New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-05
DIFFICULT NEWS GATHERING.
A REPORTERS TRIALS AT QUARANTINE.
HARD WORK FOR ONE MAN IN SMALL BOAT 10

TALK TO ANOTHER on SHIPBoARD.
"The steamer slpjack arrived at Quarantine 40
10 y. m Yesterday from Brazil. She brought word
that all quet in Para when she left there anu '"e
people seemed disposed to accept the Republic
such items IS these have since the brazilian feVo
luton been 81 frequent occurrence in the morning
papers but those who read them with Indifference
or with a gr,vl because they do not contain moro
news know nothing Of the midnight vigil and the
weird experiences Of the reporter who was torn away
from writing that novel which IS going to make MN
famous, or the play which is going TO make MN
rich TO procure even that little drop of information for
the ever-thrsty public.
Just this side of the Narrows a little cove makes
in overshadowed By the frowning heights OF Fort
Wadswonh This IS Upper Quarantine, where vessels
arriving after sunset lie until morning brings mo
Health officer and permission 10 proceed mp To the
city Back on the HILL surrounded By slopng lawns
is the house of the Health officer Of the port and over
toward the fort is curious looking bulidihg Oh
ancient aspect half dwelling house, half hotel where
# is rumored Garibadi once lived There Is nothing
remarkable in that however, as Garbald according 10
the very best Staten Island authorities, Veo III every
honse ON the island except the very modern ones In
these days Of landlord associations he couldn't nave
done IT, lie would have to pay his rent.
AZ tbe head Of wharf. under the shadow OF tns
hI an which rest, the house Of that high functionar'
~ these regions the Health officer is rough WOOD"
buildnr the headquarters for the Associated Pros
boanen telegraph operators and agents te ielusco
an ronorters assigned to cover Quarantine at nEt
and IN short for all who are IN any way a"'D"
I'm mind body or estate by the gathering OF he"'
By dav things are busting and prosaic ep"t"'
hut at night, Night on the land and night III u'a
CO.. The moon fying by torn edges Of oouS anu
the wafer, black and inky. The old fort ip"""'
sure enough now and Garibaidis ghost p'''"7
high ilr.s7 in the house just over the hue s''
marsh The wind. mad and fierce io.u ~,
nd
moaning of distant breakers, shakes the poe V"0'
with it, outside stairway that rises beside te ous
AZ the head Of Tie wharf and makes the IeA' "'"A'
burns all night there blink.
In In the turret the aforesaid light shines Oh
Young man and a telegraph machine Ing Inns
man between intervals Of silence ana 'houe"| V'
with the machine in that mysterious ana uh'anHy
wav common To telegraph operators. one can stahn
II when in broad daylight telegraph operator oenu'
down his ear and listening To that idiotlc u'' nc
smiles look, sad laughs outright, I'D 1etFays o'er
apparently uncaucd Tor emotions but IA la.5 TeNN
H. b.. az 'c't "'Al lines of conversation with
or frt iast at he 'iis i' making hopeless
effort to cali up his Dss r in BrdfG , t. CG S6an
that In the good old times. ,..., ,,r,. he
Down below. "a large. bare room llsn,eo o{ v ~
the uch That comes from the roaring IRE ~ Ihe 100
In the centre of it. dim forms are stretched on ,S
cots. and three or four sleepy fep4tle', hStt
s.ON ' nrtai,fna io H. Those DIM forms stgetchcd
nyt4nE p,I'.'r..'G ociated press employs. whose
",p.,'ons though particularly vital the aVeitso
n,,f,Ider cannot completely d.hercuuate. lhey a..
hardy looking men with that about u'lh W. y
n.r,li,r a. 5mphibious people who are neither hho
~. nor .,tl,r- and vet both Their dress b. a >t'y
men nor y The ffiyote, Of lfe are d,pen'ed
" wear his dress suit while on duty, even II ING
dinner hour had passed. At Atle ReePn"4gS a snr
Sits with nightglass scanning the Lowe %, a.,
the operator sandy iooH mas IGst .iIO ,,ctsd
young up in the tower over mat 'ne oNs
IA b. NJ ed
ronnlc has been born the head of the ancie. hou,e
Of BragauEa and daughter "i u@ ~ ~
and the Bourbon' are i- ur bT,n,
news Of great Importance ana thS feporu' valk,
show signs Of nya.on au me '' steamer is moving
slowly up the Swash Channel the oiheer - Sin Tys
trrnin. his ewes nXcd on the New Doip am IN -
Tyit. and cilr>in, the diocy Of the maj VINO hane
H. a1 omen range. Finally she passes through mo
X,rrov, and With the rafting of ach"r enaln
through hawsc pipe ana te So,nI :" ne e. ttc
an 20 the reporters i'm boats all awake ana eaSet
now and hold an earnest ana ulSalsia ,", ~, 10
tion with an officer who leans rom III, ~ ,,o,,
I'm vail above their heads and shouts down Al mem
he l,.nst news from Brazil. They can no' :, ON
hoard pecal~c the Health oihcer ana custom! ID',e
49,, nv, moi yet visited the snip and there ~
danger that the reporter, might 20 a~SH MiC h,t
~ fic,r, or A case If yellow ever concedleI aoons
bor Ucrsons If they were allowed on board But me
r,.nnrter who inclined 10 be seisl'h' never
Of these thing ana a., Ne otre apparentlv thrc<
miles above his head he is apt To say harsh 'Hl"S'
about the regulations ,u,- ,,-rs 3, 4 away
., The telegraph Office in the tower Brief dlSnache'
are sent each paper re1rc.en'ei, a." ,b ,,,e.
nrarly :. o'clock and the reporters CONFRONT t'' ~
@ Iol,,iny f,r the remainder ot the night Most
nf Them probably start vlldN hortINdIW ~ ~
~ -, M G,riboldi', ho - and arouse the inmates
Ierr he is put Ia sleep n ira'i'l pr" a" ", -,
that he is De>demona. ana 'lhcip W. .E a., -'''' "
the Italian lbcrator is tying Ia sm''her NM