The Portland daily press., 1900-04-13
Several Cases Among New England'S
Tourists.
Twenty of Crew Had
Disease.
Ship Has Been Cleansed And
Sailed For Boston.

Boston, April 12.-The information
contained In letters received In this city
she past few days to the 4 Fl cot that many
members Of an excursion party to the
Orient lad b; en- left at Naples through
the unexpected departure OF the steamship
New England, which carried them from
this port, Is supplereotsd today BY .
oablsgram from Liverpool to the Globe
stating that small pox mad broken out
among thoss exoursionists who had bssn
stranded, as 1t were, In Italy. The
cabiegram follows:
Liverpool April l2-After q thorough
fumigation the steamship New England
sailed this afternoon for Boston with a
ciean bill Of health. She carried 100
passengers, including In that number
about 100 Clark exoursionisss.
"Whsn the ship arrived here from
Naples, March 30, she had on board
twenty cases Of small pox among the
crew and three convAlesoent Gases of pas
sengess. On the voyage from n aples to
this port there had been one death, she
boatswain. three Of the New Englandsr's .
exoursionists had been sick with small
pox on board the ship. but have fully re-
covered. Several cases OF the disease have
been reported among the Clark sxcur-
sionists left behind at Rome ana else
where. The disease is supposed to have
been contracted In Jerusalem.
"While the ship has been mere, she has
been entirely oyerhauled, reatted and re-
rainted, under the direction Of the sani-
tary authorities who declare her free from
all disease
The Globe also says:
zone death, from small p OK is known
to have taken plaoe among the Clark ex-
sursionists In Rome. Tho victim is Rev.
g. y. Love. The Information was re-
ceivsd by Mrs. Cramer, wife Of Rev. I.
L. Uramsr of Somersworth. N. H., who
is a sister of Rev. MIR. Love. he was
pastor of the West Baptist church at Os-
wego. N. Y. His parents live st Win.
throp, Conn.,"
From meagre information now at hand,
the steamship officers. while ut Naples,
suddenly landed all the baggage and
without previous notification to the ex-
cursionists, sailed for Liverpool, skipp n q
Nice which was in the Itinerary Of the ex-
cursicn.
The Globe also says that q cablegram
received In New York today announces
the death Of Miss Anne Senotine of
Ninona, Minn., from small pox. A
special to the Globe from Worcester, says
that 10 letter received BY friends there
from Rev. DE- MoGilliouddy the deaths
OF nine persons are mentioned. OF these
Mrs. A. s. Lowell OF Worcester, died of
pneumonia. A lettsr from Mrs. Hovey,
an exoursionist, mentioned the death Of n
banker Of Genesss Falls, N. Y. and that
eight persons had been lsft Ill in Roms.
MAINE PEOPLE ABOARD.
Bogton, April l2.-FolioWing is a list
of the Maine people who were passengers
on the New England;
Mrs. Mathilda BurIsigh South Ber-
wick.
Mi.s Clara M. Burleigh, South Ber-
wick.
Raw. VIM. II. Clark, Parkman.
Miss Sarah ID. Crosby, Ellswurth.
n. L. Dlngley. Lewiston.
Bret II. Dlngley, Lewiston.
Miss. +. 5. Drummond, Bath.
Hon. l.. A. Emery. Ellsworth.
Mrs. Emery, Ellsworth.
Edward b. Godfrey, Paris
Mrs. George ". Godfrey, Paris.
Timothy b. Hussey, North Berwick.
Wp. N. Ingraham, Portland.
Philip . Loring, Portland.
Leonard o. Short, Portland.
Capt. N. Wetb Thompson, Friendship.
Mrs. Thompson. Friendship.