The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
cUBANS COMING TO THE CITY.
REFUGEES WILL BE BROUGHT UP
FROM QUARANTINE.

1 an OAAAs EEOVlG
Many of Them Provided With
Means-stOry of Their Departure
/ From Matanzas and the HardshiDs
of the Voyage.
The Cuban refugees will be allowed to
come up to the city to-day. Health Officer
IeHardy, accompanied by Inspector Nc
Leod, went 10 the quarantine station yes
terday and spent several hours looking into
their sanitary condition.
DR.. LeHardy found that all Of the refu-
| gees, with the exception of some of the chill
! dren, had been previously vaccinated. The
children were vaceinated. and so were
some of the women who preferred this to
exhibiting their vaccination marks.
| DR.. LeHardy ordered all the clothing and
baggage of the refugees d.sinfected. Owing
to their delay in preparing their effects for
disinfection this process did not begin I'M
til noon and probably required the re-
I mainder of the day. The dsinfection was
done under the supervision of DIR. w. ].
Linley, quarantine officer. Owing to this
! lay the refugees were compelled to remain
on the island last night. Aceommodat tons
| deavored to do the best he could for them.
As many as possible were accommodated
at his house, some sleeping on the floor,
and the rest occupied room used for sail
ors' quarters or slept under the big shed
covering the disinfecting plant The
Orange secured her supplies of coal and
provisions yesterday, and continued on her
way to New York.
The refugees will be brought up to the
city some time to-day. After their exper-
fences on board crowded freight steamer
they are anxious to reach civilization
again. Some of them will go to New Or
leans, Philadelphia and New York, where
they have relatives. Others propose to re-
main in Savannah, and inquiries were
made yesterday If they could secure houses
here.
Health Officer LeEardy, when seen by a
Morning News reporter after his return
from quarantine. said the refugees are as
fine and healthy looking lot of people as
he ever saw. "They are evidently people
of means and refinement" said DIR. Le-
Hardy. Three or four of the party speak
English and others French. There is not
the slightest danger of yellow fever. There
has been no fever in Matanzas for some
time and these people have not been ex-
posed to the disease. The thorough disln-
lection of clothing is the only precaution
required and this has been done"
The following list Of the party was talk
en- by DR.. LeHardy: Mrs. YsoIna
Diaz Rolando. Marie Marta Ro-
lando Child, Mrs. Magdalena d. Mar
tinez, Francisco Leon de Bellido, Mcaela
M. de Bellldo, Candelaria Vallena (serv-
anti, Aurora Bacallas (servanO, e. M
Bel.ido, Julia Escalada, DR.. Yguacio Pc
rez. Amalia Paulfna d. Perez, Yguacio
Cirilo, Aurelio Maguel Child, Dlgua Pc
reg (servanD, Conception Diaz Clark.
Amalia Clark, Lucas A. Clark, Elena
Clark, Lucas A. Diaz, AmalIa II. Pedro
de Diaz, Lucrecia ]. Diaz, Julia M Diaz
(servanO Juan j. Alcazar, Alfred Dubois
Elvira d. Dubois, Emma Dubois, Mercedes
Dubois, Gustavo Dubois, Josefa Castro
verde, Anna Otero, Joseflna Otero, Aurora
Otero, Pedro Lamothe, Candelaria V. La
mothe, Gustave Lamothe, Pho ~ Lamothe
Josefa Lamothe, Jorge Lamothe,
Consuelo Lamothe, Conception La
mothe Child, Pedro Lamothe
Valdes Evangelinia Huerta (servanD. ST.
mona Diaz (servanD, Valentino Diaz, Emf
Ito Dominguez, Emilio G. Dominguez.
The Orange intended to leave last night
but owing 10 delay in securing coal she
was unable to get away. She Will leave
this morning. Some of the refugees doubt
less spent the night aboard the steamer
Asr Jonas C. Andersen. OF Dahl & An
dersen, the agents of the vessel here, ac-
co1npanied Capt. Thomas II. Laird board
Ing officer and Customs Inspector NJ. j.
Barrett to quarantine yesterday on the
government steamer Tybee for the pur-
pose Of entering and clearing the vessel
Capt. Cassberg of the Orange is an Old
friend and schoomate of Mr. Andersen
and the two had a pleasant meeting. To
Mr.. Andersen Capt. Cassberg gave an ac-
count of how he happened to put into Sa-'
vannah with the refugees. 1t seemed that
a number of the merchants of Matanzas
had engaged passage for themselves and
families on the Ward line steamer TO leave
Matanzas for New York Tuesday MORN
ing. Owing to the report of the intended
bombardment the steamer sailed from
MatanZas very early in the morning with
out waiting for passengers. The Orange
met the Ward steamer on her way out
She had taken on a cargo of sugar for
Boston at Tampico and had put into
Matanzas to complete her cargo. When
they learned of his presence the agents
of the Ward line arranged with him to
take five passengers at $50 each. Having
no passenger accommodation he did not
care to take more. On returning to his
vessel from the city the captain found the
! decks of the Orange crowded with passen-
gers, who insisted that he should take
wish TO do so, but they begged and plead
ed so that he agreed to take them and to
put them ashore at the first port at which
he could conveniently stop.
The Orange was gotten out of Matanzas
as soon as possible, both on account OF
| the threatened bombardment and because
more people were coming aboard and de-
handing to be taken. Had he had the ac-
commodations, Capt Cassberg said, he
! could easily have obtained several times
as many passengers. The Orange was
| stopped by the United States blockading
| feet on her way out, but when ii was
learned that she had number of Cuban
refugees aboard she was allowed to pro.
! Ceed
Capt. Cassherg and his officers gave up
| their quarters to the women and children,
! who were packed in the cabins like sar-
| dimes. There were nine in the captains
/ room, eleven in the chart room and five
| in the mates room. The men and boys
| slept where they could, some of them in
the coal bunkers. The Orange caught a
! portion of the recent storm and the voy-
| ape was very rough. The passen gers we RI