The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14
MONTROSE.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.

Monrosc jan l3.-Dana A. Watro,,s, son cf
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Warous, lett today for
Philadelphia, where he has secured a position
with the Baldwin Locomotive works.
The smallpox scare in Montrose is over no
new cases having appeared, and all of the sus.
poets are apparently in good health.
The sate'makers are said to be busily engaged
making up local ticket TO lie supported at the
Republican caucuses next week. Ii the result be
good slate, let it go through ii not, smash
1t and make something better.
George S. Frink has been visiting friends at
Susquehanna.
After weeks of unrcmitting effort, the author.
tics believe that they have finally located the
source OF contagion from which developed the
recent cases Of smallpox in this place and the
present cases at Ilallstead. Burgess McCasland
mas prepared the following statement regarding
II: Mrs. Jayne, residing in Plymouth township
"a, where there has been such an alarming cpl.
demic OF smallpox, and who had been exposed
TO the disease by contact with neighbors sick
with 1t, went to Youngstown, Ohio, to attend her
fathers funeral on Dec. o, 1901, returning by the
Delaware Llckawanna and Western milroad on
Dec. H. 1901. She was taken sick on the train
coming home and broke out before reaching her
destination, but keeping her face covered with a
heavy black vein, so that her trouble was not
known. AS the train did not make close connec.
tions at scranton, she had to wait two hours in
the Scranton depot before getting train for
Plymouth. There were no cases Of smallpox in
Youngstown, Ohio previous to Mrs. Jayne's visit
but since then there has been an epidemic the
disease first breaking out in the home OF her
relatives. where she stayed. All the inmates OF
that home have now had the disease, a sister of
Mrs. Jayne's having died with it. Mrs. JAYNE
Was very III after arriving home, but is now con.
Sidered out OF danger, but her husband is down
with it, BY strange coincidence, the nurse
who attended Mrs. Jayne through her illness was
Mrs ,VLn
with her child, sister and Two brothers, are now
sick with smallpox at Halstead. Mrs. Cod.
dington remembers that when returning from
Binghamton with her child on Dec. H. 1901,
woman sitting Immediately in front Of her wore
heavy black veil, and, from her manner and
speech was evidently very sick. This wunan was
heard to ask the conductor how long she would
have to wait az Scranton before getting train
for Plymouth. After breaking out with small.
poS, Mrs. Coddington has thought that the deem
ly-yeiled and stgangely.acting woman must have
had the disease, and that she (Mrs. Coddington)
contracted it from her. Upon the arrival OF the
nurse, who was familiar with the trip OF Mrs
Jayne on that date, and her illness oil the train,
Ms Coddngton'S spspcions were confirmed. On
the same car were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert, return.
ing IRON Binghamton, and constellation OF the
time that elapsed between the exposure OF these
people TO this case, and their subsequent Illness
establishes the fact that the cases OF smallpox
IN Monuosc and liallstead ale due to the con.
tamination of this woman, Mis-. Jayne. Dr. I'd
wards, who is attending Mr.. and Mrs. jayne sub.
stantiates the above facts in relation to Mrs.
Jayne.
Mrs. Coddington's child exposed, Dee. II; sick
Dee, % Twelve days., broke out, Dec. 81 (siNteen
daysl.
Mrs. Codidnglon and the rest OF her family
took the disease from the child
Mrs. Gilbert, exposed Dec II; sick Dec. %
eleven days.; broke 0ut Dee. % (fourteen days.
Mr. GllheIt, exposed dee, II; sick, Dec, 27
(slNteen) days)' broke out, bee Is (scyenteen
dsys,l