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Show ARIZONA PEOPLE FEAR SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE TO NORTH FROM MEXICO TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 7. The spread of the bubonic plague toward the United States has caused such great alarm in Arizona that at a meeting of prominent citizens here today it was decided to appeal to the Government authorities for aid and to secure, If possible, a quarantine against the Infected portions. Rumors that the plague is spreading north to Guaymas have been confirmed, and fear is felt at Yuma that the plague may be carried to that city by boats coming up the Colorado river and Gulf of California from ports on the western coast of Mexico. The physicians assembled here today sent the following dispatch to the surgeon-general of the Marine hospital service: "Reliable reports from Guaymas indicate that an epidemic of bubonic plague at Topolobampo and Guaymas Is extending north. Cargoes from infected ports are unloading daily at Guaymas and other ports, with no precautions whatever. The mortality rate is over 30 per cent, and the epidemic Is spreading rapidly. It is a great menace to southern Arizona, and should be investigated immediately, and quarantine against the infected ports should be established." The dispatch was signed by six of the most prominent physicians of southern Arizona, who, previous to the meeting, had been corresponding regarding the impending danger. |