Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-05
nrgeOn General Wyman Will Direct War
Against the Mosquitoes.
)RTY-THREE NEW CASES REPORTED
Five More Deaths, Making TOta' of Eighty
Nine TO Date.
Large Proportion of NonforeiEn
Names Among the Victims is
the Cause o9 Some
Uneasincss.

New orleans-Fever reports to p. m.
Total cases to date ..4 '.''.............,..,4
Total deaths to date ..................,... So
New sdb-toci ..................... 10
Total sub-foc IS
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug 4-with no
intention of admitting the fever situation
to be beyond control, but in the hope OF
reviving confidence here and elsewhere in
the south. official and business interests
decided today to send request to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to have the United States
government assume full charge Of the
struggle now in progress TO wipe out yell
low fever from New Orleans. The public
approves the action taken Expectations
is that within the next two days Surgeon
General Wyman, with all the resources OF
the government. will be enlisted actively
in the campaign.
The action taken was the result of a meet
ing held late today at the Cotton exchange
1t was the consensus OF opinion that II
government control was resolved upon there
would be an immediate restoration OF con-
hdence throughout Louisiana and the
other states in the south where there has
been criticism OF the local authorities for
not sooner making public the existence OF
the fever. 1t was the belief OF those pres
ent that General WynlRn Is able TO send
a force OF physicians to New Orleans
thoroughly equipped for the handling OF
a yellow fever situation, because of their
experience in Cuba, Mexico and at diff
ferent points in the United States. and
that the government would have the IA
cilties for enforcing a scientific cam
paign not possessed by the local authori-
ties.
Immediately after the meeting a tele-
gram signed by the mayor and other in
terests represented was addressed to Cow
ernor Blanchard telling him of the action
taken.
No Additional Cause for Alarm.
The announcement of the action taken at
first created some alarm in the city, grow
ing out of the fact that it meant that the
situation had grown entirely beyond con-
troll, but that alarm was allayed when It
became known that the authorities had
acted simply In the belief that the prompt
action now in turning over the direction
of affairs to the marine hospital service,
in whom there is supreme confidence here.
would almost certainly avert an epidemic.
At conference at the city hall 1t was de-
cided that Mayor Behrman should issue a
proclamation requiring every business
house in the city to close its doors on
Wednesday next in order that employees
might take a hand in the general cleaning
movement that has been inauguratsd. Mer-
chants are to be asked to furnish their
carts and floats to assist in carrying away
refuse. A thousand carts will be required
in the work. special appeal is to be ad-
dressed to householders to cooperate in the
/ sanitary campaign by the thorough clean
! ing of their backyards.
! The mayor decided to borrow an addi-
{ tionaI OOO from the dscal aRenfs to aagiat
! in the work.
Today the Board of Health instituted a
new rule requiring it's inspectors to make
! prompt report of cases. To that order was
| due the fact that twenty cases had been
] announced early in the afternoon as oc-
| curing during the day. Yesterday the 3
| o'clock report was OF seven new cases aud
| two deaths The announcement at 6 o'clocK
that there were fity-four cases and fivo
! deaths was due to the fact that the inspec-
! tors turn their cases in in punches late in
/ the evening and had a most disquietinE sE-
J feet on the public which had been led -
believe that the situation was improving.
ST. Tammany Parish Immune.
| Hundreds of people are temporarily NOV
ing out of New Orleans into St. Tammany
parish. St. Tammany is practically the
only nearby haven 10 which local people
can CO. The parish has refused to put on a
quarantine and has opened It's doors to all
! refugees That is due 10 the fact that a
case OF yellow fever has hever developed
there even in the most serious epidemics
here. Gases have been taken to the parish.
but whether the patient recovered or died
there has never been any extension of the
infection. The reason for the immunity OF
St Tammany is that the stegomyia has
never existed there.
Because of the rigidity of the auaran-
tines Instituted by some of the parishes in
Louisiana and Texas, the Southern Pacific
had TO suspend passenger traffic and it has
also refused considerable OF the freight Of
fered to IT, General Freight Agent Fay
issued an announcement today that be-
ginning on Saturday the road would again
receive freight for Texas points.
More Americans Among victims.
There is a larger proportion Of nonfor-
eign names in todays list than has YET
appeared, and that Is the only phase OF
the report which Gauges uneasiness. for II
shows that the disease is making It's ap.
pearance among the other elements OF the
community.
Dr. c. Milo Brady the travelling inspectol
of the State Board OF Health, reports an
other case in Jefferson parish. opposite New
Orleans. one mile below Amesville.
: The arbitrary action OF the parish oi
Rapides in stopping all trafic through the
parish has been amended and through
; trains on the Texas & Pacific will be al
l lowed TO continue II is expected that Cal
; caseiu parish will also resclnd its actor
on the same line.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon Maybe OF thj
marine hospital service reported by wir'
today from Echo, the Texas quarantine
station, that he had escorted twenty peo
pie who had been in the Avondale deten
I, ton camp and turned them over 20 IN,
Texas authorities. They were allowed q
Y go right through.
r The camp near Harahan, on the lllinoi
Central and Mississippi Valley roads, ha
: been named Camp Wyman and has beel
70 opened for travellers The camp at Fontain
n bleu will be ready by Monday.
n Mississippi Guards Arrested.
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