The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-04-15
HEALTH CONDITIONS IN ToNoPAA

HEALTH CONDITIONS IN TONoPAh.
Every few days for several mon his
the papers nave had accounts of great
mortality in T'onopah, only to be denied
by the Tonopah papers. The Reno Jour
nal has been publishing, from time to
time, stories about the health conditions
in the camp, only to take it back a day
or two after, but where there is SO much
smoke there must be some fire. and the
sooner the Tonopah papers acknowledge
the truth and devote their energies to
stamping out the epidemic, II such it may
b. called. the sooner the town will be a
safe place to go to. 1t is said that hard
ly a day passes that there is not from
one to five funerals. Whether the trouble
is caused from exposure and dissipation
or from some strange disease. the Silver
State does not know. 1t is said, however,
that the deaths occur among men who
expose themselves to the night air or
those who have no comfortable place to
call home. The death rate is confined
or three women have died in the camp in
three years. Fray mornings Reno
Journal says that 100 people are coming
in from the camp daily, fleeing from the
scene of sickness and death. The Jour
nal says:
"One hundred and ~sixty-six persons ar
kee ranroad Thursday night from Tono
pah. Without exception every one BRINGS
the story that has been coming here for
the past two weeks:
"Peop.e are dying in Tonopah from one
to seventeen a day; they are taken sick
without warning and within twenty-1our
hastily buried or shipped to friends in off
ferent parts of the country.
"Tonopah has Dattled prave.y with this
sad condition and is still hghting. A mass
meeting was he'd Thursday night. With
in an hour nearly 5000 was subscribed
and from now on every method known to
out a strange maiady that is carrying
scores to an unlocked for grave.
y. C. Clark, a resident of Go.dde.d,
was among the passengers who arrived
Thursday night.
"'Peop.e are dying at Tonopah," said
Mr.. Clark. The fact can't be denied aid
down with people, some of them pane
tricken. others frightened and every one
intent on getting away. The people do
not know what 1t is. A mass meeisg
was called for Thursday night to de- Use
methods of fighting the scourge and g cry
effort will be made TO crush II. The dis
ease is not caused by dissipation. This
is evidenced by the fact that the clerks
and other residents of the camp VIII new
er drink are stricken and die.
While on my way from the stage
Office to the depot in Tonopah l saw
three funerals pass. l am advisi q my
friends to remain away until the city is
rid of its present epidemic
Three friends stood by as Mr. Clax
made his statement. They confirmed il
IN osery particular. but asked thai tneir
rames be withheld for business reasons.
From a resident of Tonopan h has
cl, sely studied the disease 1t ,s learned
that it comes upon a person without
warning. The afflicted person Is taken
With fainting and vomiting spells. con-
fined to his bed and within twenty four
hours is dead. The flesh turns black. he
liver swells to an abnormal size. tie hlooj
ccagulates and by the time the breath of
life caves the patient decomposition has
set in.
THE physicians Ear do nothing but en-
deavor to relieve the terrible agony suf-
fersd by the afflicted. In -four cases out