The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-12
MNret,,r t,r tllIARANrINE.

SeNe'W Weii thufheu cases OF yellow iever
in Galveston.
stNret-r Sr QUARANTINE.
tsalvcston. Texas. October 1l.---tialvestou
feit for the nrat Time this morning tho
blishtang effect OF the quarantine that
since Saturday sight has hcmmed the
town IN as II by a wall 1t was when an
| attcmpt to do business was made that tho
fun force OF the blow came The whole-
sale houses. OF course We're the hardest
MT. Clarke \ Courts. the big printing
frm notified their employees when they
reported Cor work that they had decided
10 shut down pending the yellow fever
scare. This firm is the largest OF the
KIND south OF st. Louis and has rraveiiug
mon In several States. Arrnng ements are
being made TO nli all orders from Dallas.
One hundred aud forty-three men are
thrown out of work. In speaking OF this
| action u member OF the firm said: ut was
during the busiest part of the year that
| the blow was struck orders were coming
| In thick and fast and many times IL was
| necessary 10 work at night to keep pace
| with tho orders. Bnt 1t 10 all changed now
and the shutdown may be for an indein-
| ito time
| All the other big houses doing an outs
side business arc placed az the mercy OF
| the quarantine, but none of them havo
shut down. In nearly all. however. tho
| working force has been decreased, and In
some instances all the travelling men laid
| on
At the present tlmo 1t Is absolutely Inn
| possible to get freight out OF Galveston or
to overcome the stagnntion in trade
A large mass meeting OF business men
and citizcps was held al the cotton ex-
change this morning and the situation
was Thoroughly discussed. ana the conchi-
sion roac.. best to wait
| three or four days I norc definite In
formation. After passbng a resolution re-
1 ferrns the whole matter Of the ttgnsmts,,
sion OF freight TO l'vaith authorities. tiis
meeting adjourned,
| DOCTORS OPINIONS CONFLICT.
local phys,cians atlll express conflicting
opinions. Some say there IS genuine yell
low fever here, while others deny 1t. The
day opened with reports of three suspi-
cious cases. tn board OF health was
advised that DIR, Trlchoart had case
which hes considered yellow fever beyond
any doubt. Whom seen, DR. Trueheart
prepared tho following for the pross;
| 81 have come across this morning
mild, but well marked case OF yellow To-
| yer, at Sixteenth and A. and have re-
ported same to health department, have
| also seen several well defined fresh cases
| OF dengue with eruptons. etc, proflise
! and well marked. One case is that of u
| woman who had yellow fever In 1858
have also seen. by invitation OF DR.. RAN
| DALI two cases in his practice which
! thank very slispIcIous.'
| The two suspicious cases referred to
| above are the ones that Drs. Wilkinson
and Burke later In the day examined and
| pronounced not TO be yellow fever. Acc
| cepting their report as correct, this leaves
! the case reported by DR.. Truchcart as
| the only suspicious one OF the day, There
! have been no deaths and the majority OF
| the suspects are convaleacng. This is the
| exact situation as IT exists tonight.
TWO CASES NOT FEVER.
Az o'ciock tonight the following re-
port was made TO the board of health:
| To Or. Fred Fisher. Acting City Health
Officer:
| We have this day made a careful exafni-
| nation OF the cases of George Norman
| $40 Postoflce street, and Henry Stewln-
sky, Thirty-ninth and Broadway, and are
of the oplnion that neither OF the cases 10
or has been yellow fever. In the case OF
Mr.. Norman. unmstakabc traces OF tho
! denguc rash are still present, and the
| ethical history shows the existence OF the
| rash In abundance for the last three days.
| In the case OF StewiTrsky the clinic symp-
toms eioited force us To the opinion
c. II. Wilkinson, NJ -.
j. II, Burk. NJ. D.
| THE foregoing eases were pronounced
1 etis l,itHous this morning and rs such were
reported 10 the board Of health. Az the
res,uest of the beard. Drs. Wilkinson and
| Burk, both yellow fever experts. spent
the afternoon IN examining the cases. DIR.
Tr.ehart examined Norman and said II