Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
SPREAD OF DISEASE
IN NEW ORLEANS
Governor Of Texas Issues Proclama-
ton Urging Necessity of Perfect
sanitation--Militia Is Called Out
at Crowley, La.
Yellow fever report:
New cases in New Orleans up 10
three o'clock Thursday, SO.
Total cases to date, 1,165.
Deaths Thursday, 8.
Total deaths, 178.


nine in Lower Mississippi. The last
report from Ship island quarantine sta
ton Just outside of Mobile bay, Is
dated August 9. and showed seven new
cases on that day. Up to August 3
there had been Is cases and one death
at Ship island.
Infection Spreading Slowly.
In New Orleans the situation Thurs
day was featureless. The infection con.
tinues to spread slowly in the district
north of Canal street. An explana-
ton of the discrepancy in the death re-
port of the preceding "a hours was
made. The number at noon Wednes.
day was given as fys, and the even
ing report showed but four. Five
deaths actually occurred, but the Ger.
titicate in an uptown case was turnea
in after the record was closed, and ap'
pears in Thursdays figures. This
makes three deaths in the past three
weeks above Canal street. A move.
ment was on foot In New Orleans for
an extensive flushing Of the cutters,
which has always been done in yellow
fever times. The health authorities,
however, are Of the epinisn that flush.
ing cutters will leave pools Ia which
mosquitoes will hibernate, and instead
of flushing the cutters will be treated
with rock salt.
Proclamation by Texas Governor.
Gov. Lanham, Of Texas, has issued
proclamation calling attention TO
the quarantine against the entire state
of Louisiana. and urging upon the PEG
pie of his state the necessity of per-
feet sanitation. The document en-
powers the authorities of all Texas
cities to prevent any violation of SAM
taPy regulations Of the state, and
makes any conflict herewith & penal
offense Not case Of the fever has
thus far been reported in Texas.
Discovery by the city health author
ities of Louisville, KY, of number OF
mosquitoes Of the stegomyia fasciata
variety in and aronAl the Seventh
Street Union station, and along the
river front between Sixth and Seventh
street will probably cause the passage
OF regulation requiring fAe fumiga-
ton Of all boats coming from the In
fected section of the south before they
are allowed to land at Louisville.
Nine Cases in Mississippi City.
The announcement of the discovery
of nine cases Of yellow fever at Mis-.
sissippi City, withia three miles OF
Gulfport. the terminus Of tAe Gulf &
Ship Island road. and the fact that the
fever has been in existence there since
before July 20. the time when the an
nouncements were made here, is ex-
peeted to soften somewhat the severe
criticism OF Mississippians of New Or
leans fer failing to dnd the local in
lection earlier. Before 1t was known
that there was fever here there were
frequent reports OF it's existence on
the gulf coast but the inspection has
been SO rigid along the coast for a
month past by tho Alabama, Mississippi
and the federal authorities that the
denial Of fever at Mississippi City or
elsewhere was accepted.
The family in which the fever first
appeared at Mississippi City arrived
there from New Orleans July 2, and
the fever is stated to have been in
Mississippi since the Goth. The fam
lily is that of Maj. Gee, of Carrollton,
Miss, which stopped week in New
Orleans on their way to Mississippi
City, Only one of the cases is serious
ly III. Troops hsye drawn a Gordon
around the infected sectlan, and every
effort will be made by Surgeon Wasdin,
OF the marine hospital service, to coR-
fine the disease. All the towns on the
gulf coast, as well as the towns on
the Gulf & Ship Island road, have
slapped on guarantees.
Quarantine Measures.
Some Of the guarantees are tight
ening. and some are loosening. La
fayette, which was very severe in her
restrictions against New Orleans, now
finds herself practically isolated be-
cause there is one case there. Crowley
has called out her militia to guard
all the avenues Of approach to the
town. st. Francisville announces that
she will bar from her midst all com
mercial travellers and Italians. The
city council Of Lake Charles, in def
ance of the state board of health, has
declared that no freight can enter that
town from New Orleans or other in
fected points, whether authorized by
thestate board or not.
Mistook Woman for Deer.
New York, Aug. 10. - Baron Speck
Yon Sternpurg. a brother of the German