Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-02
OFFICIALS HAVE THE
SITUATION IN HAND
Reports Claim They Are Gain
ing a Victory Over Fever.
PLAGUE YIELDING TO SCIENCE
Texas and Louisiana Towns Continue
To Quarantine Against the Crescent
City-Health Authorities Believe
They Have Fever Under Control.

New Orleans, August Little
change characterized the yellow fever
situation today. OF the five new foci
mentioned in the official report Of the
city board of health in the preceding
"a hours, only three are above Canal
street, in widely separated districts
an dare traceable to the original zone
of infection
Today's reports of convalescents is
especially encouraging and it is becom-
ing evident that with careful treatment
the present visitation of the fever will
, be shorn Of many of it's terrors.
Reports from the bedsides of those
other than Italians were to the effect
that the disease was steadily yielding
to treatment.
The announcement by DR.. Tabor OF
a quarantine against the whole state
of Louisiana promises to again throw
traffic on the west side of the river out
of Joint Under this order no one
can enter the state of Texas coming
from this city without first having gone
into a camp of detention for six days.
The effect will be to prevent practical
ly all passenger traffic hence to Tex
as. The hope here is that DR.. Tabor
will not still further extend his restric-
tions so as to include freight.
Thousands of circulars are to be sent
through the south by the business men
e jDf a
ic declaration by DR.. J. H. White, of
the Marine hospital service that
freight cannot carry yellow fever in
lection. DR. White has written the let
ter to President Kohnke, of the board
of trade. DR.. White says:
There Is no possible way in which
yellow fever may be transmitted other
than by the mosquito and freight can
not under any circumstances be in
fected in this way, but only in so far
as it might become the residence of
an infected mosquito, much less the
infected mosquito, whose presence in
business and manufacturing establish
ments would, in the nature of things,
be a very remote contingency.
Captain Frederick Singer, of the
New Orleans naval station has no ap-
Erchension of a case of fever on the
reservation. Last June he oiled all
cisterns and pools, screened all the
quarters and practically wiped out all
mosquitoes.
Rev. DR.. Beverly Warner has called
attention to the fact that his agents
are meeting with some opposition on
the part of householders to oiling and
screening. 1t is proposed to make pub
lie the names of all who refuse to fall
in line with the campaign against the
mosquito
A number of tenders of assistance
from nurses and doctors in other parts
of the country have been received,
but while acknowledging the spirit in
which these offers are made the au-
thorities announce that there is not
yet enough sickness to keep the pres
ent nnurses and doctors employed. A
large number of physicians here have
not had a single case of yellow fever
in their practice.
The Italians who formed a perma-
nent organization on sunday have
opened headquarters in the heart oil
the originally infected district ad are
already investigating and fulfilling re-
quest sfor relief Immunes have been
appointed to visit the stricken district
and report the number of sick and the
number in distress.
Three new cases and one death from
fever were reported up to noon today
The state board of health has issued
a proclamation to all municipal and
parish boards to recognize health of
fcials of the marine hospital service]
and not to quarantine freight or ex.
press matter.