The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-15
QUIET DAY In QUARANTINE
DR.. EGAN ARRIVES TODAY
Says in an Interview With Bulletin Cor
respondent That lie is
ApprehenSiye

There were no developments of any
moment in the quarantine situation
yesterday. The local inspectors con-
tinue to meet every train and steam
boat coming into the city. besides
keeping their eyes on all other means
.of ingress or egress at this point.
The decision To make a closer in
spection of health certificates result
ed in all certificates being closely
scrutinized but no one was placed un,
der arrest or put off the trains across
the river
The state board of health of Ken
lucky yesterday wired DR.. Palmer, in
charge Of the quarantine here. that
Il had taken up the matter Of the
wholesale selling of health certificates
by irresponsible parties at Padueah
and Fulton, and had issued orders
thar only specified physicians in each
place could issue certificates, and that
any issued by other persons would be
ignored, The names of the physicians
clothed with power 10 issue certificates
at Padueah and Fulton were wired to
the Cairo officials, and if certificates
do not bear The signatures of these
| physicians they will be ignored.
Or. Egan is Apprehensive.
| Or. JAS. A. Egan Secretary OF the
Illinois State Board of Health will ar
rive in Cairo this morning to so over
the situation, and see If there are
any new regulations needed to better
the service here. In an Interview Civ
en- 10 a correspondent of The Buile-
! tin just before he left Springfield last
might he said;
I am somewhat apprehensiye of the
spread Of the fever TO this state. There
Ks d necessity for the continuance ot
the precautions taken until frost in
| tervenes at least. There is danger
until that time for the people In south
ern Illinois That the fever lays dor
INFANT in July and August and gener-
Tally breaks ont in September has been
the experience In the past.
Away back in 1879 Or. ROUGH. then
Secretary Of the Illinois State Board
lof Health. said that September was
Ihe most dangerous month. We
should therefore make it more diff
Icult for persons to enter the state
from the infected districts | have
seven inspectors in Cairo, TheDes anf
Brookport aud viii increase the mum
Der If demanded Every train o.
steamer, and every passenger comint
into Cairo from the south II inspect
ed. We have watchmen day ant
might, and The entire Ieyee is patrol
ed Z
Quiet Day Yesterday
4 Yesterday was one of the quietes
days the quarantine headquarter
have seen. Only a little over 800 Ger
iicates were issued. AT . o'clock las
/ night the total number OF certificate
issued since the quarantine was e:
(, Tablished was 2,437 Sunday over 80
{ we're issued.
I The towboat j. p. Finley passet
] about noon from New Orleans bu
!. made no attempt to land. Surgeoi
Z Black in charge of the marine in
. speetion at Memphis, wired DR.. Clark
I that he had inspected the boat an
i thar she was clear of any fever sus
' poets. DR. Clarke and Or. Paine
went out and met the boat bur th
. captain said he did not desire to lant
SO the inspectors did NOT board her.
! The three men arrested on boar
q the II. NJ Hoxie were released fror
I jail yesterday and made to pay thei
fine. They were given tickets an
sent out of town.