The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10
At Least Expert GuiteraS
Finds Yellow Fever
at Galveston.
However, Some Physicians of
the State Differ From the
Federal Officer.
Yet Disease Exists, but Ii VIII
Probably Be Attended by Little
or No Mortality.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

AUSTIN, TEXAS, Ocl. 9 Governor Cul
berson tonight received telegram from
Stale, Health Officer Swearingen, who is
at Houston, s;a ing that he is just in re-
ceipt Of telegram from Acting Mayor
Skinner of Galveston, stating that United
States Exrert Guiteras has diagnosed 6
case of yellow fever this afternoon. DR.
Swearingen wired that he was going to
Galveston 81 once.
GALVESTON, TEX, Oct. DIR. II. A
West, mem er of the Galveston Board
of Health and the nominal head of the
board during the sickness of City Health
Ply ysician Fisher. tonight made the fol.
lowing announcement:
DR.. Guiteras has reported to Dr. Wyman
that there are eight positive cases of vel.
low fever in Galveston. We Che local
physicians OF Galveston) held an in form a.
meeting Saturday night 10 discuss the
matter. Some of the physicians do not
agree with DIR. Guiteras and they thought
we should not submit to his opinion
others agreed with him. Some of the
physicians did not feel that the facts JUS
tilted the opinion that the cases are yell
low fever"
DR.. Guiteras would net give out his re-
port Saturday night, but through DR..
West 1t was learned that Dr. Guiteras
thought that the disease would not be
widespread or of a virulent character.
DR.. c. w. Trueharr, who has been
through several yellow fever epidemics.
says: II have examined two OF the case
which DIR. Guiteras considered suspicious,
and L saw not the sligh trace of yellow
lever. have found no symptoms of yel-
low lever IN my practice, ana | do not be-
lieve it exists In Galveston to-day"
There IS every indication that if the
disease is ye low fever 1t is of q very mild
type, and will be attended with little or
no mortality. There have been no deaths
here from dingue.
DR.. West, q member of the Galveston
Boa-d OF Hath, agrees with Dr.. Guiteras,
and SAYS he has two well-defined cases of
yellow fever under treatment. Despite
tue assurances of DR.. Guite-as that there
is no need for alarm or excitement or
necessity OF lesving the city, :. perfect
leaving the city tonight Is packed with
people fleeing from the disease, and
special trains are in demand.
The general officers of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway, with their fami-
lies, clerks and other EN- ployes. left at 8
o'clock tonight for Cleburne, where they
will locate and operate until the scare is
more OF precautionary measure than
anything else.
Galveston expects 10 re bottled up by
quarantine inside of the next twenty-four
hours and every one WHO Is able to get
away is leaving. The wires are being kept
hot advising absent on 10 remain away
until the danger is over.
Houston tonight quarantined against
Galveston. Dr. Guiteras will go to Hous-
ton to- o-moriow to investigate several cases
OF illness there ana will return tomorrow
night. He reiteraies that there is no
cause for alarm.
MOBILE, ALA, Oct 9-Five new cases
and three deaths are the record for the
twentv-1our hours ending at noon to-day.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 9.-The fever
situation Is practically unchanged, and
new cases are even more numerous, COM
ing from all parts OF the city, the foci be-
ing widely distributed. The record pre-
sented by the Board of Health tonight is
thirty new cases and the folio wins
deaths: Miss Pauline Heitman, Miss Katie
Leitsch, Sister Eulogia, Mrs. E A. Rep
peri, f. Casemux and William Flood.