Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
ARE FRIGHTENED
LIVINGSTON TAKES A TURN AT
SMALL POX.
THE HIDDEN TREASURE MINE.
Great Gold Values in Sipht-carero,
Activity in Nearby Mining
Districts,
Livingston, Mont. Feb I

Livingston, Mont. Feb. I.
While Livingston has been peculiarly
| fortunate in the matter of SMALLPOX con-
tagion, the events of the past TWENTY
four hours have aroused the health au-
thor!ties to vigorous action. The city has
escaped the disease almost entirely.
while the towns round about have had
their pest houses and retention hospitals
full to overlooking with patients. Up UNI
I'll week ago, there had been but three
cases in Livingston, and these had been
so promptly handled that the progress of
the malady was Immediately stayed
Some few days ago, however, there oc-
Cured controversy between the city
and county officials, as to the question of
responsibility in caring for smallpox
ceases. This contention was short-liyed
but 1t was of sufficient duration to ex-
pose the town. in some degree to the dis
ease.
Matte Lamourke was taken with
smallpox in the old Carver block two
weeks ago. and she was allowed to re-
main in her room. no quarantine regula-
tons being established, for a period of
ten days before any action was taken
The county claimed that the city should
care for her, while the city said that the
county must take care of the woman
The consequence Is that numerous people
were exposed. and the result of this me-
gigence has just began to make it's APP
pearance. Tuesday a brakeman named
A. F. Kahmeir made his appearance at
the city hall and asked to be taken to the
pest house. He was suffering with small
pox in an advanced stage, and his face
was covered with pustues. He was i'm
mediately taken to the pest house, and
the rooms from which he was removed
We're Immediately quarantined. These
rooms are in connection with the Park
restaurant, which was nailed up tight,
and guards placed to prevent ingress or
egress. The proprietors of the place are
Cinnamon and the health officers had
hard time making them realize the nee
essity for closing the place. "Nosabe,
whash a malla," was all DR.. Pampel,
president of the county board of health
could get out of the Oriental at the desk,
but he soon found way to make them
understand by mailing up the front and
rear doors.
Yesterday morning Ben Farley a wait
er, was taken from another room in the
same building and was conveyed to the
pest house. He had been i'll for a week.
but the proprietors of the place had de-
liberately violated the instructions of
the board of health by not reporting
case of sickness in their rooms, upon
which there was no physician in attend
ance.
Following close upon the discovery of
the case of Farley, Dr. G. r. Wells re-
ported case of smallpox in the house
of Belle Lewis, in the Tenderloin dis
trict. One of the women of the town,
named Stella Raymond, was the suf-
ferer. She was taken to the pest house.
The house was quarantined, and will re-
main so until the full period of q days
has passed. The board OF health is act>
ing promptly and efficiently now, and
there is no danger of the disease gettins
beyond control. G. NJ. Morton and
Henry Mcdonald, two men who had been
suffering with smallpox, We're discharged
Tuesday from the pest house. At the
present time there are four cases at the
hospital. OF these two are women and
two are men. 1t is not likely that the
disease will become epidemic.
The funeral of Mrs. Rhoda f. Thomp-
son, Who died in this city Monday, oc-
Cured Tuesday at Trail creek The
death of Mrs. Thompson marks the pass
ing away OF one or the Oldest residents
of what is now Park county. She was
the first postmstress in the valley of
the Yellowstone, and the Office over
which she presided was known as Hay
den, named after the explorer. The de-
ceased was 63 years of age. native of
Missouri. She leaves seven children,
among whom are the following: Mrs.
T. w. Rodman of Livingston, Mrs. Geo.
Mueller of Seattle, Mrs. William Hague
of ST. Anthony, Idaho: Mrs. Battice of
Idaho. George William and John Far
rell sons of the deceased, reside on the
Upper Yelowstone/ Rev. IL. Smith of
this city performed the last rites over
the remains, which We're inferred beside
those of her husband. 49,
Rev. Father Pirnat returned Wednes-
day from Bozeman, where he OBLIGATED
at the funeral of John 'Stulac. an Aus
trian miner, who was asphyxiated in the
mines of the Trail Greek Coal and Land
company last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Hefferln will
depart next Monday for the Pacific
coast where Mr. Hefferlin goes in search