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CASH SALES
Minneapolis. Feb. a7

No. ! Northern Wheat-10 cars, s1.15:
II cars, s1.14h; cars, 81 115A; cars
S1.13B; cars, S1.14k; cars, sIl5H:
l car, 81. 14as: 1 car. s1.14A; cars. 81. L.
No. Northern-S cars 81 121k 6 cars.
81 JOS; 1 car, choice, s1.11A; cars
81 u; cars, 81 .11k: 16 cars, 81. 1oIs: 3
cars, 81. 10A; cars, s1.11A; cars, ST IL;
8 cars, 81. 11h; cars, 81 10; cars,
s1.0sA; cars, s1.1o1a; 4 cars. 81. O91z; Z
cars, 81 .10N.
No. Wheat-e cars. s1.o4; cars.
$1.03h; 3 cars, 81. O6; IL cars. 81 .0S:
cars, +. o. b.. $1.02; 1 car, s1.621h; l3
cars, 81 .02; cars, 81. .05; cars, 81 0315 ::
! car, s1.01; cars. s1.o3N; cars,
No. Wheat cars, 96c; IS cars. CSC;
64 cars. S2c; II cars, s4c; cars, soc; /
part part car, SIC; I6 cars, (. Q. B., 92c; car,
9Ohc; ! car; sic; cars, SIC.
- Rejected Wbeat-S cars, soc; car. sac;
10 cars, 7Sc; ears. 74c; cars. 65c; /
car, frost, o7sc: cars, &c; car. SIC; 4
cars, 15c; cars, 79c; cars, SIC; cars.
nc; cars, 72c; / car. 60c; / car. 72Hc;
cars, zoe; l car, Csc; 8 cars, S5c; / car,
66c.
No Grade wheat-1 car. frost, soc; l
car, frost, 76c: 8 cars, 75c: / car, CSC:
cars, 65c; l car. 701sc; 1 car, &c.
No. Yellow Corn-1 car, 431kc
No. Corn-l car, 43c.
No. 4 Corn-1 car. 40c; car, 42c; 2
cars, 41c; car, 401fc; 1 car, 41kc.
No Grade Corn-1 car, $50; i car, 39Ilc:
l car, CSC.
No. 3 White oats-1l cars. 2oxc; cars,
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Puts and Calls
Minneapolis Cash MARKETS
A Strong and Active Coarse Grains Mar
ket With a Good General Demand

NCt SSiiH d SOOu ScUcFdi 0cmdn0
Flax-The demand continues to be first
No. l flax closing in all positions at
$l.35A.. Receipts, 19 cars, and ship
ments 8.
Corn-A good general demand with an
active and strong market. No. yellow
closing at 42&c. Receipts, 26 cars, and
shipments g.
Oats-Market higher and very strong.
with the demand good and general No.
white closing at 292sc. Receipts, 81
cars, and shipments s.
Rye-A good demand, with prices show
ing no change, closing figures 76N @77Hc.
Receipts. II cars, and no shipments.
Barley-Demand slightly better, espe-
cially for the feed grades. which ad-
vanced cent. Mailing selling at 400
44c and feed at 37@40c Receipts. 67 cars,
and shipments 90.
Feed and Meal-Coarse cornmeal and
cracked corn, in sacks, extra, SIG. ESQ
l6. 90; No: ground feed, 2-3 corn and 1-3
oats, S0-lb sacks. sacks extra, SIG. 75@
oats; sO-lb sacks. sacks extra. sI7. ESQ
II so; No. ground feed, 1-3 corn and 2-3
oats, 75-lb sacks. sacks extra. S17.7561S.
Millstuffs-Bran in bulk. s14.25@14 so:
shorts. $14. 25 ola so; middlings, $3.50
1850; red dog. s19, all f. O. b. Minneapolis; !;
in 200-lb sacks, 81 per ton additional; in
100-lb sacks. $15O per ton additional.
Shipments, 1880 tons
Hay-Reported by Cleveland & Co.:
Receipts are just fair, with good demand
tations. More No. ] and choice grades
could be readily disposed of than comes
in.
Timothy. choice SO .5O@1O; No. 1. $50
$50; No. 2, s7.60@S. so; No: 8. Sc. 5Oa7. 90: /:
No: ?. s6@G.50; No. 3. sos. 80; midland,
So .506D6. so; swale $465: rye straw. s566:
wheat or oats, $4Q5; receipts, 207 tons.
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WORLDS GRAIN SHIPMENTS
ST. PAUL MARKETS

Feed and Meal-Coarse cornmeal and
cracked corn. ton. SIC. so; ground feed,
No. /, two-thirdsi corn and one third oats,
SIS so; ground feed. No. 2. half corn and
half oats, SIC. 75; ground feed, No. 3. one
third corn and two thirds oats SI7 co.
Bran and Shorts-Bran in bulk, s14 5O
bran in sacks,-200 lbs. s15 %; bran in
sacks. 100 lbs SIG 90; standard middlings
In bulk. s14. SO; standard middings, 200
10 sacks, SIS 25: standard middlings, 100
10 sacks, SIS. rs; middlings flour bulk
SIG 80; middlings flour. 1O0-lb sacks,
$17 so; oil meal, per ton. S25.
Hay-Receipts, 13 cars; choice prairie
sS.25: No. ! prairie. 81. 6O@7. 75; No. Z
prairie IS. 5O@6; so; No: prairie. 81. SOP
midland. 81; 25a4. IS; choice timothy, $40;
No. timothy. 50 .00@9. so; No. timothy
81. e5GS.OO; No. 8 timothy. s5G6; No.
clover hay; Sc :50@7. 80; No. 1 clover hay,
mixed, 81. 25@S. 90; Nc. clover hay mix
ed, So. 50q6.0o; packing hay. s4a5; no
grade, s2;5o@S; rye straw, 1906 so:
wheat and oat straw. 81 0064 rs
Flour-Patents. firsts, sc. .O0a6 20: pat
ents, seconds. s6.S0Q5 90; clears, firsts.
s19. 90.
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LONDON

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Money was in fair
demand on the market today. with much
shifting of balances. Discounts We're
quiet, the ease OF money in Berlin, with
the favorable German bank return assist
ing to increase the belief IN an early re-
duction of the Bank of England's rate of
discount. Prices on the stock exchange
maintained cheerful tone, with first
class securities firm on the prospect Of
cheaper money. Trading was fairly ac-
tive. Consols were in good request and
hardened to the best figures of the day
81 7-16 for money and 91A for the ac-
count. Home rails were actively bought
especially the heavy lines. Americans
opened irregular and mostly above parity,
with New York Central the feature
though there was a tendency to realize N
some directions. Illinois Central dropped
after the opening advance. After some
fiuctua tiOns prices closed somewhat
easier. Mexican rails hardened owing to
the shortness of stocks. Foreigners gen
orally were strong. The war news helped
Japanese, while Russians were fractional
ly better on Paris support. Imperial Jap
anese government IS of 1904 We're quoted
at 104B. The amount of bullion taken
into the Bank of England on balance to-
day, &57, 600.
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SUMMARY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS IN TIT

29hc; 4 cars. 29%c: ! car, 29hc
ooo. NO White Uats@l car, 2shc; Il cars
291zc.
No. Oats-3 cars, 2s%c; 1 car. 2stsc.
No. Rye cars, nc; / car, 7Sc.
No. Rye-1 car, 73c; l car, 75c; part
car, nc; / car, wheaty, 77c; 1 car, oaty,
No. Barley-3 cars, 41c; cars. 3O1kc;
! car, 42c; cars, 3s1zc; cars. 4oc; 2
cars, 3Sc; ] car, 41Hc.
No. Feed Barley cars, 3SIzc; / car,
4Oc; i car, SIC; j car, 43c: Z cars. 3Sc.
car. SIC; 10 cars. Ssc; / car. 3SIsc.
No. l Flaxseed-2 cars, 81 .371k; i car,
$1.3714; car. 81 .3611; 1000 bu to arrive,
IL 80; 600 bu to arrive, 81 361z.
Rejected F1axseed-2 cars, 81 30; part
car, 81 .35; car, 81 80; 10 sacks. 81 81.
Durum Wheat car No 3, sec; ] car
No. 3, 94c; ] car No. mixed. 91c; ! car
No. 2, soc; i car rejected, frost, 7sc.
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BOSTON. Feb 27.-Closing copper quo
@23k; Arcadian. 11A@1%I; Atlantic. so q
8; Bingham, 321z G33; Calumet and Hecla,
665 asked; Centennial 1S1a @191z: Con.
dated. 7O1a; DAILY West. 161s@171a: Do
minion Coal. 6S1l fg6S1s; Dominion Steel,
2O12O2s; Elm River. "a as; Franklin, II
@11%; CRANKY, 5A65%; Guanajuato, 4@
25426: MASSACHUSETTS,. 12A G12&; May
flower 1G1A; Michigan, 1875 914A: Mo-
hawk, 53A g54A Old Colony. 16p1k; Old
Parrot, 29& asked Phoenix, 21A A63;
Quincy, 1O5Q106; Rhode Island. 21a; Shan
non Copper, S9S1s; Swift & Co, 1870
109: Tamarack, 127@130; Tecumseh, 324 n
3; Trinity. 11m11k; United States Mining
PAX as; United States Oil, ga G1O: Utah
42G42A; Victoria. 4%4 asa; Winona. 131
ola; Wolverine, nS1. Oils; Wyandot, 2A
M2"; Santa Fe, 2Is 021A
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NEW YORK PRopucE

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Butter- steady;
receipts. 5.015; street price. extra cream
cry, 32@ 33c; official price. creamery COM
mon to extra. 26@32c; do held common
to extra, 26M32c; state dairy, common to
extra, 24Gl30c; renovated, common to ex-
ira, 20@28c; western factory, common to
extra, 20@29c; western imitation cream
cry, common to extra. 24030c. Cheese
firm; receipts, $50: state. full cream, small.
f3Lc; do late made colored and white
choice. 12%c; do fair to good. 11% 612Ac;
do poor. 10A @l1Ac; do large colored and
white fancy. 13hc; do fine. 1224 G13c; do
late Jnade colored and white choice. 13ac;
do fair to good. 102t G1IAc; do poor. ga
Gl0Ec; Skins full to light. 461OAc C.
vania and nearby fancy selected white,
33c; do choice. 31932c: do mixed extra.
sic: western frsts. 29@3oc; do seconds,
2I1.@2sc; southerns. 25430e; refrigerator
20fP25c.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS
NEW YORK

New York-Flour-Re 1884: ex-
ports, 6.522; quiet and partially lower:
minneapolis patents. $5.90m6.40; rye flour
quiet; buckwheat flour dull; cornmeal
nrm; hne white and yellow. 81 256 go:
coarse new. s1.0SG110; kiln dried. 81 e06
$40; rye nominal; barley dull wheat
Receipts. 1880; exports, 1873; spot easy:
No. red. nominal elevator; No. red
$l.22% f. o. b. afioat; No. , northern Du
Iuth, S.25A I. o. b. afioat: No. l hard
Manitoba, $l-1115 (. o. b. afioat The COW
ering of big stop loss orders, together with
the fact that the Wall street CLIQUE had
unloaded, caused much excitement in
wheat today and broke the market over
&c a bushel- An afternoon rally with
corn left the market finally H6lc net
higher. May. $1.145s 6117 3-i6. closed
N.d6B; July. s1-0Ss G1.05 GIG. closed
$l.04H; September. 95G9s 1-16c. closed
s5c. Corn-Receipts. POS, $50: exports. I69. :
109; sales. les, 600: future spot firm: No
5Sc elevator and 541kc T. o. b. afioat; No
? yellow, 54kc; No. white. 543,c: on
tion market opened steady. eased off with
wheat, but was strong in the late after
noon on active bull support. closing u 1
sc net higher; May. 531s G53Ac. closed
5S%c; July closed 5SAc. Oats-Receipts
1880; exports. us; spot quiet; mixed
rs TO 80 pounds, 37G3sc; natural white
80 to 81 pounds. 3SG3Skc: clipped white
&c 20 40 pounds, 3Si5 64112c
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Money on call
firm, 224 as per cent, closing bid 2% of
fered at 3; time loans steady; sixty days
and ninety days per cent; six months.
3a. Prime mercantile paper 3A@4A per
cent. Sterling exchange heavy, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at $4 Sc. 10
"a SO so for demand and 81. .S4 $50
4 "a. 40 for sixty-day bills; posted rates,
81 S512 and S4.S71244.8S; commercial
bills. 81 S42s. Bar silver 60c Mexican
dollars, 46Ac. Government bonds firm.
Railroad bonds irregular
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ments Corn-Refiecting the easier
American cables, opening prices were I'D
lower This was, followed by a better
feeling later, and prices recovered I'D
and I'd, the factors being the small ship
ments to the United Kingdom and the
New Orleans fire, very firm undertone
developing.
Chicago Cash Business: Cash sales
OF wheat Saturday aggregated $4,000 bu:
Offerings were small. especially of good
of spring were at s1.03@1.0S
st. Louis lost fraction and No. red in
store closed at s114h gI,l4A. Kansas
hard.
Corn in Chicago advanced nc, with
sales of $4,000 bu for eastern shipment.
Oats were Nc lower at the close with
sales of 10000 bu A Chicago exporter
sold 10000 bu at the Gulf In the pit at
the close the trade thought more business
had been worked than the exporters were
willing to admit.
Weather-Map shows rains or snow in
Nebraska. Iowa. Ohio valley, central Illi-
nois and the Dakotas Showing in Ohio
and Indiana this morning Clear north
west and west. Cloudy southwest and in
Ohio valley. Temperatures about same
as Saturday: Northwest Is clear, 20 TO
SO above West and southwest partly
cloudy.
Illinois, Indiana. Missouri,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Montana-Fair to-
Snow f1urries tonight; Tuesday fair. Up
per Michigan-Partly cloudy tonight and
Superior. Indications are for mostly clear.
weather with continued moderate tenn
peratures in this forecast district for sew
eral days.
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. l hard, s115A; No northern.
s1.1SM; No. 2 northern. 81 ,0s5s al. 1O% !.
No. wheat. s1.01h p1.04A; No. l durum.
93c. No. yellow corn, 42&c; No. 3 corn,
42c. No, oats. 2sas @2sNc; No. white
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METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Copper was un-
changed at e6S IS Cd for spot i'm London
market also was unchanged, with prices
held firmly. Lake IS quoted at SIS 5O:
electrolytic at SIS. .37h ais so and casting
at $l5@l5. %. Iron closed at 53s in
Glasgow and at ass 4Izd i'm Middlesboro
Locally the iron market is strong in tone
with demand reported quite active and
prices in some instances held higher: No.
i foundry northern is quoted at sI7. 756
.25; No. foundry northern at S17 .5O6
IL 75; No. l foundry southern and No.
foundry southern soft at s17. .75@1S. %.
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coEEEE AND suGAR

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-The market for
coffee futures closed steady at a decline
of 20 to % points. Sales We're reported of
May, 6.5O@6 soc; July, s 1905 csc; Sep
tember, 6.95@7 .15c; November, 1850
7.20c; December. 7.15@7. .35c; January,
7.25@7 .35c. Spot Rio easy; No. Z invoice
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining 9-16@
4asc; centrifugal, 96test. 8 1-16@5kc; mo-
lasses sugar, 5-16@4Ssc; refined firm.
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MONEY REPORTS
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb 27-To-
days statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund, exclusive of the
50,O00. 600 gold reserve in the division OF
redemption. shows: Available cash bal
ance. $14O,361, 041; gold. $50. PSI, All; silver,
S26 290. 500
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KANSAS CITY

81 .07 q .0s; No 5. 81 .05a al .O7: No. 4. sec
@sd %; No. red; .log1. II: No; 8,
457sc; July, 45% @45zse; cash No. mixed,
41c; No. 3, 46lz G46%c; No. 2 white, 471s a
4Sc; No. 3. 47c- Oats lower; No white,
33c; No. 2 MIXED. 32hc.
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MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, Wis.-Flour weak. Wheat.
Is lower; No. ] northern. 81. 1904. 161k
No. northern, 81. 1901 rs; May 81 16%
ed. Rye easy; No. l. s3QSIc Barley
steady; No. 2. 51G52c; sample. 37G50c.
Oats, 1zc lower: standard, 31h032ikc.
asked; puts, 4shc asked; calls, 4s7sc
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WHEAT AND CORN
ON OCEAN PASSAGE

Wheat 41,s92ooo. increase 2,S56.0 900;
week ago 39136.000, increase 2,264, 900;
year ago 81, 392 600. increase 1886 OOO
Corn 19, 9,405. 900, increase 1,414, 600; week
ago 17.991. 900, increase 1.117.000; year
ago 9,42S,0 900, decrease 1S52, 900.
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LIVERPOOL

Liverpool-Wheat-Sp nominal; fu-
lures steady; March, rs sd; May>~7s sd;
July, Is I'D. Corn-Spot steady; Ameri-
can mixed new, As I'd; American mixed
old. Is lid; futures steady; March, As I'd;
May, As 3Zd
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ElGIN BUTTER

ELGIN, ILL.,. Feb. 27.-Butter sold at 33c
a pound today on the Board of Trade. a
decline OF 1c a pound from last week $
price. Sales in this district were 420, 600
pounds.
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DULUTH

Duluth, Minn.-Wheat-To arrive: No.
1 northern and on track, s111ss; No. .
northern. s1.055s @1.09Is; May, s112%
July. s1.1211; September. S2ssc. Flax
To arrive. $1.3612; on track $1.3S; May,
Sl.36- -Oats-To arrive and on track, 30Iz c.
Rye-To arrive and on track, 73hc Bar
ley, S3644c. Wheat, q, ,O63 bu;
Shipments 6.S70 bu.
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BERLIN

BERLIN. Feb. 27.-Exchange on Lon
don 20 marks 49A pfennigs for checks.
Discount rates; short bills. PA per cent;
three months bills, 1M per cent.
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ST. LOUIS

st. Louis. Mo-wheat lower: No. .
red cash elevator. $1.13is; track, 81 II;
hard. H.lsSi. Is. Corn higher: No.
cash. 45c; track. 47c; May, 465sc; July,
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PARIS

PARIS. Feb. 27.-Three per cent rentes.
80 francs 971. centimes for the account
Exchange on London 20 francs y centimes
for checks.
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CLOSING STOCK LIST

Quotations furnished by Edwards-W Wood
Co, main Office Fifth and Robert streets,
St. Paul.
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47Ac. Oats easier: No. cash, 31hc;
track, 32Q32hc; May, 31c; No. 2 white,
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Minneapolis FLOUR MARKET
Break In Wheat Caused MlIlers to Drop
the Price of Patents IS Cents

The demand continues just fair, the
amounts being sold are small, but the ag-
gregate is fairly satisfactory. Millers
hope that with the decline in prices that
1t will bring in a better business.
Shipments, 56496
First patents, 615@6. 35; second pat
ents. s6@6. Is; first clears, A.15@4. .35;
second clears. s.. 60@2.70. (These are ali
(. o. b. in wood)
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT

The following are the receipts and ship
ments at the principal primary wheat mar
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Oats

Late strength of corn had a buoyant
effect on the price of oats. At the out
set the market was steady. The slump
OF wheat started some selling of oats, re-
sulting in a decline Of about hc. An i'm
proved demand developed late in the ses-
sion In sympathy with the sharp upturn
In corn. The market closed firm MAY
opened shade lower to a shade higher
at 81 lg31 &c, sold between 30zsc and 3Iasc
and closed at S1A @31%c. Local receipts,
were 2SS cars.
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BOSTON MINING STOCKS

'Ex interest. fOffered.
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NEW YORK BONDS

Total sales for the day, ZIG, coo sh
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CHICAGO. Feb 27.-A sensational
slump of nearly cents bu today ap-
parently ended huge deal in May wheat.
The break was due TO seeming abandon
ment OF the deal. The market rallied con-
siderably on covering by shorts. but at
Inc close May was stin rs 42c below
Saturdays final quotations. July showed
a net loss of &c. Corn closed strong with
a gain OF HM1c. Oats are up &c. Pro-
visions are ~ q12hc higher.
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Mississippi because they had not
health certificates showing their alb
sence from New ORLEANS for period
of ten days
One of the crimes of the situation
is the fact that Costa RIGA, Vera
Cruz and particularly Havana, against
which New Orleans has for years
maintained most rigorous quarantine
regulations, have now declared quar-
antine against New Orleans. OF old
Havana was an annual hotbed of vel
low fever, Its present healthfuIness is
due TO the efficient work in santa
ton promoted since the American oc-
cupation, and under the direction of
American sanitary engineers. And the
Havana Post says yirtuously: The
quarantine established against ENew
Orleans is undoubtedly a disagree
able but necessary precaution Cuba
has, by keeping clean and adopting
modern methods, succeeded in keep
ing herself entirely rid of yellow fever
for years, and if New Orleans persists
in remaining dirty and careless about
her sanitary matters, why, Havana
can take no chances !
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should take place within closed cars
and the destination should be KAN
chatka. In view of the fact that all
the lines out of New Orleans to the
North or East lead through Missis-
sippi, that ukase created considerable
excitement It was rumored that he
was next going to refuse to allow any
one from Louisiana to set foot on Mis-
sissippf soil. But lie didn't. AS already
noted, he modified his order so that
through passengers could cross the
State under guard, and SO swathed in
mosquito netting that there was no
possibility of their communicating any
of the pure and upright Mississippi
mosquitoes by allowing them to feast
on a corrupt Louisiana carcass.
The governor Of Louisiana told the
governor of Mississippi just what he
thought of him which may have re-
lieved his mind, but did not other
wise affect the situation III fact Gov
ernor Vardaman next declared q local
quarantine against such of their own
towns as had allowed the transit of
Louisiana refugees
It is this local quarantine that hurts
the quarantine that Mississippi has
declared against such of her own
towns as have been exposed to the
infection, the quarantine that the
State of Louisiana has declared
against the city Of New Orleans. It is
this that is enforced at the point of
loaded revolver. II is this that turns
out the armed guards that patrol the
roads with shotguns 1t is this that
goes out after sailing parties and
warns them, with a gun showing its
nose through the port hole, to keep
strictly in their home waters. It is
this that arms a man against his
neighbor, and may. if enforced to its
limit, arm him against his own blood
and his own household.
One who has lived through three
yellow fever epidemics describes the
conditions as follows:
Probably the most effective shot
gun quarantine established and main
tanned for any considerable length OF
time was that in Florida during the
great epidemic of the sos, when vel
low fever was moving down its VIC
Tins in Tampa and Key West at such
a rate that clersymen. physicians and
nurses who volunteered for duty in
the infested districts made their
preparations for death-knowing that
their chances Of escaping the terrible
scourge were the slimmest of the
slim
AT one time the quarantine stretch
ed almost across the State from the
Atlantic ocean 70 the Gulf of Mexico.
The long line of sentries was COM
posed Of native FI0rid1ans-known To
the settlers from the North as
Crackers men who could knock .
squirrel from the top of an eighty
foot pine tree with one shot from =
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~ nee more New Orleans finds
herself looking into the bar
~ rel of a loaded gun. It is
her misfortune. not her fault; but
cities as well as individuals must pay
the penalty of their misfortune. Vel
low fever is New Orleans misfortune
has been for as long as it has ex-
listed And it is a misfortune that
other cities do not care 10 share
That is why the surrounding country
has declared quarantine against New
Orleans, and stands ready to enforce
that quarantine with a shotgun if
necessary That is why detention
camps have been established at
Avondale and sHdeu, and armed
guards patrol the streets leading out
from the Crescent City. ready 10 turn
back refugees
It may be as Governor Blanchard
says that the city is suffering more
from the quarantine epidemic than
from the yellow fever epidemic. but
the neighboring cities are taking no
chances It may even be, as the en-
tire medical fraternity asserts, that
the "stegomia fasciata," or banded
mosquito, is the only mischief-maker;
that unless he acts as intermediate
host for the ''protozoin" which causes
yellow fever. there is no yellow fever;
that clothing, bedding, merchandise
which have been in contact with
yellow fever patient are not thereby
infected; and that yellow fever is
transmitted to the individual only by
means of the bite of a mosquito which
has previously bitten persons suffer-
ing from the disease.
The South listens politely, and as
long as the yellow fever stays down
at Panama, or Puerto Cortez, or in
Cuba, South America, or the Carib-
bees. admits that that's a mighty
pretty theory. But now-now that
yellow jack" is at New Orleans, now
that. in the language of the great
G. c.. 1T is a condition, not d theory,
that confronts US; while it takes
all the precautions that the scientific
gentry suggest; while it oils its pools.
screens its cisterns, and looks well to
its drainage. sull-it reaches for its
gun. a guns a mighty handy thing
10 have in the houses but presum-
ably the sunny and badly frightened
South is not cunning for mosquitoes.