The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-04
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Through Traffic on the Southern
Pacific Stopped
By the Action of One Parish in
Louisiana.
*. G.. SOUTHERN TRAIN
Is Also a Victim of the Rigid
Quarantine Order.
People Are Losing Faith in the
Mosquito Theory.
Two Thousand Refugees Held Up
at JOnesbOro, Ark.

New Orleans, Aug. 4.-Extreme
measures which some of the country
districts are taking to guard them
selves from fever threatens to put a
stop to traffic in service and may
bring the federal court into the stu
alton. The most radical of these thus
far is the action of the police board
of CaIcasieu, the second largest parish
in the state. 1t has passed an order
that all traffic, travel and intercourse
between Calcasieu and points east,
north and west shall cease at once and
that no one shall be permitted to en-
ter the limits of the parish until fur
Their orders. In consequence of this
resolution the Southern Pacific has
been ordered to run no more trains
through Calcasieu which means an
abandonment of the through service
of the line to the west. The trains
on the Kansas City Southern have
also been stopped. It is understood
the quarantine, in a day or two, will
be extended to all freight trains.
The effect of the order is to stop
all mail service into or through CAL
casieu. Rapides has shut her doors
on everything except mail and fuel
oil. At Mermentau, La, shots were
exchanged between guards and a
negro who was trying to run through
the quarantine. Grant parish has in
stituted a shotgun quarantine.
Tensas parish has quarantined all
express, baggage and household goods,
fruit and fabrics. Precautions as rad
teal as these have been taken in many
other sections of the south, and there
is apparently as great a panic now pre-
vailing there as at any time during
1897, the bulk of the country laymen
refusing to put their faith in the mo-
squito theory.
Fifty-four New Cases.
Although the report of Sd new cases
in the preceding "A hours would ordi-
narily have a tendency to cause alarm
analysis of the report made by the
board of health. 1t is shown that of
the "a cases, 20 were rooted out of
conceaIment by Surgeon Farrar Rich
ardSOn of the Marine hospital service
and his assistants. The area of infec-
ton is increasing below Canal street
but the disease is making feeble progz
ress above.
The exodus from Louisiana towns
where fever has appeared continues. A
large number of people have gone
north east from Shreveport and points
in that section. At Alexandria, as the
result of a mild case there. one hun
dred citizens chartered a train to leave
that has caused the panic was reported
to have sufficiently recovered to be
able to sit up.
Archbishop Chapelle has returned tc
the city from a tour through the state
and expresses himself as deeply con-
cerned over the state of the public
health. Mgr. Chapelle will offer his
services to the authorities. and will
issue through the clergy d pastoral
letter, giving his views and advice tC
meet the emergency.
Owing to the quarantine there is rea1
suffering on the part of those who are
fleeing from the country districts OF
north Louisiana. Two thousand refu-
gees were compelled to remain in Their
trains at Jonesboro. Ark. The trains
were surrounded by state troops SC
hurriedly had the trains been made
up that no provisions had been made
for food and water and the refugees
were hungry and famished but theil
p1teous appeals for food were refused
The unfortunate passengers, many Of
whom were women and children, were
not permitted to put their heads ou
of the windows to get a breath OF
fresh air.