Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-11-02
COL. WARING IS DEAD
Contracted Yellow Fever on His
Mission to Havana.
RETURNED FROM CUBA LAST WEEK.

Every Precaution Being Taken to Prevent
the Spread of the Disease-List of Col
oneI Warnings Fellow Passengers
Health officer Much Surprised When
He Learned of the Case-Honors for
War Heroes.
New York, Oct. 31.-Colonel George
E. Waring, Jr died of yellow fever at
his residence in this city at 7:45 a. m.
George e. Waring, Jr., was stricken
with yellow fever while in Havana. He
returned from Cuba on the Ward line
steamer Yucatan last Tuesday. He had
been month in Havana as sanitary
engineer for the war department to re-
port on the condition of Havana. He
went directly to his apartments in the
Rutherford, where his wife already
was, having returned from Litchfield
last Tuesday.
Precautions Against Spread.
Every precaution is being taken to
guard against the spread of the disease,
but the most serious feature of the case
is the fact that twenty-seven passen-
gers on the steamship Yucatan, who
arrived from Havana with him on
Tuesday last, are scattered throughout
the country. The fever must have de-
seloped in Colonel Warning on the voy-
age and during that voyage his fellow
passengers were subjected to the con-
tagious disease.
Here is a list of Colonel Warnings fell
low-passengers: Miss Lena c. Dell, F.
Strauck, Rafael ]. Pedrasjas, Robert
AZ. McCulloch, Antonio A. Roffinag,
Thomas s. Jerome W.. ]. Clark, Carl
Heynan, H. Rochiter, A. e. Blathernick,
e. Cy Fernandez de Castro, Johannes
Erickson, Wallace Frazer, Charles o.
Culver, Leonard G. Greenhall, J. c. Ha-
zlewood Ernest A. Tonga, r. Rochiter,
Miguel L. Pividad, Edward Sturzeneg-
ger, A. B. MacMallen, Loi Lee, Wong
Ye and Ii Chu.
Health Ohicer Surprised.
DR.. Doty, health officer of the port,
was greatly surprised Thursday when
he learned that Colonel Waring had yell
low fever. He was i'll when he was at
quarantine, but only malarial fever was
suspected. DR.. Doty, who is an expert,
agreed that the patient had a well-de-
yeloped case of yellow jack" At this
season the examination Of the quaran-
tine authorities is not as strict as in
hot months and for that reason the ship
was passed last Tuesday with little de-
lay by Health officer G.. B. Sanborn,
who made the ultimate examination.
Complete disinfection Of everything and
everybody coming out of Colonel War
ing's room is made.
Remains at Once Cremated.
Three hours after the death Of Colonel
Warning his body, Enclosed in a metallic
Dscasket was taken from the apartment
We had occupied to the dock at the
for of Fifteenth street, where the quar-
antine boat Governor Flower, with Dr.
Doty in charge, was in waiting. The
body was placed on board and taken to
Swinburne island. 1t was there placed
in a retort and DR.. Doty himself lit
the fire which cremated the remains.
AS soon as the body had been removed
from the house the apartments of the
Warnings were fumigated and disin-
fected.,
Colonel Warnings Career.
Colonel George Waring, Jr., was one
of the foremost authorities on sanitary
science. He served with distinction
during the rebellion and at its close be-
came superintendent of a Connecticut
waterworks plant. His work in New
England attracted attention, and when
Strong became mayor Of New York he
appointed Colonel Waring superintend-
ent of street cleaning. For the first
time in generation the streets of New
York became clean under Colonel War
ing's administration. Colonel Waring
recently was nominated by the Citi-
gems union party for state engineer and
surveyor. He has written several mon
Qgraphs on street cleaning which are
Recognized as the highest authorities on
the subject