The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-05

The members of the City Council. the steamship agents, the railroad oNcials, and in fact the business men generally, were very active yesterday in devising plans to prevent the introduc- ton Of smallpox into Skagway and render quarantine of the port un- necessary. As a result plans have been perfected which will surely accomplish this end, SO much desired by all oi the citizens. The Indians now here will be given the alternative of leaving or sub hitting to vaccination. The incoming steamers will be required to present clean bill of health and departing will be provided with the same to which Will be attached a certificate oi Dr. Moore. inc local health officer. Guards will be mt on all the wharves to prevent any of the Indians destined here from land ing and a committe from the council has been empowered to assist Dr. Morre in inaugurating and carrying ut such other details as may be deemed necessary. Dr. Moore, at the council meeting last evening, expressed him-
 self as thoroughly satisfied that these
 means would be all that would be re- auired to keep the city clear oi the plague.
 Yesterday morning at o:3o o'clock Dr. Moore met with the agents of the different transportation companies m
 the office of Supt. Rogers. oi the rail road. and reported the result of his in- Ivestigations at Sitka. The substance
 of what he said was given in yesterday
 mornings Alaskan. There were pres ent at the meeting besides the doctor, IT. P. Rogers. of the railroad, T. K.
 Pumphrey. of the Canadian Pacific
 Navigation Company, E. T. Pope. of
 the Washington & Alaska Steamship Company. NJ. (. Kalish, of the Hum-
 boldt Steamship Co.,, Frank E. Burns. of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, J. H.
 Kelly. of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and I. w. Busby, Collector of Ca . nadian customs. The situation as ii
 concerned Southeastern Alaska was
 discussed and an adjournment taken to
 attend special meeting of the city
 council
 | Mir. Keelar was chosen to preside
 over the council and the members
 present were Laramie Mayer, Lee
 Guthrie and H. (. Barley. Quite
 large number of citizens who evinced keen interest in everything done was
 present in addition to the transporta-
 ton agents. :,
 Chairman Keelar stated the object ci
 the meeting to be the consideration ot
 the smallpox question and called upon
 Dr. Moore. That gentleman spoke ex-
 tendedly on the situation. giving the
 history of the origin al Sitka, the pro-
 press and what was being done to
 stamp 1t out. |,
 He stated that about 700 Indians had
 been vaccinated at Sitka, but that some
 had taken to their canoes and gotten
 away. It was from these that the dan-
 ger was feared There were upwards
 of hundred cases and they were be-
 ing scientifically treated. At Killisnoo and vicinity there were 2s. cases. The C disease at Haines he did not believe to be smallpox from reports received by him. Dr. Moore said that he and his as- .ociates had prepared a telegram to { the surgeon general which had been } sent by the Cottage City. It stated that a smallpox in an epidemic form existed ! but was of a mild form. The dispatch a requested that two revenue cutters and 2 the aid of the military be given to help \ in combating the disease.
 ? After Dr. Moore had concluded \ general discussion of what should be } done was indulged in and Mir. Kelly \ from the transportation men stated the ? ideas which they entertained as to what | should be done. The Indians should lbe kept as closely together as possible 4 and the wharyes patrolled to prevent ( the incoming of natives.
 . The discussion resulted in the ap z pointment of a special committee 4 which conferred with Dr. Moore and \ (lW. Busby and C. L. Andrews Of tho