Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-20


yellow fever and two deaths reported.
New Orleans, Sept. 19.-Reporting
low temperatures in the Texas Pan
handle and light frost as far down as
Santa Fe, n. NJ, the local weather bu
reau said today that its records in
dicated that from this period of Sep
tember the weather gradually grows
cooler in New Orleans.
Perhaps two months, however, will
elapse before there is frost, unless the
year is to break the frost record. The
Marine hospital authorities continue to
conduct their fight on the plan of seek
ing to Eradicate the fever before frost
any they look for Improvement in the
situation from now on until that hao
been accomplished While no word has
yet been received by Mayor Behrman
from the Arkansas authorities as to
whether the train of President Roose-
welt will be permitted to enter that
state after leaving there it is expected
that the answer will be favorable and
the local committees are to go forward
with their arrangements for the presi-
dents reception here on the oath.
shOwery Weather Continues.
Showery weather has not ceased
here and lower temperture prevails,
but the fever situation indicates i'm
prOyement again, the Monday list OF
cases, although exceeding Sundays
giving promise of a lawer record this
week than last
In several centers of the city where
the fever heretofore prevailed it has
disappeared and the cases now under
treatment are generally scattered,
there no longer being nests of infec-
ton. When the news reached here on
Saturday that number of the refugees
from Tallulah and Lake Providence
had arrived in Cincinnati in a pcnni-
less condition, steps were taken to re-
Iieve their distress. Subscriptions
were started in New Orleans and Mon
roe raised $1,000, and telegraphed it
to Congressman Ransdell, who is in
Cincinnati. Tallulah people wired
Cincinnati newspapers asking an in
vesttgation and promising to relieve
any distress. Congressman Ransdell
has returned the Monroe contribution
and has reported that all the refugees
are sufficiently supplied with money. |
and that they are being very hospita-
bly, treated in Cincinnati
Situation In Other Sections.
Owing to the rigid quarantine insti-
tuted against the state capital by East
Baton Rouge parish in which it is To-
Gated cotton is reported to be going
away from that city and corn is be-
ing stolen or rotting in the fields.
Business men and the health author
tiles are trying to relieve this condi- |
tion of affairs.
Dr. Chassaignac has returned to
Tallulah and will remain there un-
til the epidemic is over. Today the
state board sent a nurse to Natchfto-
ches parish in which there are a num-
Der of cases of fever. One positive
and one suspicious case of yellow fever
have been found on a government boat
at Kemps bends in north Louisiana,
the infection traceable to New Or
leans
The fever fighters at Lake PrOvi- |
dence are under a great strainn owing
to the number of cases and Dr.. Ber-
nard has wired the state board special
ly commencing Miss Edens, who re-
mained on duty fifty hours at a stretch
with four cases, one of them having
the black vomit.
Among the cases at Tallulah is Miss
Miner, who went there as a nurse.
Baton Rouge has developed only a
single case, but DR.. Corput, of the Ma
rine hospiatl service, says it is typi-
CAL
The authorities there are trying to
trace the Infection to New Orleans,
but have not yet succeeded.
A considerable panic is reported at
Kentwood, near which a single case of
fever has been reported, and other
communities In Tanglpahoa parish are
putting armed men on the roads to
prevent the Kentwod people from get
ting out. Governor Vardaman and his
party came down the Illinois Central
to a point near Kentwod to arrange
for the protection of Mississippi from
infection through that point, Kentwood
being near the state line
ST Bernard parish where there has
been considerable fever. having ex-
hausted It's own funds, yesterday wired
the governor for help and 81 900 was
telegraphed to the parish.
Killed Son Accidentally
Crowley, La, Sept &c. Lebert
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