The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-01
THURSDAYS RECORD
IS 26 NEW CASES
AND TWO DEATHS
There are Now 20 Houses in New Or
leans Where the Disease
Exists.
FULLY AS MANY MORE ARE
ON THE SUSPECTED LIST
Total Deaths to Date are a. and the
Total Number of Cases
is 2o6.

is 206.
New Orleans La, July 27.-The yell
low fever situation becomes more ter
rifying as the days go by despite the
best efforts of the health officials to
stamp out the dread disease. Today's
record, as compiled from the official
records is as follows:
New cases, 2G; deaths, 2; new places
where disease has been discovered, 4,
making % houses in all where yellow
| fever is absolutely known to exist
with fully as many more on the sus-
pected list.
The total deaths to date have been
Al and the total number of cases 206.
From the official report 1t is ascer-
tanned that the disease Is gradually
getting a foothold above Canal street.
| Six are in an Italian house in the or
ignal infected district near the old
French market. Todays two deaths
were also reported from above Canal
street.
Back of these official figures are to
be found other interesting develop
ments. note of alarm is now plainly
audible among a great mass OF tho
people. There is no stampede and no
rush to leave the city but the situa-
tiCn has grown so serious, and in the
face of the official optimistic reports,
the spread of infection has steadily
grown with an increase in the number
of cases daily, until psople have reach-
ed the conclusion that it is time for
them to act
The situation has now reached that,
stage in New Orleans where it is be, q
lieved the whole situation will have
to be placed in the hands of the fed
cral government and the United
States marine hospital service as was
done in Havana. +
The first great move of the people
has been to organize every ward into
armies of business men, doctors, law
yers, newspaper editors and all sorts
and conditions of men who are run
ming oil wagons, carrying shovels and
brooms and cleaning the city from
end to end. Cisterns' are being oiled
: and screened DR.. Beverly Warner,
,, rector Of Trinity church. noted church.
man and author, recently called to
the ST. Stephens church, Philadelphia,
was today made commander-in-chief of
. this great army of citizens with their
oil cans, brooms and cheese cloth.
Offices of the citizens movement have
i, been established in the Tulane-New-
comb building and DR.. Warner will be
there every morning at o'clock to
: systematiZe and help this mammoth
. sanitary work.
r Possibly the most serious feature
d tonight is the increase in the number
n of infected places. Then again there
n are strong indications that the fever
# has been carried up the river and
y perhaps over into Mississippi.
h Surgeon Maus, of the United States
e army, who went down to the federal
h forts at st. Philip and Jackson, found
one case at cannery five miles out
d from the forts. 1t is also rumored
o that the fever has developed up the
J. river from Donalds onville and Bayou
n Goula. A death is reported at Bunkie
a Dr. Wasdin of the United States
a marine hospital at Mobile was order
ID ed here tonight to confer with DR..
g White Of that service relative to the
e reported case on Jordan river, back of
er Bay st. Louis, Miss.
N Covington, La, officials nabbed a
is bunch of ten Italians who got off the
+ train from New Orleans and hustled
them back and re-shipped them to
III this city. The country people shy at
IL the very sight Of New Orleans Ital-
ian.
e DR.. White of the marine hospital
&c service, announced that the detention
~ camps on all railroads would be ready
~ tomorrow. Crowds of people are
waiting for them to open, so they can
~ go to them and spend the required
time and receive clean bills of health
and get out of the infection zone
:, Many ladies are waiting for the doors
- to open, especially for the Southern
Pacific
~ At Baton Rouge the state capital
20 the city health board is in hot mix
oa up. Because mass meeting Of citi
"a Zens met and denounced the mosquito
nd theory and the modern views of trans
mitting yellow fever contagion, al
,et medical members of the board OF
lie health promptly resigned today ant
nv all other physicians of the city have
ds endorsed their stand and refused to
ID. serve on the board, Therefore, Bator
Rouge is tonight without board o.
lis health at all
he The fruit steamers barred from this
port by rigid enforcement of the 81,
days quarantine rule, with possibly
enc or two exceptions have determin
rs ed to go to Mobile where they will b.
ny allowed to do business. The Unite6
Fruit company, the Vaccaro and 9th
I'll ers made this announcement today