Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-09-02
CRISIS PASSED.
Campaign Of Science Against yellow
Jack Meeting With Success.

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New Orleans. Sept. 2.-Signed state
ments Of all leaders in the yellow fever
hght-Surgeon White. Presidents
Kohnke and Souchon of the boards of
health. Rev. DR.. Beverley Warner. DIR.
Metz OF Tulane university. and Chair
man Janvier. of the citizens commit
tee-indicating the crisis is passed.
that the campaign of science is meet
Ing with unbounded success and-the
fever will be practically forgotten by
frost. has been printed here.
Dr. White says: "In view OF the fact
that the fever started this year abreast
of the epidemic of 1873 and pursued
exactly parallel lines. holding its own
lonog enough to convince any sane
man what would and could have been
the result had no proper steps have
been taken. II Is fair to say the work
begun by the city board of health and
continued by the marine hospital SER
vice undoubtedly has been effective i'm
holding the infection in check. We
may say without undue self gratula-
ton thpt the disease is being gradually
worked out 1t must be apparent. for
the lists Of cases and deaths. taken on
an average week by week. are growing
s-eadily less. Along with this I want
TO call attention TO the fact of persons
coming In from the country who af-
terwarG fall Ill from previous Infection.
This handicap. however. we are willing
and able to bear rather than interfere
with relations with outside communi-
ties by imposing a drastic quarantine"
President Schwing of the Louisiana
Press association issued an address 10
the papers of the state inviting n dis
cussion of the question Of Fe leral con-
trtol OF quarantine and strongly advo-
eating II himself to make 1t impossible
In future have such conditions as have
occurred in the south this year
Vicksburg and Natchez. which for
merly placed the most stringent of re-
strictions against infected points. ap-
pealed TO the marine hospital service
Tor fumigation system similar to that
In force here in order TO enable them
TO move goods.
Secretary Hunter OF the Mississippi
board of health has managed to secure
modification Of regulations at Harris
ton. Miss. an important junction point
on the Mississippi Valley road. wi re
trains are not permitted to stop.
Tallulah. La. which stamped out her
fever. has Guaranteed against all in
fected points in Louisiana. Mississippi
and Tennessee.
Port Gibson. blocked by f.ver on
both sides. changed her rules and de-
cided to admit. with the exception of /
fruits. vegetables and clothing and all /
freight certified by the marine hospital /
service
Two cases OF yellow fever have been
reported at Pennington. Miss. an i'm
portant lumber point at the mouth OF
Pearl river.
Reports from Pointe Celeste. In Pla-
quemine parish. show authoriti g there
are meeting with great difficulty
through the efforts OF the Italians TO i
hoe their sick In one house. hid I'M
- - n;nu wrapped in bIan-
Wns found a boz -szxsssik;e ,;aars
SuHerfng with severe case of fever.
Rev. Father Jullier the Roman Cath
olic priest ae-Hanrang's Canal. La, has
turned over his parish and gone to
Leeville TO minister to the sick.
Ten new cases and one death Is yell
low fever report up to noon Friday.