The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-15
WITH FEWER NEW CASES
 NEW ORLEANS IS HOPEFUL

The twelve cases of yellow fever re- ported near Pointe a la Hache today, 1 in Plaquemins parish, are understood
 to be Italians who left New Orleans in | the midst of the excitement following | the discovery of the nest of eases in the
 old French market quarter. Several hundred Italians at that time sought
 refuge In Plaauemine. pr. schayot. l the health officer of Plaquemine, has
 isolated the patients and will repeat all the precautions that have been taken | here to prevent the spread of the disease. The cases are not in contact
 with an ysettlement an dit Is not ex- pected that there will be any spread Of the fever.
 The marine hospital service, 1t was
 announced today, would take general
 supervision of the work of removing | filth and trash from streets and houses,
 the intention being to put the city | generally in a sanitary condition. While
 1t Is contended that yellow fever Is not as was formerly supposed. filth dis | ease, experience here Is that people wno live in filth and in insanitary surround l ings are much more likely to have l fatal termination of the disease when they contract 1t than are those who i've
 in the midst of better environment. Police will Prosecute.
 | ! who have not paid obedience to the ! anti-mosquito ordinance is to be par | ticipated in by the federal authori- | ties, the city board of health, the police and the various ward committees. Sweeping orders have been issued by | Inspector Whitaker to the police to prosecute all landlords and agents who fail to screen their cisterns. The re- suit of the order was the making Of a l ,$ vftS hv the DOltCe today. In one of the uptown wards the citizens committee swore out eight afidavits for violations of the screen ing law, some of them against men or large prominence and wealth.
 The relief work of the Italian Socie- ties is now in full swing. Interest l ing scenes are daily witnessed in the charity restaurant which the societies l have opened up In the heart of the
 old French quarter and the restaurane | Is thronged at meal time with motley crowd of men. women and children The meals are served daily, but ar rangements are made to feed any who come whether 1t is during the regular meal time or not It Is estimated that | the restaurant Is now feeding a thou sand people a day. Ordinarily the Italian is thrifty and perfectly able 10 take care of himself and his family put the pTaCIECdtiy COHfpIONO of the fruit trade from New Orleans l has thrown hundreds of them out Of work and they are compelled to depend upon charity for sustenance. The re- | lief committee is also looking after the poverty stricken Italians in the matter | of clothing, rent and other necessaries. If there Is no relaxation in the pres ent quarantine, 1t is feared by the oys- ter commission that the opening of the | AV. h0 ously interfered with. So general is | the auaran tine now that 1t Is doubtful ' If the uggers will be able to begin l trips between New Orleans and the oys- | ter grounds. The canneries along the
 Mississippi coast and elsewhere in Lou- isiana are also likely to be handicapped l by their inability to get oysters and la | bor. As this is the opening season there | Is now no labor at the canneries. No Interference With Grain.
 The Board of Trade. through whose ! inspection service the grain exports of New Orleans are handled. declares that there will be no interference with the opening of the grain season by reason l of the existence of fever here. Prepar- ations are being made for an unusually heavy export business in view of the promise of extraordinary grain crops. | The Illinois Central Railroad has about completed an immense new elevator at
 
 | wharves have been reconstructed and 1 tracks are laid and the road Is now in a position to handle all the grain that is offered to 1t in the West.
 Secretary Muller of the Board of Trade was in receipt today of letter from a merchants exchange of St. Louis rendering the facilities of that ex- change to all business men of New Or | leans who may be absent from home, and unable to use the facilities of their own exchanges.
 No announcement has yet been made
 of any change in the opening dates of the various theatres and managers are
 going ahead with their arrangements in the hope that by September the fever
 will be so certainly under control that there will be a modification of quaran- tines. By the end of September all six of tho New Orleans theatres are usu- ally in operation. In two of them
 which play stock companies there Is no
 necessity of a postponement. but in the
 cases of theatres which offer travelling
 companies, 1t will be difficult for at-
 fractions to get out of New Orleans
 once they get in unless the bars against
 passenger traffic are taken down by the
 sister States.
 Tonight 1t was learned that the par
 ish of St. Bernard in which the Chal-
 mette terminals are located had refused
 to allow the fruit ships to discharge
 their cargo there on the ground that If
 1t was dangerous for New Orleans 1t
 was dangerous for them. Tonight a
 dispatch from Jackson. Miss, states
 that the State board has sent an expert
 to Raymond, fifteen miles from Jack
 son, to diagnose three suspicious cases
 of illness in one family there. The To-
 cal physicians asked for expert opinion.