Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-01
STRICT QUARANTINE E
Even Gasoline is Apparently Barred
From vicksburs When Shipped From
New orleans-TraveI is Made Hard
Because of Determined Efforts Of
Authorities to Fight Disease.

From Mondays Daily.
New Orleans, July 31-LittIe change
was apparent in the yellow fever sit.
uation today. A mum Der of cases
were unoflcially reported to the board
Of health. Cistern screening continues
and hundreds of gallons of oil are be.
ing placed In the cutters and all water
receptacles to kill the mosquito lavae
or "wigglers.'
Quarantines More Strict.
The quarantines everywhere are be.
ing drawn tighter on account of the
prevalence of yellow fever. Even gas
oline is apparently barred from yicks-
burg, Miss. A number of towns in
Louisiana and Mississippi are cutting
themselves off from the world. "Shot-
gun quarantines'' are also extending.
Guards and inspectors are multiplying,
making travel inTaB Bsingly difficult.
Much distress isSoeginning to appear
among the Italian population growing
out Of the practical expulsion of the
fruit business from Louisiana.
Exhorted to Work.
Every minie er and every priest yes
terday took the visitation of the city
as the theme for his sermon and ex-
horted the people to push the work of
cleaning the city. In every pulpit
the mosquito theory of the spread
!. Of the fever was told, and last night
the people were better than ever be-
fore equipped to make the fight which
they have before them.
In the afternoon the citizens Of each
ward held meetings at which the work
accomplished was told and new men
assigned to continue the work. All
day long squads of men armed with
Oil cans and screen wire made house
toulouse canvasses and put an end to
all mosquito life in cisterns.
Reports show that up to the present
time over 10000 cisterns have been
screened and that over 100000 gal
Ions Of oil have been used. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars are being
raised and spent on the fight.
Clergy in the Fight.
Rev. DR.. Beverly Warner led his
church in prayers for relief, then put
aside his priestly robes, donned a
white duck suit and few moments
after the benediction had been pro-
nounced in Trinity church was speed
ing through the infected districts in
an automobile. Other ministers have
Joined in the work and are making
personal visits among their poorer
parishioners and explaining to them
the means of preventing infection
The death rate in proportion to the
number of cases is lower, but this is
in part due to the fact that many of
the new foci are located in the bet
ter parts of the CITY.
The panic among the italian people
in the poorer quarters continues. and
they may be seen at all times of the
day and night fleeing to other parts of
the city As fast as their domiciles
are discovered they are forced to re.
turn.
Travellers Not Infected.
New York, July 31.-The steamer
Proteus, direct from New Orleans,
was declared at quarantine today to be
absolutely free from yellow fever. The
Proteus had 81 passengers and crew
of ~ men on board
One possible case of yellow fever
which baff1ed all tests for twenty-four
hours. was reported at the detention
hospital here today. The man is a
stoker on the Suguranca. Of the sew
enteen persons taken off the Sugur-
anca all except the case mentioned
are out of danger.
Cholera Epidemic In India.
Madras, British India, July 31.-A
serious epidemic of cholera prevails
among the refugees from the famine
stricken districts who have been
crowdlng into the city for weeks.
Numbers of victims were found dead
or dying on the streets. The death
rate is 1871 per thousand inhabitants.
ALvA FlEDLER RESIGNS.