The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12
she IS STILL At LARGE
Authorities Are Unable to Find
Miss Graham.
SITUATION IS UNCHANGED
Patients at the Pest House Are Improy-
ing-The Streets Are in Filthy
Condition-They Should Be
Cleaned at Once.

VI any hllhu III the SlLuaIfDll.
DR.. Monroe visited all the patients
not yet committed to- the pest house
and reported them last evening without
exception as improving. There were re-
ports out late night before last, some
of which had it that Gertrude O'Don-
has succumbed to the disease, and others
that 1t was Miss Downey Both re-
ports were untrue. DR.. Monroe visited
the homes of both the young ladies
yesterday and found them among the
living. DR.. Monroe stated that they
We're both very low the night before,
but were somewhat improved yester-
day. A fumor was current yesterday,
which 1T does not seem possible can be
true, although it emanated from a
reliable source, which is said to ac-
count for these young ladies being ex-
posed. 1t Is said that one of the at
PENDANTS at the pest house came in and
attended a dance at VAUDEVILLE at
which they We're present. Whether
there Is any truth in the report could
not be ascertained.
There Is one thing that is worrying
the authorities not a little. 1t is what
mas become OF the young woman who
cailed upon DR.. Johnston day before
SAID TO be the daughter of James Ora
ham. who has smallpox in his family,
put Or. Monroe has been unable to find
any trace of her, and it is denied that
she belongs to that family. DR.. John
ston states there is no possible doubt
that the young woman has smallpox,
but what became Of her after she left
his Office is profound mystery. The
authorities, not being able to find her
suppose she is being cared for by some
| of her friends. If it is discovered that
she Is not being properly cared for and
| Is being allowed to expose others, the
authorities propose to make it interest
ing for the persons responsible.
Since Wednesday no school children
have been permitted to attend school
who had no certificate of vaccination,
and as a consequence the attendance
has been considerably cut down, but 1t
has been the means of making people
get their children vaccinated and in a
| few days the attendance Is expected to
be as large as usual.
Or. Alexander stated yesterday that
quite number of pupils have present.
ed vaccination certificates signed by
druggists and others, who have been
taking advantage of the situation to
| make some money. He stated for the
information of parents that no certifl-
Gates not signed by a regularly prac-
ticing physician will be recognized at
| the schools.
City Clerk Gaiian received a note yes
terday from Attorneys Welcome and
Root, stating that young lady who
had roomed at the Stephens block had
been shut ont when the house was quar-
antined and that she was sick and all
| her money and clothes were in her
room. A request was made that her
| belongings be fumigated and returned
| 70 her. The matter was referred to the
! health department
In connection with the smallpox mat
ter, the condition of the streets of the
| city has been much discussed, 1t has
| been suggested that If the streets, all
| OF which are in very unsanitary con-
dltion just now, were to be cleaned it
would do much toward warding off an
! epidemic. 1t might be difficult to do
much toward cleaning streets that are
not paved while the mud lasts, but it
! IS argued that there is no excuse for
| the filthy condition OF the paved
streets.
Some Things Explained.
Although the smallpox scare is on
the decline and the vigorous measures
now adopted will very probably pre-
vent any spread of the disease, the
| gruesome term, pest house." produces
vague terror in the mind of the aver
age citizen and causes creepy feeling
| TO chase up and down his spine. The
! name Us contraction of "pestllence
house." a name applied to houses where
IN ancient times those sick with the
dlnerent plaques that swept the coun-
| try We're left to die or get well. fire.
quently Without food, medicine or
nurses; AS applied to a modern hos
pltal Tor contagious diseases where
| every aid and comfort possible is sup
piled' II is an unjust misnomer. The
tsenhlcai name for the disease is "vari-
oia, ana light cases such as generally
occur ~ vaccinated subjects. are called
Although the disease is contagious
from the first fever, 1t is but slightly
SO compared with the period during
Wnicn the scabs are drying and scaling
| on. While it is certain that smallpox
~ causea py specific organism, it has
NOT YET peen isolated, at least the path
oiogists have not agreed on the matter.
The identification of a fully developed
| case Of smallpox is an easy matter, but
! the diagnosis of modified cases, par
| tlcuiarly when complicated with other
| diseases, presents one of the most diff
ficult problems in medicine. One of
! the reasons is that the most prominent
, writer's do not agree on the subject.
While one famous medical authority
says positively that the characteristic
sore is identical with that of the severe
form, another just as high authority
| fatty contradicts him. The quarantine
| of such doubtful cases seems to be the
| only practicable course to pursue
The immunity certain persons enjoy
! from the disease cannot be accounted
for. Physicians are popularity supposed
| to have charm against it, but. I'M
fortunately for this belief, many doc
tors have become victims while attend
ing the disease, Vaccination lessons
| the susceptibility of the individual as
well as the severity of the disease, and
should never be neglected.
One vaccination does not protect for
lifetime, nor for any certain term of
years, but should be repeated whenever
| there is danger of exposure. AS the
| period of incubation of vaccination is
| shorter than that of smallpox, person
VINO has been exposed and is promptly
vaecinated will probably receive the
full benefit of the protection in the
lsssened severity of the case should one
| develop.
The smallpox hospital of Silver Bow
county consists of two buildings, one
l6x32, with a 16-foot wing, and one
1 hot x.r3@ OF