The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-04

New Orleans, August 2.-The record
up to p. m. is as follows:
New cases 80.
Total cases to date, 37S.
Deaths, II.
Total deaths to date, 70.
Substitute fosi, 4.
Total sub foci, 81.
The fever situation showed no mate
rial change during the day and the
few new foci shows that it is not
spreading with the rapidity Of former
years. OF the deaths four were in the
emergency hospital; four in the Origi-
nal district and three in the charity
hospital
The impending controversy between
the states of Louisiana and Mississippi
over the invasion by Governor Earda-
mans quarantine mosquito fleet and
the armed guards stationed. at Pearl
river, is not improved by the statement
given out by Governor Vardaman to-
day in Jackson after his return from
the coast, where he went to investi-
gate the situation.
Governor Blanchard has ordered
Captain BOstick of the naval brigade
to impress the fleet of patrol boats Of
the oyster commission into service, arm
them and patrol the waters now in pos
session of the Mississippi boats. One
of these boats has already been dis
patched to the rigolets, the neck of
water connecting Lake Contchartrain
with Lage Borgne, and late tonight or
tomorrow morning launch, armed
with Colts rapid fire guns from the ma
val brigade armOry and manned by Of
ficers and crew from the brigade will
leave for the scene.
TOday'S reports of the fever Situa-
ton showed an increase in the number
of deaths, but the health authorities
confessed to no alarm over the situa-
ton and said that more fatalities were
to be looked for because during the
last three OF four days there had been
q sufficient increase in the number of
cases to warrant the expectation of
heavier mortality.
High temperatures, succeeded by
heavy rain and cooler weather, pro-
Guced climatic conditions favorable to
fatalities. Most of the deaths were of
Italians and nearly all of them were
either in~the emergency hospital or i'll
the quarter adjacent thereto. There
was no dissent among the authorities
from the view expressed by Health Of
ficer Kohnke that conditions were
hopeful. There will be no relaxation
OF energy in fighting the fever. with
only few isolated cases above Canal
street, it is believed that once the in
lection begins to decline there will be
little difficulty in stamping out the dis
ease. While the fever spells serious
state of affairs. it is not believed that
there is justification for the terror
which seems to have spread over the
country outside of New Orleans.
The city board of health's report OF
yesterdays ~ new cases and six
deaths, shows that Italian patients
Numbered thirty-five, while the SIX
dead We're all Italians. In Hospital
street. in the heart of the originally
infected area, there were twelve cases
all in one block. In one Hospital
street house, five cases were found anu
III another four. Most of the other new
cases were found near the French mar
ket. In spite of all that has been done
to reassure the many Italians contin-
ually try to conceal their cases. They
are still stricken with panic and they
turn in fear from doctors and health
officers.
1t was due largely to the energy with
which the marine hospital forces set
about the work of discovering hidden
cases that Tuesdays record was made
so large.
In one instance, when the officers
had made a thorough inspection of a
house and had failed to find a patient,
they went through skylight and
found q sick man lying on the roof. In
another case they found a patient con-
cealed under cistern. The other day
a wagon loaded with household goods
and accompanied by Italians, started
ts cross in one of the ferries. Officers
insisted on an investigation and when
the goods were unloaded a sick man
q ft1r rxy0 frO