New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-01
NO ALARM FOR GL4sGoW,s PLAGUE
TAKE EXTRA QUARANTINE MEASURES j.
AS PROBATION

The discovery OF a number OF cases OF bubor1o
plague in Glasgow has had the effect OF making
the officials al Quarantine take precautions against
the Infection OF New-York- Just what viii Be dOns
in the cases Of several vessels which are soon To
arrive from Glasgow has not yet been decided TIA
City OF Rome, OF the Anchor Line. is due On Sun
day or Monday Health Officer Doty said ysster~
day:
Clty OF Rome shaH COME % decision as soon
as l have received further information, and II IL
up @ U te Tt ds sp S' core 9s asa
whether the passengers are merely IN transit or
latter should the case detention would be neces<
sary, as there can be no doub- OF the reality OF
the plague or OF its existence in Glasgow I re-
ceIved cable message only to-day. which said
was suspicious. The fact that so many people have
2T1 IsA s So SHOWS nat me disease mas been
edge- HOW II got in GLASGOW or when. has not yet
Dr. DOty was asked whether he thought Glasgow
would be cut OF and put on a basis Of non-com-
u1unication with the rest OF the world He an
swered:
be "S done a 90 6 T0t kn9 2 Do not see hoy II could
around the civ The bg lines ma - S,,-.s So -
" hite Star, have always co-Operated with Is when
this city was in any danger. The only thins We
have 10 fear Is the tramp steamers ana the s-,sfI
nneS, which viii probably be made much use OF
most emphatically however. that New-York Is II
The finest sanitary conditions in the world pre-
vail here. and IL is well known that the plsgus
GREETED that several OF the GLASGOW cases occSrre1
In tenement house districts because they may
spread there Experience with the disease IN LIS
bon. Oporto. Alexandria, Santos and Rio Janeiro
shows that IL is short lived II promptly treated
The authorities AZ Glasgow at work 70 extsr-
inmate II, and l have doubt they viii succeed.
The point IS that they have found Il II Is there
fore bound 10 be under control in a short time
Dr. Thomas. who IS attached 10 the Marine Hos
pttal has been appointed by the Government 10 loo<
the matter over carefully. and from him shall
soon receive full information He sent cable
message last night
DR.. DOty said there were between forty and dfty
cases IN Santos. but that commercs between New
York and Santos or any other Brazilian port
uninterrupted. Three four vessels arrive from
Brazil every week. but beyond a somewhat strfcter
inspection they are not treated differently from
any other vessels
Or. DOty also said that the plague had nothing
been reported. is spreading
While waiting for news OF the plague Dr. Doty
will be kept busy watching the yellow fever. Ig-
nacio Garcia. twenty-th-ee years old, a steera
passenger on the Spanish steamer Leon XIII which
arrived yesterday from Havana. was suspected OF
having the fever, and was removed 70 Swtnburns
Island for treatment and observation
The steamer and her passengers hsl6 &C
Quarantine for GisnfeCriOn and serve out the
balance Of the quarantine period or FIVE days
Nine immune passengers were landed a Pier 10,
East River, yesterday morning Those detained
are l24 in number. The Leon XIII had ffty-thres
cabin and eighty steerage passengers. total os
135. OF this number lie are in transit for Spain