Evening journal., 1892-09-05
lE PLAGUE AT BAY
arantine Physicians Main
tain Strict Vigilance.
BIN PASSENGERS IMPATIENT.

hanng over Delay-Prospects of
ard Day for Health Omeers-Big
ans for the Steamships The Lord
ough Detained.
cial Dispath Evening Journal
,swEs, Sept 5.-The steamship Lord |
lgh of the American line,
in quarantine at the Break
.er. She was boarded yesterday
Irnine on her arrival by DR.. w. p.
quarantine physician, who was pre-
ted with clean bill OF health by
ships ply sician, but pending
ers she viii be detained.
-he Lord Cough left Liverpool ON
gust oath. with % cabin and 342 steer
passengers.
.rhe tank steamship Geestemmde,
ich has been in quarantine for sew
! days viii be fumigated sometime to-
IBy Telegraph to the Evening Journall
4 QUARANTINE, 5. l., Sept 5.-Labor
Y promises to be one Of greater work
the quarantine officers than any Of
previous daylight hours since the
rival of the Moravia.
ht the health officers quarters all was
let at midnight and the feet at anchor
the upper boarding station was being
,wly enveloped in a mantle of fog,
iich was lazily waited from the Lower
like pail from the pest fleet, at
chor within the boundaries Of the
nitary roadstead.
When the lights aboard no longer
inkled there came sharply to the ear
e tones Of the fog bells struck by the
Ichor watch. La Bourgogne, the
Iench liner was first heard from and ere
echoes against the bluff, on which
lands the residence of the health officer,
E "a died away. the signal was taken up
the Fulda. the StubbenhuS, the
.armstadt and the Brilliant; the latter
+ st. as became her position as the least
IlDortant of the squadron in point OF
nmber Of lives aboard.
F Like funeral bells tolling for the un-
Drtunates of the infected ships seemed
F ne warnings from the fleet, the strokes
F 8,pid withal. as if TO emphasize the de-
re to be free OF the restraint, and anxi-
" to be safely moored at their respec-
We piers For an hour the voices of
|ipht continued and then, as if the
|lournful procession had passed, their
oleful music ceased and the outlines OF
he floating homes of hundreds of weary
.yatchers within the mOtiOnless hulls
anne into sharp relief on the surface OF
4 he tide rushing inward through the
'Sarrows
At davbreak lights were extinguishec
nd smoke curling from the tugs at tho
quarantine dock served ali too forcibly a.
/ reminder of the sorrowful round OF in
|.pection that would make the sixth da.
,ince the arrival of the first infected YES
'sel
The developments of Sunday CAV
oxen of what might be expected today
.,nd as the officials began their round
zach face too plainly indicated the drea'
Question: "What viii the harvest be 2
Cabin Passengers Impatient.
On La Bourgogne the cabin passeng
ers were early astir in the hope that
having been passed individually by tn
inspecting officers yesterday they woul
soon see along side a transfer steamer o
which they would speed away to Me-
York. The consulate certificates of IN
spection from the Havre authorities an
|Dr. Jenkinss endorsement that all wer
found well on arrival at quarantine her'
gave them reasonable grounds for tn
anticipated release, especially as tn
cabin passengers from the tulda, frol
the Mediterranean, had been allowed
proceed to the city last evening ON I'll
steamboat Rosa.
When the morning gun of Fort Wad'
worth greeted the rising sun the BIRTHS
freight steamer Alene, from Liverpoo
her hull resplendent with new coat {
drab with dark trimmings, picked h'
way gingerly through the fleet and
6.25 anchored astern Of the Darmstadt.
The Garigliano Released.
The tug Nichols with the italian rece
tion committee, boarded the transpo
Gar;eliano off Tompklnsville, S l.,
: 45 fhis morning. At $40 the Carl
liano was released from quarantine a
proceeded to the city.
To Guard Against Intruders.
When informed this morning thai
sensational New York newspaper h
tugs alongside the Normannia at low
quarantine last night, in violation Of
reneated orders, Dr. Jenkins immediate
wrote an autograph letter to May
Grant which went to the city at 81
His communication was in substance
follows:
"Wnl you kindly furnish six train
no,icemen. who are oarsmen as well,
duty at lower quarantine II this me-
vour approval please have them rep
here for duty. They will be stationed
the Carleton.
A report from the city this morning
the effect that Senator Mcpherson
New Jersey had left the Normannia q
been seen in the city on Sunday evenl
was at once laid before Dr. Jenkins b
representative of the United Press.
at once exclaimed: Il don't believe
He then asked when he was seen,
where. but details had not been giyel
the report from the city. The doc