The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-20

Mr., Noble offered tho following
"WhoreAa, no mcllUes exit al any Of tho
ports OF this State whereby veaels with
cargoes can be- unlonded, and vessels
and cargoos properly dlsinfocled. Resolved,
LIT, That goods or oargoos from n port in
icctod with yOllow fever will not be per-
mltted 10 entor tho Stale during the existence
Of quarantine unless proper incilitioa are
supplied for dislnlccting them. "a. Vessels
or goods from infected plaCes will DO re-.
ghrded rs themselves infected, 3D., No per.
son from m infected vessel or place shall be
permitted TO enter the State until nj east
lwerty days shall have elapsed since leaving
such vessel or place. Nor should tho bag
gage OF such pe,son be permitted to leave
tho plHco of detention until the Sane shall
have been thoroug ly fnmisatcd aud disin-
fecisd and pronounced safe b. tho proper
officer" DR.. Kelley moved TO lay tho reso-
lutIons Of Mr.. Noble ON the table, and pro-
ceeded 10 speak to the question in point, ard
also give his views upon quarantine in gen.
crnl. DR.. Kelley ably discussed tho objects
aud results of quarantine restrictions and
their efficacy in protecting communities
from yellow fever, and what
must be the result TO
the commercial prosperity OF soaportS, unless
NIL tho aids Of scientific research and obsery-
alton we're made available in administering
and enforcing quarantine restrictions lie
took broad and liberal view of the ques-
ton, and strongly advocated flexible quar-
antino and the adoption of the rules and reg
ulstons of the the National Board Of
Health, in 30 far rs they could DO made app
plicable to tho coast towns of Texas. Dir.
Kolloy's was the speech of tho occasion, and
WAS wel-forticd argument, ably nut,
against The policy of nonntcr, ou.e DR..
Wolfe followed DR.. Kelley in u few remarks,
in which he nd pocated the establishment of
such quarantine rs was observed Inst SUM
mer and fall nj Bra2ds Santiago. This was
tho thorough fumigntion of cargoes and yea
sells from infected places, Of from fifty to
sixty hours duration, and claimed that this
would completely kill and eliminate all
causes of infection, and render tho CAtrancc
OF tho vessel ut the end of this period per-
iectly safe, Governor Roberts explained tho
reasons for permitting intercourse to be had
between Brazos, Santiago and Now Orleans
during the prevalence of the disease ut New
Orleans, and the conditions under which the
permit was given, were such us to make il
perfectly safe, and instanccd the shipping of
cattle from lndianpa to Havana uLdcr the
same restrictions and conditions which, wero
deemed safe by DR.. Rutherford, State Ienlth
officer. Mr.. John, member of the Gal
weston board, combated the argument mnde
by DR., Kelley, and argued that the only safe
course to be pursued in protecting tho peo-
plo Of the State from the ravages of yellow
fever was to have positively no communicn-
ttn,, ,tl ala ,1,l.,p,
istod; that he was Of the opinion finally that
the admission of vessels from Rio Janelro was
accompanied with great risk, and tho danger
WAS sufficient TO nccessitato tho total excu-
sion of the vessel, tho admission of which
would incur the slightest risk. Drs. Kelley
and Wolfe discussed the question OF the in
trodustion Of yelow-fevCr by tho importa,
ton of coilee, and the former boldly declared
that not single instance could ho adduced,
whore foyer had originated from tho adms-
sion of eotlee. This brought DR.. Hudson,
o, Orange, to tho floor who gave his views
relative to the introduction Of fever by the
importation of coffee in the winter season,
and gave it as his opinion that the germs may
already be dormant in the State, having been
introduced in coffee in the past winter
Finally after quite an animated and lengthy
discussion, tho motion to adopt the rules, us
reported, was put, and passed, DR.. Kelley,
Of Galveston, then offered the following reso-
lutions: "Resolved, That in the sense of
this convention, it will DO tho duty Of the
Governor of the State to uso all his power
under the laws to as thoroughly prevent
the entrance of infections or contagious
diseases from the other borders
of tho State MS wa have
provided on the coast. That It's the sense
of this meeting that the Governor appoint
and send II representative from this State to
the meeting called by the National Board (
llealth to assemble at Washington on
May 9th, 1880" These were adopted, when
DR.. Brown read communication. setting
forth the expense il would DO to the State
to cQlip and maintain thoroughly organ
lied quarantine station at this point. The
expense would fully aggregate $3.50
per month, outside of his OWN salary, and for
the SEASON would call for the expenditure of
about $4,000. The Governor while nc.
knowledgng that the suggestions and recon.
mendatinns inside by Dr. Brown in his COM
munication were q lite pertinent, il was out
OF his power to approve of them, from the
fact that the State Legislature had
made no provisions in she act OF quar-
antine authorizing such IA expenditure
The question of an international quarantine
officer who would have jurisdiction over
Bagdad, at the mouth of the Rio Granae
coming up, DIR. Burke, Of Corpus Christi,
offered the following: Whereas, we, tho
tho committee, consider the port of Bagdad,
on the Rio Grande, most important poin,
in the quarantine regulations between
Mexico and United States, and we earnestly re
commend the appointment by the National
Board of Health of DIR. Comb, q. sanitary
inspector Tor that immediate section, and
that his Excelency the Governor, be re-
quested to communicate with the National
Board Of Health relative TO the matter
Tho conference then adjourned sine die.
Tonight the Governor, General Canales and
staff and the medical gentlemen in attend
ance upon the conference At
tended the theatre and witness.
cd the fine acting of Agnes Herndon.
What would have proven to be destructive
fire was nipped in the bud Thursday nj about
p. m. in the house Of Mr. Anux, northeast
corner OF Twentieth and Market streets.
One of his family in attempting to I'LL II lamp
by the light of a candle held the same Too
close to the can, the oil caught IRE, enyoloptd
the can and irst-clsss confagraion
would have soon been il operation, hsd {, not
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