Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-09-09
Rainy Weather Cause Insects
to Invade Crescent City.
DEATH RATE CONTINUES SMALL
The Cool Weather Seems To BE No
Drawback to the Fever Patients
This Year a. In Former EpIdemies.
Much Fruit Arrives from Tropics.
New Orleans, Sept s.--up to noon
today II new cases Of yellow fever
and three deaths were reported.

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New Orleans, Sept 8.-Threatening
weather continued here today with a
continuance of moderated temperature.
In former epldemics cool weather has
operated seriously against persons who
are Ill, caused an increase in the death
rate. There ~has, however, been no
such increase during the present rainy
spell, Only two deaths occurring dur.
ing the night.
A case OF fever was reported today
at Sellers. La
This settlement Is a short distance
above the city.
The steamer LimOn. with $4,000
lunches of bananas. began unloading
her cargo today at Chalmette The
steamer Is the third arrival since the
Chalmette regulation5 were put into
effect.
II Is expected that there will he no
further interruption TO the handling
OF fruit through this port.
Millions OF Mosquitoes.
Millions of the marsh mosquitoes
which descended on New Orleans last
night and made life miserable for sew
eral hours, disappeared today, They
left a large repre- sentatlon behind them.
but It was expected that they. too.
would soon leave. Having striped
legs, the public promptly concluded
that the insect was the stegomyia and
It's appearance caused something OF a
panic. but the scientists quickly point
ed out that Il hal a brown instead OF
a striped body and therefore was
harmless. except that It's sting was
painful. The insect is known as the
sOlicitauS mosquito Il was driven in
20 the city by the heavy rains and
winds Of the past few days.
The yellow fever situation showed
no material change today, steady i'm
prOyoment being SHOWN in the city, !
while the country situation is discon.
certing as tn some sections. the dis
ease apparently having got a strong
hold AZ Tallulah and Lake Providence, !
and being still severe At points In JEFF
ferson. ST. Charles aud 81 John par
ishes
Lake Providence and Tallulah have
each established TWO hospitals, one for
the blacks and the other Tor the whites
and assistance is constantly going |
forward 10 them.
In both towns screening and umi.
eating bodies have been organized and
a systematic fight against the disease
has begun.
The local business situation IL stead.
ily improving. ~ spite OF the QuaTan'
tines the August statistics Of the rail-
roads make a gratifying showing. Al
though there has been some falling
OF because Of the embargo that lasted
for awhile against fruit and the result
OF some towns TO receive dry goods,
the August statements compare favor
ably With the same month Ast year.
and the injury to the city's jobbing
trade has been much less serious than
was anticipated.
Many " the local merchants report
that their sales for the month have
exceeded last years.
General Passenger Agent Batturs,
Of the Southern Paeifc. sail an lndt
cation OF the fact that the scare else !
where Vas passing. was sAovn In the
sailing Of the steamer Conus tog New
York yesterday with but sX passra
gers returning 20 New or!eanA
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IN the sale OF . piece o, property Oh
Canal street tor Sle0 600. which
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