The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-05
NOTHING NEW IN
 FEVER SITUATION Montgomery Hopes 6irming- ham Will Raise Quarantine SPREAD IS IMPROBABLE Mlnnihett Is Improving Fast and Though While Still Weak Will Be
 Able to Get Away
 Soon.
SPREAD IS IMPROBABLE

Montgomery August 4-(SpeciaD-Ihere is nothing new in the yellow fever situa- ton, no new cases developing from thai which was found last week and isolated It is hoped that by tomorrow that Bir- mngham and those other places will raise the embargo against the Capital City.
 The board of health held a meeting this afternoon and gave out the following statement
 "To the Public:
 ITO this hour, ? p. m.. there Is no change in the situation in this city. No new cases or suspicious cases have come to the knowledge of this board, and we are still of the opinion that there will be no spread of yellow fever from the patient in the Emergency hospital.
 IVY. M. WILKINSON,
 "ROBERT GOLDTHWAITE,
 SHIRLEY BRAGG.
 U. L. GASTON,
 Board of Health.
 "R. N. PITTS,
 County Health Officer"
 Story of One Case.
 So many wild rumors have been set afloat in the past wee\4 about what has happened at the Capitola hotel that MT. N. B. Conner, the proprietor, Is anxious for full story of the Minnihett incident to get before the public.
 The hotel register shows that F. A. Minnihett came to the hotel on Monday. July 24, and was assigned to room 19. The man paid for four nights in ad- vance. He registered from Jackson, Miss. and not from Kentwood, La. MT. Conner says if he had given Kentwood as his residence he would have notified the health authorities at once, and would have refused the man a room in the house.
 On Friday, July 2s, Minnihett told Mir Conner that he would keep the room and registered again, this time from city" which indicated that he intended to make this city his home. ~L As soon as the man was taken sick he notified the health authorities and has since carried out every instruction as to sanitary conditions about the hotel. The room was thoroughly fumigated as soon as Minnihett was removed. Inspector E. O. Courtney carried a wagon load of iron vessels to the Cap itola hotel early this morning and a large quantity of sulphur and other disinfec- tants were burned in each room. This fumigation Is done more as precau- tionary measure than from any genuin' need of such work, on the theory that mo- squitoes become disease-b bearers only af- ter lapse of several days. Few Leaving. The crowds that have gone to the union depot each evening Is in no way an index to the number of people who have left the city.
 This fact was clearly demonstrated yes- terday when all north bound trains were chalked up from one to two hours late. Every woman who goes off now has from one to half dozen friends at the depot to bid her goodbye" said gentle man at the union station last night This fact misleads people and the ex- odus has been greatly exaggerated'
 MT. H. c. Davidson prominent real estate agent, had papers served on him at 1 o'clock today charging a violation of the sanitary laws. It Is charged that MT. Davidson is agent for some vacant lots and failed to have the weeds cut and some rubbish moved.
 Reports from the Emergency hospital at 2:30 o'clock are that the sick man Is doing nicely. He is, of course, very weak and 1t may be ten days or two weeks before he Is able to get away.
 Minnihetts reason why he registered from Jackson, Miss, is thoroughly plaus- ible. He says that Jackson Is the dis s- in which he has been working, and he has always traded there and very natur- ally used that place as his residence when ne registered at the hotter. A telegram was received from the mayor of Columbia. Tenn, saying that under no circumstances would that city put on a quarantine.