The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Twelve Ships Now at Anchor OF the Quaran-
tine Station, Some with Hundreds of
Cabin and Steerage Passengers.
American Consuls Abroad Working in
Concert with the officials at Home.
Nearly 1000 Fresh Cases at Hamburg and
Many Deatbs-Heayy Drinkers Quickly
Carried OFF by the Plague.
AT QUARANTINE.

AT QUARANTINE.
Eight New Cases and One Death Yesterday
Twelve Ships Now at Anchor.
QUARANTINE. N. Y. Sept Cdr. Jenkins
said tonight that on the Moravia the
cholera plague is apparently stamped out.
No fresh cases have shown up in the last
three days Dr. Jenkins, with ex-Surgeon-
general Hamilton and the latters old time
Marine Hospital corps, started down the
bay early in the afternoon to visit the three
ships and the two islands in the lower
hsrbor. The first vessel visited was the
Normannia. They were found all we'll.
From the Normannis the doctor went to
the RuQia. Jacob Grawer, ffty-four years
of age, had been taken down dur
ing the night. quickly followed
by Johannes Jnbloniker. twenty-five
years old, and Kathe Zifert.
aged twenty y-eight. all of the steerage.
The cabin passengers were well Taking
every thing into consideration, the Rugia
may be said to be progressing favorably.
The Moravia. the next vessel boarded.
only needed short visit.
~
Carleton. on which the police patrol are
stationed. After a short conference Hoff-
man island was visited. Bad news met
the party here. Heinrich Freitag. aged
twenty; Franz Baumhach. aged twenty
four: Rudolph Euk, and Christian Peterson.
aged twenty one. all stokers of the Nor
MAMMA had been taken i'll on Shore where
they had been landed on Monday. Ernest
Theile. a steerage passenger. aged thirty.
four. had been also taken i'll. and eight
year-old Gertrude Shorn was dead. Two
removed during the afternoon to SWIM
burne island. and two other cases of sick
ness were placed in the Emergency Hos
pital on Hoffman island, as cholera sus-
poets.
AtSwinburne island. the last place vis-
tied, there were found to be no new deaths.
though Adelaide Merrs, q nurse, who was
taken sick yesterday. was very much
worse to-day. The visit to Swinburne isl
and finished the rounds, and DIR. Jenkins
started for home, which he reached at 20
minutes to 3 O'Clock.
The Doctor said he had telegraphed to
General Tracy and had received an answer
Offering to place the New Hampshire at
his disposal for the cabin passengers of
the Normannla, If she was suit
able for the purpose. AS there will
be only about fifty cabins, at the outside,
on board the New Hampshire. and there
are two hundred passengers on board the
quarantIDed steamer, DR.. jenkins said he
would have to let the passengers draw lots
for the cabins.
A letter has been forwarded to Washing
ton by DR. Jenkins to the Secretary of the
fyvon ~ NH haph flu Ilr..-
tor says: The order issued Sept ], last,
general of the United States Marine
Hospital Service. consider establishes
an unvarying rule covering the first
grants had reached this port. whether such
vessel has come from an infected port or
otherwise and whether she had sickness
aboard or otherwise, namely.
in all cases of vessels carrying
immigrants In view of the miscoDception
in certain quarters OF my position. IL is ao-
propriate for me to say that. while have
expressed the opinion that the order in its
yond yoear''' the A' authority 1Hs of '' the fed
eral officials. | shall. of course,
take no action which would involve q less
strict quarantine than that covered by tho
Presidents order The rule will be en-.
forced by me strictly, the only excep-
tion in the order being as to
vessels afloat Sept. /. and as
to those 1t IS provided they
will be made the subject of special con-
sideration upon due application TO the de-
partment. / understand from this that
the Treasury Department will make the
necessary investigations. and will. In
cases deemed by II proper ones, relieve the
quarantine officer of the twenty-day rule
established by the President. desire to say
that In obedience TO the Presidenps order
the quarantine officers will not assume
authority TO pass any vessels coD'iDa into
this port with immigrants until twenty
days detention at quarantine has been
had. except in cases where the Presidents
order shall be suspended by the Treasury
Department."
The anchorage off the quarantine station
in Its history there are no less than twelve
steamers at anchor. Away towards
the north is the French steamer
Cachemere. with 453 emigrants on
board, which arrived to-day from
Naples: to the southw ard lies the Johannes
Brun, little Norwegian fruiterer from
tho West Indies; far To the east OF her
lies the Corean, the Allan liner
GssgSw soIS of ri'h tbess
came in TODAY and although they
have arrived from non-infected ports they
will be detained the full five days before
any one is allowed to land. La Bourgogne.
the Elbe, from Bremen; the Persian Mon-
arch. from London; the ely sia. from Naples.
with nearly thousand emigrants. all lie in
quarantine hsrbor The white painted
Fulda was released late In the
afternoon. In addition to these. were
the Brilliant OF Hamburg. and the
Darmstadt. both of which have been
lying here for three days. The Venezuela.
March and Johannes Bruins ali lie anchored
within an area less than n square mile.
The Diamant, tank from Altona. which
il very near Hamburg and IN fact part OF
II. anchored of quarantine about 1l:s0 to-
night.
At midnight reporter Delaine. of the New
York Herald, was arrested on board the
quarantine tug Manhattan by Captain Nc
kenzie for concealing himself on board and
accompanying the Manhattan 10 the
various vessels. He was taken TO Stapleton
and locked up for the night.
A private telegram on the street THE