Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-11
THE SMALLPOX SITUATION AT STANDSTlLL.
No New Cases Reported ToDaClash Between City Officials and Managers of the " Shelter Big Rush of People to Ge vaccinated-Queston to Who Will Vaccn-
 ate the Town Poor-No More Spec
 tators in Police Court Room

An important question cropped up this morning which may have to be- decided by the city attorney. There appears to be some doubt as to wheth- CT the Salvation Army or the city is in charge at the shelter on South Main street. and on this account there is q little friction which is not pleasant. This was very noticeable last night when some words were exchanged be- tween the ''keeper" on the inside and one of the guards outside. Time hangs heavily on the quarantined parties and naturally they object to being obliged to spend all their time reading or peep ing out through the windows. They want to play game of cards once in while. but the rules of the house for bid this, so that the management and the boarders are at swords points and row may occur at any moment Last night a couple of packs of cards were tossed in to the prisoners" but they were picked up by the captain and put out of sight. A few more decks" were thrown in this morning. which were captured by the crowd and shortly after getting hold Of l them they were cutting for partners and coming down on the table with l their fists in manner which plainly l indicated that none of the players was afflicted with boils on his hands. 1 They play for all sorts of things, some of them putting up Scovilps shop against Benedict X Burnham's, and so on. There does not seem to be any thing wrong about this. Most of these l fellows were accustomed to enjoying d game of "foity-five,'' setback | ,I knows what else, and if they can pass an hour away at these games white | they are cooped up there it seems nothing more than right that they should have that privilege. While none of the men detained at the shel- ter belong to the 400, still it should be remembered that they are not held there because of the commission or any crime and while they are de- prved of their liberty for the public good it looks as if they should not be held down to the observance of the rules and regulations of any particu- lar organization. It is true that order must be maintained i'll the building. and this cannot be done without hav- ing someone i'll authority. This Is the point where the question puzzles ordinary mortals. Some people say he Salvation Army could hustle ,.ilrantined persons into the street
 Nay the officers the right to en-
 house, but others laugh at this
 state that the city is master or ! tic situation there as well as every place else where the disease has bro- ken out. Let the boys have little sport with the cards.
 The New England Watch factory and the Benedict x Burnham Manu- facing companies are having all their hands vaccinated and it is thought that all the shops will follow suit. Dr Anderson is at the former place and Dr AXtelle and Dr Morlarty at the lat ter. This will help out It Is un- derstood that the companies are pay- ing all expenses.
 An order was issued this morning by Judge Burpee which excludes the public from the sessicns If the city court until the scare is over The or der was issued upon the suggestion of Chief Egan who said that if it were deemed prudent to close the Bronson library it surely ought to be neces- sary to close the city court to the pub- lie. So Judge Burpee issued the orr der and 1t goes into effect tomorrow morning and only those who are wit nesses, members of the bar or of the press will be admitted to the court.