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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-30
COLORADO COUNTY CASE.
Health Officer walker Makes a
Statement.

Health Officer Walker Makes u
Statement.
Weimar Texas, September 2S--In yes.
terday's Post noticed an article headed
Remarkable Quarantine" copied from the
San Antoine Express, which think should
be corrected In justice to myself and my
quarantine officers on the east end of the
county l will state that the quarantine
OFFICERS had instructions to permit no one
TO enter the county from Houston even II
they had health certificates, and the Off
GERS only did their duty by OBTAINING the
lauy and her children In question. This
lady was not permitted to come TO Weimar.
as stated: instead she was treated with all
possible kindness until the first eastboand
PASSENGER train came, which she took for
houston. The time the lady was not nj !.
lowed TO enter Colorado county the county
was quarantined against Houston, regard
less OF what the San Antoine Express stat,s
Ut. Harrison was sent to Houston and Gal
weston to investigate the yellow fever sit.
ns,ion by the commissioners court and | re-
tanned quarantine against the two places
unti was notified that there were mo
cases OF yellow fever either In Houston or
In Justice TO my quarantine officer. ana
myself ! would like for this TO he. nuh-
iished. Respectfully. '"'
Il. r. Walker. NJ. n
County Health officer Colorado County.
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with the woman at the time were also
Isolated and guarded II looked at enc
time as though the woman would die when
there could have been positive proof OF
Inc diagnosis. 1t would seem, however.
that she is going to i've which meant tina t
there would always be an element Of doubt.
Or Swearingen said that he did not con-
slider that there would be any other case
there. The conditions have been carefully
looked into and the health board at Hous-
ton had agreed to hold the persons who
nave been ISOLATED In strict quarantine for
ten days. In taking the precautions he had
DR.. swearingen considered that he had act
cd only according to his duty. While at
the time he did not think there would be
tho slightest danger to any one passing
through Houston by reason Of the fact that
the case was Isolated, and there was moth
ing at all resembling 1t anywhere else. yea
he knew there would be many places quar-
antine against Houston
What was DR.. Swearingen's reply to
your question as to how the State would
stand in quarantining Houston or not?'
asked the reporter
Il asked him that question twice." said
DR.. Wariield, but he gave me an evasive
reply. He said he was going over to Beau
mont tomorrow, and the chances were he
WORLD raise the quarantine at that place.
He did not say what he would do with re-
gard to Houston. He said he considered
Beaumont perfectly safe. II he had consid-
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Orange IL DeIirhtea.


Orange, Texas. September 2s.-Dr. R. NJ
swearingen, State health officer. passed
through here about o'clock en- route ia
Lake Charles He was met at the depot
by County Health officer seastrunk. with
whom he consulted, after short time nd
Ms'ns him that he had raised the ouaran.
une from Beaumont west and that he CON.
s,dercd quarantine against Houston mn.
necessary. us'o" un-
a AZ meeting OF the board OF hea,th a,
o'clock the quarantine was raised ss.,r =,
a., points west. providing that all passsn'
Sers arriving on trains be required 10 show
ss 'ulicate OF health not over twenty
, p nouis old message from sabine
Pass 10 the board OF health stated ,has
'ncy Rad taken the came action.
~, me news that the quarantine was raired
ana train service would be resumsa a.
morrow was hailed with delieht Nv ~, ~.
citizens Of Orange. s - ~ 'ae
ahe sSheonsn ResnA and silas srriyea
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Stnte Officials Held In

Crowley, La. September 29.--Dr. Swear
ingen, Texas State health officer no doubt
mas now from personal experience pretty
good idea OF the rigidness of quarantine
IN TINS section of the State. Today a spe-
ciai passenger train bearing on board Drs.
olliphant. president OF the Louisiana board
OF health and DR.. Carter of the Marine
hospital and others which was to meet
~ owearingen at West Lake was stopped
AT the eastern limits of the parish by cit
izens OF Ramc and prohibited from passing
through When permission was asked this
morning of the parish authorities to allow
ms train to pass. this parish, acting upon
the advise OF the Calcasieu authorities. de-
chned TO permit it and the result was the
train had to return to Lafayette Per-
mission was given Dr. Swearingen to meet
the Louisiana authorities at Lafayette
out ne declined to make further attempts
rearing being Guaranteed and being unable
to return to Texas. He therefore returned
from West Lake to Beaumont
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Ar EDWARDS.
Twenty-fonr New Ca~cs Were the
Record of n Day.

Twenty -fonr New Cascs Were thu
Record Of Day.
Edwards. Miss. September 29.--Dr, Dunn
Of the state board OF health tonight gave
the Associated Press the following state
ment:
The following new cases Of yellow fever
are reported today.
Whitfs--Paul Boxtell, Erving wimber-
ley. Mertle Rauch. Mertie Ratliff. j l..
slocum. J. l.. slocun, Jr.. ID. A. MccaIlum,
Mrs. J. b. Young, vassa Long. Edward
Howes, G. Hayenknott, Alien Tatum. Laur-
ence Hewes. Mrs. Title Young.
colored-Annie and Ellen Lunn. Mandy
Fox. Emma Head, Henry Harper, George
Prosscr. Minnie Wilson, Frank Preston,
Caroline Clifford. H. Harrington.
Total for the day "a. total number cases
tn date 2S6; number Of cases under treat
mer.s 100; number OF cases cpnvalescent
and discharged 1l9; number seriously
III s.
A special train from Vicksburg arrived
about o'clock this morning bringing a
much needed druggist and nix additional
nurses. who were Immediately put on duty.
DIR. Purnell went to Champion Hi today
and found Or. Wallace Champion much
improved. While there he met Or. Watts
from Brownsville and mo latter reported
two new cases. Miss Mira Hail and Taco
dore Taylor, also number OF others who
have had the fever for some time DR..
Watts reported one death. chtld named
Taylor. DR.. McCalum Is reported resting
very easy this evening.
Tho people here win ever remember the
people OF vicksburg and especially su-
perintendent Bond, who has furnished spe.
cial trains to transport all tho, relief kindly
rendered by the people Of that city. TIL,
fever In the Anderson neighborhood 1.
spreading and one or more are daily ad
dcd TO tho list from that section. The doc
tors are kept busy with not u moment /,
spare. having hardly timo to give In thcI
daily reports. "a
There are several who are desperately II
and their condition causes their friend.
and relatives much unoasiness.
Dr. Dunn up TO this honr has not beer
able to secure transportation to Clinton
and II would be useless TO try TO 20 b,
dirt road as the bridges are torn up be.
tween these two points.
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Indianapolis. Ind, September 29.-Tbe
news today received the following special
from correspondent at English, Crawford
county, Ind:
supposed case Of yellow fever is re-
ported at Milling, seven miles southwes,
Oh mere. The patient is Edward Mckinney.
re ne returned from Jonesboro, Ark. last
rriaay' took sick Sunday and has NOT
spoken since. Numbers Of people have re.
esn,iy died within a mile Of Jonesboro.
s MeKinney It is seid, has true yellow fever
s,npsoms. DR.. G. Hardwood. secretary
Oh me county health board, refuses to adj.
init that it is yellow fever, but DR.. N w
a nns aoes not hesitate to pronounce 1t n
genuine case and refuses to attend it.'
~ nu News mas received telegram from
u Hazelwood as follows: There is con-
SIDERABLE excitement at Miflin. but in nv
'pl,,ion the case is not yellow fever"
me state board of health has not vet
at Milling. 's''o" ie'er
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TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED.

The quarantine having been raised. trains
en- the Sabine and East Texas, Gulf, Beau
mont and Kansas City and Gulf and In
terstate will leave Beaumont on regular
schedule tomorrow morning. Local trains
between Beaumont and Port Arthur VIII
run, but no trains on this road from eaet
OF the Sabine river will be admitted, The
mail train from Houston will arrive at s
a. m ana depart at p m. Three hours
work will complete the gap In the Sabine
Pass road. and Superintendent DcYounx
says rail communication. which has been
impossible with this point since the storm.
VIII he resumed tomorrow, The train Ia
to leave on regular schedule.
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NOT EVEN A SUSPICION OF FEVER.
DR.. Swearingen Says Houston Any Sense In
feCted CITY.


the
station
ne
no said that the
be
10 notih
AZ beaumont the
has onowed
At Charles
maintained him
10 cIined 49, - - $500
At Midnight Mayor him
VIII raise the quarantine the
suspect him
would authorize
YOU TO STATE ON MY AUTHORITY
TINE AGAINST HOUSTON SAFETY
CITY CAN IN ANY SENSE
POINT EVEN SHOULD TT TURN OUT
REGARD TO EVA
cpl - - 50" -'""~ "'
In answer to question from Mayor seem to
authorities of
establish tho esroc
Galyeston. - - ~ VIC ''''.'a
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shrevcport,n Qunrantine.

Shreveport, La, September 2s.-Am
mittee of the quarantine council ~,
today the expenses of quarantine i /
city amounted to s22il. The reportu I
pect at Houston has created no lliA (
cussion here. Some reliable oiflcI,l 81
is awaited about this report with cdIIS1
able interest. There is a general nv
pressed that there may be no Min
the case reported at Houston being sHsa1
John"
The itinefant train has not arrived I
some opposition has developed ii IN
ting the train to enter the city
The Kaysee has been allowed 10 NJ
traffic with Lake Charles, but VI n
Arthur.
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------~~-------
AT MOBILE.
Four New Cascs ana One Death II.
the Record.


the Record.
Mobile. Ala, September 29,--Yestsrday' 4
DIE report OF ten new cnae was offset hy q
small report today OF four. The only
death In the twentyfour hours ending n,
noon was Brother Slmphorinn at the In
dust'ial gardens, reported las. night The
new cases are. NJ. G., Pelham. Elmlra
n"er Charles; Mary OTIS, corner Palmetto
ana Chatham; r. s.. King, 700 Savannah
street, aud William IL. Ray. Marine. near
New Jersey.
The oases OF the two boys at the In
uustrial gardens have not been reported
az yellow fever Tho recoveries are: Mrs.
Ainklcw. MRS Matthews, AdoIph Muntz
and Mary Bassett.
Total eases to date 6S; deaths TO-; con-
saiescsnt aud recovered 81; under treat
Thaic IL much restitution In tho families
81 the poorer classes OF the injected Dis
tllct. Tbs families in which there n
sickness are practically shut on from the
weird aud soon get out OF food. Tho
Cah t-6ot- Away club IL ministerlng to
their necessities with great energy and
~ successful In relieving much az tho
distress. Tho situation viii Improve rapid :
:. ior the reason that ut the beginning
easily because the quarantine reuu,at,ons
were as stringent Against the entry OF the
Sant-Get-Away members as against nom
professionals gencnilly, The regulations
aave been modified and 1t Is believed The
ssnci VIII be sufficient to supply wants
sdequate!y In the future. 1t il not tho
.sinii,es where there are sick people that
are tue only sufferers. There are many
people out Ct work and they are slow
70 make their conditions known, The club
~ helping them al fast az their conditlon
!: discovered. The general health Of Inc
clty remains unchanged. Tho report that
there are 800 sick Is Not true.
your correspondent Interviewed most al
tne club ana the highest ayerase estimate
sick from all causes. yellow fever In.
cluded. ~" ~
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y u1ssa - yseAIpa evsnue. ons o.
1cGGHso 6ttpofp " the city. Most
"A ~ nI1fonta fe1orted - III today ere
Z q lNo hSflSr e.. 1.ats thts evening three
8 61rso Ne1U tepssted ~ Df. shepard In the
& l1t6rS * Christian Charity coovent, and
( w ~ arpeased b ~ Poydras asylutn. %
49, sfs tsrse q nvs Snasa'ap y *, IN
/; 1aat NV daya. TIE casss which are down
"a ths ut = being credited to the Charity
I hUepitaI Ga not originate there. although
Tiers lid been pretiously two cases sent
% the CHARITY hospital. me two cases
5 thet were developed today were men who
had drifted into the Institution ailing and
whose cases had promptly developed To-
night hoth were carried out to tho isolA-
tion hospital. At nightfall two cases were
reported In the detention camp At Oak
lsnd park. They were at once removed 10
tho safety tent and the ambulance telc-
phoned for. Subsequently both patients
were carried to the isolation hospital.
One Of the deaths reported today was In
the ecnter Of town and two down town.
The former was Tanners His brother.
who had been robust and healthy butcher.
succumbed 10 yellow fever last week after
several days Illness. Emile TANNERS at
tended his brother. contracted the disease
and after q very brief illness died, Russo.
an Italian, died down town.
The paddest and most sensational case.
however was that Of Mrs. Jennie Afford.
Mrs. Afford, her daughter and son-in- law,
Edward A. Reppert. came here about q
year ago and Reppert got employment ma
stcnographar for Superintendent Creme OF
the Northwestern railroad. Yesterday Mrs.
Afford was seized with the fever and Rep
pert, greatly terrorined Immortality packed
his grip and fled North, leaving his wife to
attend her mother In n strange CITY Mrs
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VIII Rinse Quarantine.

San Antonio. Texas. September 30.-Dr
Ketchum, State medical expert, acting for
State Health Officer Swearingen, has pro-
yellow fever. When kilograms to that eff
feet were received here tonight DR.. Berry
county health officer, declared all quaran-
tine against Victoria raised. When in
formed by the Express late tonight that DR..
Swearingen had stated that quarantine
against Houston could with safety be
raised, DR.. Berry. county health officer,
said he would raise the quarantine against
Houston early tomorrow morning.
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II WAS NOTHING BUT DENGIIE
se' suspicious Case at Victoria Very EASY 70 n,.
!" Nechum the Expert Took loot a. 49, DIR

4"' 'eAas september 2s-Dr A II
this roorr,ns who here on M expert OF Navaso
aecas without W special train
fever but ssnr~ ~ a. susss case is moi & careful and
the NJ, approved
Houston at opinion that were in solans
DR. morning citizens ne returned
~ - i0pSins who are wild with and
49, " ns hoar The buw INC the
every effort will h.v, messages ops. s
railroad onl s GUAR anhnes the and
s ss sss % sIe %''s ss.. .
Nsr various e0unis. which % action Of the
$3.50 -. Just ossn received YcsSun "a MAC 0sa runs
e and similar sno wsco have ouassn
ana eAss adsaceat maA IRON oonsd Edu. sysc.
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At state Heu.iou.r,e,.

Austin. Texas, September 2o--DL d
lei, the secretary of the stats bgsl
health. received Information toby d
Drs. Ketchum and Peoples Of xrssa
who had been sent to Victoria . I1ye(
gate the supposed case Of yellow trs
that point, reported that It w III
case of dengue. No communicate
been received today from Dr.. Sutalil
DR.. Daniel received information tAli
ternoon. however, that the negro sifl 4
pect" in Houston was still alive I'D 4
an examination Of her secretions ftyel|
no sign OF yellow fever; but that she
still isolated.
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beaumont Alone Excepted.

Victoria. Texas, September 29--At a
called meeting of the board of health OF
the county and city OF Victoria Geld this
afternoon the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That quarantine is hereby
withdrawn against all points in Texas, ex-
cepting Beaumont
The counties of Dewitt and Calhoun hav-
Ing withdrawn quarantine against Victoria
train service between Cuero and Port
Lavaca will be resumed tomorrow.
II similar action is taken by Goliad and
Bee counties tonight train service will
be resumed on the Beeville extension to-
morrow
There is no prospect OF any trains be-
tween here and Houston owing to quaran-
tine of Wharton Junction and Fort Bend
counties against Houston. The mails will
be handled via Cuero tomorrow.
me Houston Post special edition printed
mere this morning went like hot cakes
arg furnished the people of Victoria with
iuii and exclusive news regarding the yell
low fever and other outside news.
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QUARANTINE RAISED.
BEAUMONT AGAIN HAS CONNECTION
WITH THE OUTER WORLD.
Not Even suspicious Cnse since
the Lovcjoy Death--The Post
In Great Demand.

Beaumont, Texas. September 29.--State
Health Officer Swearngen arrived In Beau
mont at II 80 o'clock. He was met Mt the
western suburbs by tho local board of
health, Acting Mayor Chester and Ageu,
John u. Goodhue. and after half hour q
conference the train rolled up to the de
pot and DR.. Swearingen gave out tho fol-
lowing for publications.
DR. II. r. Calhoun, President Beaumont
Board OF Health:
Beaumont, Texas, September 20. 1887
Satisfactory evidence having been given me
that no suspicious cases of fever have been
In your city since the death OF Thomas
Lovejoy. herby withdraw the quarantine
against your city. II, NJ, swearingen,
state Health officer"
The Southern Pacific special train which
brought DR.. swearingen and his order abol
ishing tho quarantine also brought 900
copies of today's Post. and when the traiu
pulled up to the depot tho crowd which
had assembled seemed more eager for a
copy OF the great Texas daily than they
were to hear the edict of the health officer
The people had been without Post for
eight days, and when they did arrive Agent
Grlst and his corps of newsboys were
nearly smothered by the rush caused by
runor that there were not enough pa
pers to supply the demand.
The beard OF health this Afternoon re-
coivod telegram announcing that Sabine
Pass had raised the quarantine against
beaumont. Houston and all Texas towns.
A similar message came from Orange.
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here this afternoon from Galveston win
full cargoes Of merchandise
The special train that brought DR.: swear
infen in brought this mornings issue o.
The post and never was warmer well
come accorded anything. animate or inani-
mate, in Orange. II was the first news
from the outside world receiver here IN a
week outside Of The Posts daily fever
bulletins, and crowds have congregated on
every corner this afternoon reading the
paper or hearing II read. :.
One hundred and fifty-five cars are IN
the yards here loaded and ready TO go. ana
had the cars been available fully 1Oe moro
woul have been loaded. Mills that have
been shut down will resume as soon az
cars are brought In for them to load.
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CoNFLICrTNG QUARANTrSE.

Bexar County OfHciaIs Not In Har-
mOny with the City.
San Antonio. Texas, September 2s.-San
Antonio 10 tonight cut off from commun-
ication with Houston and Victoria. All pas
senger trains on the Southern Pacific rail.
road between San Antonio and Houston
have been abandoned. The Arkansas Pass
| road will run its trains only as far as Yoa-
KUN and all trains between that town
and Houston have been abandoned. Freight
trains are still running under regulations
established by the county quarantine OIL.
GERS. The Southern Pacific routes all its
business through Galveston via the Santa
Fe from Rosenberg and today received no.
| tice that 1876 carloads Of through business
| from California would be rushed through
as fast as 1t can be handled.
| The county has established camp Of
| detention on the Southern Pacific at the
| east county line and two train crews and
half dozen passengers from Houston are
4 being detained there.
| An Arkansas Pass train crew and the su,
perintendent's chief clerk and son and
two passengers from Houston are detained
at the southern boundary Of the county in
a Pullman sleeping car.
The abandonment of trains between San
Antonio and Houston has caused the South
ern Pacific and connecting lines to re-
consider their order to take off the st
Louis limited tomorrow and the train will
be continued until the yellow fever scare
is over. 1t will be run as local train be-
tween here and Flatonia and through
train from that point to ST. Louis, thus
giving an eastern outlet for Southern Pa
oGc business.
The CITY authorities have decided uot
to quarantine against Houston and VIC
toria at present. The county quarantine,
however. is effective in keeping people
from those points out Of the city
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Lake Charles, La, September "a
T. S. Smith has caused great alarm in
the people of Oherlein by reporaus
there are two cases of yellow fever p Y
Charles; same report has gone dasi
Cameron parish. 1t is absolutet y
There are two children sick With nns
fever; simply this and nothing more y
New Orleans health train with IVY.
Carter and Olllphant aboard was
late this afternoon at the eastern ~ Y.
of Acadia parish. The Acadia ana Y
sieu boards will not allow any ms
infected points to pass through.
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PLENTY OF LUMBER.

While this city has been effectively t;cd
mp with rigid quarantine for eight days,
local saw mills have been running contln-
uously and are therefore In condition TO
meet any immediate demand for lumber In
the interior or elsewhere.
wire from Houston announces that two
trains OF empty flat cars were started 10
Beaumont this afternoon, aud as the South
ern Pacific is In position TO handle
promptly all freight rendered. parties desir-
Ing to order lumber need have no fear Of
delay In shipment.
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Rockport Cleaning Up.

Rockport. Texas, September 27.-No one
is frightened here about the fever, but
City and County Health officer DR.. H.
w. Grouse has issued orders for thorough
cleaning Of private premises and streets.
Weeds and rubbish are going up in smoke
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Alarm -Abntea

DAiias' Texas, September 2a.-Tbe fool.
'nk OF alarm among the people of na,,a.
over the report Of the existence =, 80
p.''ous case of fever In Houston was abates
10 considerable extent today.
r, ooun'y Health Officer Florence and civ
anysieian Armstrong made several g.
un.etuai attempts today TO commun,oata
, ms,n STATE Health officer SwearIngen Thau
n. that he had left Houston tn naa,
~ 'onn Guiteras. Both Drs. Florence and
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cred the case at Houston dangerous from
ccntagion he said he would not have per-
mitted SO many people to leave that city
On the contrary, however, he did not think
there was any danger, and at the same
time 1t relieved the city to let the people
out, and II later a case moro serious should
develop 1t could be handled better''
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swearingcn at Lake C,,.

Lake Charles. La. September 29.-Dr
Swearingen came into the city this after.
noOH ehpec'ing to hold conference with
u, me Guiteras- Carter party here. He c.no
ha 1psoiu.eiy without authority and when
tr u al hno ,nat he had done SO he had his
turned around and returned 70 Te .ne ~, =,
ieIt al o'clock. He was mislpformed Th te
usreement between Calcasieu and acod ue
parlsnes was that no one from insoatns
points should be admitted. Injected
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Wnxahnchle rs Con.erystivl

Waxahachie, Texas, septemDH
Twenty physicians appeared belas
commissioners court this afterncn 2
quest and t,pdered their opinloos y. Z
quarantine situation. One fayorea " Y,
tine and one favored inspector '"
trains running through the counur,
Health Officer Boyd and Masos ~ =.
were present. After hearing ~ Ky
the commissioners were caiieu w
by County Judge Smith. co