The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-14

p4sSe1-eGs lIOn klcsO-.6- tle quarantine iag
affecting domestic ports having been compiled
with should the opposition to the landing OF
passengers continue at Vancouver. measures 20
suppress Faob law Will be taken TIE disease
here is well in hand and tie scare 10 virtually
over.
In pursuance OF their Illegal quarantine
against Victoria The Vancouver authorities
land on arrival. An order OF the court was
obtained Ae-e snd wired 20 Vancouver to tie e.
feet that the dominion and provincial regula-
tons having been complied WITH passengers
must Be lowed 10 land, but the o-aer has been
set az defiance and some additional
seton VIII be taken to enforce IT,
When it became known in the city
on Tuesday night that Vancouver had declared
quarantine against Victoria. Hon. Theo Davie,
premier ana attorney general, wired to Mayor
Core advising him tina. quarantine was IN
necessary ami Illegal. The rram.er's dispatch
on tie subject was as follows:
Mayor Cope, Vdac3uper: l hope the corpora
ton si4a bot ate Hpt to rGt in:o execution the
thTesteasd exclusion sgaia.t NIctoris, which is
as unnecessary 1t is illegal All
outgoing vessels and those on
board are sahisctei, under the pro-
iesviug AMI a clean bill Of health IA guaranteed
Iris, coupled With comp :aaee az ycur end
With the provincial regulations. viii afford
THEODORE DAVE
No word was received in reply 10 this reqnes.
TO abandon the course OF action decided
upon. The only advice received was when
the Yosemite had reached Vancouver anu the
health suthoritos .he:e refused 10 permit the
passengers to go ashore, although mail and
freight were landed after fgnigstion Those
who had hoped that wiser counsel would pre-
vail were soreIy disappointed, AMI there was
nothing left except recourse 20 the courts.
Acting under instructions from the Can adam Pa
ciac Navigation Company application was made
for mandatory injunction 70 compel the au-
thorities atyancouvcr 20 allow passengers bythe
Yosemite 10 land. After hearing argument and
the aftdavits Justice Crease decided 10 issue an
injunction, and did So instruciing the registrar
OF tie cou-: TO send order by
telegraph TO the mayor of Vancouver ana
TO the board of health. The Instructions were
et once complied with and brief resume of the
order was wired 10 the terminal city. After a
delay of few hours, lar longer than necessary,
reply was received asking what the exsct
terms OF the injunction were The register
then wired tie whole OF il over,
and received no further word. A telegram was,
however, received by the Canadian Pacific Navi-
CATION Company thai, notwithstanding the order
o. the court, passengers were not allowed 20
iand,and instructions we-e then sent 10 Captain
Rubin 20 land them at Port Moody If necessary.
IL is feared tina. the refusal OF the corporation
OF the city Of Vancouver 10 psy heed TO the or
der of the supreme cour; may lead 10 a very I'M
fortunate result, for there is no doubt the order
viii be enforced, no matter ST what cost.
Or Milne, medical health officer. this evening
issued bulletin stating that so far forty nine
cases of smallpox had been reported. There
have been no deaths since yesterday morn
Ing. Banks and the money department
al the postoffice fumigste every bill received.
nr Davis, tie proynei medical examiner, has
pox at Vancouver. one - Westminster and
ffsy-tAree AZ Victoria. All VIII he taken 20
hospitals within fo-;y-eigat hours and their
dwellings se.zed unt!i Gisiatee.ed-
The following tells : tragic incident of
the epidemic:
TACOMA, July is.-ISpecial Private adviees
from Victoria reveal sud elimination of the
alleged esrapades OF tie soa of dry goods mer-
chant oi that city. This son is reputsd 10 hare
entangsed himself ia various liances with
women. IN this instance q young saleS woman.
who had charge OF the lace department OF the
store, and who was the sole support of "a
widowed mother, was taken suddenly ill., and
at the refuge home rrematurely become a
mother, OF which the waywari young man re-
ferred 70, who is now IN England. IS the re-
puted father. 4: the home the young sales
woman became victim OF smallpox. and the
mother OF toe young man. being one OF the fore
most in al charitable movements, and perma,,-
entity connected with the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. called upon her and con-
tracted the dread disease. Besides the unior-
tunate Young woman had beel keeping COM
pany with another young man. 10 whom it is
presumed she wus engaged.
The es:iIaaola woman who was stricken while
assisting the unfortunate at the Refuge Home,
IS the mother OF large family, and she and her
husband are pillars in one Of the most promi-
nent Protestant churches of Victoria.
From the same source o. private sdviees il is
given oat that there are about twice as many
cases Of smallpox in Victoria as officially re-
ported. siill j. is said most of the victims are
suffering from a mild tyre Of the disease and
will III all probability recover. The city is
thoroughly ;umigated. Mos, OF the cases of
smallpox are aew Guaranteed IN a Certain dis
tgiet on Johnston street and Pandora avenue.
The Vancouver Hiorld of last Saturday
said:
II any further Drooi were needed that small
pox is raging in Nietoris, il was furnished this
morning on the arrival OF the Yosemite. The
vessel YVES crowded with passengers. there being
Ito in all on board, aud manv OF these were
women, with children cunging 10 their skirts.
The NoTld does not pretend 20 6e an infailihle
authority o. epiGemtcs and kindred matters:
but il requires no such knowledge - see that
stringent measures must be taken 70 prevent the
disease being brought into this city
The chief commissioner OF lands and
works pooh-rooaed the fears Of the
Vancouver delegation which went over 10
see him with reference 10 a site FOR an isolation
hospital, and told them that they were alarm
lists. lie is now q; deaths door with the dis
ease himself. The proprietor OF leading hos
telry in the capital warned people not to come
10 Vancouver on Dominion day. A case Of
smallpox developed in biz house. bat ii is still
fvV fft and ma ha
from il direct 10 the ferry 70 embark for this
port. Criminal attempts 10 hide ne fact that
the disease was IN the ciJy aud lacs o. sIrlcg
isolation have borne bitter fr.i, bat the trouble
must rs; with the Nic.oriaus themselves. and
ret be h-o0gh; hers. WAIST little SIna lpox
Vancouver had was blazoned to the
world by The Victoria papers. hut
pestjleBce within their own gates Hence IL
nocsnt people ran into danger ana msny may
Gle in consequence Ct suea = stupid policy
being adopted. On the ether hand. the papers
here made no secret Of she fac1 that II rc were
AZ che time some SIX eases n our midst. No
pressure VAS bruugAt 70 bear on cCr.es r-0a6eats
for outside papers, and the truth was known
everywhere. Therefore. none ran any needless
risk. The disease was soon stamped out. and
bat for the two oasrs sent over from Victoria
the cjty is free from contagious or infectious dis
ease Of any Sfna.
The Vancouver people seem determined
- enforce the quarantine regardless of
the mandates Of the courts. \ special
from there reads;
YANooUvxs. T. l., JUly iI-ISpecial Right
81 wrong. statute o. NJ statute, n spite of lrv-
Ing. p-cceiep-s and fate, tse people 0i Vancouver
this morning determined . prevent thc !GcoHa-
ing e. passengers fUCa Victoria. ana a lS-ge
crowd gathered ~ tbc Cansiian Fsciae railway