Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER ARRIVES WITH CASE OF
SMALLPOX ABOARD.
Prompt Action of the Authorities
Quarantine Mt AIcxandria-Ar.
rivals at the wharves.

When the schooner Earl Biscoe, with the
case of smallpox on board, reached the
| forks of the channel below the arsenal
| yesterday evening the harbor police boat
| Vigilant, with a marine hospital surgeon
| as passenger was waiting for her. She
| was brought to anchor and was boarded by
| the surgeon, who found John Miller, col
ored. aged twenty-five years, lying in the
l forepeak with a well-developed case of the
| disease.
| On the vessel were three other men who
| had never had the disease mentioned. One
! of the crew assured the surgeon he was
| immune against all diseases Capt Gas
| kins said he had smallpox years ago.
BY the direction Of the marine hospital
| authorities Miller was taken ashore by the
| crew in a small boat and was sent to the
smallpox hospital, while the three others
| of the crew were taken to the detention
! camp as suspects. Capt. Gaskins was left
/ in charge of the vessel Later in the even
/ ing the boat was thoroughly fumigated and
i in few days will be allowed to come up
i to the wharves and discharge her cargo of
| cordwood.
Under the direction of Surgeon General
Wyman DR.. Arthur Snowden, the marine
hospital surgeon in Alexandria, will have
l
/ mi stopped below Alexandria for examina-
ton before coming to this city.
AS this quarantine has not yet been es-
| tablished. the harbor police boat Vigi,ant
was out this morning and hailed the Bessie
and Leila, c. w. Stevens, Chas. H. Dali
ger, +. c. Rice and Katie Muller, respect
lively, and finding no sickness aboard of
any of them and being satisfied they were
not from the Nomini neighborhood, the
crew allowed them to come up into the
harbor.
Looking After the BuOys.
The United States buoy tender Maple,
Captain Meyers. arrived in port yesterday
afternoon from a repairing cruise among
the beacons and buoys in the lower river
She brought up the large light buoy from
off Ragged Point, the supply of gas in it
having become exhausted. On the arrival
of the steamer here the buoy sent to
the gas plant at the foot Of 14th street to
be recharged with the illuminant These
light buoys each contain supply of gas
sufficient to burn from three to five months
without ralighting. The Maple cleared this
morning to continue her work the river.
Boats at the Wharves.
The following arrivals are reported today:
Long boat Osceola, Captain Wood 5000
feet of lumber to johnson & Wimsatt and
100 cords of wood to Carter and Clark; long
boat Mayfower, Captain Bastaid, with
cordwood to Carter & Clark; the schooners
Flora Temple. Captain Rice, with $1,000
feet of lumer; Charles H. Dagger, Captain
Harden. with $1,000 feet of lumber and
Katie Miller, Captain T. G. Edwards, with
Co.Uo0 feet of lumber, all from the Coan
river and all to H. L. Biscoe.
The schooner Bessie and Leila, with s., 900
feet of lumber from City Point, James
river. to Thos W. Smith
Lying out in the stream are the schoon-
erS Maggie Garrett, with $4,000 feet of
lumber from Newbern, n. c., to Johnson
d Wimsatt. and the G. W. Stevens Cant
Rober. with $1,000 feet of lumber to H. L.
Biscoe.
The tug Rosalie of Milford, Del, which
was purchased from Philadelphia parties
by Mr.. Lewis e Smoot of Alexandria, last
week. arrived at that port yesterday even
ing. The trip was made by way of the
delaware and Chesapeake canal, Chesa-
peake bay and the river to Alexandria
under the command of Capt. Posswater of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Smoot has recently had built, bv
summers, in the Eastern branch, a large
sand digger and several scOws The tug
Will be used to tow to this city the sand
laden scows from point near Stewards
wharf, where the digger will operate.
officer Promoted.
Mr.. Joseph T. Smith, formerly first officer
of the Baltimore fredericksburg line
steamer Lancaster. has been promoted to
the command Of the Weems line steamer
Potomac of the Washington-Ba Baltimore
route vice Captain VIM. Geoghegan, who
has been sent to Wilmington to superin-
tend the fitting out of the new propeller
northumberland.
Ii Is understood the hull of the old river
steame Mattano, lying a Alexandria, will
De sold and converted into freight barge
Since yesterday there have arrived at the
| fish wharf 1000 shad and about 90 900
herring. Shad today selling at from
5, to 81 per hundred for bucks. and $40 to
W. for roe: Herring are bringing from 70
cents to ST. per thousand. This is the
largest number of shad that has arrived
at the fish wharf in one day since the fish
season opened.
are reported. The Ocean Wave, Horn Point,
Sheppard. Tom Young E. Gloster, Flora
Minnie May and Minnie NJ, having on
board in all, about ], 400 bushels of oysters.
Party of Tourists.
The steamer Chas. Manchester carried a
large number of tourists from Boston to
Mt. Vernon yesterday evening. The party
returned to Washington much pleased with
the courteses they had received from
Capt. Ross and the crew of the steamer.
l. The long boat Mary Ann Shea is on the
ways at Burnett's ship yard for replanking
and thorough overhauling. She will be out
of the water about two weeks and when
launched the harbor police boat Vigiant
will be hauled out to receive a new rudder
and other improvements.
Mr.. Alfred c. Pickles of this city has been
appointed keeper of Cobb Point bar light
on the lower Potomac, succeeding Geo. NJ.
| Gaskins. transferred to Laurel Point N. G.
Thos j. Donaldson. from Pulman's fishing
shore Va, came to the harbor office this
morning suffering with pneumonia. He was
sent to the hospital by Harbormaster SUIT
ton. and died within a few minutes after
reaching the institution.
Sanitary Officer Frank is making an eff
fort to find relatives of the deceased. 1t
Is stated that a sister of his lives in North
east Washington.