Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-02
MAKING A GOOD FIGHT
Unceasing Efforts to Check
the Yellow Fever.
EFFECT OF HARD RAIN
OIL WASHED FROM THE POOLS
AND RECEPTAcLEs.
Gov. Vardaman Of Mississippi to In.
quire Into Ground for Gov. Buch.
anan's Complaint.
EFFECT OF HARD RAIN

Passenger and freight traffic on the rail-
roads in and out OF New Orleans Is practi-
ca!ly paralyzed. All suburban service 10
coast towns was discontinued a week ago.
ana almost daily the railroads have been
dropping one or more trains until .he
service on most of the lines is at a mini
mum.
There were no developments today in
the controversy over the alleged invasion
of Louisiana by Mississippi troops guard
ing the frontier, except the announcement
from Jackson that Governor Vardaman had
decided to go personally to the scene AMI
investigate the conditions for himself. The
governor acted upon receipt OF a telegram
Oh complaint from Governor Blanchard.
Before leaving Jackson Governor Varda-
man said he desired to make no statement
until his rigid investigat ton of the matter
had been finished
The detention camps on the railroads
outside OF New Orleans are filled with ref
ugees undergoing the stipulated period Of
hold-up. Many of them do not know even
with certificate of health In their possess
sion. whether they will be permitted to
proceed to their destinations after they
nave peen released. owing to the conflicting
restrictions of the localities through which
they must pass The detention camp on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad. one
OF the main ootiets from the gulf, was fixei
today.
1t was the intention to establish such
place at Waveland. but as that town Is
gust over the line in Mississippi the author
tiles of that state refused to permit its es-
tablishment Today. however arrange
ments were finally made to have the sta
tion located on the line between the two
states.
All trains carry armed guards. Train
inspections extend far north Cairo.
Ills.
Mobile has frightened its protective Gordon
and has ordered. in addition to disinfection,
a detention of five days for all boats COM
ing from Central and South American
ports.
Texarkana, on the line between Arkan-
sas and Texas, has ordered a discontinue
ance Of all trains between Shreveport. La, >.
where. a case appeared last night, and
Texarkana.
/ Arkansas, as weir as Mississippi. is using
its milittamen as quarantine officers, and
has stationed them at various points to
prevent the landing of people from in
fected districts.
Shotgun quarantine prevails In many
parts of the far south. this emphatic man
ner OF stopping refugees having been in
operation near Vicksburg for about a week
The New Orleans base ball club will In all
probability not return to its home city this
season, as arrangements have been made
for 1t to play the remaining games OF its
schedule at Meridian, Miss. The Shreve-
port team will take up its station at Chat
tanooga and Montgomery may go to Knox
vile.
At New Orleans-Total cases to noon Au-
gust 2. BAT. Total deaths to noon August 2.
New cases today, /.
Deaths today, 2.
At Ship Island quarantine station in the
gulf, off Mobile bay, to date, cases (con-
valescenD; Shreveport to date. one case;
Montgomery, Ala to date, one case; Lum-
berton, Miss, to date, one case; West
Wego, La, to date, two cases and one
death; Algiers, La. to date, one case; Sum
rise La, to date, one case; Empire. La. to
date, one case; Ostrica, La. to date one
case; Point Celeste, La, to date one case;
Vaccaro La, TO date. one case.
The yellow fever situation in the south Is
not so favorable today, high temperatures
and heavy rains in New Orleans. the CEN
ter of infection, not only producing una
vcrabe climatic conditions. but undong
much that had been accomplished IN the
past twenty-four hours in the way of oillng
cutters, cisterns and ponds and causing TINS
work to be done over. The New Orleans
authorities, in connection and full sympathy
with the state board and the federal OFF,
GERS, are wagfng a splendidly sclenuhc
campaign. Confidence in the ability TO con-
tro! the situation is supreme, and the de-
velopments of the past twenty-four hours.
they maintain, were nothing more than
was to be expected in the progress of the
plague.
One Encouraging Sign.
NEW ORLEANS, La, August .
with a large increase in the number OF
new cases during the past "a hours the fever
situation was not as favorable today as it
has been. through the health authorities be-
lieve that the confinement of the serious
infection to the quarter below Canal street
is an encouraging sign. President Souchon
was of the opinion that the intense heat,
followed by a severe rain and thunderstorm
bringing cooler temperature, was 10 some
extent responsible for the increase in cases.
However, in spite of the most rigid inspec-
ton that has been in effect for week
past concealed cases among the Italians
are here and there cropping out and the au-
thor!ties in consequence are appealing to
the Italian organizations to redouble their
efforts to convince their countrymen that it
is to their interest and to the interest of
the whole city that there shall be immedia e
report of all suspicious cases.
Street Cars Suspected.
The appearance of two three cases
yesterday among persons whose business
does not carry them into the infected dis
tricts downtown has given impression
that the stegomyia is possibly being car
ried out of the zone of infection through the
medium of street cars. Two three Of
the city lines cross Canal street running
from the lower end of the city to the upper
They come and go through the section
where the fever has been most severe ana
not lmpr0DaDly are plckiHS up IHScSls
Transporting them to other sections. 1t
has been suggested that the authorities
take action to prevent all street cars from
crossing Canal street.
A very severe rain and thunderstorm pre-
vailed during the night. The rain fell In
sheets and the whole city was thoroughly
flushed. Al the same time the downpour
had an i'll effect In that it caused the wash
ing away of OIL from many miles OF cutters.
and through overiiows caused hundreds OF
eisterns to discharge the oil which had been
put into them In consequence the ward or
gsnizations today began again reoiiinS all
cutters, cisterns and ponds which haG pre-
viously been treated
To Enjoin the Troops.
Another phase of the controversy between
the states of Louisiana and Mississippi has
developed In the fling of wri;s of ejectment
and injunction against the Mississippi mi
itia in the federal courts.
TIE suit was brought by Abort Baldwin.
banker and capitalist of this city. Mr..