The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-13
RAID DECREASE OF SMALLPOX.
TRAIN Service Restored ONLY Three
Severe Cases at Victoria.

| Arain service Restored - Only Three
| severe Cases at Victoria.
| VANCOUVER. b. c., Aug. 12-[Special /
| Inc city has secured a dissolution of the
injunction obtained by John Manly Spinks
10 restrain the city from paying for the
special steamer Comax. hired to take the
city officials to Victoria to answer for con-
Tempt OF court IN connection with the
smallpox quarantine. Provincial Health
Officer Davie wants to move all patients to
vancouver's quarantine station. but the
city objects. All patients are now conva-
lescent and will be ready to be freed in
eight Or ten days.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., Aug. IL
Especial. The Great Northern railway
gave notice today that passengers would
be carried over their line to Seattle and
intermediate points if provided with
clean bill of health. This good news was
gladly received.
There has been no new case of smallnox at
victoria Tor fifteen days. no new case at Van
couver Tor ten days There are fewer cases at
both places than for four weeks. OF the fifty-
one smallpox prisoners at Victoria all but thres
are well or convaescent Mrs. Chances baby
died last Monday. There are four cases at Van
couver, three at New Westminster, two at Hast
lngs, one at Moodyville.
United States Consul Myers, at Victoria has
received the following petition:
To the United States Consul-Sir: We, the un.
oerslgned American citizens, residents of Puget
Sound, are quarautined in Victoria We have
business TO attend to at home and are financially
embarrassed. We trust to you to enforce the
government to support us while we are detained
IN Victoria or give us speedy passage to our
place OF destination. W. Williams, d. w Bea-
ton. J. K Paterson, II. Williams, Mrs. r. Pritch-
ARD ana sou, William Godfrey, Philip Godfrey,
julia Godfrey and Charles Stewart, all of Seat
tle."
1t was generally understood here yesterday
that the quarantine on Victoria would be de-
elared off after midnight last night, and the
Steamboat companies made arrangements to
resume traffic as formerly. The Puget Sound Il
Alaska Steamship Company's boat City of King
ston leaves on her regular time this morning for
Victoria, and the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
panys vessels will receive freight and passen-
gers at that point as usual
The quarantine has been a serious blow to the
transportation business on the Sound, aud has
cost these two companies especially large
amount OF money. But they submitted grace
fully, realizing that the spread of the disease
meant the extension OF the quarantine to other
ports, and further injury to the business.
Now that the danger has passed, traffic will at
once resume its normal condition, though due
care will still be exercised to avoid any posi-
bility of spreading the disease.
letter Health Officer Sparkling received yes
terday from Miss Lambly, of Victoria, asked if
the board OF health here could not do some-
thing for the Americans quarantined i'll Victo-
ria, saying that If the quarantine was continued
some of them would be forced to beg from door
to door for something to eat