St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-16
Experience Of a st. Paul Lady
w no Was ona Suspected
Ship.
Annoying Regulat ions and q
Natural Fear Ma ke Life E
Miserable.
A Covert Kick at the Mayor
Z on Account of His Latest
Appointment.
Beginning Of Wo rk on the
Cordage Plant--Bachelors'
Banquet.

The quarantlne-that is the steam
ship quarantine-is probably one of the
most uncomfortable predicaments that
can be imposed upon citizens, citizens
who should be free and independent
factors. The annoyance and the dis
comforts of being forced to remain in
quarantine for five long, weary days,
conscious that there is no contagion of
any sort aboard ship, and that the en-
forced detention cannot really be for
the public veal, can scarcely be appre-
ciated by one who has not actually ex-
perienced the hardship.
Mrs. Nj. Cunningham, of st. Paul, ar
rived home yesterday from her annual
Partisan tour. She was unfortuna in
her return trip, and suffered rigid quar-
antine regime. in the upper bay. off
New York. The steamship upon which
she made the ocean voyage was La
BourgogDe, French boat. When it
left Hayre, France, cholera Asiatica had
been raging with fearful mortality in
that city for several days. Naturally,
the health authorities exercised every
vigilance upon the boats arrival in the
bay off New York for this reason. 1t
would have been a natural sequence
had cholera been discovered on La
Bourgogne, but there was nothing OF
the sort there, however.
Unbearable Uncertainty.
Mrs. Cunningham was seen by
GLOBE reporter at the Clarendon hotel
last evening. I'VE were not particu-
larry frightened" she related. "but that
n mi n.toI rl+rr
able. We did not know what the au-
thorities were going to do with us. DIR.
Jenkins came aboard and made an in
spection, and the health officers made it
thorough. There was not the slightest
tinge OF the plague to be discovered, and
we supposed we would be released, but
we were not. We were held there five
days. 1t occurred to us that we were
simply ignored.
II here were twenty-Seyen vessels in
the bay off Manhattan and they pre-
scented an imposing spectacle" pursued
the lady. 1.-The police patrolled con-
Stantly to see that the quarantine regu-
latlonS were pi0uSly observed. and it
was constant panorama. Moving up
and down, wheeling around, and per
petual tours of inspection by the health
board, gave us lots to look at, but the
suspense was something awful.
There were between 1,400 and 1,500
passengers on La Bourgogne, and over
400 of these were cabin passengers We
all felt that, inaSmuch as there was no
cholera, the cabin passengers, at least,
could have been safely landed, but DR..
Jenkins probably thought differently.
Finally Thursday we were told that
our papers would arrive at 2 o'clock,
but they did not come until after 3
O'Clock, and what an hour of suspense
and uncertainty! DR.. Edison. of the
board OF health, finally rescued us, and
there was great rejoicing, assure you.
"Oh, do not blame the authorities
for making the most searching inspec-
ton and forfumigating everything Oh the
boat resumed Mrs. Cunningham after
a pause. I'VE had come from cholera
stricken port, and it was indeed strange
that not germ was on the boat. The
secret OF our escape probably lies in the
fact that we arrived in Havre on the
midnight train from Paris and were not
exposed. for we went directly aboard the
steamship. But assure you l don't
care to undergo quarantine again."
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