The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-02-16
DREAD TYPHUS SPREADING
More Cases Found Among Hebrews
in New York.
THE CHICAGO POLICE DISCOVER
A YERITABLE PEST HOUSE.

ined in New York-Immigrants Or
dered Into Quarantine by the Hundred
Steamship Owners and Cabin Passen-
gers Dislike 1.-THE Typhus Cases in
NEW YORK, February 15.-Seven more
cases of typhus fever were found here
this afternoon in the United Hebrew
charities lodging house, AZ East 18th
street. They were Russian Jews who
arrived on the steamer Massilia. These
are in addition to four cases found this
morning. They were transferred to
North Brothers island. A telegram
from Newbnrg states that another Ital-
ian who came over on the Massilia is suf-
fering there with typhus fever.
The health officers of the port had a
busy time of it yesterday. They had
made up their minds that every immi-
grant should be carefully examined be-
fore being allowed to leave the ship,
and that the mishap of landing the ty-
plus tainted steerage passengers of the
Massilia should not be repeated. Late
tllC SIUJ VI )OiAlh, AiOAAi
Liverpool, arrived at quarantine with 16
first-class, 65 second-class and 203 steer
age passengers. Of the latter, 40 wer9
Russian, Hebrews. Shortly afterward
the steamship Russia, from Hamburg,
also anchored off quarantine, having on
board % cabin passengers and $40 steer
age, of whom 320 were Russian Hebrews.
At Z o'clock yesterday morning the
steamship Belgenland, from Antwerp,
came up with four first-class, 40 second
class and 595 steerage passengers, of
whom 70 were Russian Hebrews. Much
to the disgust of the first and second
class passengers,
All Three Ships Were Detained.
DR.. Jenkins had as assistants DIR.
Andrew Smith and DR.. Winslow W.
Skinner Each of them took charge of
one of the vessels. DR.. Smith, who was
examining the City of Berlin. found a
woman, Daria Limenkos, aged As years,
a Russian Jewess, in the ships hospital.
She had been admitted there on Februa-
ry 8. The case looked suspiciously like
typhus; so he summoned the other two
doctors and they made a careful diagno-
sis. 1t was learned that the woman
of those afflicted by the present famine,
and where typhus fever is prevalent
The doctors couldanot decide that the
woman was
Actually Suffering from Typhus,
but the symptoms all pointed that way.
They there and then decided that every
Russian Hebrew, man, woman and child,
should be sent to Hoffman Island, and
detained there twenty-one days, for OBJ
servation. As for the sick woman, she
was sent to Swinburne Island. The re
mainder of the immigrants were etained
on board the several vessels, and it was
not decided last night whether they also
should be sent to Hoffman Island or al
lowed to pass. There was no sickness on
board either the Russia or Belgenland,
but notwithstanding this, it was deter
mined to include their Russian-Hebrew
passengers with those on the City of Ber-
lin, for it was learned that nearly all of
them came from the famine and fever
stricken districts. And what a
Miserable Looking Lot of Beings
they were! Every one of them gaunt,
thin, dirty and half-starved, they looked
to be ideal specimens OF humanity for
typhus fever to fatten on.
The other steerage Immigrants
seemed to take their detention stoically,
but that was not the case with the first
and second class passengers. They,
however, after being thoroughly fll1ni-
gated, and having all their belongings
also fumigated, were at $50 a. m. put on
board the transfer steamer William
Fletcher and brought to the city. The
steamships were detained at quarantine
and will not be allowed to come up to
their piers until they are thoroughly fu-
migated and some decision come to about
the immigrants still on board, who num-
ber 903.
The steamship companies are furious
at the detention, but the health officers
are determined to take every precaution
against admitting any more typhus fever
cases into this city.