New-York tribune., 1905-07-31
ALL NEW ORLEANS PRAYS.
SERMONS ON MOSQUITOES.
Preachers Lead Fight against Feuer
-Ward Organizations Work.
OFFICIAL YELLOW FEVER REPORT.
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Newt Orleans July 30.-while in every cnurcn
In the city to-day people of every class and faitn
knelt and prayed for relief from the plague of
yellow fever in the city hundreds Of others spent
the day cleaning the cutters and streets of the
city and pouring oil on the cisterns and stag
nant pools Every minister and every priest
took the visitation on the city as the theme TOT
his sermon, and exhorted the people or tne CITY
to push forward tho work of cleansing. In every
pulpit the mosquito theory of the spread OF the
fever was told, and tonight the people OF the
city are better equipped than ever to make tne
fight which they have before them
The citizens of each ward this afternoon
held meetings, at which what has been ac-
complished in the last forty-eight hours was
told and new men were assigned to continue
the work All day long squads of men with oil
cans and screen wire have been making mousse
to house canvass and putting an end to all mos
quito life in the cisterns of the city
Reports tonight show that up to the present
time over ten thousand cisterns have been
screened, and that over hundred thousand
gallons Of oil has been used on the cisterns.
All day long the wagons OF the oil companies
have been kept on the run. for even the poorest
families have caught the enthusiasm OF the
fight and are spending their mites for oil ana
screening at the corner groceries. Hundreds OF
thousands of dollars are being raised by the
citizens and spent on the fight. which is Intended
to show the world that New-Orleans can stamp
out yellow fever in the city I'm midsummer a
thing which has never before been done.
The Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner led his congre-
CATION In prayer for relief then put aside his
priestIy robes, donned white duck suit ana
a few moments after the benedicition had oeen
pronounced in Trinity Church was speeding
through the infected districts OF the city in an
automobile. Other ministers have joined IN the
work and are making personal visits among
their poorer parishioners and explaining 10
them the means of preventing infection
The situation is tonight unchanged Phe
death rate in proportion to the number OF cases
is lower but this is IN part due TO the fact tnaI
many of additional foci now discovered are IN
the better parts of the city. The health authort-
ties are confident that their fight will be sue
oessful one. but unwilling to make any
prophecies as TO the time which 1t Will take 10
stamp out the disease. All the detention camps
are now in operation with the exception OF that
at Waveland. for the use of the Louisville and
Nashville. Several efforts have been made by
the federal authorities to establish this. but the
people OF that district have made strong OBJ
jections
The panic among the italian people in the
poorer quarters has increased. and they may be
seen at all times of the day and night fleeing
to other parts of the city. AS fast as they are
discovered they are forced to return TO the dis
trict from which they came
The Board OF Health this afternoon issued
statement announcing that from the investiga-
tions which have been made it is probable that
the disease has been in existence in the city
since May, but that the delay in its discovery
came from the fact that it among an igno-
rant class of people, who seldom seek medical
attention.
The discussion on the subject between Gov
ernor Blanchard of Louisiana and Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi is becoming warm.
and each Chief Executive has made many un-
kind remarks about the other.
A new complication came to-day when Super
intendent Curran OF the New-Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad announced that two pas
sengers, who had remained the required length
of time in the SlideIl detention camp and sought
admission into Mississippi. had been turned
back. If the Mississippi health authorities
fuse admission to holders of certificates OF de-
tention issued by the Marine Hospital Service,
the government will abandon those camps and
travellers will have to either stay here go to
points in the north and east and spend ten days
before they to MiSSiSSippi