The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-21

10 Home. wsas with the party and was
greatly surprised 20 rsssive teiegram
from my ohisf stsw ara. March %. TO rs-
turn 81 oncs as something was ths mat
ter vita the crew. Later received .
Telegram fro,n the physioisn who had
bean lsfs behind. to return as soon .
possible. Mr.. Clark returned with me,
when We found that four Of the crew
were down with small pox, i've more
were under suspicion and about i've were
nearly III with infiusnza and kindred
diseases. We decidedthat IL was for the
best interests Of the passengers that they
be not allowed 10 return 70 the ship and
thus be subjected TO the dangerous d.
seass. A clause In the contract allowed
for inst such an emergency and although
Mr.. Clark wished the party taken TO VILE
should be sent to his assistant In Rome
notifying him to hold the party as article
eleven OF the contract was In foros.
"The state room baggage with Mr..
Clark's consent, was gathered and put
into whatever recsptaoiss We could find
for IL and properly labelled. Then We
sailed for Liverpool where rigid exani-
nation OF the ship Was made By the health
and United States oonsulats officials.
al believe have acted for the best In
terests Of those entrusted to my care and
regret exceedingly that could NOS
tring back oil who called with me from
this port February last.
"whiis In Naples was presented with
an elegant testimonial By the pas
ssngers."
A few hours before the steamer reached
the dock In this city . meeting Of the
cabin passengers was held at which q
committee was appointed to prepare .
statement for the pres. Col. Q. II.
Fuller Of jamaica Plains. one Of the COM
mittee said tonights 4.
"This thing ought to be ve-tiiated and
will be as soon as We have o chance to
prepare Q statement The fact that all
our baggage was put ashore In state Of
disorder was only q minor trouble. II
was Clsrk's action In attempting 10 In
duce the captain TO allow the passengers
to come aboard the ship again and his
leaving them In ths luroh many Of them
women, practically stranded. when the
ship sailed without them, that has created
the outburst Of mitigation. That splendid
captain. McCaulsy. said to Clark: For
God's sake drop your dollars and cents.
Do you really want the passengers TO
come back on this pest shipr CLARK was
affected, but he said; IF they don't I
- ~uG..d L. ha wialdnd xwhan Ilr
Casseiberry refused point blank to stay
Npn the ahip II the passengers were
brought lack and telegraphSd to Rome:
NIL not 60 up to S.ce. win explain
"ws1l, he did explain, said Mr.. Full
Ter, "sftsr . fashion. Re told the Teopls
at Rome there was trouble on board the
ship, but II anyone wansei to 60 back he
would give them each hvo dollars. Some
took the i've dollars. believing they could
not get any more, but did not go back
while others went back 20 fiud the ship
had sailed. as Of courss CLARK was aware.
Some OF the people lefs stranded hsdn't
even I've dollars In cash. One man Sc
cured a loan of one hundred dollars from
Clark BY giving his personal note. Others
borrowed from their friends or from the
American consul"
DIR. H. II. Cassslberry, Of Hazslton,
Pennsylvania, who accompanied the
tourists. said that II Clark bad advanced
the sixty dollars necessary 10 pay fare
across tbs oontipent to Liverpool. the
passengers would not have complained.
He explained that the reason Of such In
uignation against Clark on the part OF
the passengers was that che wanted ms to
be taken aboard that pest ship again at
Naplss."
DR.. Cassslbsrry says that he had NO
doubt the disease was contr acted In
Jerusalem, and that 1t was probable that
the original case was that Of Mrs. N. W..
Thompson. W ben he was summoned
hack tn the ship from Rome. he found
ase OF the crew sick end In charge of ths
ships surgeon. He (Casselberry) agreed
to take charge Of the sick passengers up
on condition that the rest OF the party
should not bs allowed to return on hoard
Captain McAuley agreed with his views
and 80 soon as the baggage could be put
ashore, they called for Liverpool. Ths
sick began to improve but no new oases
appeared until they reached Liverpool
whom they had nineteen cases. all OF
whom wsrs sent to the hospitals. am
Informed that some have since died. But
none OF the passengsrs died altar We left
Naples aboard ship and the three who
we're sent to the Liverpool hospitals--
Captain and MRS. N. W. Thempson Of
Friendship. Me-, and Mrs. j K. Taylor
OF Newton were all oonvalssosnt There
wss ons death aboard ship-ths boat
swain-sfter leaving Naples, and he was
buried at sea. Rev. g. 4. Lowe or Oswe-
60, N. Y. and Miss Anna Scoutsn Of
winona, Minn.. were among thoss wh
landed ct Naples and died ut Home.
These three are the only persons that j
know OF who died of small pox though
others may have since died sc Liverpool
Norman Becker OF Saneoa Falls, N. Y.
did not dis of small pox or OF consump-
tion as has been variously reported. bat
OF acute yellow atrophy OF the liver. Ths
death occurred at Smyrna.
Once at sea. after leaving Naples dead
line was esta blished abaft the smoking
room and q guard esta ablished with orders