The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-07
ONE CASE ON BOARD
The Local Situation Is Unchanged and the New Regulations Are In Full Foroe-Dr. Moore Talks In- tsrosiinglS e the Reason For a Call Being Made For Cuttsrs

The Pacific Coast Steamship Cor pany's liner, Senator will not be seen again in these waters i2- the season. She got as far north as Juneau on what was to have been her lasy trip tJ Skag way, when case of smallpox Was dis covered on board, md Capt. ]. R. Pat terson, thoroughly costsl m the health regulations as he is in Il matters per taining to navigation, turned the good ship back and will .,ke r:r into ,ldar- antine at Port Townsend. At Juneau she anchored a mile and hali mt in the bay, it is said
 The news of the affai.- was brought to this city by the Al.Ki oi the same company. The mail on tne Senator will arrive on the Victorian
 A letter received in tai' city ycstcr- day from Juneau stated that there we're three cases on board the Senator, but other advices were to the eject that there was only one.
 A lady hailing from Gpo sane and travelling with her two children was on board. One report says it was the mother who was afflicted nth the ter rible disease and another had the child the one taken down. Wh the Sen ator was passed by the Amur Inc as going south with the reilow flag fly ing.
 Agent Kelly, for the 'onpany at this port. much regrets the iishap to the ship and says it will cost the company perhaps $so.ooo. but ne Appl1ud'' the captain for his good iudgcm,n
 There was little change in the itua- ton in this place yesterday. The regu- lations established 6y ;he City Coun- cil are all being enforced Yesterday Dr. Moore and Chief Lowe went ever to Smuggler's Cove and Dyea and no,i- fed the Indians that they must keep away m.Skagway. The local natives were rounded up Sunday.
 Dr. Moore was on hand yesterday when the Al-Ki came in and saw that she had a clean bill oi health. He gave her certificate on her departure. The doctor in discussing the situation last evening said: "The action on the part of the city is not for the purpose ot raising a bug-a-boo as has been suS- gested in some quarters. What we are doing is purely of precautionary na.. ture. We all know there is no case oi smallpox here and what we are trying 10 do is to keep the city in that shape An ounce of prevention is better than q pound of cure. and it is better Tor us to keen the smallpox out than it is to try to stamp it out after it has once gotten a hold.
 Now just a word about that request for revenue cutters and military aid. which we made in our report :o the Port Townsend authorities. Smallpox exists at Killisnoo. There is nc civil government there and no authority to prevent the Indians from migrating and coming in contact with other In dians which later might commingle with whites. The same con 1ition pre- yails at Hoonah-practically an Indian village. There are cases of the disease at that place. but no government to deal with the question. Now we thought the only way to keep the ln' dians of these places confined was tG have revenue cutters detailed to lay off Killisnoo and Hoonah. and prevent the natives from departing. This was the object in making the request and not ! to convey the impression we were in- capable of coping with the situation in places where we have police power.