Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-09
STALK OF THESMALL-P0X
A NEGRO SUSPECT GIVEN a CAR
BY HIMSELF IN NEW YORK.

Physicians Undecided Whether He is
Iarected-The Authorities Take the
Man IN Congratulations in the Peat
house AT Montreal Alleged to be
ShamefulIy Neglected.
MONTREAL, Oct. S.-SOme very damag-
ing statements in regard to the system of
treating smallpox patients in the hospI-
tai have been made by two eliminates.
They say the patients are crowded to-
gether iu the same beds, mild eases with
bad ones. that the dirt snd NTH and vile
smell in tine wards are terrible, the cloth
ing furnished tae patients very scanty
md the attendance abominsbie. The pa
tients change their own clothes rs long
as thew are able and when they are too
weak to do ID patients who are strong
enough 10 20 about do il for them.
Patients are often i'll during the night
and need attention, but no nurses are
about, ami no matter how loudly pa
tient may knock no assistance Is given.
Patients sometimes have to wait an
hour for a drink, and those whose eyes
are closed by the disease sometimes beg
for a long time for the lotion that is used
Tor washing them before getting II. As
soon as patient dies the body is sewed
up In sheet and thrown on tue floor 10
be removed at some future time. The
hospital authorities deny the charges,
which are being Investigated by the au-
thorities.
JEOPARDIZING NEW YORK.
DETROIT, Oct. S.-The officers Of the
propeller Cuba called at the custom house
this forenoon for the necessary papers 10
allow the boat to receive coal here. When
they said the propeller was from Mont
fLyb a
notified. he found the boat at the foot OF
Third street, where the beavers were
loading coal. Tue boat was loaded with
iron for a Canadian port on Lake St
Clair. The crew, "a dozen persons, were
at once arrested, and the boat quaran-
tined. The Captain and purser, under
oath. stated that sailor sick with small
pOX had been pat ashore In Chicago sept.
j.. and another at ST. GATHERINGS a short
time before, on the way to Chicago. The
Cuba has since been TO Montreal and
left that city oct > The coal beavers
were all found % bear vaccination marks.
The crew We're yaccinated, and this
afternoon 10 pound Of sulphur were
burned IN the vessel. All communication
with the boat is denied, and as soon as
possible il will be hustled of on its
journey.
NEGRO SUSPECT.
NEw YORK. Oct. Son Wednesday
night Virginia negro who had
beeu in Montreal arrived in Albany
and applied for lodging at the police
station under the City hall. This morn
Ing he complained Of feeling i'll, and 20
lice Surgeon Wilson was called. The
doctor diagnosed his case as smallpox
and advised bis immediate removal. The
men around the police station made up a
purse and put the negro on the 1920
O'Clock train this morning for New York.
At East Albany the negro curled himself
up on seat IN a smoking car, and the
conductor asked HIM what was the mat
ter he said that he felt sick. and the
doctor at the police station had sent him
TO New York because be said he had
smallpox. He said he had Just come
from Montreal. This was enough. The
cOlOred man soon had the car to himself.
LOCKED IN THE CAR.
The conductor locked the car door, cut
the car out Of the train, and telegraphed
to this city. The train came on. leaving
the man on a side track. Or. Curtis. Of
the state Board Of Health, after a careful
examination, pronounced him TO be free
from contagiOn. The railroad authorities
then coupled the car To the evening ex-
press, and il was brought to the city
with its solitary passenger locked inside.
When he arrived here he was taken to
the police station, where an ambulance
was in waiting. The negro complained
CT headache and hunger. Or. COlant
could not mud any symptoms of small
pOX, but as the man had been exposed to
the disease he was taken in charge.