Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
The Situation Described by
Surgeon White.
DOWN AT NEW ORLEANS
MORE DIFFICULT TO STAMP OUT
THAN IN HAVANA.
Nurses and Doctors to Be Sent Into the
Country Districts as Fast az
Available.

NEW ORLEANS. August 24.-Describing
the yellow fever situation here. Surgeon
White of the marine hospital service said
In a short address at the dinner which fol-
lowed the conference at the Baton Rouge
detention camp that 1t was more difficult to
stamp out the fever in New Orleans than
in Havana for whereas In Havana the fool
were few. here they existed to the extent
of more than a hundred when the marine
hospital service took charge.
Another import iat fact was that in Ha-
vana a majority of TIE people were i'm
munes. while In New Orleans they are not
no general epidemic having occurred here
for twenty-seven years. DR.. White said he
wanted particularly to praise the general
public of New Orleans for the assistance
that was being given him.
DR. Ralph O. Marcour. formerly of the
navy started today for Leevlle, and the
board will send additional nurses and doc
tors soon AS ii can collect them. 1t Is
desired to prevent any exodus of the Lee
Vile people To New Orleans to increase the
Infection here. and for that reason the
board is anxious to give all assistance pos
sibie TO DIR. Devron.
The Pass Christian Quarantine.
Pass Christian has opened her doors to all
points on the coast except Mississippi City.
but still refuses TO have any communica-
ton with New Orleans. Wilson. La. has
quarantined all freight trains that run
south of Baton Rouge.
Responding to protests. the Illinois Cen
trail has given orders to run its own trains
and those the valley at full speed
through kenner and Hanson City. both of
which towns are infected. The appearance
of a number Of new cases at Lake Province
has caused revival of the guarantees
against that city
There have been no new cases at Alex
sndria. and Bunkie seems to have complete
ly stamped out focus but the fever con-
tnues to spread at Riverside and Patter-
son. in ST. Mary, and in the parishes Of
Jefferson St. Charles. st. Bernard and St.
John. which are in close proximity to New
Orleans.
Fever Case in Prison.
A case Of yellow fever has developed here
In the parish prison. The prisoner. Ferdi-
nand Gilman. was arrested seventeen days
ago and was taken sick yesterday and re-
moved to the prison hospital. During the
sanitary movement all the prisoners have
been employed In gangs to clean streets.
Some Of them have done work in the In
fected quarters. Gilman was probably bit
ten by mosquito while engaged In this
work.
Crowley announces that local trade with
the farmers In that section has been so
completely paralyZed that guarantees were
removed in view of the fact that the second
case at Rayne has been found not to be
yellow fever.
DR.. r. Il. Leach OF Minnesota said to-
day that ne was making preparations to
return home and will leave here Satur-
day. having abandoned his effort to secure
an actual test of the arsenization theory.
Fever Case Near Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich, August PA Detroit
news special from Grand Rapids. Mich.
says: A case of yellow fever has been dis
covered in Crickery township. ottawa coun-
ty ten miles from here The patient is
Godfrey Limburg. a telephone lineman. who
left New Orleans a week ago last Tuesday.
He was taken sick Saturday, but physi-
elan was not called for several days. Yes
terday his temperature reached 105.