The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-17
QUARANTINE RAISED.
The Houston Board of Health Says
UnequivocalIy
THERE IS NO YELLOW FEVER HERE
Wheteupon Or. SweariuQeu Declares
the Quarantine Raised.
STATEMENT FROM DIX. MASON.
Conferences with Doctors From Va
riOus Points In Tcxas-The Board
of Health Anticipates Rest.
STATEMENT FROM DIR. MASON,

| Ahioc Vut OI tHo tVur Oh Ut. duiterds
yellow fever patients were out yesterda,
and the fourth is convalescng.
The period of incubation expires to.
night and no new cases appearing the
board OF health declared last night thai
there was no yellow fever in Houston. III
consequence Of which State Health Officer
Swearingen has raised the quarantine.
This is syllabus OF yesterdays develop
ments.
Dr. Mason has so far recovered from HE
illness as to walk about the yard. He was
seen yesterday afternoon by Post repre-
sentative, but declined to discuss his own
case or other cases pronounced yellow fe-
Yer by Dr. Guiteras. However, he said Il
had been six days since he had had any
fever.
DR.. Mason gave out the following signed
statement:
To the Editor of The Post.
Houston, Texas, October 16.--I write to
give you some facts in my case. To begin
with, was lightly indlsposed on Thurs
day, October Z; on Friday. October s. |
was quite SICK but kept going till 1870
| p. M, when / went to bed. The next
morning l got up and made four or five
visits, then returned to bed about 10 a. m
treated myself until Monday morning
the nth. | was then told that Dr. Gull
teras was In town. ! asked Mrs. Mason to
call Drs Turner and clarendon. DR.. Turner
came first. ! told him that If he could
| possibly do So to bring DR.. Guiteras to
see me. as | wanted his opinion, or. In
| other words his diagnosis. | wish 1t dis
| tinctly understood DR.. Guiteras was not
suggested to me by anyone AT 5 or .
p. m. DIR. Guiteras called. He examined
me and gave me his diagnosis. At the
meeting of the board the next day his hon
or the mayor, took It, upon himself to
state that could not b. very sick, as /
was sitting UP and had smoked fifteen Gig
arettes. did not sit up. nor did smoke
single cigarette, | tried to smoke burt
made very poor out.
with your permission, may In the near
future have to deny some other state
ments made in regard to myself. Very re-
spectfuiiy. DR.. Dorsey Mason.
Police Officer Fem wrote letter to
Mayor Rice yesterday asking him please to
withdraw the guards from his house. as
he was anxious to get out aud return TO
work. and that his brother officer Heel
was fast recovering having had no fever
for forty eight hours. IN response IN this
request the mayor ordered tie guayes re-
moved from the home of Officers Fem ard
Lee.
Thomas McGonigle was on the street
yesterday and the advertising he has gotten
out Of the situation In which DR.. Gu;eras'
diagnosis placed him made him a consuic
uous figure. The habeas corpus hearing set
down for p m. in his case was cot called.
as the restraint upon his freedom had al
ready been removed
One of the attorneys who male the an
plication for habeas corpus in this case
tod reporter of The Post yesterday II at
he had two-fold purpose III it. one to Sc
cure the release of McGonigle, ;ne otl err
TO put the leading doctors of Houston on
the witness stand and in this way trv and
settle the question as to the existence OF
yellow fever in Houston.
NO new cases were reported to the board
of health yesterday. but during the day
Dr. Stuart received the following tele-
grams:
Dr.. D.. r. Stuart. President Board of
Health, Houston.
wharton, Texas, October 16-We ara !
Wiling TO make an examination of the |
houston fever, provided that Dr.. Swear
lnsen VIII meet us and be present at the |
examination of cases.
Bat Smith. Health Officer.
Is. Vallse, Deputy
DR.. d. r. Stuart Houston.
~ campo, Texas, October 18.-Wnl
gladly assist you in raising quarantine.
II. G. Beard
For Board OF Health.
Or. d. +. Stuart. President Board of
Health, Houston.
Thornton, Texas. October l6. We are IN
favor OF raising quarantine AGAINST tfpus
ten' DO not believe YOU have fellow fever
mere put are under county quarantine
ana ana can only act through county authori-
A's' l., nj. Wilson.
9. p Spring.
G. w, Sterne
lIeallh Officer. Houston
fiatonla, Texas, October 16--Quarantin.
egainst Houston and Galveston raised for
lreight aud passengers.
II. A. Tutwiler.
CITY Health Off,c.r
Mayor Rice received the following dis
patches:
Mayor Rice. Houston.
calvert Texas, October 16.-Calvcrt viii
ralse the quarantine as soon us Ur. swear.
ngen says there is no danger.
=, - G. s. Meredith, Mayor
n, %: Rice, Mayor Houston.
hockport. Texas. October Our omar
intme Is raised against Houston Ur
crodnes leaves here in morning ard de-
''res 10 SEQ Houston and Galveston cases.
b. NJ. Sheldon, Mayor.
me board OF health met last nicht al,
ne usual hour. Present In conferences ,
'Ah then were DIR. y. l.. Peoples. city {
leasth officer OF Nayasota. Drs. F.. A.
Harris, d. A. jameson aud Gordon Boone
u Navasota, DR.. W. G. Peterson. Port 7
1aVaca, and Or, J. r. Hawkins Of Court
'ey
After some discussion OF the bulletin
ssued the night before by the Joint con- .
erence OF Houston and Galveston physi- :
ians. Or. Scott maintaining that the re- :
orr stated very emphaticaliy In negative :
orm that there was no yellow fever In +
hs at sA~s /