Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1905 — GOV. BLANCHARD’S SASSY TALK [ARTICLE]

GOV. BLANCHARD’S SASSY TALK

Tells Governor Vardaman Sack Things "CssMt Be Talerated.** Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 2.—A clash between the Mississippi and Louisiana authorities over quarantine regulations

Is imminent A private dispatch was received in the city stating that Mississippi soldiers, employed an quarantine guards, had invaded Louisiana with arms and that boats were patrolling the mouth of Rlgolet’s lake and Pearl river, off the Ixiuistana coast, to prevent Louisiana boats from leaving. Governor Blanchard immediately telegraphed Governor Vardaman, asking him to kep his guards on their own side of the line, when he heard of the invasion by the soldiers. Later, when he heard that a Mississippi patrol boat had prohibited fishing in Lake Borgue, and was guarding its exit to prevent boats from cooming out the governor put still more ginger into a dispatch to Vardaman, as follows: “Is this by your orders, or of tiiose of health authorities of your state? No such state of affairs can be tolerated. You have a right to prohibit boats landing on Mississippi shores, but not from navigating lake, sound and * gulf channels, which are navigable waters of the United States.” FKVKB VICTIMS INCRKASE New Orleans Autherlties. However, Say They Are Net Alarmed. New Orleans. Aug. 3.—The reports of the fever situation show an increase in the number of deaths, but the health authorities confess no alarm over the situation, and say that more fatalities were to be looked for from the fact that in "the past four days there has been a sufficient increase in the number of cases to warrant the expectation of heavier mortality. High temperatures succeeded by heavy precipitation and cooler weather produced climatic conditions also favorable to fatalities. No apprehension exists of any serious results from the trouble that has arisen on the Mississippi-Louisiana border over the enforcement of the Mississippi quarantine. The fever record up to 6 p. m. is as follows: News cases, 32; total cases to date, 378; deaths, 11; total deaths to date, 79; new foci, 4; total foci, 54. Montgomery. Ala., Aug. 3. The single case of yellow {ever at the emergency hospital is the only one in Montgomery, and the patient is reported as convalescing.