Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-10-20
BIG CROWDS WILL
VISIT new ORLEANS
Coming of the President Viii
Help to Raise Quarantines.
RAILROADS TO RUN EXCURSIONS

RAILROADS TO Run EXCURSIONS
The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Cres
cent City and Surrounding Country
Is Over-PeopIe Rush Back to Their
Homes
New Orleans, Oct. 19.-The railroads
today are announcing low rates from
all the surrounding country On the oc-
casion OF President Roosevelt's visit to
to give still further assistance in
breaking up the quarantines that now
exists against New Orleans, because of
the widespread desire among Louisian
ans and NIississippians to see the-pres
ident.
The wonderful improvement in the
situation here, implicit faith being
placed in the reports of the government
officers, is also having its effect, and
every day brings announcements of re-
moval of restrictions. West Baton
Rouge parish is the latest to throw
itself open to the world and Plaque
mines parish sends word chat all her
quarantines will be removed on Sun
day
The travel to the plantations contin-
ues heavy, many of the parishes now
only requiring health certificates. The
Marine hospital service las its hands
full in furnishing them. Today's
early morning train over the Southern
Pacific carried 245 Iaborers, each arm
ed with a certificate, right out of the
city, bound for the sugar district.
The number of patients in the emer-
gency hospital has now dropped to 1S
and will be further reduced today. At
Kenner hospital, which is soon to be
closed, only five remain. under treat
ment.
Touching the cost of wiping out the
infection here DR.. White said today
that it was much less than had been
the expense of some other cities in
fighting contagious diseases.
DR.. White was at Glasgow in the
early nineties and with only 12 cases
of plague in excess of $1,000 900 was
spent. In San Francisco about $780,,
400 cases. In New Orleans about the
same AMOUNT of money has been ex
pended as was put out by San Francis
CO, though there were nearly ten times
as many cases.
A dispatch from Rosetta, Miss, says
that arrangements are progressing for
a memorial service in the cemetery
next Sunday for those who fell victims
to yellow fever During the height
of the epidemic there it was impossi
Bile to have religious services with the
funerals. Ministers from nearby towns
have been invited to participate, but
will not be exposed to infection. They
will remain on one side of the uuaran
tine lines and the Rosetta ministers
and people on the other. Eighteen
firms were represented here. some
from New York, Chicago and other cit
les, in the bidding for the new Den.
eschaud hotel The contract was let
to a New York firm. While the fie
ures are not announced, it is under.
stood the bid approximated $500, 900
Within year New Orleans will have
two immense new hotels.
The rush of people to New Orleans
both natives and foreigners. continues
and the streets show all the normal
activity of the season.
Up to noon today there were three
new cases of yellow fever and nc
Deaths
Interest inethe fever situation is now
rapidly passing. People no longer
avoid districts where infection pre-,
walls. That is due largely to the
fact that the exceedingly few deaths
of the last two weeks indicates that
whatever fever now prevails is of a
comparatively harmless character.
There nave been no deaths report.
ed in the past thirty-six hours.
The Emergency hospital will dis
charge half dozen more of the pa,
tients today. 1t is considered proba.
bic that the hospital will be finally
closed at the end Of next weeR.