Show STA STAMP lP OUT BUBONIC PLAGUE Unquestionably l the San Ran I Francisco c Board of oC Health it iH taking the right step stel in Ii putting in operation opera tion the most stringent regulations with regard to ships ship from flom the Orient that have haye sailed from ports where the lie bubonic plague is raging ragin The protest made male by ly shipping men inch a against the Y vigorous action of the health officers will not avail Every means must must be taken to IH prevent Yent this the most horrible of diseases e from flom obtaining a foothold in this country Already a mandy malady which is believed to b be the black plague has appeared in a n Pacific coast town The Board of Health of Mexico co City has sent sc-nt a co commission to stu study the m mysterious dis disease ase One of the commissioners Gonzalez Fabela has bus passer passed some time r recently in San studying tho the microbe of ot the bubonic or black plague Telegrams received e from show that the dia disease is so far confined to the lower quarters of tho time town tow where there Is little regard for hygiene Nineteen persons persona Juno have died lied and the tho local physicians regard the disease e as aB without doubt the Asiatic plague the patients pres presenting nt ng all the symptoms of the cases which occurred d recently in San Francisco cisco Neighboring towns are forming a u local quarantine against and the citizens are arc arming to prevent people from that port penetrating their towns This is a matter that not only concerns San Francisco but every Western State te If passengers arriving un from the time Orient Oi on infected ships are not f taken n charge of at San Francisco and are permitted to come East then there is danger of them m spreading spreading spread spread- ing the bubonic plague over the entire country The strictest quarantine measures should be enforced at F Frisco risco and ahIl if time the State and city cite authorities are ate unable unable un un- un able uble to properly handle the Uw situation the Federal Government should step in and exercise the greatest great great- est vigilance to prevent event the disease from penetrating ing lug the interior of the time countr country Even with every precaution in force the bu bubonic onic plague is a permanent perma nent menace to the time health of the entire country |