Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-20
ANOTHER QUARANTINE ENDED.
The Martins Ferry Health Board
Took Favorable Yesterday,
And Access is Now Free to the
River Towns-No New
Cases in This City, and the Situa-
ton Continues Favorable.

The last of the guarantees instituted
by Ohio suburbs of this city was knock
ed in the head, yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock, when a majority of the
Martins Ferry Health Board met and
raised the embargo. This quarantine
was instituted last Friday, and for the
first four days of its existence it was
regular farce. while for the entire per-
iod it was worked in the interests of a
few Martins Ferry people, against the
great body of the citizens over there, as
we'll as on this side of the Ohio
The action taken by Bridgeport and
Belaire Monday evening was wholly
responsible for the action of the Mar
tins Ferry Board yesterday. Just as
the health authorities of that place
forced Bridgeport to quarantine, so that
place caused Martins Ferry to raise il.
You might say Martins Ferry scared
Bridgeport into subsection, and yester-
day Martins Ferry, seeing that the
quarantine was OF no earthly account
after Bridgeport raised her quarantine
followed suit The action OF the Mar
TINS Ferry Board meets with the ap-
proval OF the greater number of the peo-
pie over there, but still there were a
number of kickers against the measure
of relief, and one of the worst, as a mat
ter of course, was the editor of the
Times, who abused and ridiculed the
Board, in yesterdays issue OF his paper,
FOR the action they had taken. Never
theless, the quarantine is at an end,
and the people on both sides Of the river
viii be heartily glad of it. In both
Bellaire and Martins Ferry the quar-
antine fanatics are abusing Bridgeport
for taking the initiative in putting an
end TO the measure, but on the other
hand many more people are commend
ing the Bridgeport folks for acting as
though they had mind of their own.
In this city, yesterday nothing but
favorable reports were heard of the
disease. The flag was taken down at
the residence of John Groves. and the
kittsOn and Gilligan cases will Pc dis
charged by tomorrow. All the pa
tients are making favorable progress.
and Health Officer Jepson feels encour-
aged with each passing day, although
he and others keeping tab on the situa-
ton would not be surprised if an so
lated case or so should crop up here
and there as the days pass by.
Mayor Caldwell yesterday received a
letter from DR.. y. D. Baker, Secretary
of the State Board of Health, TO the
effect that he had written TO DR.. Probst,
of the Ohio Board, asking him to exert
his influence in the direction of raising
the guarantees in the Ohio towns.
Among other things Dr.. Baker said he
had given TO DR. PrObst:
My personal assurance that every
thing suggested by science or expert
ence is doing by the people OF Wheel
ing to prevent the escape Of smallpox
infection from the cases in your city.
l sincerely hope that we
may be able to allay the panic which
has caused so much discomfort and in
convenience TO Wheeling, and which
has been but the usual result of the eX-
aggeration which attends such out
breaks.
Mayor Caldwell also received en-
quiries from the authorities of Weston
and MatamOras, and answered them,
giving the situation here.
A case was reported out the Ma
tional road. five miles west of Bridge
port. yesterday, but whether the rumor
was true or false could not be ascer-
tanned last evening.
The last case at Martins Ferry-a
child of Ed. McCarty-was discharged
cured Yesterday. and that town is now
free of the disease.
The statements contained in the fol-
lowing communication will be cordially
endorsed by Wheeling people gener-
ally:
To the Editor of the Register.
While neighboring towns have been
needlessly quarantining against
Wheeling. have you noticedawith what
complacency and how sensibly the
town Of Cameron has acted? The cit
zens of that place have not forgotten
their own calamity a few months ago,
and they remember with gratitude the
prompt and generous aid afforded them
Inv our citizens. All honor to Cameron.
JUSTICE.