The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.
CTTIL ENGINEER MILLER EXPIRES IN
A WASHINGTON HOTEL.

He was Employed by the Nicaragua Cana
Commission, and Is Supposed to Have
Taken tho Feverat Port Limon, Costs
Ricn, While on His Way to New York,
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1o.-Arohie s. Miller, o
civil engineer, employed by tho Nicaragua
Canal Commission, died at the Hotel johnson
in this city at 2 p. NJ. yesterday OF yellow fever
The facts OF the case were not made public
until tho announcement was made by the
officers OF the local Health Board after the
autopsy. held to-day. Mr.. Miller had been
In Nicaragua since April last. He left there
about two weeks ago on n steamer bound for
New York. but which stopped at Port Limon.
Costa Rica. That place was an infected point.
and the stop was made for the purpose OF taking
on a cargo OF fruit.
Mr.. Miller arrived in New York on Monday
last. His whereabouts from the tlme OF his
arrival In New York until the time OF his regis
tration at the Hotel johnson on Wednesday
morning are not known. After registering Mr..
Miller went out, and was brought back TO the
hotel In an unconscious condition by some un-
known person at about 9 o'clock in the after
noon. Thu stranger assisted him to his room.
and left without giving any warning as to the
mans condition. He was not, therefore, dis
turbed on Thursday In order that his room
might be cleaned. The chambermaid found
him In bed. apparently asleep. at the time
OF her several visits. At about 8 O'Clock yes
terday morning an inmate Of one Of the neigh
boz SSOrin az, T room s. was oscd dIstgrb ed h. a S E9Iss from Dm9
notified the hotel authorities. who at once
summoned n physician, The nature of the
taken, to properly isolate the patient. Tho
Health Department was notified. and secured
Marine Hospital ilSsSe Service rom The UnssSH
ness OF the patient rendered i impossible to
secure any history of the case from him; and q
hntl itn 1iaRnndiQ u-a fhnrnfnfn I'm nnccthka
The patient died at 2 O'Clock that afternoon.
The body was wrapped in, cloths saturated
Morgue. As il was necessary to perform the
autopsy, by daylight il had 70 be postponed
H Hos HnlS s% epyicei who G1i Sad s srem T MANI Ra sncs
nutopsies aud who were familiar with the post
mortem features OF, the disease. were present
In doubt. The autopsy findings were, however,
so clear that there can be no possible doubt
as to the nature of the disease.
The apartments at the hotel were disin-
tected yesterday, AFTERNOON. and since that time
s s %exeept tb wl bed I soiat Thi OF f 6aT bses
been removed from the, railroad Station; and
The body was wrapped in an antiseptic sheet,
placed in a coffin filled with Quicklime. and
After Mr. Miler's death a letter reached the
notel addressed, TO him and was opened by his
most intimate friend, It was from a compan-
Nicaragua. and showed that Miller had been
Ill while on the steamer, and that the writer of
the letter, at present IN Pittstown. Pa, was at
the time OF writing, the 18th inst. himself
suffering from symptoms which to a well-in-
The United States Marine Hospital Service will
look after the case in Pittstown. MIR. Miller
was a native OF Danvllle. Va.
Quarantine officials here had not been in
formed yesterday of Mr.. Miller's death. and
quite tally with the records here. No shipthat
touched at Port Limon. Costa Rica. arrived
here on Monday. The Atlas liner Allegheny
was, inspected and passed at Quarantine on
Wednesday.
Jamaica, the 9th. All these ports. with the ex-
ception of ,~BarranQuilla. furnished a clean bill
OF health. The Consul at B%arranquilla stated
on his bill OF health that there were four cases
OF, yellow fever in the vicinity while the
Allegheny was at that port. At Barran-
but one passenger from that place came on
board. II this person, had been infected with
yellow fever it would have appeared before the
5th. and the disease would have terminated
before he reached this port. At the inspection
on Wednesday all were present and well. and
there had been no one sick ON the voyage. 1t
was said at Quarantine that, If Mr.. Miller was q
passenger. on the Allegheny. this being the |
only vessel from the ports referred to during
the past week. he did not die OF yellow fever.
. DR.. Doty, the Health Officer at Quarantine. is
made In the report that Miller landed at this
port. especially as the Allegheny arrived here
the same day he Is reported to have registered
at the hotel in Washington. Neither Quaran- |
tine nor the Health DEPARTMENT has been noti- |
fled officially OF the case.