Show THE YELLOW DEATH Smallpox Epidemic nt Hot Springs lArlcnaias Tort FSeelnsr For Life 1St Louis Mo Feb 27 Trains from the south today brought fully 300 badly scared passengers from Hot SprIngs A k who left that popular resort in a hurry yesterday to escape the smallpox pox They declared that the disease Is epidemic and that neighboring towns have established a rigid quarantine the authorities at Malvern compelling the trainmen to lock all passengers In I the Springs cars while trains were 1 i passing through that town The passengers pas-sengers said that rumors had been circulated I cir-culated that smallpox was increasing I 1 but that last Sunday when many of 1 the guests were getting ready to leave ian i-an official bulletin was issued by the I health department that only one case I i existed in the city This settled their fears for a while but yesterday It was I learned that at the time the health department was preparing the bulletin there were 75 cases being treated In I tere I the pest house |