Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

was expected III this morning becauss of Dr.
jenkins statement AZ the evening talk Ina; Ee
expected TO hear nothing I'll noining. Whcn
therefore, at O'Clock this morning.
DIR. Byron reported the fact that ne v:.s
! advised that there were shirty-two deaths
in n total OF l.0S6 souls on board and that he
w;ss going TO the ship from SwiEburnc Island 10
bring of additional cases. there was intense eN-
element al the health officers home. When
DIR. Jenkins Ga-e out the facts a. received ths
made the grand total for the i've ships under
surveillance as follows:
Dealhs AT sea --....-..-........--... .G,
Deatns IN port -..........-.---.....-.2 20
Sick IN port. Observation-Disclosures. 30
Grand total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ISS
The mother Of the Person children. who
died On the Wyoming viii she Law at upper
quarantine, and who, with two children. was
transferred 20 Swinburne Island when the ship
arrived at the pestilence roadstead. also died at
Swinburne Island Hospital during the evening
NEWS FROM TIE scASDIA.
During the evening frequent kilograms were
received from New York demanding definite
advices TO the condition of affairs aboard
the Scandia. but owing to The lick of facilities
IT was impossible to obtain any definite infor-
nation and none was expected after DIR. Jen-
kins statement.
Shortly before / O'Clock. however. those on
watch at the quarantine telegraph station saw
one of the operators go by q crcuitous route TO
the doctor 8 house on the bluff and when the
lights were turned on there was n wild scramble
for the porch. In response to the clamor for
| admittance the reporters were admitted. and rs
the operator received the report on the wire the
| facts were given out.
In brief the story was thirty-two deaths di-
vided ~ follows: Twenty-nine in the s.eerage.
| one in the cabin and two among the crew. To-
| tai number Of souls on board. 0S6, divided as
fnl1 No.. n
rush for the telegraph office was a madder race
than that TO the health officers house and soon
the wires were hot with the news.
oowARnLY CREW.
The crew Of the William Fletcher this morn
ing refused to transfer the passengers Of the
Normannia and Rngia and deserted.
The steamer Stoningtou and the New Hamp-
shire left Hoboken at $50 for lower quarantine
DIR. Jenkins said this morning that the state
ment that he had refused assistance from the
marine hospital or any other source in relieving
the passengers on the infected ships in the lower
bay was untrue. He WAS willing 20 receive as
sistance from any enc and he thought il likely in
case tie marine hospital service did not volun-
tarily tender assistance that he would be COM
peiled TO Officially cal, apon them for aid. The
mail received at quarantine during the last two
days intended for passengers on the detained
ships has grown to such large
/
hnd themselves unable to handle il. This
morning DIR. Jenkins requested Postmaster Van
Cctt to furnish postal Uaicial al quarantine
The request was promptly granted. and a post
Office will be immediately established in the
doctors residence.
No CHOLERA IN NEW YORK.
The official bulletin of the health board posted
at 10 o'clock this morning reads As follows:
NO cases of cholera have been discovered in
this CITY,"
Arrived Steamer City of Columbis from
Southampton, off Fire Island. at s.SI an.
The Columbia il a sister ship 10 tine No,manIiia
belonging 10 the Hamburg American Packet
Company.
FRESH CASES on THE scANDIA
On returning to swinbGrne Island about IL
o clock from visit TO the Sca,dia Dr. Byron
reported two deaths and four new cases on
board that vessel, making a total of thirty -four
deaths anu eleven cases. The new cases were
removed 10 Swinburne Island.
The following is list of the cabin passen-
gers on the pest ship ScenGia: Mrs kuguste
Braren. Mr.. and Mrs. August Degenhadt, Mrs
Susan Fiege, Heinrich Hebfank, Jos. Herschko-
witz. Mrs. Therese Jordan and child Mrs
SOPHIE Kirsch and children. Mrs Fanny Klein
and children. Heinrich Lachsrup, Emanuel
Moses. Jechiel Silbermann ami family
The steamer Mannheim. from New Castle
August %. arrived at $50 m: steamer Somer-
hill, from Ha mburg August II. az am.
Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm ii, from Bremen. Was
of Fire Island AZ am. She signaled all well
on board.
PURCHASE OF FrRE ISLAND.
, Fire Island was this morning contracted 10 be
sold by d. S. Sammis, the owner. for place of
refuge for the well passengers confined on the
infected vessels. The price paid ia understood
TO be s3l0,000. The purchase includes the
hotel, ID cottages. lbs acres OF beach land and
steamboet to carry Passengers to ani from the
mainland MIR. Ssmmis met Tie purchaser at
the Hoffman House and the conference was
brief and 10 the point. The sale was quickly
made and Mr.. Sainmis hurried awa,, refusing
to speak to reporters.
SECRETARY FOSTER TO CONTINUE vIouAxr
Secretary Of the Treasury Foster has decided
to remain in New York city as long as the dam
ger of cholera getting in continues. He will
also keep the President informed by telegraph
of all new Developments. He sent a long teie-
gram this morning advising him fully Of the
situation here, and especially OF the work doing
to get the cabin passengers ON the pest ships
out Of danger.