The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
ALL REPORTS ARE GOOD
MONTGOMERY HEALTH OFFICERS
 SATISFIED WITH SITUATION.
Minnihett, After Twelve 0ays, is We'll, But h Detained at Emergency
 Hospital as Pre- .a.., caution. tt.s.

There Is no local situation. sos far saS yellow fever is concerned"
 This was the offcial statement that the newspaper men received yesterday at the Sanitary Department. when they asked for news on the local situation. Montgomery has had no yellow fever for the past twelve days. and the man who imported a case into the city is practically well. He Is still kept iso- lated as a matter of precaution. If pre- caution was not necessary. If 1t was an ordinary case of illness. William Min nihett would no doubt have been dis charged from the Emergency Hospital yesterday.
 But having had yellow fever. he was good meals and the freedom of the grounds. It was his first day of liberr ty. He intended taking some walks about the ground. but owing to the rain, he had to content himself with strolis on the piazza. For breakfast yesterday Miunihett had breakfast bacon ana grits, and for dinner and for supper ne had two good meals, the basis or wnicn was broiled chicken.
 The health authorities have not inti- mated when they propose to let Mimi hett go. While he Is now well. he VIII no doubt be kept at the Emergency Hospital for several days in excess or caution. Minnihett Is rather emaciated after his spell of fever. but withal ne Is strong enough.
 In talking to Chief Clerk Farley. Min nihett said that few years ago he was bookkeeper for a large real estate com pany, but lost his position through drink. Since then he has worked at odd jobs, turning his hands to what came up. In doing this, he drifted into the Louisiana town of Kentwood, where he became infected with yellow fever He is a man of more than ordinary intelli- gence and information. and he has made constant demands for magazines and books during the latter days of his Ill., ness.
 No meeting of the Board of Health was held yesterday. There was no necessity for a meeting. There is noth- ing for the Board to consider, fnasmuch as there is not a case of suspicious Ill., ness In the city.
 The Acting Mayor and the Sanitary Department spent considerable time yesterday in running down a persistent rumor that there was a case of yellow fever Tn the more or less immaculate town of Birmingham. The report came in such circumstantial way that Act Ing Mayor Mcintyre took notice or 1t and sought to trace it down. Much or the information about the case came by way of Wetumpka.
 Investigation convinced the Acting Mayor that the reported case which had caused some people. to leave Birming- ham and which had frightened the city was nothing more than one of that hys- terical city's nervous spells. Birming- ham Is just now like little boy pass ing a grave yard at night, who scares at his shadow and jumps at every bush. Some man came in there with bad cold or a sprained ankle, and the town had another nervous and hysterical spell The stranger was rushed on to a detention camp and the town was wild eyed for awhile. But 1t developed that not only did the man not have vel low fever, but that 1t was doubtful If anything was the matter With hlm al all
 It Is dangerous for a stranger to sneeze twice in succession in Birming- hab.