Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-12

the smallpox situation to-day, and while it is painful to make this an- nouncement still the facts are there and the public have right to be ap- prised of them, so that all may be on their guard and take such precautions as science has discovered in order to protect themselves from the plague.
 About 3 o'clock this morning q man who gave his name as John Barry ap- preached Officer John Cayanaugh at the corner of Grand and South Main streets and said he was sick and want ed to see q physician. The officer no- tlced that the man showed signs of being afflicted with smallpox and es- corted him to Harrison avenue, where he remained outside the police station leaning against q telephone pole until Health Officer Kilmartin saw him. sat isfied himself that the officer had made no mistake, and had him sent to the isolation hospital on the town farm in charge of Inspector Moses Barry said that he had lived for ten years in An sonia, but came to Waterbury some s~lne ago and for the past two weeks had been stopping at the Wayside Inn on Grand street. Before that he slept several nights Tn Brooklyn. When he could do no better he bunked outside. lie appears to be about 90 years old Before being removed to the hospital he was seen by Dr Axtelle, Dr McLar- hey and Dr Mum, who agreed with the health officer as to his condition.
 The Inn and all the other apartments entered by the main doorway were promptly quarantined. Landlord Rob- ert Irwin said that since. the smallpox scare he had refused to take in strangers, so that all who had been lodging there belong about town There were three persons in the place at the time and thirty-seven who are wanted were scattered about the city The officers commenced to round them up and it is thought that most of them will be quarantined and yaccinated be- fore night.
 By order of the health officer Chief ESan has closed the Boys club on Harrison avenue. the Rescue mission on south Main street and all the TO- cent lodging houses and restaurants in the city. The penny provident fund at St Johns industrial school has been closed Tor the present and all members of the Friendly league who have not been vaccinated are requested to re. naln away from the building until they have the operation performed.
 Chief" asked a reporter of Chief Egan, what will transients do who come along here and cannot find lodg- lngs at their old haunts?''
 II wish you would state." replied the chief, ''that all tramps who show up here while the smallpox scare is on will be detained one night at the police station and on the following morning they will be sent to the pest house and kept there on crackers and water until the disease is stamped out.'
 Health Officer Kilmartin reports all the patients at the isolation hospital doing well and nothing new at the places quarantined.
 Some fault is being found about Sanitary Inspector Moses's shaggy dog accompanying him on his visits to the isolation hospital and other places where the disease is known to exist It may not be true that a dog could spread the disease, but there are those who believe animals a very dangerous Source of contamination, so that it
 
 tors pet and then tie him up.
 Postmaster Guernsey called at the police station to-day to inquire as to how the quarantine was being main tained with reference to the mail mat ter. Chief Egan said that none of the quarantined persons were sending out anything. They tried to get letter from the shelter yesterday to Ralph p1n1 I,r1L i, L- 1t and the epistle did not leave the premises. The postmaster asked rath- CT pointedly if the lieutenant of the Salvation army ever entered the shel- ter since it was quarantined and was informed that he had not "If he did" said the chief, ''he'd be there now, because the officers wouldn't let him out.''
 Mayor Kilduff and Chief Egan of the police department went down to the Salvation Army shelter yesterday afternoon and indulged in long chat with Captain and Mrs Richardson on the condition of things in the building. They found everything moving along as well as could be expected. Natural ly the inmates are restive. but the in troduction of the game of cards has helped them to while away the time. It is said that if cards were not used at the buildings before yesterday it was because the inmates knew that the game was against the rules of the house, and while many of them are said to have had cards in their inside pockets, still out of difference to the wishes of the captain they never showed them until yesterday, when, curiously enough, all got the card-play- ing fit at the same time. Shortly be- fore o'clock yesterday morning a Democrat reporter stopped to talk to one of the officers on duty there, who showed him two packs of cards which he then and threre passed into the boys with the understanding that they should be allowed to use them. Most of them are old hands at the business and consider it q rare treat to be al- lowed to sit around the table and play the game.
 E. c. Miller, one of the quafantined parties in the Mccarthy block. spoke to a Democrat reporter last night from one of the windows. He said he want ed to say for the benefit of people in Union City and Naugatuck with whom he had been in company last Saturday,