Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-28
1T QUARANTINE STATION
No Sign of Disease Appearing
 Among the Inmates.

Forty or More Inmates are Now Being
 Kept at the Shelter Some of the
 Inmates are Cursing the Luck That
 Got Them Locked in With q Lot of
 Smallpox Suspects
 There is nothing new in the small pox situation. The patient at the con tagious disease hospital is holding his own, and the police are adding to the number of quarantined persons at the Salvation Army Shelter at the rate of two or three per day, so that at the present time in the neighborhood of forty persons are confined there Many of them belong here, but nearly all the others are citizens of the world and can tell Interesting "reminiscences of lie ill various climes, both on land and on sea. New white curtains have been put on the windows. which keep the faces of the inmates hid from view and render the building more like an or dinary dwelling than before they were hung. None of them show signs of taking the disease and it is not thought that there will be J case in the house. Some of them are very sick, but not with smallpox, and nothing but the presence of the officers on the outside deterS them from forcing their way past the guard and making wild dash for liberty. One of them took cramps yesterday and threatened to die unless he got half pint right off. His wish was not complied with and. strange to say, he neglected to carry out his threat, and is alive and iii the best Of health to-day. Two others were stricken with fits and pleaded piteous- ly for ! little medicine out of the bot. tie that had made them i'll. but they had to get along without it and con tent themselves with such things as they found on the bill of fare. which included enough good things to suit al- most anybody. Yesterday morning three fellows were rounded up and taken there after the others had break fast. The cook offered them such Vlctuals as were at hand, but they re- fused to eat until meat was prepared and set before them There was none Ill the house, but that made no differ ence; they waited until it was ordered and cooked for them, and then pitched into It with relish which showed that they hadn't lost their appetites.
 The closing of the shelter has caused world of inconvenience to the trayel- ing public, that is, that part of the public whose mode of conveyance is chiefly confined to what is yulgarIy termed "shank's mare'' They lool, upon the quarantine maintained at this institution i'll the same light as the drummers regard the destruction of the Scoyill house. and hope the siege will be raised soon so thata man who urops III here on his uppers can get some more congenial quarters to lay down his sorrows than the police sta. ton. which q nomadic told T ranorta, to-day was the last place God had made. Of course. all inc rao,,1a,, habitues of the house have been found and are now detained there and nroha- ply some of them don't care how long the guard is kept up, but how about tne tfanslents, those who are coming III as well as the ones who were un- 1oflunate to De there at the time Dia- mona called, and who intended to pass on to the next town in day or so? lne new corners are i'll q bad box for suitable lodgings and the fellows who nave been held up feel the situation keenly. They realize that they will have to do some sprinting when they get free in order to make their regular rounds before the close of the year. The shelter was convenient for many who preferred to sleep there than in some Of the cheap lodging houses. IL was constructed on a pretty decent plan and this, coupled with the fact that the rates were low, rendered it the Mecca for fellows of scant means. Much speculation is being indulged in by a certain class of citizens as. to the names of the quarantined parties. Three or four well known characters have not been seen at their accustomed places since Diamond was picked up on the streets and their chums are be- ginning to feel uneasy about them. Others who showed up since the scare and expected to be met at the station are puzzled to know whether their friends are detained at the shelter or gone on.