The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-11

NEW YORK, Sept. 10-Another cholera
stricken ship has passed Sandy Hook. and
is now anchored beneath the yellow flag IN
the lower bay. This latest addition to the
plague stricken fleet is the Scandia of the
Hamburg-Americau line. The Scandla,
according to the hurried reports received
here from quarantine, had thIrty-two
deaths on board during her passage across
the Atlantic, and it is rumored that
deaths occurred on board of her shortly
before she dropped anchor in our waters.
The Scandia left Hamburg on Aug. 20,
carrying ,0S6 souls towards these shores.
OF this number there were twenty-elgnt
cabin passengers, 9S1 in the steerage, and
she had a crew of seventy-seven men. vi
the thirty-two deaths referred TO there
were twenty-nine in the steerage, one IN
the cabin aud two among the crew. In
addition to this, at 6:30 o'clock this morn
ing message received here from SWIM
burne island said that two dead bodies
ard eleven cases of cholera had been re-
moved from the Scaudia at that hour.
The Scandals passengers are for the
most part Russian Jews. They all board
ed at cheap and dirty lodging houses near
the wharves i'll Hamburg for some days
before they boarded the steamer. All
classes were allowed to intermingle dur
ing the trip.
THE DAY IN THE CITY.
The news that the Scandia had arrived
last night with Il record of thirty-two
passenger dead from cholera during the
voyage and a number more stricken with
Ial no fri
sengers in this city with CONSERVATION.
At an early hour there were several anX-
ious inuurers at the Hamburg company s
Office on Broadway. The fact that the
names of the dead were not given made
the uncertainty painful. At the office no
information could be given as none had
been received from quarantine.
There is little use TO deny that the new
addition TO the cholera fleet has increased
the gravity of the state of affairs existing
at quarantine, ana that already the over
taxed quarantine officers have more than
they can well do in fighting the cholera
off our coasts. But nobody has lost heart,
and feeling OF security arises from tns
fact that every day draws us nearer TO cold
weather ana that the city Is getting
cleaner and cleaner.
The Herald publishes this morning an
interview with DR.. jenkins, denying III to-
TO the charges made in the appeal trims
mitted to Governor Flower yesterday. He
states that the charges are entirely with
Sat foundation.
The Post today printed letter from a
passenger on board Of the Normannla,
who signs the letter 'E l.. G." The letter
details at great lengnh that which has al
ready been told by letters from other pas
sengers on board the NOrmannia-ot the
horror OF the situation to the cabin pas.
senCers in being detained upon vessel
.,f,. Il
severely attacks the health officials for
their Inefficient manner in handling the
Quarantined vessels, and says that al
though they knew week or so before the
cholera reached this country that it would
probably come here, yet that they were
totally unprepared to meet it, The letter
also says that when the vessel arrived DIR.
jenkins made not the SIghesl
attempt TO separate the plainly infected
from the probably unipfected tthe cabin
eugers). and TO give the latter hight
ing chance for life DIR. Jenkins, says the
letter. would pay daily visit of few
minutes for chat with the captain, and
waste his advice upon the cabin passen-
gers. as If he Thought them lucky dogs IL
not being punished more severely DR.
Jenkins, the writer says, was much en-
ragged at the first letters from the Nor
mammals passengers which appeared III
print, aud said that If any more communi
cations appeared he Or. Jenkinsl would
hold them all for twenty days in quaran,
line and that lie did not know but what
he would hold the writers for twenty day:
anyhow.
The cooperation between the state and
federal authorities which existed last Fri
day has been broken of, and, III the fact
of dread epidemic, there is a clash o
authority and a sudden cessation of friend
ljness between DIR. Jenkins and Secretary
"a 9 81 ~,
DR. Jenkins had visited Sandy Hook il
company with himself. DR.. Hamilton anl
DR. Batchelder, aud had agreed that it wa.
admirably fitted for the purpose. HI
had NOW, however, changed front
and eyinced sudden hostility to all tha
had been offered. The secretary says tha
Dr. Jenkins has refused the medical assist
auce of the marine service rendered hin
and refuses any federal help, saying thai
he is amply able TO cope with the emerg
ency without any assistance from the gen
eral government. In the meantime tn
government is going ahead with the worl
of fixing up Sandy Hook for the reception
Of cholera patients,
Three steamers, the Brittauic, tn
Joseph John and the Zandaln, were re
leased from quarantine this afternoon
The health officers were convinced that IA
sickness had occurred on the vessels dur
ing the voyage 10 this port. the rigorou
medical examination on their arrival her
showing not the slightest trace of tn
dreaded cholera or choleralc dsorde
whatever. To render assurance doubl
sure, however. each OF those vessels had I
undergo n thorough course of fumigatio
and uisiutection, and every person O
board WAS put In such condition that
was practically impossible for him TO con
vey any contagiou to this city
The immigration agents who's
business it Is to forward new arrivals [
their various destinations, are nuch dis
furbed over the announcement by III
Illinois state board OF health refusing aG
mission TO ali immigrants into allipoi
unless they have certificates from tn
health and immigration officials Of tn
port OF New York that they are free fror
disease and that their baggage has bee,
thoroughly dlsinfected. Commissions
Farmer notified Thomas Faulkner. asen
Tor the pool railroads, stAtiore
on Kills Island. OF this requirements
consultation with Colonel Weber was th
result, and yesterday Colonel " ebssr wro;
10 Mr. Faulkner as 10 the lmpractieabi {
OF Issuing certificates of health to each in
migrant leaving. The letter su-eeste
thaI the Illinois board Of health does rs
clearly understand the status os the islam
and its health officers with regard ;
quarantine or the process to which imIn
grants and their baggage are subjected h
the quarantine officials. The letter ais
explains that all questions OF contagioU
disease are decided III quarantine. Colon,
Weber concludes by saying bar il i u,
possible for the surgeons 10 Issue the &c