The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-06
1T EXCITED THEM MUCH
LOUISVILLE PEOPLE PROTEST.
AGAINST FEVER REGULATIONS.
Health Officers Declare They Had No
Intention of Instituting Quar-
antine Proceedings.


The statements by Drs. Hurry and Jane
son, of the State Board of Health, that
quarantine measures would be taken to pre-
vent yellow fever reaching this State,
stirred up a great deal of trouble. At
Louisville the news was received with
alarm and Indignation. The Courier-Jour-
nal of that city contained a long dispatch
from this city upon the subject and by noon
it became currently reported in that city
that strict quarantine was to be main
tanned in Indiana against Louisville. This
would mean great interference with bust
ness and the loss of thousands of dollars
daily by the merchants of that city.
The result of it all was that at o'clock
a special train started for Indianapolis car
rying representative men of the Falls City,
who were coming here to protest against
what to the people of Louisville appeared
to be great outrage. The report which
reached Louisville was such that it was be-
leved if the proper influence should be
brought to bear upon the State Board OF
Health of this city the dire quarantine
could be STAYED off. The special train was
placed at the disposal of the people of
Louisville by the Pennsylvania Company,
and p. A. Bonebrake, superintendent of the
Louisville and Indianapolis branch of the
road, was placed in charge of the train.
The run to this city was record-brealer.
The 1OS miles were covered in exactly two
hours, including the delay in crossing the
river and four stops. one of which was of
five minutes duration.
THE LOUISVILLE DELEGATION.
DR.. Hurry was notified of the coming Of
the delegation and was at the Statehouse,
with President Jameson, of the State
Board, and Charles e. Wilson, Governor
Mounts secretary, to meet the Louisvil-
lians when they arrived The delegation
included the following gentlemen: George
D. Todd, mayor of Louisville; Mayor Arm
strong of New Albany; l. F. Whitesides,
mayor of Jeffersonville G. c. Mengel, pres
ident Louisville Board of Trade Harry
Weissinger, Weissinger Tobacco Company
Lewis Stewart, Stewart Dry Goods Com
pa.ny; George c. Norton, Robinson. Norton
Company; Logan c. Murray American Ma
tional Bank; w. T. Rolph, manager Dun S
agency; b. M. Creel of the B. NJ Creel
Company dry goods; Gilmer Adams, Of
J. b. Speed & Co.; T. p. White, M. D.,
health officer; Andrew Cowan, Andrew Co
wan & Co.; George c. Gaulbert, of Peaslee,
Gaubert & Co.. T. A. Baker, postmaster;
w. 3. Haldeman, general manager Louis
vile CONFECTIONERY; Thurston Ballar,
wholesale florist; DR.. r. A. Grant Walter
Evans, member of Congress; Chas. H. Glib
son, president Louisville Bridge Company;
E. H. Bacon, vice president Commercial
Club; Logan Whitney, Whitney Artificial
Stone Company; Allen r. Carter, president
Louisville Dispatch; j. ]. G. Van Pelt,
member Commercial Club; Aaron Cornwall,
r.
aging editor Evening Post Charles H. Hag-
erty, district passenger agent Pennsylvania
Company and Mr.. Bonebrake.
1t was a serious crowd of faces that
marched into the Governors parlor. but the
same faces wore joyous expressions when
they came out a half hour later. 1t was
learned at once that they had been mis-
taken in the intentions of the Indiana State
Board of Health. 1t was never intended by
the board to establish quarantine such as
would prevent travel into and out of the
State or would prevent or interfere with
commerce. All the board intends to do is
to establish system of inspection of trains
coming into the State from the South. If
persons who may reasonably be regarded as
suspects are found they may be quaran-
tined. This is all.
FREE FROM YELLOW FEVER.
When the situation was explained the
Louisville gentlemen acknowledged that
they had made an unnecessary trip. Mayor
Todd said that, true or not true, the report
that Louisville was to be quarantined against
by Indiana had gone out over the coutry and
would do an infinite amount of damage to
the commercial interests of the city. He
urged upon the press that the situation be
made plain. DR.. White said that his city
was free from yellow fever and that it
I'LL for 70 Ifrv1
account of the strict system of inspection.
He told of two cases which had reached the
city, One was taken TO a hospital in the
heart of the city and the other to an emer-
gency hospital five miles out. Both died,
but no persons had contracted the fever
from them. He said all trains coming into
the city from the South were Inspected, and
persons suspected of coming from infected
districts who did not have health certiii-
Gates were quarantined for a given period
and their baggage fumigated. He read a
resolution ADOPTED yesterday morning by
the Mississippi Valley Medical Association,
now in SESSION at Louisville, declaring that
the proposition to quarantine against Louis
vile was absurd and unnecessary.
DIR. jameson, president of the Indiana
Board of Health informed the visitors that
they need have no fears; that there had
never been any intention TO quarantine
against them; 1t was only contemplated that
system of inspection similar TO that en-
ployed in Louisville be adopted. DR.. Hurry
The visitors left at o clock on their
special train, having two hours to spend in
the city after the meeting at the Statehouse.
They were entertained by those who con-
ferred with them during the time Dinner
was served at the Grand Hotel at 63(
o'clock.
There is a woeful discrepancy in the state
ments made by Drs. jameson and Hurry
before the meeting with tie Louisville peo-
pie and during that meeting. Monday night
DIR. Jameson said:
I'VE shall take that matter up in the
morning, and | presume we shall employ as
many guards as may be necessary to en-
force the quarantine. A quarantine is OF no
value unless IL is thoroughly enforced.
Whether there exists yellow fever In Louis
willie or not at present / feel very sure that
without quarantine. If this hot weather con-
tinues they will have it not only at Louis
Vile but at Indianapolis not in epidemic
form. of course, but enough to paralyze
things.
10 tho Louisville people yesterday he said
that the board had not discussed the idea of
establishing q quarantine and such thing
was not contemplated.
DR.. Hurry did his best yesterday to set
the minds of the Louisville people at rest.
He assured them that he had information
which led him TO know that there was no
sent a physician there to make a complete
investigation ard on his report the State
Board would act, but he was satisfied in
his own mind there was no yellow fever
there and was positive that the board would
go no further than to establish a system OF
inspection. THE word quarantine was not
mentioned in the boards talk of the situa-