Show trains stopped and shotguns used to keep back refugees special train hired by those seeking to escape the fever new cases in new orleans to noon 17 deaths to noon 4 total cases total deaths to date 86 the report to the new orleans board of health early today of four deaths and 17 new cases of yellow fever in that city seemed to presage a considerable increase over yesterdays report which stands ag the record mark for twenty four hours during the present invasion of the plague no reports of new cases or deaths anywhere from tho south outside of new orleans have been received by the associated press today and as the review of conditions yesterday showed a very slight increase in this respect the assertion seems warranted that the authorities in the widely scattered localities outside of new orleans which have found such sporadic caes have the situation well in hand outside of the fever itself the conditions brought about by the strict quarantine are felt in every line of commercial life the railroads are badly handicapped and in many instances are unable to move passengers the malls or freight the southern pacific has its entire service on the line discontinued because one parish in west louisiana refused to permit trains of any kind to pass through night or day train service on the louisville railroad is also disturbed the regulations in regard to sleeping cafa have been changed more generally than the coach service sleepers southbound on this line are cf at mobile alabama and tte occupants transferred to screened day coached for the remainder of their journeys northbound passengers baom new orleans aret taken to braad bay alabama a station twenty five loiles west of mobile and there transferred to sleepers on the through trains tor the north these northbound north bound trains then run to montgomery ala without stopping the local business is handled by the accommodation trains but anybody along this division of the road wishing to board a through train must go either to mobile or montgomery to do so beginning tomorrow the train leaving cincinnati at 11 p m over the louisville nashville will be held at mobile until daylight when it will start for new orleans also with tomorrow the cincinnati new orleans will be discontinued beyond mobile and passengers tor new orleans will be compelled to wait some time at mobile the illinois central is stopping all its southbound trains at harahan la where the transfer to screened coaches is made under the same conditions aa apply at mobile the officials of tho illinois central report no serious delay to their trains notwithstanding the strict annoying quarantines officials of several cities and towns in arkansas mississippi and west tennessee make complaints that harmful reports of the prevalence of yellow fever are being spread broadcast in some unaccountable manner the rumors are to be run down in every instance possible and their perpetrators punished though the armed forces of mississippi and louisiana have been in touch for twelve hours there have been no reports of a collision and the situation is not regarded as acute the marine hospital service Is to have more trouble in locating its detention camp at fortain Fort aln consent to do which was given erday by governor vardaman advises advices from biloxi miss today are that tho announcement that the camp is to be placed at fontain blyau has aroused a vigorous protest on the part of the citizens of jackson county the wires were kept busy last night carrying protests to the governor and a delegation will be sent to remonstrate with him against the proposed action governor vardaman has been asked to delay matters until the people can be heard from it is said that in the present temper of the people of jackson county open rebellion will follow any attempt to establish the station new orleans aug measures which some of the country districts use to protect themselves from yellow fever threaten to put a stop to the traffic in service and may bring the federal government into the fever situation in the south the most radical action thus far taken Is that of the police board of the second largest parish in the state it has passed resolutions ordering that all traffic travel and intercourse between and points east north and west shall caaso at once and that no one shall be permitted to enter the limits of the parish until further orders in consequence of this resolution the southern pacific haa been ordered from today to run no more trains through which means an abandonment of the through service of the line to tho west the trains on tho kansas city southern tracks have also been stopped it is understood tho quarantine in a day or two will be extended to all freight trains the effect of the order Is to stop all mail service into or through rapides has shut her door on everything except mail and fuel oil at la shots were exchanged between guards and a negro who was trying to run the quarantine grant parish has instituted a shotgun quarantine stopped all trains and shut herself off completely from mall service has issued orders that only mall and disinfected dis infected freight shall come into the parish the pariah has quarantined all passengers baggage and household goods fruit and fabrics precautions aa radical as cheso have been taken in many other sections of the south and there is apparently as great panic now prevailing as at any time during 1897 the bulk of the coun try laymen refusing to put their faith in the mosquito theory although the report ot 64 new cases in the preceding twenty four hours would ordinarily have a tendency to cause alarm here people here find assurance in an analysis ot the detailed report made by the board of health it Is shown that ot tho 54 cases 29 were rooted out of concealment by surgeon farrar richardson ot the marine hospital service and his assist ants the area ot infection Is increasing below canal street but the disease Is making feeble progress above the exodus from louisiana towns where fever has appeared continues A largo number of people have gone north and east from shreveport and points in that section of the state at alexandria as the result ot a mild case there citizens chartered a special train to leave there today the patient that has caused the panic la reported to have so far ye covered as to be able to sit up in bed archbishop chappelle has returned to the city from a tour louisiana and expresses himself as deeply concerned over the state of the public health monsignor Mon signar chappelle will offer Ms services to the authorities in the fight in progress and will issue through the clergy a pastoral letter giving his views and advice to meet the emergency owing to the quarantine there Is real suffering on the part of those who are fleeing from the country districts of north louisiana two thousand refugees were compelled to remain in their trains nt jonesboro Jone arh the trains were surrounded by state troops so bad the trains been made up that no provisions had been made for food and water and the were hungry and famished but their piteous appeals for food were refused the unfortunate passengers many of whom were women and children were not permitted to put their heads out of uie windows to get a breath of fresh air |