Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-21

known to exist here the Dallas News be-
gan to work It's SMALLPOX boom, and |
before Fort Worth h~t had as many |
cases as Dallas, and when not
more than sevcn cases, all told,
could be traced here, that paper actually
announced the dismissal Of public
school In a manner to create the impress
sion that the dsurnal dismissal Of school
for dinner was disruption OF the school
In consequence Of smallpox
Day by day the boom was worked nm
vi DR.. Carter, health officer OF Dallas,
was sent here 10 "investigate"
The Evening Mail printed an interview
with Dr. Carter, from which we take the
following:
dIIavo youany objections to stating whether
or not you Will advise quarantlner
~ have not; will recommend 10 the city
council OF Dallas that quarantine be not
pat on ut present"
"Do You think tho council will act as you
auggo0tF
81 am afraid not, but believe they will estab-
llsh quarantine In thefaec Of my recommended.
lions TO the contrary. IL appears 10 me from
my observations that the city council Of Dallas
are determined 10 quarantine against your city
| This IL not because OF any animveity they have
against Fort Worth, but because they nro UNI
necessarily alarmed by the reports OF Tom
Dick and Harry who como from here 10 Dallas.
! am satisfied that exaggerated reports have
originated right here In Fort Worth. and then
carried to Dallas With the usual additions, by
| travellers"
| DIR. Carter returned TO Dallas and un-
derwent such change Of heart that he,
"as protection TO Dallas" advised the
city TO quarantine;
Mayor Brown issued his quarantine,
and said that Dallas had had no small
pox since "early in january"
Mr.. L. j. Prince testi1es in to-day's
GAZETTE that he removed a smallpox
family out Of Dallas the day before
Mayor Brown said there hadn't been any
smallpox since "early in January"
Alderman Carter OF Dallas testified on
Thursday in open council at Dallas that
"when people were dying here OF yellow
fever the authorities said there was none.
II you sent man to find out whether or
not the yellow fever was here, the au-
thorlties would say no. Mayor Brown
or any other mayor of any city would
be very slow to publish that his city
was infected with such a disease as that
(small.pox)."
The quarantine hand-bill was distrib-
uted literally on wEsT.BouSp trains at
Dallas on Friday, although the quaran-
tine was issued only Gas protection to
Dallas"
Or. Osborne, distinguished physician
and widely known in Texas, and not de-
pendent on his position as health officer
of Cleburne for fame, was IN this city
yesterday to "investigate." In an inter
view he said it was folly to quarantine
against Fort Worth, that It was a thor
oughly vaccinated town.
On Friday night u band from Dallas
ionRblo balls ever given in Fort Worth
The opera. house was crowded with For
Worth ladies' and gentlemen, and yet
these musicians were allowed to return
TO Dallas yesterday morningl
Now, wo submit these facts to all who
, desire and have right TO know th,
""ip"- 0Atuuu 10 VtnVr vv,vr..' ', !,
smallpox exists aud the motive for quar-
antlning against this city and admitting
men freely from Laredo, San Antonio anc
I'll paso, from which places trains run
daily to Dallas, when the number OF
cases atFort Worth has derived all Its
revolving Importance from careful news
paper nursing, must strike every man.
Instead Of acting with Fort Worth IN
cooperation to prevent any spread OF the
disease and 70 control 1t when introduced
from Mexican points, Dallas aggravated
the disease In "sister city" and thcreb,
promotes smallpox scare throughout
all this section aud retards business IN
every town--for, already, papers in Other
towns are finding II necessary TO deny Che
existence of smallpox. The Dallas pa.
pers and authorities are responsible
for all the Injury and senseless scare thu,
may result.