Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Status Of the Yellow Plague
at New Orleans,
OPTIMISTIC FEELING
PUBLIC rs WARNED NOT TO Bu
ALARMED.
in Country Districts Nors
Acute-Eforts to Confins the Dis
ease-Quarantine Agitation.

At New Orleans: New cases to noon.
August 3. o: deaths to noon. Augusta 2:
total cases. 37S: total deaths, 81.
At Ship Island quarantine: Six known
cases, four of which are convalescent.
In Louisiana, outside of New Orleans ana
not including Shreveport. thirteen scattered
cases. mostly convalescent.
Shreveport, La, one convalescent.
Montgomery, Ala. one convalescent
At Lumberton. Miss. one convaescent.
At Summerall. Miss, one case.
Notwithstanding the increase In the num-
Der of deaths and new cases and the adj
mitted spread of the disease In the past
.twenty-four hours the yellow fever situa-
ton as compared with yesterday, is viewed
with some assurance.
NEW ORLEANS, La, August 3.-Con-
cealment until the cases are almost hope
less and utterly inadequate treatment until
they fall into the hands of doctor are
considered as partly responsible for the
heavy mortality among the Italians who
have fallen victims to yellow fever. 1t IL
said Investigations have shown that heavy
food like macaroni and bananas has been
eaten after the fever has developed. That
means almost certain DEATH for I'm the
treatment prescribed by the doctors
no solid food of any kind is given during
several days of a patients illness. MIX
is the principal diet, and the juice of
watermelon is given 10 work on the kid
neys. Many of the Italians die because
they do not get this treatment until too
late Comparatively few outside of Italians
have been attacked and some of these ex-
ceptions are already on the streets, little
worse for their illness.
Doctors Are Hopeful.
The situation today continued to be
viewed with something like optimism by
those Immediately in charge of the fight.
The public is warned not to be alarmed
because the number Of eases and deaths are
more numerous than they were a week ago,
and the doctors are saying that for some
time probably, even with the most favor
able progress. there will be new cases and
fatalities. But so long there is no in
lection in the modern section of New Or
leans-that is the large district which lies
above Canal street.-the doctors refuse to
believe that there Is Any chance of the
disease assuming an epidemic form
Inc excitement in the country districts
seems to have grown more acute with the
discovery of cases at other points. In this
connection the doctors here are disposed
to question whether all the cases that
appear can properly be traced to New Or
leans.
Ine shreveport Case.
The case of Barney Tracey at Shreveport.
who said he had been in New Orleans. ia
being inquired into. 1t is considered re-
markable that If he was in New Orleans
only a few hours, and became infected
here, his illness should have developed SO
long after. In the matter of the Mont
gomery case, Minnette, who said he went
from Kentwood, La, to Montgomery tho
kentwood people are out in card denying
that Minnette spent any time there or that
there is any fever in that town
whole train load of passengers on the
Iron Mountain railroad has been held up in
Concordia parish, removed from any habi-
tation for some time. The passengers have
been vigorous In their telegraphic protests
to the railroad commission. declaring that
they have had neither food nor water. and
that nothing has been done to relieve them
from a distressing situation. Efforts ara
being made to move the train. Monroe,
La, with fever three sides of her. has
put militia and armed citizens on every
road leading into her limits.
Curfew Law in Effect.
New Iberia, La, has put curfew law
in effect.
Columbus, Miss. has decided to guard
against infection by the use of rifles. Many
of the smaller towns are passing mosquito
ordinances.
The Louisiana Railway and Navigation
SOHlpdHy, WHICH is us line from
Baton Rouge into New Orleans, has not
yet been compelled to suspend its work Of
construction, but with the tightening of the
quarantine it will probably be compelled
shortly to cease work
Alexandria has completely bottled her.
self up, but In order to save herself and
the parish from starvation she has permit
ted the running of a train thoroughly fumi-
gated three times a week to bring in pro-
visions and other supplies.
To Aid Italians.
In order to aid those Italians who arc
still well to escape infection the authorities
are making a large distribution of mos
quito bars to poor families. 1t has hereto
fore been difficult to induce the Italians 10
thus protect themselves from mosquitoes.
In Mississippi the state board has issued
address to the people recommending
that all public meetings. such gatherings
OF lodges. shall be discontinued for a Pc
riod of thirty days. Such the rule In
former epidemcs.
Manager c. H. Ellis of the United Fruit
Company has abandoned his intention or
coming to New Orleans, and it was an
nounced today that the headquarters of the
fruit company would be temporarily moved
to Mobile Mr.. Ellis ascertafned that IL ne
came here he might be unable to return TO
Mobile, where his ships are TO land.
While rigid quarantine Is In eHect mere
DIR. w. Fl. Brunner. municipal health OF
flcer of Savannah, Ga, formerly of the ma
line hospital service who came here to M
vestigate the situation in order that ms
board might act inteligently in the mat
ter of quarantine, has finished his WORK
here and started home today. DR.. Drummer
in an interview said that there was nor
now any excuse for yellow fever spreading