The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-08
CITY FULLY GUARDED
PENSACOLA IS TAKING NO CHANGES
 AS TO FEVER.
Dr. Gonzales is Convicted of Cfrculnt- ing False Reports and Interfer-
 Ing With the Health Authorities.

Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 7.--(special. -- About the only news going on in Pen- sacola these days Is that pertaining to | the yellow fever. About this one ca1- not talk too much. It is all right to ! talk in an absolutely truthful manner, but when one begins to diverge from the truth, then is the time that the au- l thorities step in and fine in the City Courteis forthcoming.
 Pensacola is about as closely cor doned right now as the town has ever been fin It's existence. A guard with full power to arrest and a gun to lei you know that he means business is stationed at every outlet from the city. In addition to that, all trains are watch ed, and in at least one case, where there is a suburban electric line. the cars are leisurely, looking over alls who hold leisurely, looking over al who hold passes from the State Health Officer
 and who are authorized to leave the city. While the system is little faulty
 to the average person, 1t is insisted by
 the State health antiquities and must be obeyed.
 On the line separating the Govern ment reservation from the private lands of the State there is an armed patrol Artillerymen from Fort Baraneas and marines from the Pensacola Navy Yard are on duty there, under orders to en- force the rules requiring that nobody comes inside the line. In case there Is an attempt to run the gauntlet a gun is brought into play immediately.
 In the city the guard around the in- fected district is still maintained. This is pronounced by some one of the most unfair steps that has ever been taken by the health men. In spite of the fact that there are 169 residences in the in- fected district and that all of them have been fumigated, not a great many of the penned-up people will be allowed to cross the guard lines. On the con- trary, however, there are some of the business men in that part of the city who reside in other sections. who are permitted to come. go and do business in the isolated section, even sending their delivery wagons to the most dist ant parts of the town In one of these business houses a case of fever has de- veloped within the past few days, but the house is still open.
 A good many of the picket men who are on duty have never had the fever, and notable case of infection Is that of Policeman William Fisher, who suc- cumbed to an attack of the disease af- ter he had been bitten by mosquito
 Dr. Porter, the Florida State Health Officer. is about the most busy man in the city He replies to several hundred
 
 than one hundredS in a single day. Two stenographers are kept busy while he himself manipulates the keys of the typewriter with a great deal of expert ness.
 The situation today was greatly re- lieved when but single case had been reported up to noon. This was that Of II. Pinney. an operator of the West ern Union, who was sick a few days before he realized what was the mat ter Dr. J. Whiting Hargis, who has been appointed az an assistant to Dr. Porter, found tn tt Pinney was suffer- ing from the dread disease when he called to prescribe for him. The usual precautions have been taken.
 Miss Kathleen Hutchinson, a very popular and beautiful young lady, is in the suspicious class. and a semi of- fcial bulletin says that she will de- velop the fever today. There is some doubt as to where the young lady con- tracted the disease. It is not known that she had ever been in the infected district, except on the cars which run through a the highest speed, and this is not thought to have given the mos qultoes chance to get in their work. In the light of these things. the doc- tors are somewhat nonplussed as to where she contracted the fever.
 Up to date there have been seventeen cases reported. There are now, hoWevr but twlve under treatment. only one of | which is of a serious nature. One has l died. while four have recovered and 1t | is thought that at least two will be dis charged from treatment this evening. 1 On the whole. the situation presents q | aspect.
 w R. Reed. Jr.. In charge of the local | weather bureau station. today submits | a list of dates of the earliest frosts | which have occurred In this section | within the past twenty-five years. The | date of the earliest frost Is given at | october 20, which Is a somewhat seri- ous proposition just now.