The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
PEACE BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA IS
 NOW AREkl|TY AND THE WORLD REJ0|CES

comparatively low figures. On August
 IS there were estimated to be 459 cases under treatment, but since then there has been a steady dfmunftion until tdx. l day there were reported only 181 sick 74 Ia per cent of the total of 1.78S
 cases having been discharged as cured or convalescent. The fact that the number of cases now being reported ia fewer than they were expected to be. is necessarily 1esscning the number under treatment and thereby making 1t less difficult for the authorities to con- trol the situation.
 oficiai announcement that the cases under treatment at Natchez have been diagnosed as yellow fever was coupled with a request to Dr. White today to send a representative to that city. pr. White decided to send Dr. Guiteras and he will be sent on his return from his 1, present trip. In this connection Dr. White said that his Jurisdiction was confined to New Orleans and that sur geons whom he sent to outside points in Louisiana would be under control of the State Board of Health. while those sent to other States would re- port to Surgeon General Wyman. pr Whites force here was increased today by the arrival of Assistant Surgeons Nj. c. Guthrie and s. W. Richardson.
 In connection with the Gulfport canes which, 1t had been set forth. were re- vealed by the arrival here of Mrs. Co1- lins. suffering with yellow fever. Sec- retary Hunter of the Mississippi board today expressed confidence that there had been no concealment or hiding Of yellow fever at Gulfport, notwithstandr ing the fact that tn efnfection existed there several weeks before 1t became public. pr. Hunter has been making an official investigation and expresses the belief that the Gulfport physicians were honestly deceived by the disease. believing it to be malaria, and were nos aware of It's true type until a diagnosis had been made by experts.
 FusniEatfon Days.
 Saturday and Sunday of this week have been set aside as additional fnnt- gation days. great deal has already been done along this line, but Dr. War ner, who Is especially in charge of this work, has decided to keep hammering away until no premises have escaped disinfection.
 He wrote a letter today to members of the clergy throughout the city, ask ing them net only to lend their. infiu- ence with their congregations. but to set a good example by having their churches fumigated. He has also ad- dressed all cemetery superfntendents asking them to ace that ala vases and other receptacles which might become breeding klaces For mosquitoes are epsptied of watef ana kept ernptied nf til cold weather, or that they are pe@ riodlcaliy oiled. General compliance with this order Is expected.
 Showers continued here throughout the day, succeeding a heavy rain yes- terday, and there was a great modera- tion in temperature. The weather fore- cast is for continued showers tomorrow. Whatever work has been done in the matter of oiling and salting gutters will of course be undone by the rain. but Dr. Whites organization is now sum- eienty perfect to insure that there will be prompt re-oiling and re-salting when clear weather comes again. Meantime, the change in temperature imposes ad- tStionaI vigilance on the part of nurses in behalf of those who are seriously III.
 Local repressnt tatives of interests in the East concerned in railroad and 0th- CT developments in New Orleans and Louisiana who are returning here bring cess of the scientific campaign has made a marked impression and that all projects under way or contemplated are to be steadily pushed through. The vast undertaking of the New Orleans Terminal Company, the Colorado South ern extensions. the extension of tho Louisiana Railway and Navigation line from Shreveport to New Orleans and other transportation enterprises are not to be interrupted except by quarantine. Announcement wes also made today that the Compagnie Trans-Atlantique would on September 26 inaugurate It's steamer saiIings from this port to French ports.