Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-18
LITTLE CHANGE IN
FEVER SITUATION
Eleven Cases Discovered In a
Mississippi Town.
TWO DEATHS ARE REPORTED

TWO DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Mississippi Coast Towns Seek to In
crease Riqidty of Quarantine-Dr.
Guiteras Is to Deliver a Lecture on
the Mosquito Question.
New Cases in New Orleans since 6
p. NJ. Wednesday-19
Total cases to date-1 ,165.
Deaths today.
Total deaths-178.
A considerable spread of the yellow
fever has been shown in the reports
of the past "a hours, 43 new cases
being unearthed in different localities
in Louisiana and nine in lower Mis-
sissippi. The last report from Ship
Island quarantine station just outside
of Mobile bay is dated Aug 8, and
showed seven new cases on that day.
Up to Aug. 13 ther ehas been 18 cases
and one death at Ship Island In
New Orleans the situation today was
featureless. The infection continues
to spread slowly in the district north
of Canal street.
Governor Lanham, of Texas, has is
sued a proclamation calling attention
state of Louisiana and urging upon
the people of his state the necessity
for perfect sanitation. The document
empowers the authorities of all Texas
itary regulations of the state and
makes any conflict Herewith a penal
offense. Not case of the fever has
thus far been reported in Texas.
New Orleans, August 17.-The yell
low fever situation was featureless to-
day except for the explanation of the
discrepancy in the death report in the
preceding twenty-four houds. The
number at noon was give as five. AT
O'Clock it was given as four Five
deaths actually occurred, but the GER
tificates in an uptown case were turn
ed in after the record was closed and
will, therefore, go into today's list,
making three deaths above Canal
street in the last three weeks
Some of the Mississippi coast towns
have been seeking to increase the ri
gidity of their quarantines so as to
prevent the handling of any freight
| from New Orleans, and to require the
through freight to be carried in spe-
cially sealed and fumigated cars.
The existence of fever on the coast,
however, may cause a change of heart,
now that it is known that that sec
| ton is actually infected. A move
ment was on foot here for an exten-
sive flushing of the cutters which has
| been always done in yellow fever
| times. The health authorities how
ever are of the opinion that the flush
| ing of cutters will leave pools in
which mosquitoes will hibernate and
instead of flushing the cutters will be
treated with rock salt
DIR. Juan Guiteras is to deliver a
lecture on the mosquito and the expe'
| riences of Havana at a woman s
| league meeting arranged for Friday
night
Eleven Cases at Mississippi City.
The announcement of the discovery
of a nest of II cases of yellow fever
| at Mississippi City, within miles OF
| Gulfport, the terminus of the Gulf ol
Ship Island road, and the fact that the
| fever has been in existence there
since before July 20, the time when
the announcements were made here, is
| expected to soften somewhat the Sc
we're criticism of Mississippians OF
New Orleans for falling to find the 10
cal infection earlier. Before it was
known that there was fever here
there was frequent reports of the ex
istence of fever on the gulf coast, bui
the inspection has been so rigid along
the coast for month by the Alabama
Mississippi and federal authorities
that the denial of fever at Mississippi
City or elsewhere was accepted.
The family In which the fever frs
appeared at Mississippi City arrived
there from New Orleans on July
and the fever is stated to have beer
in Mississippi since the goth. The
family is that of Major Magee, O.
Carrollton, Miss, which stopped for {
week in New Orleans on their way t.
Mississippi City. There are now Il
cases, only one of which is seriously
i'll.
Troops have drawn a Gordon around
the infected section and every effor
will be made by Surgeon Wasdin o
the marine hospital service, to confint
the disease.
All the towns on the gulf coast a.
well as the towns on the Gulf ant
Ship Island railroad have slapped OF
quarantines.
Disease Losing Its Vlrulency.
The comparatively insignifican
number of deaths here in the last 2
hours at a time when it was expect
ed that there would be sdme increas
over the maximum figures already re
ported, made fine impression on th
local public, confirming the frequentl.
expressed view that the disease i
losing it's virulancy in contact witt
modren forms of treatment OF tn
10 new squares infected, II are i'm