Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1903 — Schools and Churches Closed. [ARTICLE]

Schools and Churches Closed.

The Tracimwf Transferred And All Public Gatherings For. bidden. ***/ Mayor Ellis and City Health Offioer Kresler have issued their proclamation, which is published in this paper. As a matter of precaution, until it is learned how extensively th 6 varioloid and smalloontagion has spread, it has been decided to dose the public schools and to forbid all kinds of public gatherings, including churches. Sunday SofTools, prayermeetings parties, etc. The High PSbhool Athletio Association meeting which was to take place here this week Has vbeen changed to it Remington. At present there are 13 oases of the contagion in Rensselaer whioh all the dootors now agree is some rf&rm of smallpox. Several others who no doubt had the same disease, have got well without it having been reoognized as smallpox. The cases are all comparatively mild, though some much more .-*0 than others, Some broke out very little, while several, especially of the later cases, are brokeu out quite extensively, and far too muoh so to any longer leave room for doubt as to the disease being smallpox. Several of the cases 'have hardly been sick enough to know that they were sick at all, While ‘ others, during the feyer stage, have been confined to their beds for several days. All feel much better as soon as the erup- ' Sons begin to appear, and all of them, in that stage, until the disease was reoognizad and quarantines established, have gone out freely, and have thus spread the oontagion extensively, but how extensively can nit yet ba determined.

As to how the disease first got here, it is diffioult to traoe, exactly. It appears however, that certain telephone line men were the first. These were Dick Hartman, Noble *3all and Landy McGee, and they appear to have got it over about Franpesville or Medaryville, in which vioinity it has lately prevailed. The only one of these three named who appears to have been muoh sick, was MoGee. His Ifrst sickness had many symptoms of pneumonia, and later, when an eruption appeared, the physicians, not being able to learn of any chance he had had at smallpox concluded that his eruption was .the outbreak of a latent bloodpoison in his system. Dick Hartman appears to have given it to his mother and to Frank Rioh&rds, the latter having a very proncunoed case. He also probably gave it to Isaao Glazevbrook. The latter seems to have, in turn scattered it quite lavishly, and in fact, from the promptness in whloh his sowing germinated, and the large orop it has produced, we are disposed to speak of his tff'eed as “Glazebrook’s Early Prolifi He was on the jury and from him appears to have come the other two oases of court house urors, W. J. White, who is still t Jiere and Oollins, who has gone to .his home. Isaac is credited with the cases in the Harmon family, Miss Golda Harmon and her sister, Mrs. Jakey Hopkins. Also the two cases just developed among employes of B. 8. Fendig’a poultry and junk house, namely John Macklainburg aod Sol Fendig.As to tho case of the telephone girls, Misses Ara Glsze!hrook, May Fox and Lora Rhoades, it is a question whether it oame

first from Mr. Qlazebrook, or Dick Hartman, but probably the latter, as his ooonpation often took him to the telephone offioe. Frank Riohardß, who is siok at the Hartman house has even stronger marked case than W. J, White, who in at Bert Brooks’ residence. Two new oases developed Sunday. Then were al3 year old son of E. E. Preble, and the only bhild yet to oome down. The other was Arnold Richards. Also in the east part of town. Monday’s developements were the Maoklainberg and Fendig boys. The RichardfTand Maoklainberg families are entirely quarantined. The Fendig boy, son of Nate Fendig, is in a remote upstairs room, and as yet, only-his -part of the house is quarantined. Of the 13 cases now in town, and not yet recovered, it is stated that only one, Miss Ara Qlazebrook, has ever been vaccinated. A most eloquent argument in favor of vaccination.