The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-24
FIFTY-THREE NEW CASES
 AND FIVE DEATHS REPORTED
make an announcement He has, how ever, In mind a building for 1t.
 Rock Salt for Pools.

make an announcement. Tie ndS, uoW~ ever, In mind a building for 1t.
 Rock Salt for Pools.
 Large quantities of rock salt have been purchased by the Federal authori- ties with a view to salting staEnant gutters and pools. Imperfect drainage exists In many of the wards due tn the fact that the drainage system has not yet been entirely completed and there Is much stagnant water in gutters that cannot be flushed. The salt is expec- ted to destroy the pools as breeding places for mosquitoes. Dr. White to- day ordered quantities of the salt into every ward.
 Some of the Soldiers stationed at the United States barracks are restless un- der their enforced quarantine. Com munication with the city has been ab- solutely prevented and the appearances of fever in St. Bernard makes 1t prob able that no communication with that parish will be allowed. The officers in command, are, however, exerting themA selves to make the detention of the men less irksome. Not case of few CT of any kind has appeared in the bar racks and the soldiers are considered to be absolutely in no danger. At the barracks it was said today that there was no truth In the report that mem- bers of the command bad offered them selves for further tests at the emer- gency hospital. The government con- siders that the mosquito theory has been definitely settled and that there is no need, for the soldiers to offer themselves for infection.
 A freshly infected spot in St. Der nard parish was announced today It is at Terre-Aux-Boeufs, the parish seat. Health officer Meraux made an investigation of the sickness prevail ing there and found five genuine eases of yellow fever and three that were suspicious. The town and it's vicinity were invaded by Italians after the few CT appeared here and the infection Is therefore traceable to New Orleans.
 In the list of new cases today was negro who reached the city from Ab- beville, La., a town in southwestern part of the state. He applied at the emergency hospital and his case was diagnosed as yellow fever.
 Camp Wyman Temporarily Closed.
 Camp Wyman has been declared tenn porarily closed. The camp is now filled to its limit and will remain so until August/28, so that 1t is impossible to send any one there until after that date.
 Drs. Guiteras and Smith have still under observation the case of Engineer Murphy of the steamer Excelsior, run ming to Havana. who was sent to the marine hospital. Diagnosis of yellow fever is practically impossible within the first thirty-six hours and the Mcr- phy case Is open to some doubt. Dr. Guiteras's interest naturally arises from the fact that Havana, when he left it, was completely free of the fe- yer. If the case develops yellow fever, in his opinion, the engineer must have been infected before he left here or been bitten by an infected mosquito on the voyage.
 Many sensational reports have been sent away from here as to the hero worship of which prS~Leach of Minne- sota Is the object Dr. Leach has been courteously received. by the public in general and has been the recipient of much attention. Many thousands of people here are taking arsenic and many would like to see an actual test of 1t. But there is no truth in the statement that the entire population is mobbing the doctors hotel in the ef- fort to have audience with him. The doctor addressed a large meeting to- night, the feature of which was con- sideration Of Dr. Whites letter printed today in which 1t was shown that congressional committees. after hear ing opinions of the army and marine hospital surgeons had refused to au- thorize commissions to experiment with arsenic as a ,prophylactic of plague, cholera and yellow fever.
 Resulting from the arrest of Hart Newman. former President of the New Orleans Baseball Association, knotty question has arisen as to the responsi- bility for the cisterns at Athletic park, which the police testified today were breeding mosquitoes When MT. New man was arraigned today he denied ownership of the park and was dis- charged All the information that Re- corder Fogarty could get was that the man who ought to order the screening
 0xykn who was the lessee when the casino was destroyed. having declared that he was responsible The park is now un- used and the three cisterns have had no attention since the fire. Marks Isaacs. a leading business man. Treas urer of the Twelfth Ward Sanitary As sociation. did not succeed In clouding the issue of responsibility in his case, though he said the failure to screen was due to the fact that a woman dan gerously i'll. was lying in room close by the cistern and could not be dis turbed by the carpenters.
 Tn consideration of the fact that you have been so prominent a leader In the cause, however, will only fine you S5." said Recorder Fogarty to Mir Isaacs.
 Cases at LeeviIle.
 A late report from Dr. Stark, Health Officer at La Fourche received tonight says that Dr. Devron reported to him today that up to date he had found TO cases of yellow fever and 200 cases of denEue at Leeville and conditions were such that help was immediately needed.
 Surgeon White, President Souchon, of the State Board; City Attorney Gilmore. Colonel Charles Janvier and Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner returned from Baton Rouge tonight at 1O:4O o'clock, on the special train after a most satisfactory conference with Governor Blanchard. The New Orleans party met the govern or at the detention camp on the out skirts of the captal. pr. White and pr Souchon have been elaborating some important plans which they desir- ed to discuss with the governor. These will crystalline in the course of day or two. One of the principal features is to prevent the reinfection of the city from the infected points outside. and another is to take hold with more pow CT and authority the situations which have developed at Riverside. Patter- son and Leeville. all of which demand concentration of authority and the ex- ercise of more firm measure
 QUARANTINE QUARRELs.