Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-05
QUARANTINE LAWS ARE Ex
IRENE THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE SOUTH.
SEVENTEEN NEW CASES
Total Number Of Cases to Date Is 44s
-Four More Deaths Are Reported
Record Mark Is Reached In Spread
Of the Dlsease-New Orleans Only
Place Seriously Affected.

OF the Disedse-NeW Orleans Only
Place Seriously Affected.
New Orleans, Aug. As the
result of meeting of the local
authorities now in progress, it is
expected that Mayor Behrman will
today wire Governor Blanchard
asking him to request the United
States marine hospital service to
take charge Of the yellow fever
situation here.
New Orleans, Aug. "A dis
patch from Riholet says the Louis
lana naval reserves took posses
sion today Of the Mississippi patrol
boat Tipsey in the island canal.
New Orleans, La, Aug. 4. - Up
to noon today seventeen new
cases and four deaths from yellow
fever were reported to the board
of health, making a total of the
cases to date, 449.
The report to the board Of
health of seventeen new cases Of
yellow fever in this city seemed
to presage a considerable In
crease over yesterdays report,
which stands at the record mark
for twenty-four hours during the
present invasion of the plague.
No reports of new cases or deaths
anywhere in the south outside Of
this. city had been received up to-
noon.
t The strict quarantine conditions
are being seriously felt in every
line OF commercial life. s.. 1.
New Orleans, Aug 4.-The extreme
measures which some of the country
districts are taking to guard them.
selves from yellow fever threatens to
stop the train service and may bring
the federal government into the fever
situation In the south. The most rad,
ical action thus far taken Is that of the
police jury of Calcasieu, the second
largest parish in the state.
All Traffic Prohibited.
There resolutions were passed or
dering that all traffic, travel and In
tercourse between Calcasieu and points
east, north and west shall cease al
once, and no one shall be permitted tc
enter the limits of the parish until
further orders.
In consequence the Southern Pacific
has been ordered from today to run nc
more trains to Calcasieu, which means
the abandonment Of through service
on the line to the west. The Watkins
trains and Kansas City Southern trains
have also been stopped 1t. is under
stood that In a day or two the ordel
will be extended to all the freigh
trains. The effect of the order is te
stop all mail service into or through
Calcasieu.
The area of infection Is increasinf
below Canal street. but the disease Il
making only feeble progress above
that line.
Prisoners on Trains.
Owing to the guarantees 1000 refu
gees are compelled to remain in train
at Jonesboro, Ark. The unfortunat,
passengers are not even permitted t,
put their heads out Of the windows II
get a breath of fresh air.
May lndict Vardaman.
It Is intended, If possible to secur
evidence upon which Governor varda
man of Mississippi may be indicted
in which case he will be required t
appear in the state courts of Louisi
ana to answer to an indictment by
Louisiana grand jury on charge o
maintaining armed men and war ship
in Louisiana waters and territory.
War on Mosquito
Washington, DC, Aug. 5.-The ma
rine hospital service has issued Gil
cular on the prevention Of yellow fe
yer and giving directions for suppress
ing the mosquito as the only means o
preventing it's spread 1t says:
Persons take the disease by bein,
bitten by mosquitoes that have pre-
viously bitten yellow fever patient.
The mosquitoes to become infecte,
must bite yellow fever patient dur
ing the first three days Of his attack
"It is often difficult to decide dur
ing the first three days whether a ps
tient has yellow fever; hence the ne
cessity Of placing mosquito bar i'm
mediately around every patient VIII
has fever of any kind, and for thre
days at least"
No Fever at Hot sprInss.
Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 4.-The n
NOR of a case of yellow fever her
doubtless grew out of the fact tha
Ricnard Dalton of Morgan City, La
who had been exposed to the disease
spent several days in Hot Spring
last week en- route to his home. Th
disease developed after his arrival a