Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01
AT QUARANTINE.
Nothing Startling Discovered by the
Health Officers.
OCEAN STEAMERS INSPECTED TO-DAY.
Steerage Passengers Ordered to a
Sea Bath.
GOOD NEWS FROM HAMBURG
EXAMINING THE IMMIGRANTS.
Nothing Alarming Discovered at New York's
Quarantine Today.


which arrived from Hamburg on Tuesday
night, having had twenty-five deaths from
cholera among her passengers during the
trip, ordered this morning down to
the lower quarantine two miles south of
Swinburne Island. She lay in Gravesend
bay last night and at daybreak hoisted the yell
low flag. warning all vessels 10 glve'her a wide
berth. No new cases of disease have broken
out among her passengers.
DIR. Tallmalge after working among the
sels In the upper quarantine this morning yis-
lied the Noravia. He met by Capt Shielc
and the ships doctor. and the three made tour
OF the ship. The two women who were attacked
with the disease on the VOYAGE mere were found
TO be on a fair road to recover. They are coa-
valescing in an isolated part Of The ship.
The Moravias passengers will receive bath
this afternoon. The steamer will remain be-
low Swinburne Island until the health officers
are certain that al trace OF the plague is re-
moved from her.
DR.. Jenkins before leaving quarantine this
morning to attend meeting of the health
board said he was Lot prepared to BAY today
that the disease on the Moravia was true
Ariatic cholera. Until DR.. Byron's examina-
tion Of the infected clothing completed be
said no one could say positively what the
disease was.
Dr. Jenkins announced this morning that he
was going to have four special harbor police ap-
pointed to patrol the bay with orders to shoot
any one attempting to board any of the quar-
antlned vessels. This was called forth hv the
attempt Of some reporters to board the Morayia
yesterday.
ToDAY's ARRIVALS.
All the big transatlantic steamships scheduled
to arrive up to today have been heard from.
Their reports have been received and the an
nouncement made by the health officers that
these vessels all clean and their passengers in
healthy condition.
Some anxiety was felt for the welfare of the
passengers on the steamers Lain and Gallla AS
many of their passengers were known TO have
come through of the infected To-
calities. Both vessels came into port last
night. Coming from Bremen and well
frelghted as she was with returning
tourists, who were known to have passed
through manv places in Europe that have be-
come infected with the plague during the last
fortnight, the Lain was regarded with suspicion
by Dr. jenkins and his deputies. She has on
board 264 saloon passengers and 483 immi-
grants. These latter are for the most part
Germans, with fair sprinkling of Russians.
WAITING IN QUARANTINE.
When the work of the health officers at
quarantine was begun today at 5:27 a.. m. there
were riding at anchor in the quarantine waters
the, steamers Circassia. Veendam. Teutonic.
Lahn, Gallia and City of Washington.
The first two named vessels began today their
third day of detention, the Teutonic its second
and the last three named their first.
At 7:10 oclock the immigrant steamer Olin ia
was reported of Sandy Hook. and soon after
8 O'Clock she joined the feet inside the upper
bay. The Olinda comes from Oporto and vari-
ous other Mediterranean ports by way of Bos-
ton. from which port she sailed on August 20,
and as she was there subjected to quarantine
regulations it is~not expected that she will be
detained after today.
OF the other new arrivals TODAY the Gallia
and Lahn the only ones that come from
European ports, the City of Washington being
one OF the Ward line steamers. She
comes from Havana and will be detained until
tomorrow. The Gallia is OF the small
passenger steamers the Cunard line and
is devoted chiefly to carrying immigrants
from Liverpool and Queenstown. She
sailed from the former port on August
% and from the latter the following dav
Both those dates are prior 70 the outbreak of
cholera in Liverpool and it is not believed that
| any OF her passengers we're affected by the dis
ease. 1t was decided, however to subject her
to the usual quarantine regulations. She ar
rived early this morning and has on board the
Irish cricketers, who come here to play the
Phiiadelphias.
INSPECTING THE LAIN.
DR.. jenkins first work this morning was to
| assign Dr. Tallmadge, his chief deputy. to the
Lain. DIR. Tallmadge was directed to examine
every passenger. both cabin and s.eerage.
and to see that the ship WAS fumigated
throughout. 1he morning papers had got
| aboard the steamer before the doctors boat
pulled alongside and the passengers were not
surprised, though they were much ANNOYED
when Dr. Tallmadge announced that they were
to be detained st least twenty-four hours
There considerable grumbling and many
appeals were made to the doctor to alter his de-
cisiOn.
The first cabin passengers first marched in
no tun H.
sanborn accompanying DIR. Tallmadge.
Each passenger was closely scrutinized
They were all found TO be in good
health. The examination of the second
| cabin passengers followed with the same good
result The examination of the steerage pas
sengers occupied considerable time and at its
conclusion the doctors were glad to inform
Capt. Htllmers OF the Iahn that there was no
sickness of any kind on board.
Capt. Hellmers informed the doctors that
his passengers enjoyed exceptional good health
during the entire voyage, none of them suffering
from any trouble excepting seasickness Capt
Hellmers was then instructed to fumigate his
vessel thoroughly, and to remain in quarantine
until he got permission to leave. This permis-
sion will not be given until tomorrow at least!
and not then unless DR.. jenkins deems it pru-
dent.
This afternoon the 4S3 immigrants will board
the transfer steamer George Starr and will be
transferred to Hoffman Island, where they will
u
perintend this work and will see that neither soap
nor labor 10 spared to cleanse the immigrants
ON THE oALLIA.
From the Lahn Drs. Tallmadge and Sanborn
went to the steamer Gallia. There they were
met by the ships doctor and were assured that
there had been no sickness Of any character
on the steamer during her passage and that
there was then no one on board suffer-
ing from any trouble. The Gallia's passengers
number ], ,178 in all, divided as follows: First
class ITO; second class, 118. and third class,
$50. The examination Of the entire number
occupied nearly two hours, and ON his return
TO the shore DR.. Tallmadge announced that her
passengers wore all healthy. She, too, win be
detained, though, until tomorrow at least, and
perhaps longer.
The Gallia has on board 275 Russian Jews
and lao Poles, both Of which Glasses are re-
garded with suspicion by the quarantine off,
cfala. DR.. Tallmadge ordered both glasses to
bs divided from the other immigrants when he
went aboard the steamer and their examination
was conducted separately and with extreme
care.
In the casss Of the other Immigrant passeu-
gers they we're, Of course, examined carefully:
but with the Russians and Poles each one vss
examined by the two physicians. and where
even the fAintest suspicion attached itseaf 10
one Of the party Tie person v.s
taken cat Of tie line and r..
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