The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-30
NEW ORLEANS
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tickets to people intending to leave today,
tomorrow and Monday, and thereafter,
and they were busy trying to locate these
ticket holders In order to save them from
being taken from trains and thrown into
detention camps in the adjoining state.
In the interior towns of some of the
nearby states, little attention has been
paid to the mosquito theory, and there
has been demand for the fumigation of
freight cars sent to New Orleans to haul
freight from this city Some of the lines
are making arrangements to disinfeet
their box cars. They expect that the
Immigration will be at least effective in
killing any fugitive disease-bearng mos
quitoes that may invade these cars.
All Italians But One.
Although there was an increase in. the
deaths from yellow fever today, all but
one of the victims are Italians This is
white man who died at the charity hos
pital. OF the new cases there is only one
point OF infection among the better ele-
ment of the population.
Confusion was caused by receipt of a
telegram fro Governor Vardaman which
was interpreted to mean that through
travellers of Louisiana would not be per-
mftted to cross the state of Mississippi.
The state board of health and the ma
rlne hospital service began to devise a
plan which would remove the EMBRACE
or make as little Inconvenience as posi-
bic. Later In the evening telegram was
received from Secretary Hunter of the
Mississippi health board which made the
matter clear. 1t read as follows;
III is not necessary, for passengers from
infected points who do not expect to re-
turn south to have health certificates. But
all people out of New Orleans who exneet
to return south must have a health GER
tificate showing date of leaving New Or
leans. signed by state secretary or mimi.
cfpal health officer
NO further points of infection have been
discovered outside the city exoent neay.
Waggaman, in Jefferson parish, where DR.
BRADY was sent by the state board
Inc question of locating the Louisville
anu nashville detention camp is still nm
settled The board of supervisors of Har-
rlson county, Mississippi. gave permission
TO locate 1t on stretch of waste land
called Longshore, at the very western
eAerenilly OF the state, but the marine
noepieal authorities do not like the loca-
tion The Illinois Central camn Of rI 80
nan was put in operation today and for a
while will accommodate ten nersons :,
day eisohs
Souchon Denies Report.
fuphcations in eastern papers quoting a
leiegram from President Souchon of Tho
Louisiana board of health to a Philadal-
phla physician to the effect that the nres-
ent prevalence of fever threatened 10 he
as pad as 1879 is most emphaticallv de-
nounced by DR.. Souchon as a canard He
says he never sent any such telegram
which could be construed into that state
ment and that his views Instead are very
hopeful. seis
The following is the reported up to 6
p m. today:
New cases, 90
Cases to date, 267
Deaths today, 7.
Deaths to date, "a.
New foci q
Deducting the number of deaths and
the number of recoveries, It is believed
that there are not more than rs cases nm
der treatment If that many.
Considerable encouragement is drawn
from the fact that only two new foci have
developed. One of hese is a nurse. who
attended patient at a hospital and the
other Is in the vicinity of Milnebure,
where there had been a suspicious case
recently, but which had been spirited
away before the authorities got hold of
1t. There is a large colony of Italian fish,
ermen there.