New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-11
FLEEING FROM GALVESTON.
p.H1c OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT YELLOW FEVER is IN
THE CITY.
-rrcur CASES REPORTED BY DIR. GrITEEAs. THE
GOVERNMENT ExPERr-RUsH To GET A"N'
BEFc RE QUARANTINE MAKES 1T
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IMPOSSIBLE.
~.,,.,..o, Toy oct 10-Dr II. A. West.
-, -, .ho galveston Board OF Health. and
.ho roro,nal head os the Board during the SICK
w. - .ho Citv Health Physician Dr. c. w.
1r,shor las, nigh, made the following announce
ment:
NJ cui,eras has reported to pr. Wymsan suo. that at
there are eiSht RGsl' be local physcians Of Calves
nn' held an Informal meeting SsturGay n'Sn' AZ not W
discuss matters T G~,i"rss STfg and they thought we
SovId not submit 10 his opinion 9,ners me, ,a az ,bat
with NM nm iTsfi,ied the opinion that the cases are
yellow fever
v.st agrees With DR. Guteras and says
he has two well defined cases OF EeHo" ieNe'
now under treatment.
Dasr,,o assurances Of Or. Guiteras that there
"a no need for alarm or excitement, or necessity
of leaving the city. a perfect hegira set IN ai'e'
this announcement and every regular tram
leaving the city last nigh; was packed with peo-
n,e fleeing from the disease. ana specia' ''a.''
are IN demand. The general officers OF 'he 'u'''
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. with theN nam
flies. clerks and other employees LETT "a'NeS'o"
nj Q O'Clock last nght for Cleourne' "here '''eS
will locate and operate until the scare - V'V''
,a ,ha diseas. s,ibsides This is more Of a pre-
apfin
General officers wished TO be located SO they could
onarafe tie northern end Of their line IN case "a'-
weston is bottled up ell, =, -, liz, ora
Intense excitement prevails III me cI!!, anu
harsh expressions are used against br' Gu''eiaS'
,,bo has sinplv done his duty ana confirmed q
belief that there has been fever preNaienl hste. @
Dr Swcarrgen. state Health Oficer mas
hsar .elegraphed for and will with Dr. Guiteras
ond local PHYSICIANS make a thorough inVestl-
sation Of the eight cases and others OF an aCute
character The excitement is so intense ana 'ile
physclars so cautious that II Is hhpossipIe ~ ~
n; nc rtirrlars or 20 ascertain where the cases
are located. Galveston. however eXpects 10 "
bottled up by quarantine inside "i me heA'
tventv-fOur hours. and every one VINO Is ao,e 10
90, avay Is leaving The wires are being kept
hot advising absent ones to remain away un'li
the danger Is over. ,, ..
Houston early last night quarantined agalns,
Galveston, and 1t is expected that uain service
on all lines will he blocked by quarantine 10 IN
terior points today. DR.. Guteras VIII go 10
Houston il possible tomorrow 10 lhNes'lsate seN
eraI cases Of illness there. and VIII return TO-
morrow night. He reiterates that theTe i "'
cause for alarm. a., ,
DR. Guiteras would not give out his report
Saturday night but through Dr.. West II was
learned that he thought the disease would not oe
widespread or Of virulent character. .
DR. c. w Truehart. who has heen through
eeveral yellow fever epidemics. says: -
"I have examined two Of the cases whlch III
Guiteras considered suspicious. and l saw no,
the slightest trace Of yellow fever. | have founo
no symptoms of yellow fever in my practice ana
! do not believe It exists in Galveston TO-DAY.
There is every indication that II the disease is
yellow fever L is Of a very mild type and VIII De
attended with little or no mortality
There have been deaths here from oenSue
Before meeting Of the Galveston Board OF
Health to-day DR.. Guitera9 made the following
statement: -
IT have reported to Surgeon General Wyman
and communicated to Health Officer rishe'.
County Physician Warheld ana Aeiins Mayo 49,
SSinner thdt there are five cases of yellow fever
here and three cases that have recovered from
the disease. There IS 10 DOUBT IN my nn1 Us
10 the correctness Of the diagnosis. nave peen
very careful and have made no statement az 10
anv cases without close personal examination
The cases are scattered and seem TO have NJ
connection. They appear to nave deVeloPeo ~
a quite confusing way and are mixed with
deneue fever There Is at the Sealy Hos
pital 7 have reported two at St Marys In
Urinary. but find that in one at the inhrmary
was mistaken. | misunderstood the statement
~ the attending physician as TO the presence
Of albumen Finding there is no albumen,
alter my diagnosis as to that case Ihe "ther
case In the infrmary IS distinctly yellow fever.
According 70 this statement. there are four
eases Of yellow fever here as the case IN which
Dr. Guiteras was mistaken IS one of the hve
mentioned in the above statement. The opinion
Of a majority Of the physicians here is that there
is no yellow fever at Galveston. but a type OF
deugue fever has existed for the last sixty days:
that there have beer fifteen thousand cases OF
dengue. and not a single death. meeting OF
citizens of Galveston has been called for Mon
day morning for the purpose of asking lDr
Wyman 10 keen nr Guiteras here until he has
time 70 report fully on all suspicious cases
Galveston was somewhat excited last night.
hut to-day the city is more quiet. The Santa FH
IL the only road open All other roads were cut
off last night. and 11S departed on to-days
train Fortv-two people are booked FOR New
York by a steamer which sails Monday and
forty people have left Galveston by boat FOR
bay shore points. The citizens say that II these
four cases are yellow fever then thousands OF
citizens have had it, there have been thou
sands of cases similar 10 the cases pronounced
by Or. Guiteras 70 he yellow fever.