Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-09-13
SITUATE GRO
STEADILY BRIGHTER
Rigid Qaarantipes Have Been
Greatly Nodded.
% NEw cAsEs Dur NO DEATHS
Tbs Aeosqnita Theory lD Cause o. Row
Ansna rnysIcIsns-lsssvy RAIas
Hsln chssssoiosh screens -Pensass.
Z asports one Death.
plsw Orleans. sept. fS--u pte Bool
today thpre wers 20 nse cases Of ysI
lev fsvsr Bat 10 asathp

sS~4t Wfatof'Al 9tFh 49, gto Uouu
loday thprc were 20 nse cases Of yer
lev fsssr Bat 30 asathp.
New Orleans. sept IT, Threstenlns
weather agaln prevailed here today
with showers predicted By the wealth
or bureau The rains during the pres
ent month have done much. damage to
the ehsesecloth screens Of the cisterns
and housshoideFs are put to SO much
work in repairing tears that they win
welcome . spell OF clear weather
again.
There was little change In the fever
situation today with the early reports
Indicating some increase over the num-
Der Of cases reported on Sunday. TIE
cases continns TO be widely scattered.
Advices to the express companies
indicate t6st there has been much mod
itlcaticn Of the quaraptInes, many OF
the towns now reporting their willing
ness 70 receive express matter which
formerly would not take II. Cars car
rying express are disinfected before
they leave here.
Mosaplto Theory csusea Row.
The Iack OF faith on the part Of
some Of the authorities In tae mos
quito ~ the only traasmitteg Of vel,
low fever ID glveRr.' as one Of the
causes Of the roW which has resnltsd
ii d.. Tichenor's withdrawal from Tai.
lulah whittier he had been sent by the
board Of health to take charge Of the
situation. DR.. Tichenor was sent to
Bon Ami when the fever Arst occurred
there. and was 50 successful In stamp
Ing II out by warning on the mosquito
that great confidence was placed in mis-
ability. Until he got on the ground ~
'rallulah no one had any idea OF the
extent of the disease there
DR. TIchenor at the end OF bis inyes-
tiEalion telegraphed that the whole
town was infected. that the situation
was exceedingly serious and that help
was needed. The new cases and
deaths since have borne out hiB flrst
kilograms Dr. Tichenor immediate
" proceeded, to apply the mosquito
theory rigidiy. bat found that some
Of these In authority ala not altOgsth.
CT believe In Ga with the result that
friction resulted and he asked 20 be
relieved. EfIorts are being made now
to send pr. Ksdorf TO Taliulah.
Tue numher Of cases ,reported here
In the pAst twenty-fOur hours Il the
smallest Cor many weeks. bot the pub
lic e disposed to believe that TIE a.
vorahle record Is due 10 the fact that
the Sunday inspection b not - eaor
oagh as u 10 on week days. and q
considerably larger Number q cases h
hooked for today Nevertheless. the
situation " regarded here a. naost sx-
celisut. and q b universally believed
that while the fever WIN not have
been wipes oct On ths ist OF October.
q win be in declining state az that
time OonditIons IN TIE eoantry aEe
more acute because people Of prom
lnenoe IN their communities are BE-
ginning 10 fali victims. Among the
deaths AZ Lake Provieenes are division
Foreman w. r. fsoax. q the railroAa
A. that point. and Captain v. n. Purd,
confederate estssan who vas the
lanasng keeper. AZ g. Rose. oxns
Rymel son OF = prominens farmer
has snccumSed. The disease al ST.
nose has been especially malignant
sAere AAvInc heos total o. ~ deaths
oct Of IS cases
Counter towns are APPEALING 70 Gov.
ernor ninncAara for financial Assis,,
ancs Many a. TIE parishes hare *
aaus,ea their available fuada h TIE
snfmcenens og auarantlns regalaaiana
sst nov ord Il arises q pgev y
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