Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-02

nd hunting lodge on Pearl river. 1t seems
nat permission was asked to occupy the
lace for the militia during guard duty on
ne harbor and IL was refused The troops
answered that unless granted permission in
certain time they would break open the
lace. Yesterday they broke in and Mr.
;aldwin decided to bring suit. Federal mar
,hals will probably be sent TO the scene.
Commander A. r. Booth of the United
.jtates Confederate Veterans of Louisiana
nd today that quarantines mad grown so
, ght, with the fever prevailing here ana In
.ther parts Of Louisiana. that IL would be
ractiCally an impoSSibilty iGr more than a
lndful Of veterans to reach Lafayette for
Ne annual state reut-ion 5cheduied to be
lid there this month. Con. Booth expects
, be compelled TO announce a postpone
q .ent OF the reunion
Penalties Against Gossip.
SO apprehensive are people in the country
owns that they will be bottled up by the
r,port of suspicious cases in their towns
nat many Of the municipal councils are
0eetiux to pass ordinances imposing severe
enaltles on persons who circulate reports
tlculated to cause unnecessary excitement
sr alarm.
Henry Mccall. collector OF customs for
New Orleans. has qualified as dsbursing
gent of the government funds to be used
an effort TO prevent the present fever
rom developing into an epidemic. Ample
money will be at the disposal of DR.. White
and his corps to carry on their work. pro-
vision having been made 10y the last Con-
Sress to meet just such an emergency as
mas developed here. Annually the railroads
-un out of New Orleans cheap excursions
20 Chicago. St. Louis and the large cities
IF the north east and west. The cXcur-
Sions are usually scheduled for the middle
IF August. Announcement has been made
On behalf of the ln-c here that excursions
this year will be a--ndoned.
Chattanooga Officials Removed.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. August 2-Act-
ing Mayor Doughty today removed DR.. ].
$. Shelf. superintendent of quarantine, and
suspended City Engineer Robert Hooke.
The charge against Shelf is that he charged
a fee for issuing health certificates. The
allegation against Hooke is that he had
allied TO attend meetings of the board OF
health
To Take Action at Mobile.
MOBILE. Ala. August The Mobile
BOARD of health will meet this afternoon to
axe action on the Montgomery situation.
or. Good said personally he did not believe
u Quarantining Montgomery. There is no
llarm felt here over the one case at Mont
gomery.
The Situation at New York.
NEW YORK. August -Four of the five
PERSONS taken from the steamer San ia
into from Galveston and sent to Hoffmans
sland yesterday for observation as TO fever
symptoms, were discharged from uuaran-
time today. The two patients from the
Seguranca were fast convalescing today.
Total Deaths fo nate "a
Up to noon today there had been six
deaths from yellow fever. making the
total deaths to date seventy-four All
these deaths occurred in the Emergency
Hospital. There was one new case max
ing "A total of 34I- Most of the physicians
make their reports of new cases during
the afternoon hours, so that until late in
the evening 1t is not possible to give an
accurate idea of the days progress of the
disease
The board of health today dispatched a
squad of inspectors to Milneburg, which
is situated on Lake Pontchartrain, in the
suburbs of the city. A Frenchman i'll was
taken from Milneburg on Saturday, and it
was reported today that a nest of sick
ness existed there. Several days ago
about $50 Italians migrated from the
fever section of New Orleans.
DIT White of the marine hospital serv-
ice has finally managed to get a site for
4 detention camp on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, and today sent a doc
tor to the state line to make the neces-
Sary arrangements.
st. Anthony De Padua Church. in Ram
part and Cont streets, was crowded to
overhownS today when the Rev. Father.
l1orenZ started novena which Is to last
Tor three days. Masses will be said pray
ers offered and intercession sought for
the prevention of the spread of the fever
of oil no
i'll The congregation of the church is
composed almost exclusively of Italians.
Quarantine Against Vessels.
NORFOLK, Va, August 2-The quaran-
tine against all vessels coming from south
ern ports is being r!gidy enforced by the
federal and state quarantine authorities at
the Virginia capes and in Hampton Roads.
Every vessel entering the capes is held for
a thorough examination by the United
States marine hospital authorities The
British steamship Othello. from Mobile to
Bordeaux and Harve and the French
steamer Longwy, from Port Tampa. were
held up today, but later passed and came
in for bunker coal.
Quarantine Against Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. August Among
the places which have established a quar-
antine against Montgomery are Birming-
ham. Tuscaloosa and West Point. The same
course may be followed by other towns
The acting mayor received inquiries from
Dothan and Eufaula as to whether yellow
fever existed in this city. In reply he said ::
No yellow fever in city. One case de-
veloped here last Friday, and removed to
emergency hospital three miles from city.
Case convalescent. Montgomery free from
yellow fever and suspicious sickness. Health
OF town excellent"