Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-10-14
GALvESToN's YELLOW FEVER.
The Island City Invaded by the Dread
Scourge.

1t would be extremely difficult
at this writing to tell which were
the worse off, Galveston or else
where. Galveston has the yellow
fever and elsewhere in general
and Brennan in particular has
the scare. The fever is of mild
type, but the fright its existence
has produced is of a most robust
variety. In choosing between
mild ever and severe fright it is
hard to decide on the least of two
evils and possible there are some
who would prefer the former
horn of the dilema.
The authority of quarantine is
again absolute, and a health GER
tificate the only open sesame to
travel. The man who was caught
away from home Sunday when
the storm broke will have to pro-
long his visit, as he will find it
impossible to run the gauntlet of
quarantine guards.
The five or six members of the
Santa Fe switch crew at this
place under Commodore
STORMY" Smith have been laid
off indefinitely, and other reduc-
tons in the operating department
of the railroads and express COM
panies are expected. Commence
ing Monday and until further Or
ders (night) trains No. Z and s
are annulled between Cleburne
and Galveston and (day) train
Nos. 5 and 6 are annulled be-
tween Galveston and Alvin.
Train No. 8 (north-bound night
passenger) Sunday was the last
train out of Galveston. Trains
(day) Nos. 5 and 6 will run be-
tween Purcell and Alvin as usual.
No. Z (early morning southbound
passenger) has been annulled
south of Temple The Calves
ton News failed to arrive Mon
day, as there is no train service
the other side of Alvin. Calves
ton doctors disagree with DR..
John Guiteras the United States
expert as to there being any
fever in Galveston, the last nam
ed claiming that seven cases ex-
list in different parts of the city.
Health Officer Swearingen has
officially announced the existence
of the disease. So it may be
stated that Galveston has the
fever officially if not otherwise.
The feeling of paralysis which
struck Brennan when the evil
tidings were first announced is
subsiding to considerable ex-
tent. Nevertheless the appre-
hension while not so apparent is
none the less genuine, and a
quiet exodus to the country is
going on in some quarters which
may become decidedly more pro-
nounced in case the situation
doesn't speedily improve. 1t is
hardly probable that anything
like a wholesale leaving of the
city will occur however. There
are but a few more days until
frost will relieve the situation,
and even if the disease were
brought to BRENNAN it could not
become epidemic in the time that
intervenes between this and frost.
Hampstead has shut herself out
from the world and will allow no
trains to stop: No trains will be
allowed to stop in the counties of
Grimes, Robertson, Brazos or
Waller. No passengers from the
east will be allowed to stop at
Chappell Hill. Passengers from
the west must have health certi-
ficates not more than twenty
four hours old.
The. Conroe branch is tied up
at this place for an indefinite
period. The Santa Fe passenger
/ Monday afternoon came from
Cameron without a stop, and con-
tinued to Rosenberg without
stopping. Several parties had
bought tickets for different points
south, but on being told by the
train officials that they had no
guarantee of being allowed to
stop anywhere most of them de-
cided to remain in Brennan.
The night trains on the Central
have been annulled pending fur
ther orders.