Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15


early in the week. the board has made
public its report of the autopsy, which
has toned down the sensational rumOrs.
This report states That there was no stlS-
picion Of cholera in his case.
Secretary Foster has just received a
telegram from Acting Secretary Of War
Grant giving permission to use the govern
ment land ut Sandy Hook as a quarantine
station.
THE wYoMINd's PASSENGERS.
| The steamer Wyoming, which was or
dered TO the lower bay this morning, has
% cabin and S63 steerage passengers.
| QUARANTINE, sept. H--nr. jenkins has
| just returned from the Wyoming. He said
| there had been two deaths on board among
| the steerage passengers. They were chill
dren 3 .ycars and months old Tespec-
| lively, They came from Sweden.
| There were also three RussiunS on board
| who We're sick from diarFhpea There
were a mother and two children, and as
1 they had only lett Russia three weeks ago
/ he sent them to Swinburne Island. Tie
| Wyoming was sent buck to lower quarall-
tine bay.
GRATIFYING DECREASE IN HAMBURG.
| HAMBURG, Sept 9.--rhe official cholera
| figures show n material decrease III the
number Of cases and deaths. Sestcr-
day, according to the official returns, there
were 1913 new cases and 2i5 deaths. Com
pared with the figures issued for Welnes-
/ day, yesterdays returns show decrease
Of 262 new cases and 100 deaths.
PRECAUTIONS IL SPAIN.
| MADRID, Sept. notwithstanding the
| fact that tho English authorities declared
1 yesterday that tllerr was no cholera in
Great Britain, decree of the Spanish gov
| eminent was ga2ettcd to-day. ordering
that all arrivals from London shall be
| subjected 10 quarantine.
TIlE PLAGUE is HAvRE.
HAvRE, Sept 0.--The figures for ycster-
day are IL new cases and 10 deaths, for
| Wednesday there We're 70 new cases and IL
deaths.
hEATTfNG THROUGHOUT RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept a.--The official
cholera returns Tor Tuesday from all the
districts in Russia show a great decrease in
thenumber of new cases and n still moge
gratifying decrease iii the number of
deaths. The figures for Tuesday, COM
pared with those of Monday, show a de-
crease of s3i new eases and i,lpJ deaths.
There was also q decrease on both new
cases and deaths reported yesterday il ST.
Petersburg. While the deaths We're Il de
crease of only eight compared with those
of the previous day, of the patients in the
hospitals in the city 50 were discharged
yesterday as cured.
SURF HOTEL, FIRE ISLAND, Sept. ll.-
There has been more excitement in the
last twelve hours at Fire Island than dur
ing the whole summer season. The sale
of the place TO the state for quarantine
purposes has created great hubbub
among the people of the towns Of lslip
and Babylon, who predict all kinds of dire
calamities as the result Of landing passcn-
gers from vessels infected with cholera
upon the beach.
Last night after the news was received
that Governor Flower had given orders To
buy the island, the board of health of the
town of lslip in which Fire Island is,
called mass meeting Of citizens OF the
town to protest against the landing Of pas
scngers at any place within thetown itlris-
dctiun. suffolk Hall, where the meeting
was held was crowded when supervisor
w. II. Young, the president of the Board
OF Health, called il TO order.
TO RESIST THE LANDING OF PASSENGERS.
A committee consisting of Supervisor
Young Justice Clerks Studcy, % Bricn
and Howell Dir. w. a. Baker and j. s.
Gilbert, constituting board of health,
was appointed to 50 TO Fire Island with ~
J deputy cnnsables to protest against the
use of the island for quarantine purposes
aud resist the landing Of passengers. They
left III sailbuatS late at night, arriving
there in the morning. The deputies We're
placed on guard when President Charles
q. Wilson and Dir. Cyrus Edison Of the
. New York Board of Health, whohad come
to Babylon By special train, arrived in q
sailboat at O'Clock in the morning.
They We're quickly surrounded by the
deputies, who made demonstrations against
| ~. ). 5. Salnmis, owner of Fire Island,
, making all kinds Of threats against him
for selling it. President Wilson informed
, Mr.. SammiS that Governor Flower had
authorized the purchase for S2l0,0O0 and
that he had Il certified check for $4,000 IL
pay AS soon as the papers We're signed
Ia "a 1, e..
5 dent Wilson as the representative of
Health officer Jenkins, all the guests and
most of the servants having left yesterday
afternoon.
CROWD MAKES THREATS.
When President Wilson appeared about
: 10 o'clock this morning, after break fast
the board OF health and Il hundred other.
4 from the mainland the crowd, mostly
G boys and men, made angry demOnsra
/ tons, using threats against the state, MIR
Sammis and everybody concerned. Coroner
+ w. II. Moore Of Bay Shore continually
! harangued them.
At II O'Clock President Wilson met the
: Board of Health, explained all the cream
Y stances of the purchase and the iuteudcC
Y use Of the island. Supervisor Young and
: Dr Baker stated that ii would ruin
n property and industries and cndallgcr the
: health of the adjoining communities, and
i asserted that the local board OF jurisdiction
, | WAS paramount 10 inc StaJc board anG
y would resist any attempt to land pas
U scngcrS
THE CAPTAIN THREATENED.
The first news of the Cephcus, on whicl
J. were the Normannia's passengers, hat
4 been received Il lutte after 3 O'Clock in The
i. afternoon, when a dispatch came 10 hant
saying the iron steamboat was off Poin
Lookout with 267 cabin passengers OF
! board. This was a great surprise and m
u noyanCe TO Mr.. Wilson, who had Sent
:. special orders to have the Cepheus arr.v,
: at Fire Island us near noon rs possible
: and in no event 10 leave quarantine late
. than the noon hour. Mr. Wilson hat
already arranged with Captain Charlie,
WickeS, Of the Fire Island Saving Station
to pilot the Cephcus across the bar.
# At first Captain WickcS had demurrcd
. and had finally told Mr.. Wilson frank,
:, that Superintendent Arthur Doniny la,
= threatened him with the loss Of his plac
7 il he brought the steamboat in. Mr.
o Wilson then promised him 4 place which
would pay him 81, 20l year in case H.
lost the $500 position he already held t.
!. bringing the Cephens over the bar.
Il WOULD NOT BRING THE BOAT IN.
II Wickcs agreed to this. but when til
e Copheus appeared off the bar at Gi5 h
: had not turned up. When it was quit
y dark he appeared and said it was impussi
BILE for him to bring in the CephcuS q
even 10 20 out and explain the situation
l. In spite Of his pratestatiunS il was evidGu
IL that Captain WiGkus had been intimidatcd
II An hour later word came from Fir
- Island Observatory saying that tn
Ccpheus' lights We're disappearing, AM
O. that She had evidently put back TOWARD