The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-11
WILMINGTON \ c.. AUGUST IL. 1905.

spent many years in Cuba and Porto
Rico where the disease is endemic
without having contracted it there
Among the scientific men there is lit
tie doubt that the archbishop fell a
victim to a mosquito during visit he
had paid to the old archbishopric OIL
Charles street, Or from an insect which
found its way into his residence in Es-
planade avenue, which is not for from
the territory within which there has
been Infection
Today's record of new cases is large
and there was slight increase in tne
number of deaths.
The daily number of new cases is
swelling largely because federal con-
troll has overcome the Discrimination
of doctors to make known their cases.
Surgeon White returned today from
Slidell and went to the originally IN
fected region TO survey conditions. He
also visited the emergency hospital
which was taken over today by the
marine hospital force.
Actual control of sanitary work TO-
day passed to the marine service and
DR.. Gessner was placed in charge. Ad-
vices from Mississippi indicates that
the people of the rural regions are
growing restless under the severity OF
the Quarantines which have cut on
supplies Secretary Hunter of the
Mississippi board of health announces
himself as utterly opposed to the shot
gun quarantines and throughout Mis-
sissippi a saner spirit is manlfestlde
itself since the federal government has
taken charge of the situation.
Among the cases in the last oftlcla
report is one within half a square OF
Newspaper row, in lodging house IN
Commercial Alley. This is the sec
ond case that has been reported from
the same quarter.
A great street cleaning campalg1
was inaugurated here early today ant
continued until aightfall Besides the
paid laborers of the city and the pris-
oners from the jails and houses OF ca
tention, thousands of volunteers went
to work to give New Orleans thor
ough scrubbing. Hundreds of carts ano
wagons were employed in carrying OF
refuse. The state board Of health wa:
in receipt of adyices from number o
PARISHES today notifying it OF thei1
disposition to modify quarantine regu
lations. A number of boards are lnau
gurated at Lafayette and decided no
| TO interfere with the movement Of pas
sengers from non-infected points ant
| if infected points if they have served
time in detention camps and been re
| leased by the marine hospital service.
| Restrictions were taken Off treigh
providing it is shipped in fum1gate'
| cars. Additional appeals have com
| from the smaller towns for rellet 8
| that they may obtain food supplies an
ice. Gueydan, La, and Loganspor'
La. are among the towns thus com
| planning. The latter is on the Texa
| border and because of the Texas quar-
antine has not had a train for seVel
days. It's supplies are nearly "S
hausted.
All foreign immigration into Ne'
| Orleans is to be stopped until al
ter the fever is stamped out. Lafs
numbers of italian immigrants Wer
/ expected here in September and Octc
ber, but as the bringing in OF thous
ands of unacclimated persons would D
! to supply fresh material for the teve
the immigration bureau will arrane
for the diversion Of the ships to otae
ports, unless by that time there is
longer a trace of the disease here.