New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-29
CANADIAN QUARANTINE.
IT'S FAILURE AS A DEFENCE AGAINST
DISEASE.

DISEASE.
SOWING THE SEEDS OF SMALLPOX AND TYPHUS
ALL THE WAY BETWEEN VANCOUVER AND
HALIFAX-ISOLAIING A CARLOAD OF
IMMIGRANTS IN THE NORTHWEST.
Montreal, April 20 (SpcclaD. Both on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts OF the Dominion OF Canada, the
inehccncy OF the quarantine regulations las been
proved this season. Patients suffering from small
pox and typhus fever at this early period before
the rush OF Immigrants has begun, have eluded the
alleged vigilance OF the quarantine officials at Halifax
and Vancouver and are now thousands OF miles IN
land
Three weeks ago VII lam James Cook. an English I'M
migrant, arrived In Montreal from Halifax. lie had
passed the quarantine examination at the latter
nloce had taken a Canadian Pacific Railway train, ana
I'm n crowded ear passed through Nova scotia, New
Brunswick the state Of Maine, into the Province Oh
Quebec, and arrival at Montreal was i0uhd 10 pe
suffering from typhu, fever, ana promptly Isolated
HIS fellow passengers. however, were allowed 10
proceed. some OF these went West b. way Of TIE
Detroit the Wabash and Chicago, others by 'he
500 road to St Paul, and a third lot b' 'he
| Canadian Pacific Railway to Winnipeg and the cana
dian Northwest. Thus. radiatins from Moh'Tea' Ia
three drecons proceeded his iell0w'traVeiiers VIII"
all the attendant risks that their free passage ehee-
dcrcd. Not until they had left Montreal was 'he
or COOK disease ul,CONcI'u, 'H'y "NA'' '''N
fore allowed 10 go without any alarm being rai'en
or precautions being taken to Insure against iui'
Their outbreak.
still another and giaver case OF like nature mas
Just taken place. On April the DOMINION Lane
steamer Vancouver arrived al Halifax with lot Vi
immigrants taken board at Liverpool. \ la'r
proportion OF these people had recently arr|eu Ill
Liverpool from Hamburg; they had made the latter
place their rendezvous tIe rrmoter Districts vi
AL.
peter elias, Of swedish l",sf"n'S "a, srn nna
their way Canadas Nolth"rst. Al were seel'se
pi,srngrrs ana al! passed the port oIh'el ,A'''''
hon AL Halifax. Ihcy reached Montreal on Hph -
ana or "A lew hours we're tne centre oi i'reo e'oul
All curosity seekers In the WndsOr-s rallWa, a'"uo
here In.u they proceeded West, although "l"r'
I.aNng Montreal IL Was freely stated INA. ollr VA
! I'M, rIn,or was well ould.I, Tor when the second
section ol III. train reached ochr'Aber, stauoh hS
taIaainn Pacific Railway pm. sicmn stated mat he
pltient a cDld, WAS suffering from en- heh-poA ne
artn,r wns reached ANA Dr. Barr there pronounced
IL case of smallpo Another Immigrant "as ',tn
ntscnv.red To be an with DISEASE" but iHV
train proceeded To Fort william three nu.a iur'i
west ana here The ear Vas side,,ratnra mi'n ~,
.iyv.ny. pas,rng.rs exclusive OF the TWO slai poA
Inirns. rh-u rnsued,a conft oi authority oe,"'r"
suprrnteadrns OF ,A ri tn ,nSS
car were deprived OF iOoo and attention lor peh"u
Of hall day Tbc general siprim,emae'' "ra,.
| Whyi. OF Winnipeg, having been advised Oh Tue s''t,
y, .n,r, drirrliInrd thai tile must not proce.u
further west. he gave orders 10 have IL rr'" m
,as, W w. r1 and por, Arthur The citizens of tls
nnnnn ,h,s iuneurs ,h1msh. rny l I not re
main there port Arthurs citizens werr llhswisS Wis.,, ae
trrinin.7 that the should not enter tn,r , n
md when they learned that 1t WAS coming cas-, 's'
Irum rt nihan 400 citMrns "ihisa w,. nj
suh. and long rop, avail IN" general surin
,endcnt Of the eastern div ision, Mr. hay. ~ napin
having discovered the !re in"a ,.ral engine To- run
, ,noL n bnnd IN the METER and came 10 the ala
Of Inc port Arthur people by ordering tie 'h'mp'N
'1"" w1 n 4SnISn Of IN nans tn tor Wllsn
vim the long rope aforesaid Ine Go'er,',, , ar,
,a'D m,;,sr Their. he was with seventy-,iN imml
grants his hnnds w. Of them III w h pilsi
or properly mDiserng TO their wants. I'm, was .%'
appeal he made v to the he ar,In returned there
For uods sake give me another e'r, so , tuat IL,
can ,erar III. re-! o. no,S 's ears HUH
CIV. me- the necessary supl'>' anu WI ~
charge look after and watch both cars: , s,r,cre,
rnis request granted In part, ana 'h' sunn ,
pallcnis II, Fort William ~ he Tnr, n,ur
proper medical care But lhr res, -, up' , ."r
Winning was reached more of their nhmnrr were
stricken with thu disease" ana tnefs arr, f th uriy
nowev.r, nr- under strict poisr sulN 'h inmi
quarantine station there lhr balance ',sc oi .
thr Train have scattered over the country, anu
further outbreak Of smallpox nay be .,anS immI
an,, IRAN countries where such diseases n shiii
FOX. typhls and cholera are Known 10 rn,' ~,
Empress Of India arrived there ho more WA" 81, ~
any, ngo with four Of SMALLPOX anio,s vi,
Celestial strerage passengers; ln p'i,al ~ Wu,am'
Head quarantine station i'nt from prinn.' , au'
.ccc,y,d In Montreal IL Is known thai 'mnuloN iS mo
n CONSIDERABLE" ioohold In Vancouver ana Other pa"
q, Uriti.h Columbia, having ben brought thrr' u.
. ~ immcrans per tn Canadian Pacific X! way
pacc boat @ rnic S Ealw 1' a ana N
m.Iurntc reports are allowed over "" ron'p''S
telegraph lines. Of which II has m"hop"i !" Wv
west Last smallpox brought 1T N rnm d,
and travellers from Montreal horses asSlre In
Tribun"s correspondent int. u, ~, nr,t,dinr y"ar
Th disease introduced In this mnnnrr crossed hIi,a
toumiGa to Calgary on the Northwest irir"' 'h'i'
,,,mhrnc. of the visitation NJ the latter place wa
what induced the citizens to taxi suh >, ,h ,
nrrs to resist the fosiing upon them o ''' P""'"'
last week. - , alan,
Adde's, TO the above there Is fresh reason Tor alarm
In statement issued h,rc r We ,b ,.', nh"la
American Packet Company. which Drought tue '"oi''
ships into New York last season ,,..,, ,ao,
The Hamburg American Packet tommnys steam
ship l'ckhul~n from Hamburg IN" , ~ Shc hn
G73 strcrngc passengers on board A.. ,,,,u .,s
The strcragc passengers nr" oil the ianmnar rias
thni the Hamburg American company nSua'iF uarrc
They viii come Canada by way OF the 81 Lawrence
and will undergo quarantine nj .roSsp ',,'u, po'
Quebec. This station wa; romar, ne u ps n wbn
they paid II visit last season. ana l,S c4n"nnon
not vet considered Trustworthy ai,no u,, I'm
stated. extensive alterations ana improvements nav
been made and added since then. , , ,h,
There are many people In Canada VINO regard Uni
dumping OF Continental Immigrants n.@ .1 nrpronon
that ought TO be taken In regard 10 people iro,
disease Infected districts. The Dominion Federal 10,
parently, the initiative for the enforcement oil .n.
renrsiy can only be- brought about through pressur
on the part OF the United States
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.