The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-25
Vancouver Man Falls Ill With
the Dread Disease.
MAYOR COPE GOES TO VICTORIA.
He and His SubOrdinates Nav Be I'm.
prisoned for Contempt of Court.
Horrible Condition Of Affairs at the
Victoria Quarantine Station-Nurses
and Patients in Drunken Orgies
Quarantine Will Continue.

VANCOUVER, B. c., July 2f.-fSpecial. i
Another case developed today and was al
once removed to Deadman's island. For
this case We have also to thank the fact
that a quarantine against Victoria was
not established soon enough. The victims
name was Pelisse, and he had been quar-.
antined in the Hotel Europe where the jar
was staying, who developed the disease
the day he came from Victoria. Pelisse
hos a university education, is brilliant
pianist and has aristocratic family con-
dltions, but of late years he has been a
whisky soaker.
Mayor Cope and other city officials left
Tor Victoria tonight on the Comox, which
was specially chartered to take them,
Ihey are to appear before Judge Crease
tomorrow. Over 10000 people were at the
dock and before the boat started three
nearly cheers and tiger were given for
the officials. Mayor Cope, City Solicitor
Hamersly and Health Inspector Huntly
made brief speeches, in which they ex-
pressed their determination to do their
duty, come what may, and thanked the
people for their support.
VICTORIA, B. c., July 24.-TSpecial. l.
The public is amazed by the official reports
OF how the Albert Heads quarantine had
neen conducted under the old regime.
Nurses, and patients who were able, got
drunk and conducted themselves without
regard to sny laws of decency or morality.
fatients on the verge of death have begged
and praoed for crust of bread or
drink of water, saying they were
starving and have been laughed at by the
intoxicated attendants, two of whom to
cap the climax of their misdeeds occupied
the same room with the wife of one of the
patients, while the unfortunate husband
waslying at the point of death not a
hundred yards away. An official INQUIRY
will be set on foot and stern punishment
will be meted out.
Mayor Cope. the city solicitor and
Health Officer Huntley, of Vancouver
who have been attached for contempt OF
court In disregarding the injunction re.
straining them from declaring quarantine
against Victoria, will be here BY steamer
Comox at Z o'clock tomorrow morning,
The general opinion is that Imprisonment
for short periods viii be the reward of the
overZealOus officials.
Smallpox is being brought under perfect
control.
"-pi July -f.-lOpsCidi l.
with reference to raising the quarantine
against Victoria, DR.. Baldwin, the Puget
Sound health officer, said tonight:
II will do the British Columbia people no good
If Seattle and Tacoma both raise the ouaran
tine, as the Puget sound board of health will
not permit traffic to be resumed as long as new
smallpox cases are reported at Victoria The
regulations will probably remain in full force
fourteen days after the last case is reported
This action is essentially necessary to preven,
the introduction OF contagion on the Sound.
The steamer Biz, of Seattle, with two
scows, came down from Vancouver today,
and after thorough fumigation was
allowed to proceed up Sound
Following is an extract from a recent
report by Municipal Health Officer Wade,
of Victoria, on the Albert Head smallpox
STATION, just outside that city: Joe Har-
rison has been in charge of the station.
and he appears to have been thoroughly
incapable, negligent and inefficient. He.
lite, and a woman said to be the wife of
one of the patients in the ward.
are reported as having occupied the same
tent at night, and for some few days these
two men are said to have been in a state
OF lntoxlcatlon, or very near approach
to that condition. As this woman is al
no use whatever to the patients, and has
evidently tended to increase the negligence
of the nurse in charge, Harrison. she
should be removed -