The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-21
WEATHER F0REcAsT. @-s- washtnxtcn. Sept. z0.-For Alabama --Fair TharsdnS ana Friday; light va- riable winds


 of these is discovered and stamped out, the disease coilapses in that dis trict. Ultimately we shall have all the sources under control and very soon after you will And that the number of cases has shrunk to almost nothing"
 That the fever Is not now spread as widely as the number of cases might Indicate, ie shown by a reference to the daily lists. Two. three and more cases are found in single house. At 341s Canal Street, for instance. i've cases have been reported in two days and the house is only a private residence.
 Authorities working Hard.
 The authorities. while they are not under the necessity Of working at the same high pressure in the matter of sanitation as at the beginning, are re- doubling their energies in the effort to secure the report of every case of fe- yer, however trifing It may be That must be taken into account whenever there Is a jump in the number of new cases, the fact that the death list Is daily far below what 1t was q month ago showing that there has been aes tually a, decline in the disease,
 pr. Joseph Goldberger. who has vis-l tied several points in the South during the existence of the, fever, reached here today from Mobile and visited Dr.. White He confirmed the telegraphfc reports of the entire absence of sus- picious fever In Mobile. Dr. Gold berger was ordered here to assist pr Rosenau In the bacteriologicsl sxper- iments that are being conducted at the emergency hospital and visited the in- stitution today. Autopsies are con stantly being held at the hospital ana everythin Kis at hand to assist the bac- terfoiogists In their experiments. pr. Goldberger is an authority on bacteria and accompanied pr. Wyman on his trip to Mexico in connection with vel low fever qusrantines last year.
 State Senator John McIlhenny. wno was lieutenant in the Rough Riders ana who is a personal friend of the President, passed through the city to- day on his way north He has been invited to accompany the President on his trip to the South. MT. MoIihenny will personally bear testimony to the President of the high sense of appre- ciation entertained here for the assist ance, sympathetic and practical which Mir. Roosevelt has given the people or Louisiana and New Orleans, in thas nght they have conducted.
 Arran gements have been made with the marine hospital service to diaintect the steamer San Juan of the New York and Porto Rico line tomorrow ana the vessel will then load < large cargo to be taken to Porto Rico. The servics has been interrupted by the refusal of the ports in the Indies to take freight from New Orleans Other vessels In the southern trads leaving this port are also to be fumfgated by the federal authorities at the expense of the ship owners.
 Incident UnimpOrtant.
 Tn connection with the cases reported at the Avondale detention camp, pr White said that the chnp was entirely free from infection. The two patfents entered 1t from an infected quarter in the city, having the illness already n their systema. The disaasa deYeloped in three days and they were tmfhh- ifiatsiy removed to the city. The de- tentIon camps are established for the purpose of determining whether per- sons entering them will develop fever in six days or not and Dr. White said no importance whatever attached to the discovery of these cases and that people could go to the camp with per- feet safety.
 Though there has naturally been some interference with local freight trafic, statistics of the Board of Trade indi- cate that there has been an increase of incoming rail trafic in many lines from other sections of the country.
 
 Over e3. 900 sacks of flour were ex- ported last week, breaking the weekly record. Besides the heavy shipment of packing house products. the move ment in grain, lumber and logs has be- gun. The boards of trade has handled over 300 cars of grain, corn and oats thus far during the month and grain will shortly be coming here at the rate of from 50 to 100 cars a day
 New orleans baseball crank today celebrated the victory of the local ball team in the Southern League and ap- pointed a committee to arrange for a big reception in the event that Mana ger Frank can keep his team together and bring them here for a day Tele- grams were sent to Manager Frank urging that the club can come without the slightest danger to any of It's mem bers There Is. however, considerable doubt as to whether the men can be held together.