The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-22
NUMBER OF NEW CASES
 AND DEATHS HAS INCREASED

of the hospitals in which case of fever has had to be handled. All the other asylums, including that for the insane here the convents and charitable homes report their health conditions as ex- cellent. In this connection, Dr. Whlte is keeping tab on every death that oc- CUTS in the city, so that there will not be the slightest danger of any one dy- ing of yellow fever and of being buried under a different certificate.
 Merchants Visited pr. White.
 Numbers of merchants were visitors to Dr. White today. Their object was to ask his intercession in the matter of an ameIioration of the restrictions imposed against freight by towns like Lake Charles, which desires no inter- course with New Orleans. Dr. White had just returned from Mobile where he laid fully before the officials there the matter of precautions that have been taken to prevent the transmission of mosquitoes in freight cars. The Alabama officials expressed themselves as entirely satisfied with pr. Whites report and are indisposed to place any restriction against freight Local mer- chants believe that Dr. Whites inter vention may bring many of the smaller communities to a recognition of the harmlessness of receiving merchandise from infected points.
 President Charles Janvier of the citi- zens' Committee. whose work of raising funds and arousing public interest in their work is acknowledged by the Fed eral authorities. insisted on being found guilty of failure to screen tank when arraigned before Recorder Patin today. The tank was of running water In hls sttic There has been some difference of opinion as to whether 1t came within the law and if oiling rather than screening would not be the better pro- Ar rhn@A The ward committee made an affidavit, how ever, whereupon MT. Janvler promptly screened the tank. When he appeared before the Recorder he was discharged.
 Some comment followed and MT. Jam vier had the case re-opened and asked to be fined, which is the only case or a fine imposed where the property holder promptly screened after an affidavit was made.
 Prisoners, court attaches and hang ers-on at the Second Criminal court were thrown into something of a panic today when a genuine case of yellow fever was discovered in the dock. The man was found i'll among a number of prisoners and the doctor who was called promptly diagnosed the case as yellow fever The screened ambulance imme" diateIy carried the man to the emergen- cy hospital. A flying squad was sent 
 oughly disinfected. The patient was an Italian. who was arrested on suspicion and remained in prison until today. The jail will, therefore, be fumigated
 So much dissatisfaction resulted from the operation of the camp at Slidell that Dr. White today ordered it to be closed. The persons detained there now will be permitted to stay their time out. but no others from here will be sent. The camp was not operated by the Gov ernment, an arrangement having been made with a private boarding house, and many complaints resulted. The Government is undecided whether or not to build a camp of its own. The camp at Harahan has been builts by the Government. It Is the first of its kind ever completed, erected and main tained by the Marine Hospital Service, the buildings being specially construct ed for the purpose. There are armed guards, a hospital building, kitchen and a physician in charge. The GoV- ernment bears all the expenses.
 The Marine Hospital. today ordered a house-t toulouse inspection in each of the wards to determine the condition of the temporary screening work and to see that all sanitary ordinances are being complied with. The work will be under the direction of the surgeons in charge of each ward. The work this service Is now doing Is daily extending and the force of officers is being constantly en-