The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-23
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BAYOU, La, a fcw days ago. llls report
shows that the first news received from
there was not exaggerated. During two
days OF work there. he found sixty-nine
positive cases Of fever; fifty-thrce sus-
piclous cases, and one hundred and forty
five cases OF dengnc He adds:
'.Thero are about three hundred houses
and families here, and ! do not think
there Is n. single house here which has not
ono or moro cases Of sickness. The peo-
plo are completely distracted, All seem
10 have lost ambition TO work. They are
completely demornlizcd
Gle asks for more doctors and nurses,
as the situation Is beyond the capacity OF
one man. He reports two more deaths
since his arrival. 4
patterson reports fifteen now cases
and no deaths. Isa III Il
"st Tammany Parish reports a positive
case on the rond between Vaudeville and
Iewsburg. which came from New Or
leans. E5 s9S 4G ]
Hanson City reports six new cases.
"xcnner reports one new case.
There was ono death on Elizabeth
plantation In Ybervile.
"sarpy plantations report two new
| cases. gi 5 4; IA
"st. Rose, in Charles Parish. has two
| cases and one is dead. 6sS
"corinne e plantation, in St, Bernard
Parish below the city. reports one death.
nm Italian boy, whom tho inexperienced
| nurse allowed to eat dish OF red beans
and rico, when he should have been denied
| all food.
.'Nrississippi CITY reports three new
cases, Nnd states that the report that INC
state board has declared the fever cpl
| denlc there is unfounded.
Newman in Jail.
(. Tho deaths to-day were principally OF
persons bearing foreign names IN ex-
ceptIon was Arthur Hill. an employe OF
j one OF the large Wholesale dry goods
houses Hill came here last November
! from New York with his wife and two
children.
1 In spite OF all the agitation. there has
been on the subject. some cisterns stu
remained unscrcencd and the police have
4 received orders to spare no one ~hc
shows an ind opposition to obey law fall,
ure to screen caused Hart Newman, ior.
4 mer president OF the New Orleans base
ball club, and q son OF Isidor Newman
the millionaire banker, to spend prlei
time In q cell to-day. Mr. Newman ls
the head OF the company which owns y,
Athletic Park. Some one discovered tha'
there we're three sunscrecncd clsterns or
the grounds, and made an hffldavis
against him When the police appeared
in his Carondeet Street offices to-dh!
Mr.. Newman ordered them Out Fiho
4 barred the doors The policemen disaD
peared, and Mr.. Newman went to ponce
s headquarters. When he reached ther'
he was arrested and locked up. Late
he was released by Inspector Whitaker
Mr. Newman was indignant at his ar
Il = no hn1 mi
. buttons to the citizens fund. and havlni
Maid to screen a large number OF cistern
s that he did not own In his ward, and haf
simply forgotten tho cisterns at tn
, park.
To Avoid Clash.
Some OF the country towns are seeRln
TO avoid a clash with the state Boar
:, OF Health i in the matter Of quarantin
in a way calculated to be damaging -
New Orleans Lake Charles Is an IN
stance The fear of fever Is so srel
there that the people refuse to aeccp
any freight whatever from here. GOV
e crnor Blanchard and the state boaro .
a Health having intimated an intenlion
= take extreme measures the LAKE C' uiric
neople are willing to modify the quaIat
. tino.F but have circulated a petition. whic
/. "a being generally signed, pledglng a
: merchants there to refuse to make pul
/
: chases here.
! Among to-day's kilograms to- the Mayo
8 was one from Democratic Campaign Man
/ ager Thomas Taggart OF lndlanapol'
g md Mr., Taggart wrote OF his interes
\ and sympathy. and Offered large contE
buttons of water from frencn !lcA ~ ~
the hospitals and for poor PAt'el' ' =
: offer was accepted.
3 'n,shon sessums. of the Episcop'
Church. who is taking an active part
& the educational campaign. Is arrangin
Il series OF mass meetings In the leadin
Is Episcopal churches. with view I, 70 a a.,
ing the authorities In the work, ~
Bishop has had additional work thru'
upon him by the misfortune OF Dea
4 Wells. OF Christ Cathedral. Mrs. Vel
was stricken with the fever ten day
ago, and has been very seriously III, M
. the Dean has been In constant attendant
: at her bedside,