The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-13
PENSACOLA SITUATION
FIVE NEW CASES AND TWO DEATHS
 REPORTED.
ore victim was Jew Peddler Found In Woods Alone, Where He Had
 Been For Days--Mesquito Theory Accepted.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 12.-tSpecial) There have been Ave new cases or fever reported since o'clock yester- day afternoon. Two more deaths were known. They were A. Christian, who had room at 11s south Tarragona street. and who had but little atten- tion Curing his sickness, and Rus sian Jew peddler who was found east of the city in the woods yesterday suf- ferfng from the fever and who had been out for several days. For two days 1t is stated he lay in the woods and was badly treated by the insects of that section. Mosquitoes and ants had almost eaten him. Residents found him in the woods but would not so near him since 1t was seen that he was foreigner. and since 1t is undts- puted that the foreigners transmitted the fever to Pensacola one of them i'll these days is given a wide berth. For that reason when this unnamed Jew
 was found he was given no aid and people kept away from him. The fact that he was in this condition was tele-
 phoned to the city and pr. J. Whiting
 Hargfs. who is assisting the state
 health officer, made trip to the scene and found the man. For about two
 days he had been without food. His death from exposure alone was regard cd as certain.
 When the doctor reached him the Jew made him understand that he had
 been i'll for two days and was very
 hungry He denied. or that is the un-
 derstanding, that he had been in Pen
 sacola for any length of time. and the impression is that he came from some
 other infected point and was trying to make his way to Pensacola when
 the sickness seized him.
 The situation has impelled the citf- gems to take hold with firm hand and
 endeavor to stamp out the pest even
 before frost. A meeting of the citi-
 gems which was held at the city hall
 yesterday and which was reported in
 last nights dispatches decided that the sole method of transmission of the dis ease was by means of the yellow few er mosquito It was therefore very
 plain that the best way to get rid of the fever was first to get rid of the
 mosquito. Following up sucn a sug-
 xestion the crusade against the insect
 was started today when number of patent sprinklers were put Into opera tion. These were for the purpose of forcing strong disinfectants into crevi- ces where the mosquito was liable to take refuge.
 There is some humor attached to the situation, bad as 1t is. Last night an unknown white man who said that he came from Mobile and later said ne was from Selma, Montgomery and a few other Alabama towns. but who refused to give his name. come to the home of a white family about eight miles east of the city. He desired a drink of water, saying that ne was sick, Everybody In the settlement im- mediately took fright, which really en- danRered the life of the alleged Ala bauiian and he was chased until he found refuge in a chicken house. There he was locked up until the city could he communicated with and Dr. J. w. Harris, boarding a special train, went to the scene and brought the sufferer to the city. While his malady has nor been officially reported upon as yellow fever the indictions point out that IS what he is suffering with. He was taken to St. Anthony's hospital.