Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-02
HOLY ROLLERS PLAN TO GUST THE
DEVIL FROM THE LARGE CITIES
NEW ORLEANS SCOURGE.
Incidents In the Yellow Fever Strick-
en- City.

In the strange situation of New Or
leans caused by its yellow fever
scourge many peculiar incidents have
arisen, says a special dispatch from
New Orleans to the New York Herald
Thirtrse Cinnamon from Cuba
came in few days ago on board the
steamship Porteus, bound in bond for
San Francisco and thence to Hong
kong. These Cinnamon We're taken IN
charge by the immigration inspector at
this point, Captain Stretton, and care
fully carried through the city in Il
screened car and just as carefully
placed in screened cars Oh the South
ern Pacific. The thirty seven were I'M
fortunate enough to be on the last train
to the west that ran through Calcasieu.
They were turned back at the farther
side and shipped into New Orleans.
Here these Cinnamon, bound for
China on the through freight. SO to
speak, were forced to buy extra tickets
TO st. Louis and ship thence to the Pa
cific slope. There was absolutely no
other way for them to go. Their inter
prefer spent one whole afternoon ex-
planning the situation to them, and they
thereupon proceeded to tackle the
Southern Pacific for their transconti-
mental fare, which they obtained.
One man started from New Orleans
to see his wife on the Mississippi
coast There was Il seven day deten-
ton rule against him. and, time being
worth more than money to him, he
went to Chicago, then to Atlanta and
then took train for Biloxi. He was
asked for the certificate showing that
he had been away from an infected
point for seven days. The certificate
was not forthcoming, and under mill
tary guard he was shipped back to
New Orleans.
A landlord owning a row of cheap
tenements where FIRE had destroyed
the old buildings made the following
report to the United States marine hos
pital authorities:
"a good tenant of mine failed to
show up to pay his rent the other
day he said, land as 1 was coming
down here on business l dropped into
the row to see what was the matter.
/ went into his place, saw no one
about, went back to the rear room and
finally caught sight of some women In
the areaway.
They did not notice me or answer
when L asked for Tony. Then i saw
him stretched out on NANCY pile of
blankets in storage room opening on
the areaway, dead, uncovered, with
the flies and mosquitoes lowering and
crawling over him.
This square had been pronounced
safe and cleansed by the civil health
authorities.
In the city the campaign for cleanli-
ness that is being waged is bringing
out sharply the characteristics of the
people. The city is great horse show,
so far as population goes, with q great,
empty. grassy, swampy plain in the
center and the river running about the
brim. That unimproved center is be
ing invaded by gangs Of grass cutters,
who are moving the never trodGen
streets and oiling the cutters that
never held anything save rain water.
Among the good citizens" there are
some left who scout the mosquito the
DRY. One Of these has been for years
the leader. OF a ward. His fellows have
gone to death or prison for him, but
they entered his yard by force and
held him while a gang oiled his cistern
and put lime in his cutters.