The sun., 1905-07-31
HURLY.BURLY GUARANTEES
NO TWO SOUTHERN CITIES HAVE
THE SAME RULES.

New Orleans Baseball Tealn-Nearly
All the Victims Of Yellow Fever Arc
Italians-They Scattered the Disease.
NEW ORLEANS, July a0.-No new cases OF
fever have been reported from Bunhe,
Lumberton, Port Barrow Bayou Sara or
Tampa. or other points where the disease
has broken out, and 1t is believed that the
prompt action taken In these towns has
stamped the fever out in all Of them. In
every instance the victim was an Italian
from New Orleans. Almost every person
III In New Orleans is an Italian.
The quarantine panic continues In spite
Of the efforts Of health authorities OF the
several States to prevent it, but 1t was less
aggravated to-day than yesterday. A
conference held here to-day between the
United States Marine Hospital Service
physicians, the health representatives OF
the several States and railroad men at
tempted to straighten out the matter BY
suggesting some uniform quarantine that
would do away with the present confusion.
This was strongly urged at the meeting. but
1t Is only a suggestion after all. 1t is Inn
possible to compel the towns and counties
to adopt it, and many Of them continued
to-day to grind out all kinds Of quarantine
notices and embargoes.
While Texas withdrew it's State quaran-
tine against all Of Louisiana and. instead,
limited 1t to New Orleans and Bunkie, Miss
issppi continues the all State quarantine,
and Mobile and Alabama adopted 1t, while
Tennessee ordered a general quarantine
against New Orleans. These quarantines
are not alike in any two places, the time Of
detention varying from four to ten days,
some including only New Orleans, others all
southern Louisiana, others the entire State
and some few the whole world.
The panic is worst in Mississippi, where
Gov. Vardamans proclamations and letters
refusing to accept the views Of the ply
sicians, scientists and sanitarians In regard
to yellow fever and quarantine are un-
doubtedly responsible for many Of the ex-
treme and irrational quarantines In force.
Vardaman defends his position on the
ground that the Louisiana State Board OF
Health did not keep faith with Mississippi
about giving early news Of the fever and
that Louisiana and New Orleans in par
ticular deserve no consideration. The
extreme limit In Natchez. jackson, Laurel
and some i've or six other mississippi towns,
which are closed to the whole world.
Nearly half the Mississippi towns refuse
to admit any freight from New Orleans,
and practically all OF them refuse food
products, fruit, &c. No one is now per-
mitted even to pass through Mississippi
without clinical examination before taking
the train and making affidavit that he has
not been near the infected district A
corps Of doctors and notaries is stationed
| at each railroad station to cross-examine
and inspect travellers. This takes so long
that the trains are unable to leave until
long after schedule time. They stop in Mis-
sissippi only long enough to take coal and
water. The Gulf coast OF Mississippi has
been divided into military districts for
quarantine purposes, with Gen. Friedge
at Gulf Port In command. Some fear ia
expressed that Mississippi may stop all
through travel and completely bottle up
! New Orleans. The only mitigation Of the
quarantine severity is In regard to the
New Orleans Baseball Club, which has been
released from the Alabama quarantine regu-
lations 30 as to play at Montgomery to-
morrow. The New Orleans team is now
at the head Of the Southern League, with
every chance to win the pennant.
Two more Louisiana towns, Gueydan and
Franklinton, refused to quarantine against
New Orleans, declaring that they had no
fear Of the fever. st. Charles and other
neiRhboring parishes decided to admit all
persons with clean bills OF health except
italians, who will not be admitted under
any circumstances.
Some Of the parishes have quarantined
against steamboats,, and no steamboa ts
from south Of Vicksburg are allowed even to
tighten up in the matter Of quarantine,
The sanitary work to free New Orleans Of
mosquitoes and yellow fever was kept up
vigorously to-day. The preliminary work
is nearly completed. Most of the clergy
men, white and colored, to-day preached on
sanitation and urged their congregations
to purify the cisterns. drain ponds and kill
on the mosquitoes. These sanitary SER
mons we're most marked and striking in the
negro churches. all the ministers reading
to their congregations practical lectures on
The Rev. Beverly Warner. pastor Of
! Trinity Episcopal Church, who recently
resigned from st. Stephens in Philadelphia
| to return to New Orleans, Is the head OF the
citizens sanitary committee I and has made
sistance to the sanitary campaign. The
| Dominicans who have charge OF the Italian
| Church Of St. Anthony have decreed a
| iridium to St. Dominick to check the pes
| thence.
The examination OF the Italian quarters
| in the last three days has shed much light
on the situation and the spread Of the cpl.
demic. About 5000 quarters were ex'
amined, representing a population Of Is, 900
There were found thirty cases Of illness
among the Italians. These cases were re.
| moved to the new yellow fever hospital or
Dumaine street: 1t is this house to house
Investigation that is responsible for the
in the last few days and the total is ex'
pected to decline. The Italians used nc
mosquito bars. which explains the rapid
spread Of the. fever among them; 1t wa
| sGnI,ed out Of the infected section in ths