The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-18
SEVENTY-FOUR NEW CASES,
 FOUR DEATHS ARE REPORTED

 time preparation will be made for the l abandonment of the cisternA
 The discovery of nearly a dozen cases | of yellow fever at Mississippi City. on the Gulf coast, within three miles of Gulfport, and the fact that Jackson has tied up the Gulf and ship Island road by the declaration of quarantine against the entire Mississippi coast. leaves New Orleans the only avenue open to the Gulf coast towns. Ala bama has on tight quarantine already against these towns, and with the rest of Mississippi quarantined against them, the reason given why thers should not be daylight communicating with New Orleans. as was the ca during the prevalence of the fever in 1897, has disappeared. Several thous- and people here summer on the coast, including bankers, merchants and pro- fessionai men. Many have handsome homes there. When the coast q. tan- tine against New Orleans was pat on by Mississippi. they left their families at their summer homes. The raising of the quarantine would enable them to visit their families daily and resuls in heavy daily traffic with the coast. and 1t is not impossible that such action Will be taken. The doctors here are not ready to admit that the infection at Mississippi City is traceable to New Orleans. It has been the custom since the discovery of the fever here to charge all infection appearing else where to this city.
 In the Mississippi instance the family in which the fever first appeared is re- ported to have arrived there on July 2, after spending a week here, While passing through, whereas the infectloh did not appear here until July 20. The period of incubation is not over six days 1otn hav hAAn correctly given, the Mississippi infection could not have been caused by sickness Tn New Orleans. Reports have been 1re- auent here throughout the summer or susptcious sickness at one or two points on the coast, but heretofore there nave been emphatic denials of them
 Fever Patients Visit.
 Dr. Brady. of the Marine Hospital Service, went to Waggaman, in Jener- son Parish today to look into condi- tions that threaten a spread or infec- tion. number of people are i'll near there with the prevailing sickness. They refuse to believe 1t Is yellow fever and are constantly exchanging visits and refusing to obey the health regu- lations. The inhabitants in the settle ment are not Italians and more dimcul- ! ty is found in dealing with them than has been found with the Italians or Jefferson. Dr. A. J. Montz and two
 
 | which vicinity there is considerable number of cases All three speak 1tal- 1 ian and they were selected because 1t | Is believed they would be able, speak | ing the language of the afflicted ana l their families, to bring about reader compliance with the rules desired to | be enforced against the disease. Here | in the city the Federal authorities are ! constantly adding Itafians to their list of working forces with the same ob- l ject in view.
 The state Board of Health had a dis patch today from Rayne, La, saying that there was a new case of yellow fever there Rayne Is in the center of the rice section on the Southern Pacific | It had taken every precaution to pre- vent communication with New Orleans Apparently however the country quar- l antines are not as perfect as they are \ intended to be.
 House Surgeon Batchellor. of the
 Charity Hospital announced today that | the statement of any cases Of fever having developed in the hospital is an | error. All the cases that have been
 treated in the institution, and there ! have been a score or more, have been 1 brought in from points in the city. l many of them in a moribund condition, and so effective have been the precau- | tions taken to prevent the spread of the l infection to patients, nurses and at 1 tendants in the wards in which these l patients are screened and treated, that
 not a single case of fever has originated | In the institution. This fact is consid-
 cred to be a strong endorsement of the
 mosquito theory. Hundreds at Detention Camp. 1 Dr. Maudesley, in charge of issuing permits to the detention camps. Is still | overwhelmed with applications. One
 hundred and seventy people are now in l the three camps undergoing the five
 and six day detention. Five hundred
 and eighty-five are on the waiting list These are persons who are not fleeing
 from the fever, but are anxious to go
 to points in Alabama, Arkansas, Mis-
 sissippi, Texas and Louisiana. | pr. Juan Guiteras of Havana made his first address here tonight. telling
 of the experiences in Havana and giv-
 ing his views of the mosquito theory. Engagements are being made to have
 him speak at various points in the city. l pr. White Is also filling free lecture | engagements whenever he can get away l from his desk.
 pr. R. B. Leach of Minnesota. also
 made an address tonight in the St. l Charles Hotel, on his arsenization the
 ory pr. Leach Is disappointed at the I failure of the medical fraternity to CO.,
 operate with him in his experiments.
 The doctors here. however, are prac- l tically.a unit in the opinion that arsen- ization will render none immune to yell
 low fever, holding that the theory is
 not new, that 1t has been tried and | that 1t has been unsuccessful. Mean
 time thousands of people here are eat | ing arsenic, which the doctors assure | them can do them no harm If taken in
 ininitesimal parts for tonic purposes. l Made Boats Move On.
 Louisville, Ky. Aug. 17-Chief of
 Police Clegg of Jeffersonville. across
 the river from Louisville today served
 notice on the big towboats Prague to
 move up the Ohio outside of the city limits. The boat arrived at Jefferson vile last Tuesday from the South. Captain Crow of the sprague says
 there Is no sickness on the boat.
 No Illness Aboard.
 Louisville, Ky. Aug. IA special
 from Evansville. Ind. says: The tow
 boat J. B. Finley. en route to Pitts burg from New Orleans passed Evans-
 vile today and Captain Manning who
 came off for supplies denied emphati- cally that there has been any illness on board or any sign of illness. The
 boat left New Orleans twenty-three
 days ago and cleared Memphis with a
 clean bill of health.
 Factory Inspectors Elect Omcers.
 national Association of Factory In-
 spectors now in annual session here to-
 day decided to hold next years conven-
 ton at Columbus, Ohio, and elected the
 following officers:
 AAATA @aNA