The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-18
w.RINE INTELLIGENCE.
and General News OF ships
and shipping.

." la very rough passage. The
VIE Beatrice was thirty days from
p'rra. The trip is usually made IN sew
sn,esn days
n schooner Sarah A. Fuller bound
s5.,on. from Fernandina' put IN at
.,bnor,. y. 9, yesterday niolllis ;"
solt-t having encountered the blizzaro
u Frving Pan shoals.
Austrian steamship Beatrice arrived
Inc ay consigned to Strachan & Co.
y, Chartered for cargo of cotton
rr Trieste.
~. .,hoouer Hattie H. Barbour, Capt.
n from EIizabethport arrived yes
- with a cargo of Suano, consigned
% charles Ellis Son.
w. DEPARTMENT. Washington, Feb. !,
a., ~ircuIar No. s. Division of Customs
io' trs,i-ar Affairs: The following order
- he President. relative to quarantine
u,I,tions for ports in Cuba and Porto
pso is hereby published for the m1orma-
I'm and guidance of all concerned:
rvecuiive Mansion, Washington, jan II,
,so-To prevent the introduction of cpl
dan1l disease, II - OiN0ACN ti'sNt 49, r.
',si,rs of the act of Congress approved
m II 1898. entitled IAN act granting
a55t;3nal quarantine powers and impOs-
irr additional duties upon the Marine Hos
,sl Service" and all rules and regula-
,ns heretofore prescribed by the Secre-'
or, of The Treasury under that act ere
/ ~ h. given full force and effect in the is
4 lands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and the
fo,owing additional rules and regulations
err hereby promulgated:
/ The examination in ports of the islands
n cuba and Porto Rico of incoming and
ou.soing vessels and the necessary surveil-
lance over their sanitary condition as well
/ As OF cargo passengers, crew, and of al
4 PERSONAL effects, is vested in and Will be
4 tonduCle ed by the Marine Hospital Service
and medical officers viii be detailed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury as quarantine
officers al the ports of Havana, Matanzas,
|Cenfueeos and Santiago Immediately, and
al other ports in the islands Of Cuba and
Porto Rico as soon as practicable or nee
essary. Quarantine officers shall have au-
taority over vessels, their wharfage and
anchorage in infected seaports, in so far as
\ is necessary 10 prevent the infection of
vessels or their personnel, and all vessels,
including vessels of the army transport
service and merchant and coastwise ves-
ses, leaving ports in the islands of Cuba
or Porto Rico for the United States or for
other ports in the Islands of Cuba or Porto
Rico, vessels of the United States
navy excepted Quarantine officers will
enforce necessary measures on incoming
vessels through collectors of customs at
ports of entry, who will not permit entry
without quarantine certificates, and bill CT
health shall not be given to an outgoing
4lat;y
have been compiled with. All officers of
the army transport service and medical
officers of the army and marine Hospital
service on duty on army transports will
use every precaution to prevent danger
Of exposure 10 infection of crews while
in ports in the islands of Cuba or Porto
Rico.
Since the quarantine service herein pro-
vded is for the protection of the islands
Of Cuba and Porto Rico as well as the
protection of the United States against
both, the expenses arising therefrom will
be charged at present both against the
revenues of these islands and the epidemic
fund; said expenses will be divided equal
iy against both, payments, however, to
be made out of the epidemic fund and 1e-
endorsement made thereto from the reve-
nues Of the islands of Cuba and Porto
Rico William Mckinley.
This order to be duly proclaimed and
enforced at ports in Cuba and Porto Rico.
G. d. Meiklejohn,
Asst. Secretary of War.
The improvement in the blockaded con-
dluon OF the river and bay was not main
tanned yesterday, says the Baltimore Sun
.N Thursday. slight southeast wind
brought the ice from the eastward and
replaced il in the track of vessels enter
Ing the channels and also on the west
SIDE of the bay. Several steamers arrived
ana one sailed, during the day.
Inc Merchants and Miners steamer
Hasca, Capt. James, brought information
o. the status of the ice Monday night. The
Hasca passed in the Capes at 11:3O O'Clock
uldI hlght, and a 2 o'clock yesterday
iioi mug reached Baltimore, being twenty
~, "a ana nan hours running the bay.
DIM ice was met off Virginia beach. out
side of Cape Henry. and from the Canes
mere was ice all the way to port. off
uie Potomac river it was gorged and also
on love Point upper side of the Patux-
GU Al O'Clock Tuesday afternoon the
US lSdOe-la L. Dempsey was fallen in
Dl.u OH smiths Point, lower side of the
Lo'oiiiac' before striking the gorge off
'ldt river. In the blockade the Itasca
suck several times and was hauled ont
'he Dempsey This kept IN for
, ,S,le tlme until the Itasca had cut
ei oush and the tug followed in the wake
VI 'He steamer 10 port.
asst IN the gorge were three steamers
81. 81 which looked like the New York
fan 'i ip Biuefelds, which sailed last week
was ' ,, port. A two-topmast schooner
OF t' also alSo there, flying signals of distress
Seen W id inpInl.I Point three bugeyes were
ho.n7 iognound with no sign of life on
,"ard The steamers Glonceeter \oa5 ~ ~"
a ai,o5, Were seen off the Potomac and tbe
Tbe 7i h11y or Cove Point. all bound ont
tar(a ,ti.eeghany passed out the Canes YES
Gioncsa. Tor savannah, and the Jnniata and
''ef nave reached Norfolk.
Savannah Almanac.
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