The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-22
STANDING ITS GROUND.
GRIM CHOLERA BIDS DEFIANCE TO
QUARANTINE.
It is Creeping Along the Coast and Breaking
Out Without apparent Cause in Unex-
pected Places-Health Officers De-
serve Credit for Their Vigilance.

fortunates who have been detained on
ships and at Hoffman island during
the past two weeks were landed here
yesterday. They are passengers from
the neutrality-suspicious. Packet COM
pany's steamers Normania and Rugia.
Seven hundred and nine people we've
landed from Hoffman island and pre-
sented remarkable congregation of
nationalities, Turks, Teutons, Armen-
ans and Arabs. General Hamilton at
1856 p. m. gave opening orders and
Camp Low became isolated from the
world until strict quarantine is raised.
Interpreters acted as entry clerks. TAX
ng the name, place of birth, destina-
ton and name of ship in
which each passenger came.
Just before the passengers landed the
police water patrol came down the
bay, having on board Mayor Grant,
the health officer, Superintendent
Byrnes, Quarantine Officer Allan and
Quarantine Commissioner Samuel
Grant. The party were shown
through the camp by General Hamil-
ton and are said to have expressed as
constituent and unqualified satisfae.
ton at the perfect arrangements
made for the comfort of the detained
passengers.
OF those from the Rugia large
number are American citizens who
have been abroad for the summer.
No sooner were the passengers land
ed than General Hamilton ordered
dinner served. That the poor emil
grants were hungry was evidenced
The women and children were looked
after by woman attendants. A
pavilion was set aside for
American citizens and the cabin pas
sengers. Orientals and single men
were housed in tents along the beach
until the barracks were completed
This morning 1854 more detained pas
sengers were taken to Sandy Hook
from Hoffman island, making total
at quarantine there of 10000. Of the
number landed this morning 343 were
from the Rugia, and thirteen from the
Scandal, both pest ships. General
Hamilton was highly indignant al
Health Officer Jenkins for sending the
Scandals passengers to mix with
other people, as the thirteen had beer
confined to pest hospitals on Swim
burne island and one of them wat
only released from there yesterday
seven on the 18th, four more on the
18th inst and one on the following
day. These were ordered isolated
during the whole of their detention In
quarantine.
QUARANTINE AT COLON.
New YORK, Sept. 19.-The Mexi
can cable to the Herald from Panam,
says quarantine is perfect at Colon
The United States consul has beer
publicly reprimanded for violation o
quarantine laws. The cable says:
small boat was observed coming from
the direction of quarantine. Tn,
Pacific liner Newport was in the bay
of Colon. The quarantine prefec
with a squad soldiers were await
ing the boat ON the beach. On boart
were Ashby, American consul a
) Colon, and Mr.. Vophau. The prefec
asked if they had been on board tn,
Newport and they assured him OF
their words of honor that they hat
not been within fifty yards of the ship
Ashby was publicly reprimanded b!
the project for trying to violate guar
antine and showing disrespec
to authorities. His conduct would h.
assured him be reported to the gov
eminent VOphan was put in Jail, bu
within O few hours was released. Ii
: consequence of the quarantine of tn
Newr ort, the California steamer, wa
forced to leave without mails. Pas
sengers on the French steamer Lab
rador, due at Colon, will be ordere,
out. The French consul demands ad
mittance of the ship and her passen
gers, on the same conditions as hav
been accorded to the Newport. Man,
laborers in the employ of the Pacifi
Mail company and Panama railwa,
!. have been laid off because of the quar-
antine. There is no work for them
Only one passenger train was ru
from Colon Tuesday.
DEATH AT ELIZABETH.
NEW YoGK, Sept. ia Worl
special from Elizabeth, N. j., says tina
John Suscis, suspected 10 have choler
morbus, is dying at the city hospital
Physicians there entertain grav
doubts as to the real nature of hi
malady. City Physician Green wa
hastily summoned to the hospital, tn
entire medical and surgical staff, com
, prising ten of the leading physician
of the city. They were called t
diagnose the case. President Whalel
of the board of health was notified b.
the chairman of the health eommitte
that Suscis' death was caused iron
cholera.
AMERICANS FAVORED.
NEW YORK, Sept. l9.-Aceording t.
a special from Washington to TIL
Herald Americans returning from
Europe by steerage will not neces
sarily be detained. Spaulding il
quoted as saying that a letter woulC
be written to the department official
on the question this week. 1t is un
derstood that q letter to steamship
companies giving authority to bring
over Americans who desire to take
advantage of this has beeI issued.
sUBsIDING AT QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE, Sept. 19.-Lr. Byron
at Swlnburne island, reports DR. Alb
bolt just back from the ships. He