Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01
THE FEVER SITUATION
Disease is Steadily Yielding
to Treatment
AT NEW ORLEANS NOW
REPORTS OF CoNvALESCENTS
VERY ENCOURAGING TODAY.
Business Interests Disturbed Over
Drastic Quanartine Measures Of
Towns and States.
AT NEW ORLEANS NOW

NEW ORLEANS La. August 1.-Iftt1e
change characterized the yellow fever
situation today. OF the five new focI
| mentioned in the official report of the
city board of health in the preceding
| twenty-four hours only three are above
Canal street, In widely separated districts
and traceable to the original zone of in
fection.
Today's reports of convalescents is
especially encouraging and it is becom-
ing evident that with careful treatment
| the present visitation Of the fever will be
shorn OF many of Its terrors. Reports
from the bedsides of those other than
Italians were to the effect that the dis
ease was steadily yielding to treatment.
The announcement by DIR. Tabor of
Texas of quarantine against the whole
state of Louisiana promises to again
throw traffic on the west side of the river
out of joint. Under this order no one
can enter the state of Texas coming from
this city, without first having gone into
| camp of detention for six days The
effect will be practically to prevent all
passenger traffic into Texas from New
Orleans. The hope here is that DR.. Tabor
will not still further extend his restric-
tlons so as to include freight.
Circulars From Business Men.
Thousands of circulars are to be sent
of New Orleans containing an emphatic
declaration by Dr. J. II. White of the
United States marine hospital service
that freight cannot carry yellow fever in
fection. Dr. White has written the letter
to President Kohnke of the board of
trade. Dr. White says:
There is no possible way In which yellow
fever may be transmitted other than by the
mosquito. and freight cannot under any cir
cumstances be infected in this way. but only
in so far as 1t might become the residence
of an infected mosquito. 1t is not likely
to become the residence of any kind of mos
quito, much less the infected mosquito,
whose presence in business and manufactur-
ing establishments would in the nature of
things be very remote contingency"
Capt. Frederick Singer of the New Or
leans naval station has no apprehension of
a case of fever on the reservation. Last
June he oiled all cisterns and pools, screened
all the quarters and practically wiped out
all mosquitoes.
Fighting Mosquitoes.
Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner has called at
tention to the fact that his agents are
meeting with some opposition on the part of
householders to oiling and screening 1t is
proposed to make public the names of all
who refuse to fall in line with the cam
paign against the mosquito.
A number Of tenders of assistance from
nurses and doctors In other parts of the
knowledging the spirit in which these offers
are made the authorities announce that
there Is not yet enough sickness to keep
the present nurses and doctors employed
large number of physicians here have
not had single case Of yellow fever in
their practice.
The Italians who formed a permanent or
ganization on Sunday have opened head
quarters in the heart of the originally m
fected district and are already investigating
and fulfilling requests for relief. Immunes
have been appointed to visit the stricken
district and report the number of sick and
the number in distress.
Negroes Doing Good Work.
The colored organizations are doing good
work in cooperation with the health au-
thorites. There has been an impression
that negroes are immune to yellow fever.
That, however, is not a fact, though
United States Port Receiver Walter L. Co.
hen, who has investigated the records OF
other epidemics, declares that the black
members of the race are less susceptible
than are the mulattoes.
DR.. Felix Formento. who was among the
first to scent the fever in the infected dis
trict, and who has been made consulting
physician at the Emergency Hospital, not
only speaks French and English but Ital-
ian fiuently, and his influence with the Ital-
ians Is expected to be effective in inducing
them to send their sick to the hospital
DR.. Formento is the author of a work on
in 1873 and subsequently was member
of a committee which went to Mexico 10
study the fever in its haunts there.
Fumigating Coaches.
Governor Blanchard has arranged with
the authorities here for the fumigatfon Of
passenger coaches that run between points
in Louisiana. Many medical men In the
interior think that the stegomyia can BE
carried by cars and that there is danger Of
transmission of the fever unless disinfection
Of the coaches is resorted to.
Lafayette has decided to take no freight
from New Orleans unless the cars are dis
infected. At Alexander notice has been
given that no boats from New Orleans VIII
be permitted to land. Port Gibson, Miss,
has appointed a vigilence committee to
guard against the entry Of strangers.
Pass Christian, Miss, which formerly
wanted daylight communication with New
Orleans has changed her mind because of
the number of cases that have appeared
here, and has shut herself up completely.
Utica. Miss, sent word yesterday that she
wants no mail that is not fumigated.
Canning Industry Suffers!
The canning industry on the gulf coast
has suffered severely by reason of drastic
guarantees. The oyster canning season is
closed, but the season for fruit and shrimp
canning is on. Gamers have found 1t diff
f,cult to get the raw product, but arrange
ments are being perfected whereby the
craft engaged in the industry will be duly
registered and inspected and their officers
and crews given certificates SO that they
may communicate with the cannerieS
without trouble, provided they do not touch
at infected points.
MANY stories are being told by refugees
who are finally reaching their homes In
Louisiana after running the gauntlet OF
guards and euarantines In some cases
they have travelled scores of miles in teams
or on foot in order to avoid interception and
IMPRISONMENT. DIR. Charles LIE Baron. In
charge of the detention camp at Lumber
ton, Miss, has wired here that the report
that Ave Italians were shot or killed by
the guards there was absolutely false and
that not shot was fired by either guards
or Italians.
Arriuod From EfIrone