The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10
PATIENTS DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE II
Some Of the Physicians Contend
There Is No Fever.
ALL THE sIck AXE DOING NELL
General Offices OF the santa Fe
Hurriedly Moved to some other
Point--Communicat on.

is In panic About O'Clock the rumor
Of yellow fever was heard on the streets.
1t spread with marvellous rapidity. 1t wens
from tongue to tongue like angry flames
devouring highly oombustible material.
First the report was sixteen cases OF xen-
uine yellow fever, then two. then eight.
The CONSERVATION OF the people was almost
beyond description. The guests at the IRE
mont hotel paid their bills hastily. procured
their baggage and left for the aepots in
the hopes Of getting out OF town. They
met with reprisal at the Santa Fe depot
and elsewhere. The Santa Fe ofhcills cot
an early tip. At o'clock they got quiet
word OF the existence OF the plague in the
city and they certainly lost no time. Cen
eral Manager Polk and General Passenger
Agent Keenan, left with their families on
the 1880 train for the north. Before they
went away a conference Of the officials was
held and it was decided to move the head
quarters as matter OF business rrecau-
tion special train was quickly made
up and placed in the shed at the naw Santa
| Fe station. People OF all classes besicged
| 60 on 1t. They met with a tositiyc re-
| fusal. The train was to carry onlv the
I ,n1 AfA thn ,l.l tha
Offices, etc. The train departed about 10
| o'clock. The destination OF the train was
| kept secret General Superintendent Res
seguie refused TO say where The general
Offices would be located 1t s believed.
however. that 1t will stop at Cleeurne.
l DIR. Guiteras. marine hospital exnert re-
| ports tonight to Surgeon General Wyman
at Washington that there are eight cases
| Of yellow fever at Galveston
| II have examined two OF the cases which
| Dr. Guiteras considered suspicious. III d
saw not the slightest trace of yellow fever
| have found no SYMPTOMS OF vellow fever
in my practice, and do not believe t ex-
lists in Galveston today pr. C. w. Tue
| heart.
II have seen several OF the roses pro-
nounced yellow fever by DR.. Cui.aras and
in some at least agree with him. I had
seen two suspicious cases before he came
| and they have since developed into yellow
fever. DR.. II. A. West.
Dr.. Guiteras was seen at the fremont
hotel at 1880 by a Post reporter and asked
concerning the rumor. He refused to con-
firm or deny the report and said; 10 saw
the excitement. nm going to dinner new
Good night, sir" With that the yellow
fever expert went up stairs to his neal.
DR.. II. A. West was seen at his office
at o'clock and ne was asked to tell what
he knew of the state of affairs. He was
told OF the rumor, the interview with pr.
Guiteras and OF the fact that DR.. Warfield
had been met with on Twenty secoad
street and partly confirmed the rumor.
OR, Guiteras will rep' % surgeon
General wyman tonigl 81 tnes are
eight cases here of : va ~. rpe tie
ment OF the -c--- e q .,,nopaali-
as.'.s' 5s-FggSs 81 AZ that b
, 'a,f , SSvsSsszss s sSSfa I, z 'a' '''-
Il know the looatIorAUL, them.
Two are at the sisiersUOET SOtpe at
the John sealy hcspita - hvate
numbers humber I do not recall.T HOWARD Il arc
ali doing well and don't ts' G Gen Ie. MShave
yellow fever
Upon what symptoms ODD his
conclusions?" ,arv u,us
ION the fact that there Is. Of the 10
the urine, on the state Of the must end a
low pulse with high temperi .alyey
"Do you know what other led clans
agree with DR.. Guiteras?" ac
Il can not give the name OF anybody
except myself. | Will say that ! am posi-
tive as to two cases OF which Was sus-
picious before DR.. Guiteras came. am
!. inclined to agree with Or. Guiteras In
other cases"
At this point other physicians began to
J gather In DR.. Vests Office for conference
with Or. Guiteras and the interview eane
to an end.
DIR. West says DR.. Guiteras claims the
fever came In The densus epidemic q II
did 1t ooean Spring. and Biloxi. A. 70 IL
exact orasin ~ hasn't ths slishtset iesA