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Show WORK OF WICKED FLEA- Caused Delay In Docking of Big Ocean Liner. The flea Is a small animal, but his ability to mako trouble for big ships seems unlimited. The fleas which dwell on the Pacific mall liner City ot Peru, arriving this morning from Panama, Pan-ama, says a San Francisco dispatch, were particularly busy. As a result of their operations, three of the passengers, passen-gers, Mrs. Emma Schncdcrsay and the two daughters of Louis Hlrsch of Castle Cas-tle Uros., sought tho ship's surgeon's advice, The doctor examined small red spots with which their bodies wero covered and declared that they had smallpox. The boarding surgeon shared tho alarm and tho ship's doctor and a tug was sent for Chief Surgeon Cummlngs nt Angel Island. The three medical men held a consultation and to Dr. Cummlngs belongs the honor of finding out tho secret of the fleas. Ho saved tho quarantine records from ridicule by declaring tho passengers pass-engers wero afflicted with a "paraBltlc disease." The fleas delayed tho ves-tol ves-tol In docking tho cntlro forenoon. |