The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
PENSACOLA AGAIN
 A HEALTHY CITY Is Now Open to the World After
 Visitation NEWS OF DEEP HARBOR CITY Bremen Are Given $50 By Merchant for Good Work and They Give It
 to Sisters of Mercy for
 Serving Them Coffee.
NEWS OF DEEP HARBOR CITY

Pensacola, Fla, November 20.-(Special) Pensacola is once more a healthy city After a siege of nearly three months the yellow fever scourge has been yanquished by science, and a great victory has been won. On the 18th the cordon around the city was removed. and everyone was free to come and go at will. Monday, the 2Oth sees the lifting of the military and naval reserve restrictions. and the many em- ployes at the navy yard residing in Pen sacola were allowed to return to work. Not a few of these employees, at the out break of the fever, elected to be shut in at the yard, and paid their first visit to their families last Saturday evening.
 A word for the health authorities will not be out of place here. To begin with, Dr. Porter had for several years been persona non grata to many of Pensacola's citizens, because of alleged unjust rul- ings in shipping matters connected with the quarantine station. When he took charge of the situation at the outbreak of the fever he was antagonized by these people, whose ranks were rapidly aug mented by the disgruntled ones who im-
  It did seem that a great many inconsist- ent things were done by the board, but 1t is an incontestable fact that the fever is stamped out and no frost has visited this section Honor to whom honor is due is an old trite saying, but it applies in this case.
 The physicians have made many mis- takes in diagnosis and not a few of the cases pronounced as yellow fever were A1.f.. FrI, never corrected on the bulletins, or in the total of fever cases. On the other hand, there were some physicians who only an- nounced so many of their fever patients as would shield them from the law. One reputable citizen told the writer that his family, consisting of wife, daughter and son. had the fever, and at his wife's re- quest, the physician reported only one of the cases. This man himself claims to have had the fever and recovered from it more than a week before its existence was announced That there was an effort at concealment In the beginning is proven by the fact that a prominent undertaken, who was called on to bury a party two | weeks before the outbreak of fever told the state health agent that the party died of yellow fever. He was told very em- phatically to keep his mouth shut"
 Refugees Dropping In.
 Since the abatement of the scourge the refugees have been dropping In at first 1 by ones and twos, then in family groups, at last In troops by the train load. It is l greatly to be hoped that this victory of science over disease will eliminate panic but 1t cannot be denied that many of l Pensacola's inhabitants were in as great a panic three months ago as a covey of cartridges when the shadow of a hawk is over them. Too much cannot be said for those who stood up like men, and cast their lot with the suffering ones. disdaining the thought of flight, deliber- ately deciding to do everything that in them lay to amelorate the sufferings of their fellow mortals. They did only their duty but they should receive the due need of their bravery. Many years ago. during an epidemic of this kind the bet