The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-11
TIE BRUNSWICK RssoLUTIoNs
On the Unfounded Fever Reports in
the Now York World

! On the Unfounded Fever Reports in
the New YORK World.
! Brunswick, GA. July 10.-The resolu-
tons passed at the mass meeting Of Bruns~
wick citizens, Thursday night, are as fol
| lows:
WHEREAS, The New York World OF July 2
contains what purpOrts to be a special from
/ Brunswick, reporting the existence Of yellow
fever IN this city. and further stating that the
people are suffering great alarm and that they
are leaving by the score, and also further stat
/ ing that eft prts have been made by the local
authorities TO suppress the news newspaper
correspondents having been threatened end the
teeSraph wires having been cut to accomplish
this purpose; and
WHEREAS, The New York World in an edito-
rial in the issue of July confirms the report,
with comments and criticisms Of our city au-
thorites, and that Notwithstanding an emphatic
and official denial had been telegra pied to the
New York World, signed by NJ J. Colson,
mayor, ana j. A Dunwody health officer and
WHEREAS, The circulation Of such reports
does great damage to our city in all Of its inter
estS. and also damages our adjacent seaside re-
sorts; and
WHEREAS the most rigid inquiry of the health
of1cer othcer OF the city, of our quarantine and
other city authorities aud of the practicing
physicians or the city fails to elicit any fact
Whlch gives even remote indication Of the
existence IN the city or vicinity of any such
sickness, and whereas on the contrary the
health officer. the city physicians and other
practicinE physicians, concur in the statement
that the public health has been dur ng the
spring and thus far during the summer upusu-
ally good, and
WHEREAS, We are assured by the
health authorities, and by the other authorities
of the city, that the city has had no exposure to
yellow fever infection by any means at all;
therefore,
Reso!usd, BY this mass meeting OF the citi-
zens o. brunswick, constituted Of all the classes
OF our citizen population, that we do most en-
phatcally pronounce the report of the exist
ence OF yellow fever in Brunswick as published
In the New York World July and 8, to be en-
tirely and oasely false; and that the statement
that the people were alarmed and leaving town
by the score; that the sanitary condition was
bad that the authorities sought to prevent the
publication of the facts. that tele-
Arnold was sick. and that two cases of fever
were discovered In the city, we pronounce en-
tirely false, and challenge an investigation by
the World as to the absolute truth of same, and
mass Meeting assembled, demand OF the New
York World the source of its published
accounts and that we do express our deliberate
Judgment that the author of the article in that
paper which purports to be q special, was
moved by base and malicious motives to perpe-
trate against the city Of Brunswick such wicked
and unjustifiable falsehoods
Re5otUed, That we call upon the New York
World to do the city of Brunswick the Justice
TO publish this formal protest of this mass
meeting of the citizens of Brunswick against
the raise and damaging reports which have
been circulated through it's news and editorial
columns.
Res9ived That we request the New York
World 10 publish a communication from Pilot
Charles t. Arnold, which has been read to this
meeting, ana which is addressed to the New
YORK World, and which contains complete
and true statement of facts in reference to the
vessel which was sent to government quaran-
tine, and to which the Worlds correspo ndent
seems to refer, though all the references made
are very inaccurate.