The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-28
IT WAS ALMOST A PANIC |
Customers of Well Patronized
Barber Shop Frightened.
BARBER HAS SMALLPOX
Has Been at Work Although Broken Out
With the Disease-More Cases
Expected as the Re-
suit of This.

What nearly became panic took
place in the city yesterday when it
became known that Isaac S. Wilson, a
barber in a well-patroniZed Main ave-
nue. barber shop, was i'll with smallpox
and had been for several days, although
up to Tuesday night shaving people as
usual. Among the frequenters of the
shop and especially among those who
had been shaved by Wilson Tuesday,
a chillness in the neighborhood of their
back bones that the low temperature
could not account for was manifested.
Wilson is quarantined at his home,
Alb Oak street, and is being well cared
for The case is only one of varioloid
and is not expected to be serious
great many people and number of
cases from this infection are expected
by the physicians. The shop where
Wilson has been employed has been
closed County Physician Stephens will
have it thoroughly fumigated. He de-
clares that it may open without the
slightest danger of infection to any one
by Saturday.
1t was Tuesday evening while DR..
Stephens was being shaved in the shop
that he discovered the case. He noticed
the peculiar appearance of Wilson'S
face and called him into the back room
There a closer examination showed that
the case was smallpox undoubtedly.
Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Wilson was ill with a high fever alter
mating with chills and had to remain
home. Saturday morning he broke out,
but felt well enough to work Saturday
afternoon, and did so. Again on Mon
day morning he worked, shaving in
those two days several scores of people.
He had worked all day Tuesday, when
| his condition was discovered by the
| physicion. Wilson says that about two
weeks ago he shaved man whom he
| suspected at the time of having small
pox, and traces his infection to that
! source.
All the other six cases in the city are
| doing we'll and are under close quaran-
| tine, although at the Felthousen lodg-
! ing house, where there is one case,
seven of the dodgers made good their
! escapes before the quarantine was
| put on.
1T is difficult matter to secure good
men for guards" said DIR. Stephens last
night. 1.-The chief trouble with some of
the men we have had is that they
would drink. The men we have now
I have confidence in and fell sure that
they will enforce the quarantine rig
| idly.
There is no necessity for people get
| ting frightened at all, but We must look
| for a good deal of the disease in the
| city this winter. 1t is bound to come.
| This barber Wilson has infected many
and l expect number of cases from
him. The only thing to do is to
vaccinate Every one should take this
precaution, even though they were
vaccinated successfully some years ago.
Had Wilson been vaccinated promptly
at the time he shaved the man who
had the disease he would not have
taken smallpox.
II believe the county will erect a
! pest house as soon as a suitable site
can be obtained This will be the bet
ter way of treating the disease and will
be more economical, as fewer guards
will have to be employed"
All over town there was great rush
for vccination yesterday One ply
scian vaccinated so persons while q
number of physicians vaccinated more