The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24
DR. ROSENAU
 PROTESTED He Locked Horns With Surveyor of the Port
 Spear.
Refused to Allow Inspector Shepnlan to Land From
 the Belgic.
Collector Jackson Will Complain of the Doctor to the Department
 in Washington.

There must be something worth fight ing about in the Quarantine Department for it seems to be in a chronic state of war. There was war between Dr. Chal- mers, the State Quarantine Officer, and pr. Rosenau, the Federal Quarantine Of ficer. Now that Dr. Chalmers is away Dr. Rosenau and Surveyor Spear have locked horns, while Dr. Chalmers successor, Dr. Hill, seems to be at peace with all the world, and he is not dead, either.
 The Belgic was ordered into quarantine last Tuesday, and the cabin passengers were allowed to land with their baggage; but for some unaccountable reason, Dr. Rosenau refused to allow Customs h. spector w. J. Shepman to land. Shepman was indignant that an exception should have been made in his case, and he or dered the baggage which had been placed on tug to be returned to the Belg1c. This summary action brought Dr. kosen- au to terms, and he grudg1ngly allowed the inspector to land.
 Surveyor Spear and Dr. Rosenau ap- peared before Collector Jackson yester- day morning and protested against Shep- mans course. The Collector also took a hand in the proceedings, and said some warm things in the course of the exec uIIVe session.
 pr. Rosenau said to the Collector that he and the captain Of the Belgic and h. spector Shepman were seated in the cabin
 understand you to say, remarked the captain, that all cabin passengers may leave the VeSsel?"
 'Only the cabin passengers responded the doctor
 Shepman spoke up: Do 1 understand that am not to go ashore?'
 II said, only the cabin passengers, :" remarked the doctor, with hauteur.
 The doctor explained to Collector Jack son that he ud not feel nettled when Shepman asked the question and that lie had not acted from pique, but that the medical profession, not being an exact science, there were many things connect ed with it which the professors did not want the common people to know, and that, therefore, it was not deemed adVlS- able to explain everything connected with the empirical practice of the art of heal ing.
 The Collector was surprised to hear the doctor use the word empirical" but he informed that gentleman that his duty as Collector was to see that the duties were collected and that if the baggage of pas SengerS were allowed to be landed his inspectors would follow 1t to make sure that it did not escape paying its share toward the support of the Government. He thought it strange that the Federal Quarantine Officer should have allowed the cabin passengers to land and refused q landing to an inspector who had been on board only an hour probably, and he expressed the opinion that the doctor had failed to give even a sane reason why he had acted in the manner he had. He said further that if the inspector had not re- tor he would be recreant to his trust. { was the inspectors uuty to follow the baggage.
 The Collector said that he would for ward to Washington, together with Dr. Fosena.u's s protest, his own protest against spector Shepman in the discharge of his duties.