Show THE 5 SITUATION for a few lays days last week things looked rather alarming in rela relation tiou to the spread of smallpox ns as each day witnessed a number of new cases and they were as promiscuously scattered about that it appeared as though the greater part of the city had bad been exposed j friday evening last mr oluff petersen en of the first national bank went home borne with eruptions eruption breaking out all over him and was promptly quarantined for smallpox A big fumigating fumi gating apparatus was immediately started at work in the bank and permitted to run nm well along into the night so that when tile the rest of the alic force went to work next morning i none could enter the room for some home little time after the doors were opened during that day no money av was as handled that was iu in me ivie the day previous tile the entire amount being safe gilfe ly locked in a box which was reeking in ill formaldehyde and the precaution was uri undoubtedly the means of averting a 1 spread of the disease from froin that source mr fr petersen must have become infected by handling money or else elge got a scale through the tellers window saturday and sunda sunday eases cases were reported from almost every quarter some new cases in families which were at al ivady quarantined and sonic some new dew caws cages in families that felt athenise acs ics entirely safe hate from tile the disease in n all to date there are arc 13 1 S families jjr quarantine in this city the majority of cases being in a very light form the physicians are eare carefully frilly wadic jug ing the schools every room of the various buildings being thoro thoroughly fumigated frequently and every boy or girl who di displays plays any symptoms whatever are promptly taken rare care of for several days there have been no new cases develop anad an d the hope is that tile the disease is no now under control i 1 1 I 1 1 7 l 4 1 betoi fe toi rt |