The gold leaf., 1905-08-10
FEVER IN CARE
OF GOVERNMENT
Surgeon General Wyman Places Sur
geon White In Charge
WILL MAKE A VIGOROUS FIGHT

Washington. Aug. 7.-Active con- |
troll of the yellow fever situation In |
New Orleans by the United States |
public health and marine hospital ser
vice will begin Immediately. Orders
TO that effect were wired To Surgeo1
J. H. White, the marine hospital ON
Ger now on duty in that city. These
orders followed the receipt from Dr.
White during the day OF several teis-
grams which showed that the citizens
OF New Orleans had promised their
hearty cooperation in the work TO be
done by the federal government, and
would meet certain financial require
ments imposed by the marine hospital
service as a preliminary to assuming
the responsibility.
DR.. White already has determined
upon tentative plans for the work In
hand. The city will be divided into
wards, and each ward will be placed
| In charge OF an experienced surgeon
of the marine hospital service. who
will have absolute control OF the 10
cality Already Surgeon General wy
| man had given directions to 4 number
| of marine hospital surgeons to pro-
| ceed to New Orleans for assignment
| to work under DR.. White. These are
| all officers who have had experience
| in dealing with yellow fever.
CASES NOW NUMBER OVER 900
q New Cases, Eight Deaths-Areh.
| bishop Chape!Ie Stricken.
New Orleans, Aug. 1.-THE people
of New Orleans have pledged them
selves to secure all the funds neces'
sary to pay all the expenses OF the
federal health oficers In dealing with
the situation.
Fever reports up to last night: New
cases, %; total cases to date, b33;
deaths. s; total to date. los; new sub
foci, 2; total subfoci to date. 80.
Archbishop P. l.. Chapelle. apostolic
delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, ant
formerly holding the same exalted po
!. sition to the Philippine Islands. II
among the fever victims. He wa
stricken at his palace, on Esplanad
street, and reports from there are tina
he is in a most critical condition. A
2 dying, but DR.. Larue annuonced late
that Archbishop Chapelle was holdin
3 his own, and that there had been n
r change in his condition since las
t | night. The archbishop's illness ha
= sent a gloom over the local situation
D for he had been working daily anon
D the stricken Italians. He had an J.
e fuence over them enjoyed by no on
e else, and in that was able to assist tn
e medical corps in an unbounded mea
e ure.
e Surgeon White returned from Gul
l. port and Ocean Springs, where he ha
n zone to arrange for the improving
r the camp at Fontainebleu, on II
8 Louisville and Nashville road, al
;e stated that he would probably not G
is tablish any camp on the Mississip
,e coast. in view OF the attitude of Il
ir people of Ocean Springs AAd Cove
d nor Varadamn's expressed determin
le ton to abide by their wishes. tt
le camps at Slidell and Wyman will
is enlarged to accommodate such tray
ir az would have gone over to camp
le the Mississippi ciast.
lr DR.. White has received q despat
I'll from Surgeon General Wyman, &
r. nouncing the detail to this city
ne eight officers of the marine hospi'
lis service, as follows:
MT Past Assistant Surgeons Rup'
lis Blue, Joseph Green, John McMull
is and Donald Currie, and Assistant 8
IS. geons Rucker, Steger, Smith .
Sweet. Monday morning DIR. VIII
will gradually assume control.