because the Gordon drawn
around New Orleans Is now so tight at
the east, so far as the emergency Of Ital-
ians is concerned. that IL Is doubtful IL
DR. Wasdin of the marine island hos
pital service is in charge of the Lumber
lated and is being scientifically treated.
1t is not considered probable that there
VIII be any spread there
General Cleaning Up.
The cleaning continues TO be carried on
with great energy and every cart to hire
In the city has been reQufsitioned by the
public works department and the citi-
zens' committee. Hundreds of barrels or
lime are being used in the effort to puri-
~ streets, cutters and back yards
The Era club. one Of the chief women S
organizations of the city. has volunteered
posing to hold meetings daily in order
that the women OF the city may be in
structed in the crusade against the mos
quito and the best methods OF Kidding the
city of them
The depopulation of the Mississippi gulf
towns of summer visitors from New Or
leans continues owing TO Governor Varda-
mans determination that these towns
shah have no communication with New
Orleans The governor said that leaF-
ing out the cost Of human life. an epi-
denlic Of the fever on that coast would
mean S2o0ee,0oo' in depreciation of real
estate alone.
Sympathy For Memphis.
Much sympathy is felt here for Mem
antine against New Orleans against her
will On the first report of the fever that
city sent a representative here who put
and saw no necessity for quarantine and
the health authorities would doubtless
have kept their promise not to bar New
orleans refugees IL the imposition OF
quarantine by other cities against Mem
phis had not forced Memphis to act in
The guarantees have greatly dis
arranged railroad service. All the roads
have had to take off local trains. AL
weekly and semi-weekly excursions TO
nearby resorts have been abandoned.
nhrouSh trains are carrying large num-
and eastern resorts but travel south has
materially fallen off, though the hotel
from the north coming here ON business.
Statement Of Mayor
Mayor Behrman today gave out the fol-
lowing signed statement TO the news
pa9ers:
New Orleans is suffering more from
the rigid quarantine than from yellow
fever The citizens here have the fullest
control The mosquito theory is accepted
by our physicians and laymen alike, and
there is nothing remaining to be done
but to fight the mosquitoes, which is be-
ing done by oiling the cutters and screen
ing and oiling the cisterns. The number
Of new cases was less yesterday by five
than on the preceding day. We have the
situation so thoroughly in hand that we
believe we viii shortly convince the
world that by working on the mosquito
theory yellow fever will be entirely
robbed Of its peril. and that shotgun
guarantees are SenSeleSs a method to
fight yellow fever. as such a method can
not prevent the spread of the mosquitoes
This Is a fight wholly against the ste
goTnyia fasciata mosquito.
(Signed.) MARTIN BEHRMAN,
Mayor"
Report was made today Of two cases of
fever on the Willswood plantation. near
Waggaman in Jefferson parish. The pa
tents are conValeScent. They admitted
that they had entered the parish after
leaving the French market district here
Both cases have been screened and iSo-
lated. and no further infection is appren-
hended-