The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-13

| fear that there will be a recurrence of | it in the spring, with revival of quar-
 antines and the consequent crippling of ! business
 At Talluiah.
 | The point of most serious infection 1 now is. of course, Tallulah. owing to the demoralization of the community,
 but extraordinary efforts are being 1 made to restore confidence there and { Lake Providence, which Is not far avg Drs. ChaSsaignac and Bass were due reach Talfulah with three tratf { nurses today, and the State BoardS $ arranged to send two more nurse z ad Dr. Allen. With this force jO. ing hands with those already on tho scene, the probability is that the sickness will soon yield to the fight that will be made against it. Both of these towns are in North Louisiana and the effect of the infection has been to tic up the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific and the Memphis. Helena and Louisiana railroads, causing a great deal of dis comfort and distress to people who are miles removed from the infected zone.
 Dr. White and Professor Boyce and Dr. Corput took an automobile ride to Keuner today where they inspected the hospital and investigated general con- ditions in that section. Accommoda- tions have been provided for all the tndt can pOSSlDly pc brought tO tue institution and the concentration of pa tients in 1t will enable the authorities to wipe out the infection for miles arouno more rapidly than if patients were allowed to remain scattered in shacks all over the country.
 Mayor Behrman was in receipt today of a letter of sympathy from a commit tee of citizens from the Isle of Pines. The committee expressed the hope that the cloud of pestilence would soon be removed from New Orleans and mean time rendered the use of the island to all citizens who might wish to flee from the plague. It was suggested that steamer might be chartered to trans port the refugees and the committee wrote also that yellow fever had never prevailed on the island.
 Mayors Optimism.
 Mayor Behrman. acknowledging the tender of the committee, said that the crisis had passed here. and that he ex- pected a rapid disappearance of the sickness. so there was no longer any necessity for citizens to leave New Or leans.
 Between two and three thousand Italians are anxious to leave now for the sugar fields. It is said, however, that they will be unable to gc unless provision Is made by the planters to advance them sufficient money to get through the detention camp. The rail- roads which are to operate the camp will require s6 additional to the cost of each ticket to cover the cost of loig- ing al the camp and the whole Italian community has been so severely strick- en that not one in ten of the Iaborers Is able to put up that amount of money, and the Italian societies require all the money they have been able to raise to maintain widows. orphans and convalescents until they are able to do something for themselves. The deten- tion camp will. 1t is expected, solve the labor problem for tho planters, as assurances of cooperation by the par ish health authorities are now being eceived.
 Business houses report a slow but steady improvement in their out-of- town trade. Restrictions are being modified by many towns against freight and express matter on condition that it Is carried .n disinfected cars. At the beginning, when only New Orleans was infected, all quarantines were aimed against this point, but the spread of the infection since then to many out side quarters has materially altered conditions and more freight Is now moving than ever before. while there Is some promise of a resumption of steamboat traffic.