Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-29
PLAGUE sTAscKEN
Over Five hundred Cases IN q City Abese
the ,Sizs Of wheeling Fifteen DEATHS
DaiIy-The People Panic:
Stricken.
RepoGTs or ePiofMlcs ELSEWHERE.

presumably throagh thtrdciass passenger
on board Que o.: the mail steamers for thn
port, smallpox made its appearance In tns
city, the fr,t tackled being coolies en-
psoyed at the d, ehs in coaling steamers.
Another theory IL that the disease was IN
treduced here by number OF Zanzibar ma
tivss who stopped here for few days e
route to Join seaal sys sx9efiRc1,S ~
sw - :
Th;cS the SSisesse ~ q appseFea vDpaAo0
nndsr strict ouara. atiHe, The inmatsa. q
whom there were about thirty, being
guarded by Gordon o. pohoc; WIG PC
t;n.d nsonjs ~ere su n piled with food by
iasvinr their meal, \ hort distance fron
tSs hons when soma one would come out
and take the food In. INieW Gays 1'et eu's
Fsssh Cases We, enspesssa
in all parts of the city, Q n d me dissese naaoe
steady, Though not at tir " Aarming. prS
ress. At frat the pestiAci teS Was oonnnSH
entirely to the colored pc pPie. !ns mun
cipal authorities were no idn. Aadiuousi
street inspectors were apr o tnteo, ana snsc
mi owipg m the horribly lthy condition
Of the place, these measures vsfs oay VIZ
partially successful, and y 10 Gisesse ooo'
tinued its grim prosress. II Ayot 80.
suited with the Premier, the result oetnS
that the Con ntsgioas Diseas 60 Ad Va pt0.
els ained to be IN force, and ID y Sosernmsns
promised every assistance to uhe Sy ~ ~.
thorities. II in 40 well 10 rel M VIZ tnst .nc
Contagious Diseases Act Of tn e'.er Ootony
empowers duly authorized pc 70 ons 70 enssr
and inspect every building WI I'd in sns area
proclaimed 10 b under Its ope 70 uoo.
TheLswsrCiaasas
With the exception OF the MalG. rs, wnoiorm
Q considerable proportion Of the 20 Pes..So:
availed themselves Of the factlit 'es anofoI
them Of free vaccination. The b 1ssf ana
more Intelligent classes inmedii stei y called
on their family doctors 10 vaccin att O. re'
ys ccinate their household; fAri nv e par
chased by the municipality nea, city
wlIcrson several cottages d wood aol cor
m, ,atsd iron were erected, and the pasrcs
we're used as lsasetto. Not 70 ANY Gays
elapsed before some seventy ami cted Am,
vid uas were removed thither:, II sPnS Of
ali thsse precautions the pestilcn' - gsoned
groaina rapidly, ami the authoritiei az oetr
SitiI end, asked the goysrnmen 70 pro
clsiln the disease to be epidemic, hioh -.
imu leaiatoly done. The sdvent OF Ne
wan weather at an unusually early Perio1'
fostt red the
=. ,h D1s.ens-ssss. - ~ ~ srss..
aud l do not believe that there 10 nov
q ttyset In the city free fron tho
horri disease. Yesterday alone for. ty-one
fresh cases were imported and hiteen sstns.
and hir, too, In . city ot only, 3o,l ~ In
habit aats-blacks, whites and 20 n-ooi-
ored," Two ambalancas are now being
kent constantly al work, The AAlays, with
the hli,d fanaticisn Of the faith OF IL lam,
absoI utsly refused not only to TAXI the
most ordinary precautions. but In . ONO
insta ices declined to ALLOW cases In vi ,ich
their coptlieionists were attacked 70 h re-
move 10 the lazeretto. The imsums, or
priests after wishing tho sick, would not
submit 10 fumiGation, sDd actually en-.
couri .gd other persons 70 visit patidnts
sufis ring from the most yiruient ypsa q
cond uant smallpox. 80 dsep yas shs'r x
what they dcsenbcd as their religious
scru,olss, that In one instance the polics
doct or found two children suffering from
the disease
on ,slieh the mcther, in . similar condi.
tioIi, was lying and in another thstsnos
a snhlpox patient was discovered hidden
I'm des lot Of caalihowen In Q grsengro-
GERS shop. 49,.
Almost daily victims are discovered lsft
~ dis Of the lOathsoms malady without
sny medical attention, though Two doctofs
are engaged 10 give ErAtuitous assistancs.
IL is estimated that there must be four o.
snS. ,S T n. n The % nre.ent on time sitboush Il n
onI, too mnntb. TO-DAY snoe tbe Ant 60
~ ~s: a,sooxsrsS In a. of ths Maiav ob.
',;s.ov "a ~. .nnsJo, AIR ana ovs,.
s.ns'Ss,i snnss . no,i;,Ion ~ th.i, domsciiss an
even greater spread In anticipated. snd
one medical man has preelicted 20.000 cAaB
Oh smallpox "''n'n
4 Perfect Passe BASsss
and business IL practically at Q stand stili.