The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04

l fore it yesterday Dy Dr Wa ha shhuers of Montgomery, president of the Alabama state board of health. the Jefferson coun- | ty Medical society refused, by vote of 30 to 1s. to raise the quarantine against Montgomery
 Dr. Sanders arrived in Birmingham from 1 Montgomery on the 10:4o train yesterday morning. quarantine officer nahbed him on the way up and tried to prevent his getting off at Birmingham
 "If there's one man in the state who ought to be kept out of Birmingham, . said the quarantine man, as he rushed up to Chief Inspector Toe under the un- lon station shed. "Dr, Sanders IS the man. He was with yellow fever pa- tient in Montgomery and for all we know he was bitten by Madame Stego- myla Fasciata while he was examining Montgomerys yellow fever patient
 A moment later Dr. Sanders got off the Montgomery train and fell into Officer Yoe's arms. An Age-Herald man tried to join them, but Toe put one arm around Dr. Sanders neck and with the other waived the newspaper man back. Strict ly private" said Toe. Then Dr. Sanders and MT. Toe withdrew to one side and engaged in a whispered conversation. When the mysterious "confab" was over' Dr. Sanders permitted the newspaper man to speak to him.
 To almost all questions the president of the state board of health was dumb, silent, speeches., mute, and not saying a word.
 What have you to say of the hot one Governor Jelks handed you in this morn ing's paper?" Dr. Sanders was asked.
 q can't be interviewed now,' said Dr. Sanders. i've got too many things on my mind. Besides, all these whistles blowing, and bells ringing and locomotives snort ing and cars moving. make 1t impossible for me to give an interview. l simply cant give an interview under a railway she'd"
 Well, Governor Jelks," 1t was sug- gested, "got off here yesterday afternoon and gave us an interview right off the reel and right here between trains. and he didn't complain of the whistles and bells and steam and noise."
 Again pr. Sanders said he couldn't be interviewed.
 Any truth in the oral reports that new cases of yellow fever are in Mont gomery7'
 Not a particle. There can't be any new cases there" said the doctor Its pre- posterous.''
 An hour later the president of the state health board was in the city hall. where he had gone to persuade the Jefferson County Medical society to rescind It's &C., ton of Wednesday and raise the quaran- tine against Montgomery. Fifty members of the society were there to hear what he might say As soon as pr. Jordan, the president of the society, introduced him, pr. Sanders began to talk about the quar- antine
 He was glad to meet his colleagues in the medical professlon-indeed, he was always glad to meet them."
 With this as an opener, Dr. Sanders be- gan an elaborate statement of condi- tions at Montgomery The whole purpose of his remarks was to induce the society to raise the quarantine. He was given respectful, If not always interested, at tention throughout his tortuous speech. though more than once he was reminded that time Is feeting and 1t would be just as we'll If he should abbreviate his remarks. ersuaslon. compliment, cajolery and finally yelled threat was impressed into service by the good doctor, but all the while a majority of the members of the society looked out from under their raised eyebrows, indicating plainly that, though they had open minds on the sub ject. the speech of the president of the state health department lacked the con- vincing quality.
 In the course of his remarks, Dr. San ders drew out of his pocket a printed phamphlet. At the thought that he might read if, frowns of protest gathered on the brows of almost all his listeners Some of them rose and fled.
 At length Dr. R. N Rosser asked If an- other case of yellow fever developed in Montgomery would the truth be promptly published.
 Dr. Sanders answered in the affrma- tive.
 Then Dr. W. H. Wilder wanted to know if the state board of health was em- powered to overrule the action of the Jefferson County Medical society.
 pr. Sanders said the state authorities could do so, but such action was not usual.
 pr. Sanders, throughout his address. stressed the point that there should be reasonable grounds for quarantining be- fore such action was taken.
 Dr. J. c. Abernathy got into the game moment later and said:
 Can you tell us if the mosquito that bit his patient Gin Montgomery bit him before he came to your city or after?ff you can tell US If he was bitten before he oame to Montgomery, we will raise the quarantine Otherwise. I, for one, shall vote against it.
 Dr. Abernathy's remarks evoked ar dent applause.
 pr. Sanders didn't know whether the bite was before or after pr. Sanders, when reminded again that time and tide wait for no man and that his listeners had heard "the dinner horn blow" went off on a tangent and tried to explain that there was no material difference between him and Governor JeIks in the quarantine business. He intimated that the newspapers had made too much of the famous case of San