The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-04
and keep passing vessels and newspaper
tugs one thousand feet from the Rugia and

Normannia.
FRIENDS OF PASSENGERS EXCITED.
There was some excitement at the Office
of the Hamburg-American Packet Com
pany when the news got ont that the Ruaia
and Normannia had arrived with cholera
on board. Hundreds of persons called In
search of information about friends or rel
atives who were passengers on the ships
Most of the inquiries were about the
cabin passengers. Many persons ex-
were hurrying home on account of the
cholera. The big list Of cabin passengers
on that vessel shows that many Americans
who had intended remaining in Europe
on the first ship on which they could get
passage. Every clerk In the company's
office was kept busy for hours answ erinR
questions. This afternoon representative
of Charles Frohman called at the
American Packet Company's Office, in
quiring anxiously about Lottie Collins.
He said she should be on tho Normannla.
He also said that Mrs. Johnstone Bennett.
who 10 to take the leading part in the pro-
duction of Jane" at the Standard Theater
and will arrive here tomorrow. The vessel
will. OF course be detained for several days.
and the play will have to be postponed
until she is released.
AluODR tuo p6sScngcIS OD tuo NOEuuonui8
were Lottie Collins A. NJ. Palmer. wife
and daughter, Z. l.. Godkin and wife, the
Hon. A. Wellington Wallace end Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Van Rensselaer,. Digby Bell.
JoeDhine Knapp and Laura Joyce Bell
Written to persons known to be on
board and left at the company's Office
for delivery through the quarantine officers
who 60 on board, Other letters were ad-
dressed to the captains of the two ships
Inn fnr inf inn, hnn w IN
were supposed to be on board. The agents
promised to get the letters delivered on
ship board, and they were forwarded this
evening.
When asked how long, the cabin pas
the clerks in the company's Office promptly
answered that they would not be detained
more than live days. probably not so
long. They did not say on what In
bsv they
not be detained as long as five days. This
appeared to satisfy many inquirers. but
others wanted to 60 down in tugs and
bring of their friends who were cabin
passengers, without delay.
Manager Cortis, when asked why his
line persisted In bringing immigrants from
Hamburg, sfter stating that his company
would ship no moro of these people from
the infected port. said: Tho eteerage
passengers were booked, and were in Ham,
burg awaiting transportation. We had to
take them. The railroads would not carry
them out OF Hamburg. and what else could
We dot The Bohemia, which sailed
Thursday. will be the last vessel to bring
over immi grants while the plague lasts
Her storage passengers have been in
quarantine for from five to eight days
There was no sickness among them. and
their baggage and everything else was
thoroughly fumigated before they sailed
THE sTUBBENHUK FREE FROM SICKNESS.
Captain Bordenheuser of the Hamburg.
American Packet Steamship Company,
went down to quarantine to-day and re-
turned to the company's Office at 8 o'clock.
He reported that he went alongside the
steamship Stubbenhuk, which arrived
from Hamburg this morning with 232 steer
age passengers, as DR.. Sanborn, the health
officer, went on board. The aptain of the
steamship told him that all of the passen-
gers were we'll. and that none of them had
died of cholera. or anything resembling it,
during the voyage. DIR. SanbOrn also told
told him all was we'll on board.
The ship s. ID. Carlton will be taken to
the lower bay Tomorrow and will be the
headquarters for police squad, which will
patrol the waters to see that there is 20
communication with the detained steam
ships.
A number of steerage passengers who
have been under supervision OF the health
authority for several days were released
to-day from Ellis island. There were 765
steerage passengers from the Royal
Nstheriand steamer Veendam and $50 pas
sengers of the Copenhagen steamer Island.
The Lahn's passengers, to the number of
4S3, were also among the departures.
Those who were brought by the Gallia and
the Inman line steamship City of Berlin
arc still detained.
Mr.. Dozetau. q Mexican merchant who
lives near Eagle Pass over the border
from Texas went down to the quarantine
station to-day. His wife and two children
are first cabin passengers on board the
Rugia, and he endeavOred in the most des-
perate manner to obtain PERMISSION to visit
the Rugia. Hesaid his w ife 10 all alone and q
Mexican. and that he will gladly remain on
board till she is released even for mon this,
If he 10 only allowed to got to hls wife. He
was unsuccessful in his efforts, however.
The steamship Europe. of the National
line, arrived In port yesterday and was re-
ported to have landed Its passengers and
freight this morning. 1t was rumored that
Collector Hendricks might step In and pre-
vent the vessel from entering the city, and
whom called upon tnis morning to ascertain
what stand he would take in the matter
said: Il see no reason why | should inter
fere with the landing of the Europe, and il
she has been inspected by the health off.
GERS and they consent to allow her to pro-
ceed why then suppose 1t is all right. The
vessel was atiOat when the Presidents
proclamation was issued. and both the
health authorities and my men are now act
ing under orders. don't believe any case
of sickness was reported aboard or DR.,
Jenkins would not have allowed her tC
pass
Dr. Paul Gibier. of the Pasteur Institute;
and president of the BacteriolOgical lnsti-
tute. of this city. completed this afternoon
an investigation In connection with the
cholera germs, the results of which puts q
new phase upon the work of preventing
the spread of the disease. AS q preventive
of cholera salt water bathing has been re.
commended. DR.. Gibier has been expert.
menting for some time at his laboratory to
determine if the cholera germs possess
the necessary vitality to live in
salt water or the ordinary ses
water. As Q result of these expert
ments he conclusively demonstrated thnt
the germs can exist in salt water q lonG
time. for several days at least, aud possi
bly, for q week or two. He IT, moreover
authority for the statement that the chol
era germ pr0pagates In salt water. He be-
lieyes that while existing in the watel
these germs naturally drift with the tide.
and currents, and coming ashore, spread
the poison npon whatever they attach
themselves to. The germs upon which DIR
Gibier has experimental have been In hIi
| possession some time. and the investi q tioI
has been most carefully conducted.