Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-16
New York Authorities Trying to Lo-
cate the Massilia's Passengers.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN SESSION.
Great Damage to Vessels on the
Nova Scotia Coast.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
PLAGUE BROUGHT Br THE MAssrLIA.
Two Of the Infected Passenger Located N
Philadelphia


PHILapELrMs. Feb. l6.-The board q
health inspectors who have been searching he
city for the thirty-fve Italian passengers Of
the typhus-infected steamer Massilia who are
said TO have come here from New York have
succeeded in locating two Of the passengers
They are Maria Lerago and her daughter, Maria
Nicolo Lerago. They are in a little frame
building, the first floor of which is a macaroni
store. az Alaska street They claimed through
n boy interpreter, that the only people who
suffered from typhus on the steamer were the
Russian contingent They also claimed that
they had brought no baggage with them They
stubbornly maintain that they did not know
any other Italians from the Massilia who had
come 20 this CITY.
Dr. Hunter examined the immigrants The
woman had been sick, but claimed that she
had not suffered from headache. and Dr. Hum
ter said that she had symptoms OF typhus
and that she had no fever OF any kind The
daughter was a buxom-looking girl about four
teen years OF age. She said she had not been
sick. DIR. Hunter will report the TO Health
Officer Neaie, who will decide whether or noe
the new arrivals will be isolated and the houss
fumigated.
NEw CASTLE, Pa, Feb. l6.-Nine passengers
who came TO this country on the steamer
hassilia have been located in Lawrence county.
Great alarm is felt there over this discovery,
and precautions will be taken TO prevent the
spread OF the typhus fever should it break out
there.
NEw YORK, Feb. l6.-The steamer Burgnndis
OF the tabre line, which arrived this morning
from Naples, brings eight passengers from
southern Russia, who were LETT behind BY the
steamer Massiia at Naples. They are detained
at quarantine.
The Hamburg steamer SueviA, which arrived
last evening, is still in quarantine. She brings
ninety Russians. Their baggage is undergoing
disinfection.
Two Italians supposed TO be suffering from
tsphus fever were brought here last night from
trenton. y. j., and are now under observation by
the health authorities. The action OF the Tren-
ton authorities IN sending the Italians here has
made President Wilson very indignant.
yesterday he received a telegram from
Health Inspector Packer OF Trenton stating
that two italians who came over on the
Massillia had been found in that CITY, and it
was supposed they had typhus.
''Shall We send them 10 your city?' the tele-
gram read.
DIR. Edison replied: ''Under no circumstances
can we receive cases from places outside of
New York city,
Apparently no notice Of the telegram was
taken, Tor at 3 O'Clock last night messenger
from Trenton brought the two Italians TO Dr.
Edson's Office. One of them had high tenn
perature, but the other gave no indication Of
having the disease. Dr. Edison was sent for
and provided them with quarters for the
night IN the health department stablesL
President Wilson says many persons must have
come in contact with the Italians in the rail-
road trains and in the streets. DIR. Edison said
II he had been present when the messenger ar
rived he would have had HIM arrested. Orders
nave been issued TO arrest any one bringing
suspected cases of typhus fever from places
outside New York city.