The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-26
A CASE OF SMALLPOX.

Wm. Pope. Editor of the GRAks HAS H
| CONTRACTED KG En Kansas Ci1y.
| There is a serious case of smallpox in
the city. VIM. Pope, coIored, editor of
the Call, is sick with the disease at his
home. 1896 West Twelfth street, which
is at the corner of West street, on the
limits of Tennesseetown, and but a
| block or two from Lowmau Hill and the
same distance from the white settle
ments on the south, east and north.
No one can tell whether or not the
| disease has been communicated to others,
| though City Physician Mitchell says he
thinks it will be confined to the family.
| A force of men commenced work early
| this morning on high board fence
around the infected building and a
strong guard has been placed in the To-
cai.ty to prevent any possible violation
| of the quarantine regulations
AS the house was not quarantined un =
| ill yesterday no one can tell whether or
not the disease will spread. DR.. w. Ii.
RICHTER who had the case was uot able
| to tell whether or not the disease was
smallpox. City Physician Mitchell was
| called in consultation on Tuesday when
the case became suspi cious and since
then the house has been practically clos
ed though it was not known positively ,un-
til late yesterday afternoon that the dis
ease was really smallpox.
There are two children in the family
and they have been attending Buchanan
celored school but they have not been at
school since last Friday. DR.. Mitchell
will. however, vaccinate all the pupils in
the school who have not already been
vaccinated precaution. He will also
vaccinate the neighbors of Pope.
There is CONSERVATION in Pope's Office
which is in the first floor of the Craw-
ford fats on East Fifth street. The peo-
pie employed in the office are J. B. Bass
of s2S Center street, Agnes Persley of
$40 Fast First street, Luveria Brown and
Mrs. Susie Lowrey of 20o Taylor street,
Johnuie Hamilton of ITO Buchanan St.
and G. W. Hammond. All the employees
were with Pope when he first complained
last Friday, but he has not been at the
Office since then, nor have any of the
employees seen him. DIR. Mitchell vaccin-
mated all the employees today.
Pope is supposed to have contracted
the disease in Kansas City, Kansas He
was in that city March 10 and spent the
night. He says that when he got up in
the morning he was told that there was
some one sick in the house with small
pox.
He came home and told this to Bass.
who is associated with him on the paper,
but he said nothing about the incident to
any one else. He came and went to his
office until last Friday, when he COM
planned of feeling sick. He said that he
would probably not return to the office
on the following day. and he did not.
Bass said that he felt bad at the same
time but he supposed that it was slight
attack of grip and in day or two he
was all right Bass went to Pope's house
last Monday but he did not get out of
his buggy. Mrs. Pope came to the
door. Dr.. RICHTER was then attending
to the case and he had become suspi-
cious.
City Physician Mitchell said today to a
JOURNAL reporter: "The case is quite
serious and there is no doubt about it
being smallpox. Everything possible to
prevent the spread of the disease will be
done by the board of health. I am in
clned to think that with the precautions
fined to this house AS q rule smallpox
ia communicable only after the eruptions
have appeared and in this case they only
appeared yesterday.
"a high board fence has been built and
intend to look after the case myself and
attend to it. Pope made a mistake in not
telling of his suspicious after he had
been to Kansas City SO that he might
have been hedged in with safeguards
sooner"
There are many cases of the disease in
Kansas City almost entirely among col
cred families, so far and the police will
close the station to all who come from
that direction. About half the tramps
who apply for lodging come from Kan
sas City. An effort may be also made to
keep the tramps out of the city for some
time.