The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-29
The ISOLATION OF VICTORIA.
City Of Roses Quarantined Because
'of . Suspicious Case"
PANIC CAUSED BY A DENGUE PATIENT
Cftisens Think There IL No Cause
for Alarm, but the Hoard of
Health In Apprehcnsive.

Victoria, Texas, September 2s.--victorla
| is isolated from the world today IN conse-
quence Of what everybody considers from
but which the county health officer pro-
nounced suspicious with possibility Of de-
veloping into yellow fever. However, Or,
r.. n. Hopkins. who is also member OF
the board. and who has been through q
yellow fever epidemic, examined the case
and In as emphatic language as he Is capa-
bic OF declares 1t is not yellow fever OF
anything like It. Notwithstanding this the
board Of health decided that the house
should be isolated, guards placed around 1t
and seemed inclined to side with the health
officer rather than with DR.. Hopkins. The
patient Is a man by the name Of w. A.
Suggs, who came here from Groveton.
Texas, on the 7th Of September, and
bought out the Delmonico restaurant. He
had the dengue last week and ventured
out Saturday before he was well and sur
fered % relapse, and In the opinion Of
ninety nine out Of a hundred people IN
Victoria, including the medical fraternity,
he Is suffering from this relapse and moth
Ing more. He Ia up today, smoking his
pipe and threatening the city and county
officers with prosecution for accusing him
OF possibly having yellow fever. A great
many people became Panic stricken last
night and left town by private convey
ances Many were stopped at the county
line by quarantine guards established by
flljaceDt counties when the news first
went out Of here late last night The
sober sentiment of the people asserted It,
self today, however. and there is ronsid-
cradle critlclsm OF the action OF the board
In precipltaIting such condition of affairs.
In consequence OF advices from the local
board OF health that no trains OF any de-
scription would be allowed to arrive CT de-
par. from Victoria. whch was served last
night after the development OF the "sus-
picious case no trains were run on the
Victoria division today. De Witt and
Wharton counties served similar notice ON
the railroad officials this morning and not
n wheel will turn until further notice. Or
ders have been issued laying off all train
men. section men and extra clerks and
operators, each station being run by the
agent alone. At late hour this evening
Or Swearlngen was reached by long dis
lance telephone and agreed to come over
tonight on special train to examine the
case. Unless he does so a special meeting
of tho city council will be called tomorrow
morning to consider the emergency. All
Inquiries from health officers OF other cit
les ere directed to DR., Thornton. the presi-
dent Of the board, who declares 1t a very
suspicious case, which intensifies the feel
Ing and provckes general quarantine
against Victoria.
Rev. Josephus Johnston states thaA the
clerk requests the announcement that the
annual synod at Marshall is postponed un-
III December by request.
DR. Ketchum OF Navasota left Houston
for Victoria tonight on a special train ut
the request OF DR., Swearlngen TO investi-
gate the Suggs case.