The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-26
HISTORY OF
THE SMALLPOX
in HARRISON.
Malicious Falsehoods Circulated by
Democrats of That County Con-
cerning Spread Of Disease.
SHFRIFF PERFORMED HIS DUTY.
Not a Single Case at Wallace Since
tho Raising Of the Quarantine.
Have the Situation in Hand.

Special Correspondence OF Intelligenccr.
CLARKsBUURG. W. Va, Nov. 25.-
In positive contradiction of the mali
clous falsehoods circulating by design
| ing, disappointed Democratic politicians
and especially the Democratic press, the
business men OF Glarksburg. gand Har-
rlson county, deem 1t proper and right
10 give u complete history of the dts
ease pronounced smallpox, now exist
ing here and elsewhere in the county, u
careful review Of which dispels all SEM
blance OF political strategy. or trlckery,
by the county court. and all other Re-
publican officials in the county, and
brands all Democratic reports and
charges sent out as lies pure and sim
pie.
Disease Existed During Fall.
This disease has existed more or less
among the colored Short Line railroad
employees at and around Wallace, all
summer and fall, but was mot reported
to the county health board by the rail-
road physician, who was upon the scene
daily. until Monday. October 18TH 1900,
WHEN number OF guards were sent out
from here to that region and. rigid
quarantine was Instituted. The two
camps beyond Wallace, some distance
apart. were surrounded by 4 quarantine
guard, the order being to quarantine
all the Snort Line colored employees In
body. and that they be not permitted
to leave the line OF the railroad, upon
which they were working from the Tun-
mel to Wyatts camp, but no one else
by the order was quaruntincd. Accord
ingly. the men in the camps were al
lowed to work on the railroad within
the guard line, ard especial pains were
taken TO keep them from coming In con-
tact with any one. This seemed salts
factory to all concerned, although Il dis
position was manifest among colorcd
men and the citizens around Wallace
10 resent this Infringement upon their
liberty, hut theY-all submitted. a: -, M.
Disregarded Quarantine Regulations.
Conditions ran along smoothly, except
that a few Of the white rasdynts OF
that section occasionally {, intcrferred
with the guards. and disregarded the
quarantine regulations. a party or
two persisted In this, until the health
board deemed It best to establish a
more general quarantine. and, ACCORD
ingly. on November 1st, 1900 the presl-
dent OF the board OF health OF the coun-
ty issued 4 proclamation establishing n
quarantine circle of five. miles radius
around Wallace and Brown. encosinE
4 region of country OF over thirty miles
In circumference. and. had copies OF the
proclama ton posted at, various points
IN that section. but no guards whatso-
ever were placed on this new quarln-
tine linr, Il line that would have re-
auired hundreds OF pickets to do cffcc-
tive service. On November 3rd, 1900,
DR.. .. P. Morgan. president OF the
county board of health, issued an order
lifting this general quarantine ond tb,t
on the camps already mentioned but
made pest houses out of the shan,lns
in which the disease. existed. and had
the guards concentrated nroupd th,ss
houses where all smallpox cases and all
suspects were strictly confined.
Only Way That Was Effective,
This quarantine. as latrr rcsuIts
show. was the only effective onp cstab.
lIshed, and the only one that slammed
out the, disease there. as pr,or Ia ,b,t
time victims. suspects and nil o,brrs
were allowed TO commirrlc. ot wI,, IN.
side OF the guard line. This order ,v,s
placed In the hands of Deputy Shnrir
S. C. Drnham. who prrsonnl,v nxpcu,rd
It, November 4th, but Mt the timr NJ do.
ins so he saw IN n, that pu,r,, ,ro,-
Client were concentrated nrounu Tim
pest houses TO prove naro,,a,n in nj, NJ.
tempts TO escapp. os dIrrctcd hv ,ho
order from DR.. Morgan Tb,n ,h,,o
within the former ounrnn,inc ,rnund
the camps were allowed To vo,e s,vr
those who were In thr npst hnnv.s An
entitled to yote votcn bu, mn, ono NJ
them had smaIlpox nor wos INV ~
them suspects.
Democrats Denounced o,or,,,,,.
,.a,
80 '''o'e NV e'ee''oh .ne iocai Dcfi'-
49,. pisss ue'ouh'eu 'he quarantine
s "N'pao,'ea'''e ''e'ie'"e 'uuepti'e DEM
ucTutS OF the privilege or voting, and