Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-06
Slight Increase in the Number of
Deaths Noted in Yester-
days Record.
BISHOP CHApElLE A VICTIM
Preparations Being Made to Turn Sit.
uaton Over to Federal Authority
!, City Still VIII Continue to Exercise
Its Police Powcrs-Oanser OF
State Clash Probably Over.
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NEW ORLEANS. LA, Aug. 8
yellow fever report to e p. M:
New cases, 80
Total cases to date, sos
Deaths. s.
| Total deaths, 81.
New sub foci. 10.
Total sub foci, 81.
Thprc was IN increase today over
yesterday in the number of fatalities
from yellow fever.
The small number Of new cases Is
countcrbalanced by the number of now
toci which equals half of the total
cases reported for the day, showing
that the original point of infection is
no longer the main center.
or the deaths five were in the cnler.
gency hospital and three in the ori.
g!nal district.
A Distinguished Victim.
One of to,lay's victims is Archbishop
Chapclle, whose case WAS reported by
Or. Larrl. his family physician
DR., Laruc is unable To trace the in.
fection as the archbishop has not been
ont. Of his residence for week or
annre except when taking his carriage
ride, accompanied lily his niece. lie
has not been III the infected district,
though there arc cases of fever not
far from his residence. DR.. Larue
believes that stray mosquito from
an infected house is the cause OF the
archbishop's illness.
Monsignor Chappcllc recently re-
turned from Havana. being the apps
tolic delegate to that island and IN
practical charge of all the affairs of
the Roman Catholic church there.
| Although the situation is to pass to
the control Of the federal government,
the city will continue to exercise its
police authority in cooperation with
| the federal surgeons: the municipal
authorities and the citizens commit
| tee arc to carry on the campaign of
| cleaning up, the two health boards
arc to perform many of their func-
lions in conjunction with the marine
hospital service AMI New Orleans ex-
poets still TO be called upon to furnish
funds to carry on the fight.
Yellow Fever Experts.
The actual handling of the fever sit.
lation itself is to pass to the dircc-
ton OF the government. which is ex-
pectcd to send large number of vel
low fever experts to work under the
supervision of DR.. White, rigid rules
arc To be made and efficiently carried
out in connection with the scientific
treatment OF cases. The federal of.
| ficers make no attempt TO conceal the
fact that the situation is serious, but
they say it is not without hope and
that success is possible in spite of the
Roadway the fever has gained, par.
ttcularly in the foreign ncighborhoods
below Canal street
To Stay Progress of Epidemic.
| ! nv ldtt lHdI ttic iillccllOn Ill the
first, fourth. sixth and seventh NUM-.
cipnl districts, which lie above Canal
street and constitute modern New Or.
leans, is relatively small. leads to the
hope that vigilant observation of all
cases in that quarter while the direct
campaign progresses below, will enable
Inc authorities to keep more than half
of their city free from serious infcc.
tion.
| or the deaths to date only five have
occurred above Canal street and nf
them four were Italians who left the
infected neighborhood in the vicinity
of the French market and the fifth
was u merchant who did business in
that quarter. Or the cases, except
those most recently reported. all lave
recovered Or are on the way to re-
covery.
! Danger of Conflict Over.
The trouble OH Lake Iiorgnc between
Mississippi guards and the Louisiana
naval brigade is considered to have
ended. So encouraging were the con.