The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-19
PANIC is ON
In PANAMA
YELLOW FEVER RE
PORTED RAMPANT ON
CANAL STRIP
FIERCE RUSH FOR HOME
Being Made by Men En-.
pIOyed on Canal Work.

Colon, Panama Mayi9-The fuu im-
port Of the terrifying word fever" is
just now being driven home TO the 1900
Americans n the canal zone.
yellow fever has been rampant since
the beginning OF the wet season. de-
spite the rigid precautions taken by the
medical smn under Col VIM c. Cor
eas
There Is q panic among the faint
hearted 10 get away The Fun passen-
ger capacity of every outgoing steamer
ernment employees.
The weekly steamers OF the Panama
railroad line TO New York leave behind
from so TO IS men who cannot get ace
commodation Many. rather than take
the chances of another week on the
isthmus. are travelling I'm the steerage.
From - to l5 pronounced cases OF
yellow fever are admitted by the gov
ernment officials. but the official
sttaement never means much to res
ldents Of Panama. FOR every effort is
made to minimize the extent Of the
epidemic
Il is estimated that so per cent Of
the Americans are affected to great
er or less degree with malaria, and an
are under strict orders to eat 10 to Il
grains of quinine q day
1t was not until wer-known canal
employees, Robt r. West and NJ Q.
Johnson. died suddenly from the dread
disease two days apart that terror
gruck the hearts Of the Americans.
The United States officials had done
au in their power 70 conceal the con-
diions among tine natives and negroes.
but the deaths Of West and Johnson
were necessarily openly announced.
instantly reslgnations began To- pour
in upon the heads Of all departments.
None WAS accepted, but despite this,
the employees stopped work and engag-
ed passage for home.
Chief Architect Johnson died at the
Anoon hospital after two days suf-
fering His body was buried at
O'Clock the next morning in the Cocoa
nat Grove cemetery. He was mar
Of gbod physique and was in apparent
ly good health until suddenly talSer
with the frlghtfm chills and nausea
which precede the deadly fever H'
was formerly employed as an arehitec
on the Illinois Central railroad and
was personal friend of Engineei
Wallace. Of the caral commission.
Auditor West. man 46 years Of
age foraerly pastor OF Baptist
church in Washington. died in the
morning after several days illness
His body was conveyed, a few hours
later. I'm the rickety old burial ear, e
/ The Cocoanut Grove cemetery ed con-
/ signed to earth without "a burial ser
vice
Following these deaths came tha
of J. j. slattery. young clerk. Hh
fate was the same as that Of West
Nobody win be returned to the unite'
states II the death certificate show
the patient suffered yellow fever.
The wives and children Of cana
employees are icing sent home as fos
as possible.
Colonel Corgas will not admit tina
there is an epidemic Of yellow Jack
He declares that were the rules o
eating. drinking, sleeping and abstem
tIon from intoxicants observed ther
would be no danger.
There is nl-concealed indignation
among the canal employees, principau
OF the class of clnrks and steuograph
ers over the prolonged delay IN IN
erection Of suitable lodgings. Tn
employees are stnl housed in old hos
pual dormitories and storehouses