The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
Az DEATHS FROM THE FEVER.
~, ORLEANS HAS NEARLY 1900
CASES so FAR.
x,,,ow Jack Losing It's Italian Character
NO More shipments OF nananss
DIR. Leach Finds Men Who VIII Let
nm, E,pcrin,cnt OIL Them With Arsenic.

u,n, Experiment OH Them With Arsenic.
.rw ORLEANS, Aug. l3.--The yellow fever
4. heginning to lose the distinctively Italian
Character it had during its first days, and
IN CONSEQUENCE the death rate Ia decreasing.
n July II was almost wholly limited to
Italians there being $50 cases among them,
az against "a among all tho other nation
alitics Of New Orleans and so deaths were
~ Italians, against 3 OF other races. In
Iuo,,st there have been SIC casos of Italians
~ pos Of other nationalities. The Italians
have be,n in minority among tho nowly
reno,.el cases for the last three days.
The t.,a. lumber So Italians and "a Of other
nationsit!s'
The totals to this morning are: Italians,
soa cases and III deaths, or one In Eve;
other races, 3l7 cases and 20 deaths, or ono
IN twelve. This classified record does not
include 50 cases and II deaths OF to-day.
Next to the Italians stand tho Creoles.
or French in cases and mortality. this
beinc due probably to the spread OF the
disease from the Italian to the Creole quar-
ter. There have been very few cases
. among those Of American or English des-
cent and still fewer among the negroes
have the fever and that Creoles rarely had
II has been thoroughly dissipated.
The Louisiana State Board Of Health
broke down a number Of illegal quaran-
tines to-day The worst case was at Wood
worth, where the track of the st. Louis
Watkins and Gulf Railroad was barr1caded
with crossties, placed there by the quaran-
tine guards to prevent the passa &c Of any
trains, freight or passenger Complaints
come from the lumber camps on Bayou
Black Terrebonne and other streams in
Terrcbonne and St. Mary parish that the
Jogging business has been practically sus-
pended and the loggers are actually suffer-
Ing for lack of supplies in consequence
of the closure by quarantine OF all COM
munication between them and the rest Of
the world.
Bananas have been declared contra
band of quarantine at New Orleans. The
fruit cars, being open. cannot be fumigated
satisfactorily and osQuitoes may be found
In them. On order from Washington no
bananas will be allowed to be shipped from
New Orleans to any point north or south
during the rest Of the season. Among the
victims of the fever last night was Carl
Sehaaf of the New Orleans Item, He was
from Fcrt Wayne, Ind, and had been in
New Orleans only few years. Although
not immune he had a numter of assign
ments in the fever district. His wife was
taken with yellow fever some time ago
he was attacked the. nervou. strain
and exhaustion Of nursing had left him
very weak and he succumbed easily to
the fever.
The citizens volunteer sanitary associa-
ton has voted to become permanent and
after year. until New Orleans Is in perfect
sanitary condition: Inspector Of Police
Whitaker will use the police to enforce the
sanitary lave. showing mercy to 10 one who
Is lawbreaker. A number Of ffidavits
were made to-day against landlords and
cisterns Of tenants and daily affidavits
will be made against them until they take
action.
The Italian relief committee has added
: free boarding house to its FREE kitchen fer
Paul, Mimi, who is the author Of the theory
that the taking Of arsenic in small doses
win prevent the yellow fever, has arrived
here and will test his theory. Several men
have offered Themselves for experiment
stegomyia mosquitoes after two weeks
Of arsenic treatment.
Mayor Bahrman has received a COPY Of
the resolutions adopted by the Louisville
Board of Trade expressing sincere end
Se,s symPhy for the the Zee ., Se es
energetic fight which they ore making
to oonfne the dreadful soourge In narrow
limits and stamp it out entities them to the
admiration and thanks Of People every
where.
The Louisiana Confederate reunion fixed
for Aug. 20 and "a at LAFAYETTE has been
postponed until all guarantees have been
removed.
The CITY Council Of lafayette has levied
a tax If $3.50 ner 81 900 to pay for quarantine
expenses This is the first quarantine tax
so r levied, the expenfe In other cases
ha,ins been met by borrowing money.
The Board Of Health of Minden, La, has
gone to rieces over the enforcement OF tie
quarantine regulations. the nresident, Or.
Luther Loneino, resiyrinr. This makes the
tenth RESIGNATION Of health officers In the
parishe7. who declare that it is impossible
to eff re soma Of the wild quarantine
svstem' declared by town councils and
tn7ss meetings.
Atlanta, Dallas and half a dozen other
Southern towns are now engaFod in DENY
inr that they have vello " fever and are
looking for the nan who started the rumor.