Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
THEYTAEE CONTROL.
Federal Authorities Take Immedi-
ate Charge Of yellow Fever.
NEW ORLEANS TO PUT Up CASE.
DItuation Remains Stationary and
II IL Expected Conditions Win
Improve Under New
Management.

New Orleans, Aug. T.--tever EepOh
up to 6 .. m. Sunday:
New cases 20. Total cases 70 date 81
| Deaths 8. Total to date los. NeV
sub-foci Q. Total sub-foci to date %.
The fever report Sunday 10 Q grea
Improvement over those during tn
middle Of the week and the fact tina
there were only two new sub-foci, ON
uptown and one downtown, is
source Of special announcement. Al
effort il being made to determine TN
number Of cases Of fever under treat
ment and, allowing ten days, which I
liberal estimate for patient Z
eltt or recover or die, II is figured ou
that there are now 23S cases undel
treatment, The. marine hospital ser
vice has not yet assumed control O.
the local situation, but It Is expected e
do so Monday. The conditions pre-
cedent to their assumption, that thu
citizens Of New Orleans pledge thom-
selves to put up S25O,000 TO defray thu
cost Of labor and material. has been
met and Surgeon White Is in momen-
tary expectation Of receiving the Tor,
NAL order from Surgeon General wy
man to take charge.
President Roosevelt and Surgeon
General Wyman have both been wired
by the citizens committee Of New Or
leans that all Of the funds that the
service may require outside Of its own
stated expenditures will be supplied BY
the people of the city. This action
was taken at noon at a special meeting
Of the finance committee held in the
st. Charles hotel. 1t follows the news
received from Surgeon White that
Surgeon General Wyman had asked for
a definite statement Of the financial
intentions Of the people here and had
given a definite statement himself OF
what the marine hospital service could
do with the funds at Its disposal q
This telegram was sent to Surgeon
General Wyman: Surgeon General
wyman, Washington; The citizens OF
New Orleans pledge themselves to So
cure and furnish all the funds neces-
sary to pay the expenses which your
service may incur for labor and mater
ials In dealing with the situation here.
This in accordance with DR.. Whites
telegram to you"
washington, Aug. 7.--Active control
of the yellow fever situation in New
Orleans by the United States public
health and marine hospital service will
begin Immediately. Orders to that ef-
feet were wired Sunday night to SIR.
geon J. H. White, the marine hospital
oficer now ON duty IN that city. These
orders followed the receipt from Dr..
White during the day Of several tele-
grams which showed that the citizens
Of New Orleans had promised their
hearty and unrestricted cooperation in
the work to be undertaken BY the fed
eral government and would meet cer-
tain financial requirements imposed BY
the marine hospital service as q pre-
liminary to assuming the responsible
ity.
Anticipating this outcome Of the case
DR., White already has determined up
on tentative plans for the work IN
hand. The city will be divided into
wards and each ward will b placed
in charge Of q responsible and expeF-
fenced surgeon Of the marine hospital
service who will have absolute control
Of the locality. Il
Oyster Pay, L l., Aug. 7.-Fcr bis
prompt az don in extending govern
ment aid 10 the citizens Of New Or
leans and Of the state Of Louisiana IN
fighting tAe epidemic Of yellow fever.
President Roosevelt Sunday received
the thank Of the citizens cimmittee IN
the form Of the following telegram;
New Orleans, La, Aug. &-The
President, Oyster Bay, N. 7. We heart
ily thank you for your prompt and
generous action which. although ex-
pected, was nevertheless gratifying.
We pledge ourselves to do our share
and have wired Surgeon General Wy
man that We would secure and fqyniAh
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