The times., 1898-08-30
YELLOW Fever SUSPECTS
Five Cases at Santiago Among
Soldiers From Tampa.
LIEUT.. HOBSON ARRIVES
He VIII Aid I'm the Work of Saving
Some of Cervera's Sunken Ships
As Much an Object of Interest md
Admiration There as in New York
Work on the Maria Teresa.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 29.-Five suspi-
cious cases of fever developed today
among the soldiers of the Second Battal-
ion of the Fifth Infantry. which arrived
here yesterday on the transport Knicker-
booker from Tampa.
Four of the cases were diagnosed as yel-
low fever, and the other as typhoid. The
suspects were sent to the yellow fever
hospital, and the battalion was ordered
back aboard the Knickerbocker imme-
diately.
A rigid quarantine has been established
against the First Battalion of the same
regiment, which landed from the Sara
toga several days ago, and Is now en-
camped on the hills back of the city. The
members of the regiment will not be
allowed TO mingle with the other troops
in the city until the health authorities are
satisfied that there are NO contagious dis
eases among them
Fever Victims Body Burned.
The last case of real yellow fever here
outside of the yellow fever hospital, was
In the Spanish prisoners camp, where a
The body, the house in which the man
died and all his possessions We're burned.
The diagnosis of the case of Major
Thrift. an army paymaster, VINO was
taken from the transport Orizaba anu
confined in the detention hospital, Is De
lieved to have been wrong. He may be
suffering from caientura.
Major Folger is suffering from an at
tack of typhoid fever. Both he and Ma
jor Thrift are improving.
Quarantine May BE Established.
Gen Wood says that If the five cases in
the Fifth Infantry develop into real viru-
lerJ yellow fever. quarantine VIII be
established against the camp. Army sur
geons from Tampa say there has been
yellow fever among the troops there for
some time.
The transport Roumanian, with 700 men
Of the Ninth Massachusetts. sailed this
morning for Montauk Point. Many oil
the men are sick, and others are weak
from sieges of calentura, malaria, and
stomach troubles.
No troops of the Fifth Army Corps, Gen
Skaters command, now remain here, ex-
eept few sick belonging to the various
regiments making UP the command
The Arrival of Hero HObson.
Lieut.. Hobson, OF Merrimac fame, ar
rived here today on the transport Sc
guranca. He came 10 aid in the work
of saving some of the sunken ships OF
Admiral Cervera's squadron.
He called on Cen Wood and Gen. Law
ton soon after his arrival He was the
object of almost as much interest anc
admiration here as he was in New York
+ The work on the Maria Teresa is pro
crossing rapidly The wreckers are patch
ing up hole in her side that was made
by thirteen-inch she'll.
The CristobaI Colon
The next work to be done by Lieut.
Hobson is on the cruiser Cristobal Colon
which was run ashore to the westward
of Santiago. He thinks from the reports
received since his arrival concerning the
condition of the Colon that the work OF
raising her will not be difficult.
The Seguranca also brought Capt. Lee
ana thirty HcIIlDcTS VI llic Slslidi SOl pS
Capt Lee will relieve Col. Green
The death rate has been large here to-
day owing 10 the failure Saturday nigh
of the water supply. caused by the break
ing of the main about two miles back OF
the town. The break was not repaired
until this morning.
Suffered for Want of Water
The city was more than forty hour:
without good water. and the patients II
the hospitals and the poor suffered G
great deal.
Since the departure of the last troops ot
the Fifth Corps the surplus provision:
resulting from their leaving have beer
distributed among the poor of the city.
Preparations have been made to receive
5000 refugees who fed to Jamaica at the
commencement of the war Four thous-
and of them are expected TO arrive here
before Friday next.
Spain's Last Troops Leave
The last of the Spanish troops in the
city, 2,2OO in all, sailed today for Spain
Seventeen of the number died on the
wharf while waiting TO be placed aboard
the transport. The only Spanish SOL
diers here now are Gen. Toral and his
staff The next Spanish troops to be re-
turned to Spain are 1.50O sick soldiers al
Guantanamo.