The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-28


reference to the smallpox in Wheeling
that have yet gotten out, The most un-
reasonable stories are told aud believed
outside OF the city, and are sent broad
cast all over the country. A prose dis
patch received In the regular United
Press news report by a paper In Bangor,
Me-, was sent by the telegraph editor to
a Wheeling friend. Itreports twenty
ionr new cases as appearing here on a
day when there was not one new case
aud there were not nearly twenty
four cases in all in tho community. A
similar telegram was sent on the same
day to the Cleveland Press, and q
Wheeling man wrote a protest against
20 false publication and received the
somewhat surprising explanation that
the story was sent by tho papers Bel
lairo correspondent. 1t sOems incTedt'
bic that Rnybndy would use such mat
ter as the existence Of a few smallpox
cRses for local or peTHonOl business ad'
vantage to another town, but there
have been many aigus that this thing
hAs been systematically aud peralaten1ly
done in this vicinity.
Saturday the following commuDica'
ton was received by Health Officer JSp'
son aud the daily papers OF Wheeling;
AfcMEcHgy W. Va, Oct. %, 1895.
n, a.. Ifit,, ~ fLs Tpf,UHsnstf
sIR:-At the.instauce Of over go citl'
zens We your humble committee are in.
Structed to communicate With you and
ask that the truth, the whole truth Rnd
nothing but the truth, concerning the
smallpox be published and TO notify
you that II it ia not done tue state
board OF health will be convened for an
investigation OF the matter, and other
means be found to romulgate the
truth, aud protect the health Of the sur
rounding community.
Respectfully submitted,
J. y King. principal Of school,
JomN n. RoDEY, mayor,
]. .. RnoDEs,
Ii. S. HIATT,
JAMES A. ROBERTS, committee.
SO far as the lSTELLIGENCER is con-
cerned there has been no occasion given
for the McMachen people TO get excited.
This paper has printed "the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but tho truth"
90 far as it could be ascertained, ever
since the smallpox appeared. DR.. Jep-
sons official statements. since he By
came health officer, aud DR.. WRlden'S
before, have been printed when there
was any development TO make them oil
interest or importance to the pubic.
The trouble has been that people like
those Of McMsehen have accepted OK
a2geratsd and sensational rumors
against the frank aud complete state
ments given by tho papers.
Yesterday Dr. Jepson reported ten
cases In the city and four in the small
pox hospital. One patient at tho hos
pital is ready to be discharged. Two in
the city are also well, but there 10 an
other case In the same house. and they
will therefore DO kept in quarantine for
some time yet. All tho cases arc doing
we'll. The ten cases in the city aro in
only seven different houses. aad all are
in tho South Side wards, all but one in
the Sixth and Eighth. There is no
more danger OF spread Of the disease
than II there were but one case, as nil
are under COOL control, rigidIy quaran-
tined aud closely guarded.
Not single nav case has developed
since last Wednesday. The outlook il
favorable for tho stamping out OF the
disease. There NAV DO additional Cases,
and probably will be, but the situation
is not alarming, and II the liars, both
tho designing and thOurhtless. could be
quieted little would DO heard Of the
disease.