The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-05

Thlrty-two New Cases and Eleven
More Deaths in New Orleans.
AUTHORITIES eTlLL HOPEFUL
No Relaxation In Fight Against the

Continue TO Hide Cascs-mosqulto
Fleets May Clash.
New Orleans. Aug. 3.-The record
up To last night is as follows:
New cases. 81. total cases to date,
37S. deaths. u, total deaths TO date.
~. new subfoc. /, total sdgioci. 81.
At Ship Island quarantine station
I'm the Cali on Mobile bay. four cas- $
tcanyal,scenU Shreveport, one case;
MONTGOMERY. Ala. cne case; Lumber
ton Mis-. one case. Westwego. La,
two cases and one death. Algicrs. La.
ono case. Sunrise. La, one case; I'm
pire. Ia. one case. Ostrica La" oa'
care: Point Celeste. la, one case,
NaccarO. La. one case.
The fever situation showed 10 ma
,crial change during the day. anl The
few new lod shows that it is not
spreading with inc rariGity OF former
years. OF tho deaths. lour were in the
emergency hospital. -four ia the orig
iual ai tri.t3 and thrc" in tine charity
hospital
The CONTROVERSY b tween the states
of iopi..aaa ami Mississippi over the
invasion by Governor Nardaman's
quarantine mosquito nect AID the
armed g.cMs t1tialed at Pearl river
is not improved by the statement
given ont by Governor Vardaman in
Jackson after his return from the
coast. whore lie went to investigate
the situation.
Governor Blanchard has ordered
Captain Rostck OF The naval BRIGADE.
To impress tac lect of patrol boats Of
the oyster commission into service and
arm them and patrol the waters now
i'm possession 81 the Mississippi boats.
One of these boats has already been
DISPATCHED 10 the Rigolets. and a
launch armed with Colt rapid fire
guns from the naval brigade armory
and manned by officers and crew from
the brigade viii leave for the scene
TO-DAY.
There was no dissent among the All
tloritics from the view expressed by
Health Oncor Kohnke that conditions
were hopeful There will be no relaxa-
ton of energy in fighting the fever.
with only a few isolated cases aJoye
Canal street. IL is believed that. once
The infection begins 10 decline. there
will BE- little difficulty in stamping
out tho disease. While the fever spells
serious state of affairs. It is not be-
loved that there IS justification for
the terror which seems tO have spread
over the country outside Of New Or
leans
iu eri'. Of all that has been done
% r.q.sera them. many ltolians con
urraHy try 10 conceal their cases
Th.I ara s,.ll stricken with panic. and
they ura 'n fear from doctors and
heaits officials.
H. caa inannce when the officers
had mrlp a thorough inspection of a
house and had failed to find a pa
r.nt they went through a skylight
arI found sick man lying on the
roof IN another case they found a
patient concealed under cistern. The
o.hor day wagon. loaded with house
hold goods and accompanied by ltal-
iane started to cross on one of the
ferries. Officers insisted on an investi-
gar.cn. and when the goods were un-
loaded n sick man was found In the
bottom Of the wagon.
Uoliaus are said TO b. prone 70
Shopping without mosquito bars. while
90 peg cent 0f other people in Ne"
Orleans ~ tho Summer time sleep m
der roftBg O. protect themselves
Against mosquitoes. The humber ltal
ians har, n r.aay instances r fused
- follow flis custom.