Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-21
ALL IS WELL.
Dr. Osborne, Health Officer Of Gle
burue, Says There is No Rea-
son for Excitement.
The small.POx Epidemic Che ChImera Of
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Word From DIR. Mckenzie.
sman'Pos News From DaiIas-rhe p,.,a..
(, PREVALENT without Any warning for
so4e, the Protection of visitors.

III tnc stute, came to Fort
worth Friday night for the purpose Of
examining the smallpox situation here
The result was given to GAZETTE re.
porter in conversation al the IIn,on
depot last night, just before the doctor
boarded the Santa Fe train for Cleburhe.
SWELL what do you think Of ng,
asked the reporter.
MATTERS are in much better condi.
ton than expected to lud them. and IN
iact there is no occasion whatever for
any excitement or alarm, either on the
part OF your own people or any neirhbor.
ing town.
Then you will advise the city council
oil Cleburne against quarantining?n
Certainly. Under the circumstances
II would be an act of injustice to Fort
worth and piece Of folly. Your
authorities have done everything
that could possibly be done
to control the disease, and shall report
to our council that Fort Worth is the
best vacclnated town that ever saw
"What did you find as the result Of
your investigations here?n
"There are nine infected places in the
city, six where the disease exists ana
three which have been exposed TO IL.
investigated every case before making
myself known to the city authorities, and
traced up the origin OF all but one.n
"You do not anticipate any spread Of
the disease here?"
cas- well guarded as II is, and as thor.
oughly vaccinated as the people have
been, | do not. So well convinced am
OF this that / shall report the non.
existence of any grounds for the estah.
lishment OF quarantine
81 came here" added DR.. Osborne
expecting to telegraph back to the
council this evening to quarantine, so ex.
aggerated had been the reports about the
condition OF your city. A gentleman
told me the night | arrived that there
We're tlity or sixty cases Of smallpox In
town. You may imagine that was as.
tonishcd to find after 80 much talk that
there There. weEe upRly tgantyaQlfo sseses .,Jar
own people are responsible, | think, to a
large degree for the excitement over the
matter.
DIR. JOHN II. M'KRSzIE,
health officer OF weatherford, arrived in
the city last night. A GAzErTE reporter
saw him at the Plckwick and inquired If
the people at Weatherford were In any
way alarmed about Fort Worth.
"Oh, no." replied the doctor. ave
have had the smallpox, and are not easi-
ly frightened by it,
"Du you think twenty-seven cases sui-
fcient to cause panic2"
eve had just exactly that number Of
cases two years ago aud didn't have any
trouble suppresslng the disease. / should
think you ought to stamp IL out In thirty
days"
''Is there any thought in your city
council of quarantining against usf"
"None, whatever. There would be no
use In quarantine. Vaccination
is the only preventive that
is worth anything. II u man
wanted TO go from Fort Worth to
Weatherford he would do II anyway;
quarantine would cause him little
trouble, but that Is all 1t would accom-
plish." DR.. McKeDsie win remain Ia the
city to-day and investigate the situation
for himself. He has had great deal of
smallpox experience, aud his assurances
VIII do much TO relieve whatever anxiety
may exist among our people.
OPINION or DALLAS MAN.
Col. George Mellcrsh, well-known
commercial traveller for q Dallas house,
remarked TO THE GAZETTE reporter last
night that THE GAZETTE had done that
city a serious Injustice in attribuliug, as
he understood IL, tue quarantine 10 the
business men. al am satisfied" said he,
tthey had nothing 10 do with IL and do not
indorse IT, Col. Mellersh was very EN-
phatic in the opinion that there WAS no
necessity for the quarantine, aud thought
it would prove equally injurious 10 the
business interests Of Dallas aud Fort
Worth.
APPEAL TO TIKI STATE AUTHORITfEs.
State Health Officer Sweallngen was
yesterday as to the rights OF
one town to levy an unnecessary quarau-
tine against another. Ia reply MIR,
Swearingen referred 10 the statute which
gives the right OF appeal TO the stite au-
thorities In case OF q dispute over such
matters This right VII at once be ex-
erciscd, and GOV Ireland be requested
10 send state Health Officer Swearingen
TO make an investigation Of al drs and
determine whether they warrant the es-
of quarantine against Fort
Worth.
now DALLAS VIEWS IT.
Mr.. c. G. Allen, secretary OF the Fort
Worth & New Orleans railway, came 10
from Dallas last night. He says that he
talked with a number Of the business
men Of Dallas, and they unanimously
CONDEMNED the quarantine as unnecessary.
''There is no doubt" he added, "Lhat the
OF the leading men Of the town
is strongly against it,
AS TO DALLAS.
Mr.. l.. j. Prince OF this city returned
from Dallas Thursday evening, where he
went 10 assist Ia moving the family VI
Ms brother-in-law, S. J. Heron, every
member OF which has the smallpox. Mr..
HERON lived near the fair grounds, and
was stricken with the disease about ten
DAYS ago. Since then his wife and two
mi drep have taken II, The
cases, being Of mild type, MI
was decided 70 remove them TO the
residence Of Mr. Iierron's father,
some distance north Of Dallas Mr.. Her
rou,s brother aud Mr. Prince took them
ii charge and removed them IN & covered