Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-08-04
ELEVEN MORE DEATHS
Thirty-TwO Additional Cases Are
Also Reported.
ARMED VESSELS SENT
Patrol Boats Impressed into ssrvies
and q British SHIP Is Not Per.
mltted to Allow q Tug 60
After Q barge.

New Orleans. Aug. s.-Followins Is
yellow fever record up 90 o'clock
wednesday evening: New cases. %;
total cases. s7s; deaths. IL; total
dsaths. 70: new substitute foei. q; to-
tai substitute foci "a
The fewer situation showed no ma
teriai change during the day and the
few nsw foci shows that u is not
spreading with the rapidity Of former
years. OF the deaths foar were In the
emergency hospital. four in the orig
mai districts and three In the charity
HOSPITAL
The impending h0stilities between
the states of Louisiana and Mississippi
over the invasion by Governor varda-
mans quarantine mosquito fleet and
the armed guards stationed at Pearl
river IL not improved by the state
uent given out BY Governor varda-
man Ia Jackson after his return from
the coast. where he went 20 investigate
. the situation.
Governor blanchard has ordered
Captain Bostick OF the naval brigade
to Impress the feet of patrol boats Of
the oyster commission into service.
arm them and patrol the waters now
, In possession OF the Mississippi boats.
one of these boats has already been
dispatched 90 the Rigolets. the neck Of
water connecting Lake Pontchartrain
with Lake Borgne. and a launch armed
with Colts rapid IRE guns from the
naval brigade armory and manned by
| officers and crew from the brigade
will go the scene.
Both Captain Bostick and General
/ Perialliat submitted reports as 20 the
result Of their investigations. Both
/ dispatched officers 20 the scene and
they learned enough 20 confirm the first
reports OF the armed invasion and the
arbitrary action of the Mississippi pa
troll boats IN closing Louisiana waters
20 Louisiana fishermen. The Rigoleti
draw bridge. on which the Louisville
and Nashville railroad crosses. is five
miles from the Mississippi line and
distinctly on Louisiana territory and
does not even come under that terri
tory now In dispute before the supreme
court 81 the United States. II was
found that a man named Blunt. claim
inE to be tn charge o. the Mississippi
patrol in those waters. had stationed
himself on the bridge armed with two
!. shotguns and forbade the bridge
keeper from opening the draw to allow
boats 20 pass out from Lake Pontch'
artraln into Lake Borgne other COM
4 plants have also been received la largs
? numbers. A score o. fishermen called
| on the authorities and told how they
had been prevented from going out into
Lake Borgne by the Mississippi boats
| There are eighteen boats now at ShiT
\ island. which were captured BY the
patrol and towed Dy the revenue cut
Il ter winona % shin Island quarantine
\ station. II g. claimed thar every one
OF these vessels was taken iu Louisiana
waters.
4 Another complication bas developed
IN the same connection. The British
ship Brayhead % the Headline. afte'
completing her cargo ln New orleans
stopped az the Mississippi side OF Lake
Borgne canal 10 get a deck load Of tim
Der. but the Mississippi boats absolute
ly refused 10 allow tug to 20 10 th'
mouth of Pearl river 90 get the barge
The Brayhead had 60 leave without
the cargo and the agents say the own
ers will lay the matter before the Brit
It.h government