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EHAVING WELL
V Only a Very Few Leave Home
? on Account of Cholera's
Outbreak There.
LESS THAN 100 GO AWAY.
Bard for the People to Bealize That
the Disease Is Eife.
The Emperor Thinks the Exact Truth
Should Be Bulletined Dally Com
plaints Against the Manner In Which
the Hamburg Authorities Are Work
ingCases of Cholera Reported From
Many Cities In the Emplre,but All Are
Isolated Promptly The Emperor's
Plan of Keeping Up the Army Ex
planation of the New Bill Checkered
Career of a Bold Swindler.
rBT CABT.E TO THE DKFATCH.1
Berlin; Aug. 28. In spite of the spread
of cholera in Germany, the panic for which
the sensation mongers hare looked eagerly
ior the last week has failed to appear. One
reason for this is the painstaking care of the
municipal authorities to suppress news con
cerning the progress of the disease. Another
is the confidence of the more intelligent
class in the effectiveness of the minute pre
cautions observed by the sanitary officials
in all cities where the disease has shown it
self. Even in Hamburg, where the disease is at
its worst, there has been no panic, and the
reports of terror and night are mostly the
fiction of the Paris newspapers. The streets
are not deserted and the shops and ex
changes hare not been depopulated. In
fact, everybody behaved with a calmness
which the virulence and prevalence of the
disease hardly warrant. As soon as the
municipal authorities broke their silence
and admitted that cholera was already num
bering itb victims by the score, the local
press ior a day or two published grossly ex
aggerated accounts ol the spread of the
plague.
Onlv " ealtby Id'ers teave the City.
The repoits were received with doubt
When they were found to be half true,
most of the wealthy idlers, all the tourists,
and most of the aristocracy left the city.
The great majority of merchants, shop
keepers and conspicuous public men, how
ever, remained in the city; most of them be
cause they apprehended no considerable
danger for themselves and their families,
others to set examples to the rest of the
people.
In Berlin the people seem hardly to real
ize that the disease is among them. Prob
ably not a hundred persons have left the
city on account of threatened danger, and
the city officials are trying, as did their col
leagues in Hamburg, to conceal the fact
that Asiatic cholera is threatening the pop
ulation. This policy, if persisted in, will
induce the same general mistrust as in Ham
burg. The Emperor became convinced to-day
that several cases of the worst type had
been found, and he is said to hare expressed
his intention of issuing an order, should
more cases be reported, that the city gov
ernment must send ont bulletins twice daily
concerning the progress of the disease. He
feels that Berlin, as one of the cleanest
and best-drained cities of Europe, has Itttle
to lear from the cholera if the peonle bo
properly warned and instructed how to
fight it.
Grave Duties of the lloaseho'd-rs.
One of the duties of the sanitary authori
ties next week, therefore, will be to have
brought to the notice of every householder
the best approved measure for disinfection
of houses and treatment of patients before
medical help can be summoned. Upon the
householder:, then, will rest the responsi
bility of communicating the measures to
tbeir families and tenants.
The sugsestion that prayers for the abate
ment of the disease be ordered officially
throughout Prussia has been vetoed by the
Emperor.
Since this morning no fresh cases hare
been reported in this city, and there seems
t6 be every probability that the existing
cases will remain isolated. Nevertheless,
the heary stream of trarel through this
city is a constant source ot danger. So far
to-day the railway trains have brought in
some 300 passengers from Hamburg, some
oi them citizens fleeing from the stricken
citi, but most of them non-residents.
our men who arrived from Hamburg on
an express last night complained bitterly of
the sanitary measures taken by the authori
ties at Hamburg as inefficient and ineffect
ic The men say that tbey will make rep
resentation to the Home Office, in order that
he Imperial Government may be led to in
terfere. They sav that the health officials
did net report the first case of Asiatic
cholera to the Imperial Government until
four days after it had been brought to their
notice.
Hambnrc Doing the Best It Can.
It is not probable, however, that the Im
perial Government will notice the appeal
for help, as the Hamburg authorities arc
0 understood to be acting with all possible
energy.
This afternoon cases of cholera are re
ported from many cities in the Empire, but
all have been isolated promptly, and there
is nothing to indicate that the disease will
become prevalent in any town except Ham
burg. The absence of apprehension of the
cholera has left Berlin editors free to con
tinue without interruption their discussion
of the coming army bill and the Emperor's
attitude toward.it On Thursday evening
the Xathnal Zcitung gave prominence to a
paragraph sayine that the general tenor of
the new bill had been determined, although
it was still an open question whether it
would be laid before the Reichstag at its
next session, or in 1893 or 1894. The final
decision will be postponed, the rational
ZeUunrj taid, until after the reassembling of
the Prussian Cabinet Ministers, who are
now on their vacations.
The new law, ths editor added, would
not embody explicitly the principle of the
two year term of service, but would, never
theless, reduce materially the infantry and
the obligatory period of service with the
colors. The annual nnmber of recruits,
moreover, would be considerably Increased,
and thus the standing army would be en
larged. One Way to Slako Thine Even.
These changes had been planned to so
affect the strength of the army that the re
duction of the service time would be fully
counter-balanced by the increase in the
number of troops. The execution of this
plan would depend, doubtless, npon finan
cial considerations, as it would necessitate
additional appropriations in ihe military
budget The military authorities direct
special attention to the effect that the bill's
main object is to strengthen the service by
Infusing younger blood into the first fight
ing line and maintaining the qnality while
increasing the quantity of the troops.
On Friday morning the iorddevtschs JHgc
mevnt Zritung confirmed the truth of the Ra
tional' statement, adding that the Prussian
Landtag probably will be convoked during
the autumn so that it may have time to study
and discuss Herr Miquels proposed financial
reforms before public attention shall be di
verted to the military bills. Both of the
indicated declarations may be regarded as
authoritative. They explain the contra
dictory reports of Emperor William's
speech at the Franz Josef banquet, and
place at rest the ridiculous reports of the
French dailies that the German Govern
ment contemplated increasing the standing
army to 050,000 or 700,000 men.
As regards the most propitious time for
bringing forward the new bill, general
opinion favors the parliamentary session of
1893 or 1894. In the latter year the Sep
tenuate act, by which Bismarck got the
army away from the Reichstag's control for
seven years, will expire and the financial
questions involved in the new organization
can be considered more advantageously.
Xho Emperor's Plan Explained.
According to the existing law the peace
strength of the army is fixed at 1 per cent
of the empire's population. The military
budgets, however, never have provided
sufficient money for the enrollment of the
full 1 per cent, and the actual peace force
under the Septennate has remained con
siderably below the force cormplated by
Prince Bismarck and the Members of his
regime. This state of affairs has given rise
to several highly unsatisfactory features of
the present organization. Many of the
recruits, instead of joining the regular
standing army, bad to be placed in the
Special reserve, known as the Ersatz Re
serve, and a certain new percentage of the
army was drafted at the end of the second
year's service into another reserve, known
as the Dispositions-TJrlauber.
The new army bill will reduce the Ersatz
Reserve and increase greatly the Dispositions-TJrlauber,
thus practically introducing
the two-year term, while recognizing only
the three-year term. Emperor William
believes that this innovation will leave the
efficiency of the army as a whole un
changed, while rendering it more homo
geneous, and relieving the burden upon the
y ounger generation of German men.
Abun In the Recruiting Service.
Admission to the Ersatz Reserve has long
been sought as a special privilege, and
many abuses hare crept into the recruiting
service in consequence. These abuses have
rested most heavily on the rural districts.
Recruits are generally too numerous in the
cities and too scarce in the country, so
while city young men were securing all the
benefits ot tue x.rsatz Reserve, a peasant s
sons, who were needed at home to help sup
port the family, have been obliged to bear
the full burden of the service in the stand
ing armv. According to the new plan only
those who at the end of two years show in
sufficient military knowledge will be com
pelled to serve the lull term; the rest will
be drafted into the ranks of the Disposi-tiooa-Drlauber.
From a political point of view ihe new
bill is regarded as a masterpiece. Granting
practically the two-year term, it pleases the
people at large; reserving for the Govern
ment the right to the three-year term as a
guarantee for the efficiency of the army, it
satisfies the military authorities. The op
position to the bill is believed to have been
minimized among deputies to the Reichstag.
As usual, however, the Radicals and
Radical Liberals want to eat their cake and
at the same time have it They say they
cannot see clearly the advantages of a
scheme which, by increasing the number of
recruits, will also increase taxes. Count
Capri vi's friends fully approve ot the plan,
and eventually the uncompromising opposi
tion probably will be limited to the ranks
of the independents (Freisinnige) and the
social Democrats, who oppose everything.
Career or a General Swindler.
The Berlin police have information from
Paris concerning the arrest ol the interna
tional swindler, Jacques Hoffman. This
fellow, although the son of a glassblower,
can assume the manners of a nobleman ot
any civilized country in the world. He is
60 years old, and has passed halt his life in
duping persons in Berlin, Paris, St Peters
burg, .London, Vienna and Rome. He has
dozens of aliases, but he is most widely
known as Baron Courtier. He Is now in
jail for the tenth time. In 1870 he made his
first tour of the world, paying
his way with the fruits ot his swindles. In
St Petersburg he pretended to be the Con
sul of a petty South American Stale and
won the hand ot an heiress. Shortly after
his marriage the city became too not for
him and he fed to Berlin. In the latter
city he spent large sums of money, which
he had secured from his wife, wore fine
decorations and circulated in the best so
ciety, plucking the military and nobility
right and left He was arrested, but
escaped punishment on a technicality.
He then went to the British Ambassador
with a stolen British passport in his hand"
and demanded redress. The British Minis
ter forwarded his laim to the Foreign
Office here, but the "Baron" did not wait
to learn the result
The Fraud's Exploits In London.
He vanished from Berlin to appear a few
months later in London. There he played
fhp Tmrt. nf a hicr TtnYiamian m!.. -..&-
living in great luxury and throwing around
money in magnificent style. He tried to
form a mining company among London
financiers, but was threatened with ex
posure before getting far along with his
scnenie ana nea to Vienna. Me arrived at
the Austrian capital in the spring ot 1883,
and before loLg he was in the Austrian
penitentiary, where he spent seven years.
His trial was highly sensational. It was
shown that he had swindled high officials
and noblemen out of 2,000,000 gulden. He
had obtained a concession to build a railway
in Hungary, had formed a fictitious com
pany, and had unloaded the .shares on
banks in London, Vienna, Paris and Berlin.
Among the victims of this scheme were the
Minister of Agriculture and several princes
connected with the royal house. He lived,
during his short period of prosperity, in a
style which excited the amazement of his
acquaintances. He lived in one of the
finest mansions, gave the most elaborate
dinners, and drove the fastest horses. The
big men of Vienna crowded his house and
enjoyed his hospitality.
Kearln: the End of His String.
After his release Hoffman went to Zurich
and entered society as Colonel Courtier.
He got his living by swindling and cheat
ing at .cards, but kept his methods so care
fully concealed that nobody suspected him.
He was about to get an appointment in the
Swiss army when the Zurich police re
ceived warning from Vienna. Hoffman re
ceived warning at the same time, however,
and when the' police went to get him he was
gone.
Finally, Hoffman went into partnership
with another rascal who calls himself Dur
rich, and started a discount bank in Zurich,
where they were able to utilize the experi
ence which Hoffman had gain in that city.
Hoffman .became his Paris agent. Both
men did their best to get, by hook or crook,
as much money as possible 'out of the con
cern. The bank collapsed; the gross frauds
of Durrich and Hoffman uere revealed.
AN ARMORSIIRPRISE
That May Assume the Propor
tions of a Scandal if v
Some Person
DOES NOT SPEAK SOON.
fiadical Changes in the Plates Made
at Pittsburg and
A WAR VESSEL WEAKENED.
No One Seems to Know Why, and the
Carnegie Board Is Reticent,
NATAL OFFICERS BEGINNING TO TALK.
Hew YottK, Aug. 28. What appears to
be a serious scandal in connection with the
Navy Department has recently been de
veloped by the investigations of the Herald.
The important questions Involved are :
First Have changes been made in vessels
under construction for the navy which
were detrimental to the efficiency of these
vessels ?
Second If such changes have been made,
were they due to blunders In designs or to'
the incapacity of the contractors to perform
their work?
It is asserted that plans were prepared
and work began before details had been
satisfactorily perfected, and that the com
pletion of the ships according to the designs
was absolutely impossible. Also, there are
rumors that while the original designs of
the turrets of the New York and of the
battleships were generally approved the
whole world over by naval contractors of
great repute, the change to an inferior de
sign was made on a recommendation of the
Naval Bureau officers, and that no good
reasons had ever been given for the change.
Chances That Hart thR New York.
Merely to get an official explanation of
these changes, the Berald says it is not un
reasonable that the public should have some
suspicion that the moving influence in favor
of a change was not operated solely in the
interests W the Government Work is now
going on which may have to be done over.
Take, for instance, the New York. The
original designs call for Inclined armor
plate, but vertical-faced are to be used for
the turrets and other changes have been
made. Unless many naval experts are at
fault, the changes in her turrets amount to
a reduction of fully half her fighting
efficiency.
No imputation is aimed at Secretary
Tracy's fairness or devotion to duty. He
has been generally regarded as too much
under the domination of Commander Fol-
ger, of the Ordnance Bureau. That weak
ness has not been laid up against him, be
cause in technical matters he has to depend
upon his professional BtafE
The Warship Weakened.
As designed, the New York was one of
the finest ships in the world, but vertical
instead of Inolinedplatea are being used and
its efficiency impaired. In the original de
sizn an ammunition tube of armor five
Inches thick extended- front the turret
through the unarmored main deck to the
protected deck.
This amount of armor was sufficient to
prevent the supply of ammunition from
being cut off by the fire of six-pounders or
lighter guns, and also protected the ammu
nition and the men handling it against
fragments of shells of any character burst
ing inboard between the belt armor and the
barbette. The removal of this tube leaves
not only the ammunition supply but the
turret itself vulnerable.
Another important change that has been
made, not only in the New York, but in the
battle ships now building, is the substitu
tion. of wire mats for the splinter bulkheads
originally planned. Not only are the gun
crews in all vessels ot first-class powers
abroad protected against direct five by
armor in front, but a secondary precaution
against fragments of shell and part of the
ship's frame that may be scattered by pro
jectiles is given to each of the lighter guns
by from one to two inches of armor sur
rounding the breach, leaving sufficient
space for men to work the guns.
The Chances Are mmroM.
As now ordered by the Navy Depart
ment, the United States will be the only
nation having first-class vessels in which
the guns are unprotected by splinter bulk
heads. How far the wire mats may give
protection has never been determined by
any satisfactory experiment, hut it is very
improbable that they will be sufficient
Great changes were being made in the
broadside bow and stern stonsons of cruisers
Nos. 9, 10 and 11. In all the cruisers named
the changes already named amount to more
than 100 in number, at a cost to the Govern
ment of many thousands of dollars. If, as
seems probable, the original plans of the
New York turret armor were good, why
have they been changed? asks the Herald,
and it gives as a possible reason that the
contractors are unable to make the deflective
armor, and intimates that changes are made
tor the benefit of the -contractors.
Should the contractors fail to carry out
their contract, they should pay the penalty
and turn the work over to . sonleone else.
"The navy is not being built to accommo
date the Carnegie Steel Company, nor is it
necessary to give that company carte
blanche to supply armor and then build the
snips to conform to the Carnegie plans." 1 g
The Carnegie Firm Mlenr.
To find out whether the changes were due
to the inability of the Carnegies to fulfill
their contract to make the deflective armor
plate, a Berald reporter went to Pittsburg
and asked Secretary Lovejoy, ot the Car
negie Company, the following questions:
First Whether it was true that the Carne
gie Steel Company could or conld not make
the cone-shaped armor called for in the con
tract Second Whether the comnanvhad bnn
authorized to supply vertical armor in place-
ui limb uriiuaiy mienueu 10 DO cono
shaped, and if so, whether tills shape was
maao at tho company's request or sugges
tion. Third Whether changes bad been made
in stonson armor-plates because the com
pany could not manufacture them as at first
designed, and if such was the case, whether
the forms originally supplied could be man
ulactured at all anywhere in the world.
The Berald man thus narrates his inter
view: Aware that Mr. Lovejoy, who brought mo
this answer, could uot add anything to the
foregoing, being a subordinate acting under
instructions, I had noexpectatlon or getting
anything further; but tor tlie benefit of Ins
principals I called his attention to the evi
dent effect or such an answer.
"Of course, if your coard means to tell the
peonle through the Berald that thoy have no
business to ask these questions"
"Obi no; we wouldn't put it Just that way,"
broke in Mr. Lovejoy.
"Just so. I might not be advisable to put
it 'Just that way,' yet it will be understood
lust tliat way, all the same. But that is your
lookout. If, however, you have undertaken
a contract for tbe people and the people are
obliged to accept inferior work from you
because you cannot perform your contract,
tliey are entitled to know It at once, so that
your interior work may be repudiated."
A Semi-Officiat Confession.
"Ton must remember," said Mr. Lovejoy
plaintively, "that in a new establishment
like our armor plate department there are
PITTSBURG MONDAY.
many things to be learned progressively and
additions to be made continually."
"Precisely: and ir you need time to com
plete your plant you ought not to hesitate
to say so. Theienave been hints that Gov
ernment offloials have been at fault owing to
blunders in their plans, and, on the other
bund, that you are responsible owing to your
lnck of a proper plnnt; also for some
peculiar reason the Government has not
held ybu up to your contract If, now, you
can prove that you are not responsible for
the change and yet you prefer to screen
somebody else the publlo will naturally
draw disagreeable conclusions as to the
nature of the aforesaid peculiar reason."
Mr. Lovejoy sighed, but having no further
discretionary powers he kept silent At the
right time, he hinted, "the Board" would
have its say.
An Associated Press dispatch from Phil
adelphia savs the above has caused a stir
among naval officers, most of whom were
puzzled how to answer the question whether
the chances made were detrimental to the
efficiency' of these vessels, and whether
they were due to blunders in designs or to
the incapacity of the contractors to per
form their work.
What n. W. Cramp Bays.
Henry JV. Camp, of the ship building
establishment, stated that bis firm was, of
course, not responsible for any changes, but
was compelled to obey orderB as they came
from tbe Secretary of the Navy." The
trouble arose, he said, from a fight in the
department at Washington, and as long as
the Ordnance Bureau directs ,the con
struction of the vessels it would not
be difficult to Bee where that trouble
lay. ffhe armor, he said, ax far as put on,
was mostly according to the original de
signs, but as Boon as tbe armor arrived it
would be fastened to the vessel without de
lay unless orders to the contrary were re
ceived in the meantime.
Mr. Cramp declined to give an opinion
whether the efficiency of tbe cruiser would
be impaired by the change of armor, re
marking that no experiments in that line
had ever been made, to his knowledge, and
talking about a hypothetical prob
lem had no part in the navy's
work. In response to tbe removal ot
the armored ammunition tube, Mr. Cramp
stated that tbe work had been changed In
orders from the department at Washington.
It had required quite a long time to make
the change, but as long as they had not com
plained about any loss caused by the adop
tion of new plans he did not see why the
public should kick about it.
The substitution of wire work for splinter
bulkheads to protect the guns'was regarded
by Mr. Cramp as a matter of less impor
tance and he seemed to think that tbe ves
sel's efficiency would not be impaired in the
least by the change.
No Communication With Carnegie.
The several other alterations ordered by
the Ordnance Bureau were taken up and
disposed of summarily by Mr. Cramp, but
he said the most radical move was the sub
stitution ot the vertical-faced for the in
clined armor plate, and whenever the Car
negies shipped the armor they were ready
to adjust it without delay. The firm, he
continued, had no communication what
ever with the Pittsburg iron firm
which received word from Washington when
to ship the armor. The Cramps would
naturally lose nothing by the decision of the
Ordnance Bureau to adopt a now style of
armor, and whetner tne Carnegie Company
would lose or profit he preferred not to
discuss.
Mr. Cramp would not criticise the action
of any of the Government officials, but in
sisted that the Secretary of the Navy,
Tracy, was not mainly responsible for the
alterations in the New York and those
proposed for the other vessel la course of
construction.
LIZZIE WILL BE HELD.
Generally Conceded That the Government
llai a Strong Caee-Tror." Wood 'still to
Testify as to the Blood Stains The De
fense Not Idle.
Fall Riveb, Mass., Aug. 28. The hear
ing in the Borden case will be resumed at
10:15 to-morrow morning. Tbe defense has
been actively engaged in learning something
regarding Bridget Sullivan's careen, The
purpose of the inquiry is to learn how
reliable her evidence is; also, to learn if she
would become so much provoked that she
would quarrel seriously with Mr. and Mrs.
Borden. It Is believed that her character
is above reproach. A search into her career
while in this city shows that Miss Sullivan
is a very truthful woman. Her lornier
employers spoke very kindly of her.
Her unshaken testimony has done much
to establish the case of the Government It
seems to be generally allowed that the
Government has a strong case. Enough
evidence has been introduced to warrant
binding over Miss Lizzie to the next Grand
Jury. The hearing has by no means ended,
however, as Professor Wood is yet to be
heard on the character of the blood spots
on the clothing and other articles taken
from tbe Borden house.
The defense now proposes to call a wit
ness who will show that much of Dr. Do
lan's testimony is unreliable. Ex-Medical
Examiner Dwellv has been a close listener
to the trial, and it is understood that he
will be called as an expert on the part of
the defense to rebut much of the testimony.
The defense claims that there are large
holes in the Government's expert testi
mony, and some unlooked for denials are
expected.
Miss Lizzie received her usual visitors to
day. She read some Bible passages selected
by Rev. Mr. Buck. The day was long to
her, because she had no sewing or other
womanly occupation to take up her mind.
The officers who now guard the approaches
to tbe matron's room are preventing the un
seemly disturbances to which the prisoner
was subjected.
A YOUNG GIRL'S SUICIDE.
H-r Lover it horn She Reproached Over
come Wilh Emotion at the Inqa-sr.
Altoona, Aug. 28. Alice N. Young, 22
years old, committed suicide this evening
at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. James
Blair, by shooting herselfUhrough the heart
with a revolver. The young girl left a note
bidding her relatives good-by, but giving
no reason why she took her life. Besides
leaving her adieu for her relatives; she also
requested them to say good-by for her to
"Charlie" Doak, adding that he would not
be sorry for her death.
The coroner held an inquest to-night, and
an examination of the body showed that
the girl had gone astray. Doak testified at
the inquest that he had not been engaged to
Miss Young, but that they had been friends
for about two years. Doak was overcome
and had to be taken from the room after
giving his testimony. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was suicide by shooting.
PTJEL0INED DIAMONDS IN PAWN.
Nearly Every Big Hotel In Chicago Victim
ized by a Jewelry Salesman..
Chicago, Aug. 28. The local police are
anxiously looking for 8. N. Jacobs, for
merly one of the best known diamond sales
men in this country and a brother of the
firm of Jacobs Bros., of Washington. Jacobs
is charged with "having beaten nearly all the
big hotels in the city by obtaining diamonds
from prominentjewelry houses on pretexts
of making sales, and then placing them in
pawn.
The amount of his illegal transactions is
placed at $2,000 and all the returns are not
yet in.
Welsh Tin Plate Workers Coming.
London, Aug. 2a Several "Welsh tin
plate manufacturers closed their works
Saturday. Sixtr works are now olosed and
10,000 hands are idle. Many sailed Satur
day to find employment in America.
AUGUST 29. 1892.
FORJTWD YEARS
Will Be Maintained at New
York, if It's Considered
Necessary to Do So.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Held Yesterday Afternoon by the
Authorities of the City.
All Believe That Cholera' la Burely
Drawing Nearer to New York It May
Arrive in a Few Weeka or a Few Days
The Utmost Precaution to Be Taken
Mayor Grant's Intentions The Dis
ease Spreading: in Europe Deaths
Yesterday In Paris and the Plague
Spreading at Havre Still Virulent In
" Russia Reports of Cholera in Havana.
rsrXCtAL TILEOEAJI TO TH DiaPATCIT.1
New York, Aug. 28. The most impor
tant conference yet held by the authorities
of this, city regarding the impending ap
proach ot cholera to New York took place
to-day. in Health Officer Jenkins' office at
Quarantine. It is now believed that cholera
Is surely drawing nearer to New York, and
that it is only a question of a few weeks,
perhaps a few days, when it will be at the
gates of the city. Those at the conference
were Mayor Grant, President Charles G.
Wilson, of the Health Board ; Dr. Jen
kins, Dr. Charles F. Roberts, Chief Inspec
tor of the Bureau of Contagious Diseases;
Quarantine Commissioner Allen, President
oi the Police Board; J. J. Martin and Dr.
Henry L. Bienenfield, who is in charge of
Hofhnan and Swinburne Islands.
It was understood that among other sub
jects discussed was the inspection of Hoff
man and Swinburne Islands, with a view to
make the appliances for the care and dis
infection of patients as effective as possible
before the arrival of cholera. Late last
night President Martin telephoned to
Quarantine Commissioner Allen asking for
permission to use the quarantine boat on
Sunday. This was unusual, but the ordinary
routine was waived for the occasion and the
permission was given.
Vitally Important Hatters Dlscnsied.
President Martin and the rest ot the
party arrived a little after 2 o'clock. The
conference lasted about three-quarters of an
hour, and then tbe party, accompanied by
Dr. Jenkins, started for the quarantine
boat State of New York, which lay at the
little dock. Before they went on board
they were asked by a Dispatch reporter
what tbey had decided upon at the .confer
ence. A4I hastened to ay that It had only
been an informal discussion, and that they
believed that everything possible was being
done to ward off the scourge. They ad
mitted, however, that the matters discussed
were of vital importance.
"I think," said Mayor Grant, "that too
much precaution cannot be taken. As ex
officio Quarantine Commissioner and as
Mayor of the city, I feel it to be my duty to
make myself acquainted with all the details
of the plans by which the best system of
quarantine can be maintained. Under the
very efficient direction of Dr. Jenkins I be
lieve that everything is being done possible
to insure the safety of the city. We will
try if possible to bring the quarantine sys
tem to perfection."
All Immigration Slion'd Be Stopped.
President Wilson, of the Health Board,
said he was a strong believer in immigration
being stopped on all lines which plied be
tween New York and infected districts
while there was the slightest danger from
cholera. He believed that the greatest risk
lay in cholera coming from other ports
where the quarantine system was not as
rigid as in New York.
"Immigration could be stopped," he said,
"by making the quarantine regulations so
severe that the companies would be forced
to stop. In any case the companies would
stop of their own accord, I believe, if there
was. a general feeling expressed in that
direction. As to- compelling the companies
through their representatives here to cease
sending immigrants to this country we
could not do that, except by special act of
Congress, and, in fact, I do not know that
Congress would have any power to pass
such an act. The Health Officer, however,
has power to make the regulations so strin
gent that the companies, in their own inter
ests, would be forced to discontinue send
ing immigrants. He could detain vessels
as long as he thought necessary for public
safety."
One of the Islands for a Hospital.
Mr. Wilson told The Dispatch reporter
that he had not made up his mind, what to
do regarding using Riker's Island for a hos
pital in case cholera should appear. He
would consider the matter very carefully,
he said.
Health Officer Jenkins said he would con
tinue the quarantine regulations as at pres
ent enforced for at least a year, and per
haps for two yean. "Even if cholera does
not come to this country soon," he said, "it
will be necessary to keep a strict watch.
If it keeps away tor months there may be a
relaxation in other ports, both here and
abroad, which will render it all the more
necessary to be vigilant here. In any case
I do not think we should consider ourselves
secure for at least two years."
The report of Dr. Biggs, consulting
pathologist to the Board of Health, of his
inspection of the cities where cholera is re
ported to have appeared, will be made
public some time this week. It is under
stood that the report is a very exhaustive
one.
Just before the party entered the State of
New York to visit Hoffman and Swinburne
Islands, Dr. Roberts said toTHE Dispatch
reporter that he agreed with Mr. Wilson
that the greatest danger of cholera reaching
this city was by way of other ports. He
believed Congress should be asked to issue
very positive orders about the quarantining
of ports.
Dr. Bienenfield did not go on board the
quarantine boat The conference which
took place in the office of Dr. Jenkins was
resumed on the way over to the islands.
Every part of the islands was visited and
the methods ot fumigation and disinfection
examined. The arrangements were ap
proved, but it was understood some new
suggestions are to be adopted.
Prepared for All Contingencies.
Dr. Bienenfield, who has charge of tbe
islands, told The Dispatch renorter that
ail suspicious cases are to J detained onI
Hoffman's Island, and when unmistakable
evidences of cholera appear ther are to be
taken to Swinburne island. "Both island',"
he said, "are amply provided for all con
tingencies. There arc accommodations for
800 patients on each, and there are ery few
patients there now."
Many people who expected friends from
Europe visited "quarantine to-dav, nnxiom
to know when the ships on which they
sailed were expected. Many ships from
the infected districts are on the way here.'
Among the steamships which arrived to
day was the Sorrento from Hamburg. She
carried 348 steerage passenger, but there
was no sickness on'board. Every pascnger
had to run the gauntlet of inspection by the
quarantine doctors, and the basrgage mid
effects of the passengers were disinfected bv
steam. Other ships whfeh arrived were El
Callao, from Clndnd, Bolivar, with four
passengers; the East Gate, from Progresso,
Spaib, with two cabin passengers: the Lian
dafT, from Bristol, with nine cabin passen
gers; the Servia, from Liverpool; the
Othello, from Antwerp; the Portia, from
St John's, Newfoundland; the Lrdian
Monarch, from London, and the Balcarrca
Brooke, from Santos.
No Dlseaie on Ant of Ihe Ships.
No disease was found On any of these
ships, and after the usual disinfection the
ships were allowed to en to their doclcK
Captain Harrison, of the Balcarres Brooke
had yellow lever and smallpox during tge
voyage. He was nursed by his wife-flnd
was quite well when the ship arrived here.
No passengers were on board.
The immigrants who arrived here yester
day on the steamships La Touraine, Russia,
Ge'llert and Augusta Victoria were landed
to-day at Ellie Island. Among the passen
gers on the Gellerf were 15 German artisans
going to work at Chicago for the German
exhibits at the World's Fair. As they held
certificates from the Treasury Department
at Washingtan they were not detained as
contract laborers.
President Wilson, of the Health Board,
said to-night that the result of the day's in
spection was most satisfactory. "We
visited both Swinburne and Hoffman
Islands," he said, "and we found every
thing In first-class condition. I feel sure
that under the present condition of affairs,
should cholera visit quarantine, Dr. Jen
kins will be able to take care Ot it"
HAMBURG ITSELF TO BLAME.
A Serious illow to the Home Bale Ideal in
i the German Empire. '
Berlin, Aug. 28. The Post publishes a
letter from a Hamburg physician making
the gravest charges of neglect against the
authorities. "Not even the excreta of
cholera patients," he says, "are rendered
innocuous. A sailor attacked with cholera
was left for two hours lying on a
pontoon near the Baumwall before he
was removed. The cholera hospitals
is crowded and is in an unsanitary condi
tion. The streets are swarming with the
poorest and dirtiest people. The Elbe,
with its partly dried banks, is a receptaole
for mnch rotting refuse. It is the duty ot
the empire to remedy the existing evils and
at once."
The National Zeitung, also, comments
strongly unon the attitude of the Hamburg
Senate in ignoring the precautions ordered
by Prussia in July, and expresses the hope
that the present state of affairs will lead to
a bill that will enable the labors of the Im
perial Sanitary Office to benefit the whole
nation. These comments voice the popular
feeling that the time has arrived to abolish
the special privileges guaranteed to single
States and extend the central power of the
empire.
A DEATH IN ENGLAND.
Sick' Seaman Bproadlng the FIa;nt Pas
sengers Detained at Grarrsenrf.
London, Aug. 28. The steamer Gerona
arrived at Middleborough to-day from
Hamburg, and as there was no sickness
aboard the crew was allowed to disembark.
Subsequently one of the seamen was seized
with cholera, and tbe Gerona was placed in
quarantine.
As no further cases of cholera have ap
peared among the passengers of the steam
ship Gemma, at Gravesend from Hamburg,
the immigrants have been allowed to dis
embark. As a further precaution they will
be obliged to remain three days more nnder
canvas on the grounds of the Gravesend
Hospital.
The steamer Talavera arrived at Grimsby
from Hamburg to-day with two sailors suf
fering from cholera symptoms. They were
removed to the floating hospital, and the
Talavera was towed to the quarantine sta
tion. The sickness aboard tbe Hamburg
bark Helena, which arrived off Dover last
night, proves to be a uumber of diarrhcaal
cases, but the patients are recovering. The
vessel was disinfected and was not allowed
to communicate with Dover.
FORTIFIED AT THE NORTH.
Pro.pectivo Cholera Fatients to Be Stopped
and Isolated at Detroit.
Deteoit, Aug. 28. Health Officer Duf
field has issued an order that no ambulance
shall take away from the railroad depots in
this city any person .found suffering from
cholera or diarrhoa- Although he does not
apprehend any danger, Dr. Duffield has
taken this precautionary measure to guard
against the possible spread of the disease
should it be brought into Detroit by immi
grants who may come through Canada from
the seaboard.
He has made arrangements with the rail
roads for the proper care of all such coses.
Any person whose condition is at all sus
picious will be placed in a car put apart as
a temporary hospital, and then taken to
some isolated spot until all danger is past
All passengers on trains arriving to-day
from the East throngh Canada were thor
oughly examined by physicians, but nothing
ot a suspicious nature was found among the
immigrants.
HEW OELEAHS AE0USED
To the Necessity or Cl-anlnj Up Its Streets
and Gutters.
New Orleans, Aug 28. Special.
The talk of cholera has thoroughly aroused
the oity authorities, and a large additional
force of men has been put to work cleaning
the streets. The prisoners in the parish
prison will be divided into four gangs and
put to work orf the streets. The Board of
Trade has issued a call for all tho
commercial bodies to meet in conference
and see if some plan for the proper sanita
tion of New Orleans cannot be adopted, and
how the funds which may be needed for
this purpose are to be raised.
Tbe Sanitary Association will take charge
of the work of flushing the gutter, its
fiumps being sufficient to force 8,000,000 gal
ons o' water through them daily, thus as
suring their being always clean.
All Halts Fnmlpat-d in Montreal.
Montreal, Aug. 28. By orders of the
Postmaster General, all European mails ar
riving here are Geing thoroughly fumigated.
The mails of the French ship La Touraine
reached here this morning, and its contents
were thoroughly fumigated.
Fugitive Invade Switzerland.
Lucerne, Aug. 28. Switzerlandis being
invaded by Germans fleeing from their
homes to escape cholera, but the Swiss
Bnndesrath has decided that special meas
ures against cholera are not yet needed.
Extraordinary Precautions In Austria.
Vienna, Aug. 28. The Emperor has
abandoned his proposed visit to Lemberg,
and unless the sanitary condition oi Europe
improves, all military maneuvers will ba
abandoned. A lazaretto is building near
the Radetzky bridge. The Sanitary Board
of Pesth has ordered that all bread be de
livered in closedpaper bags in order to pre
vent contact with hands. Many other pre
cautions are being taken.
THE KAISER INTERESTED.
H?5jrJl!eTernl nnr Dally Studying
BEsiiX? O VEmperor William has
bad present-'.- 'austive reports on
the progress otiO( Tgfethe measures
taken to combatv- 7" Jtes several
hours daily to Btudylngs',pldemic He
has ordered that vigorous meusures betaken
to ensure the safety of the troops. The
sanitary officials to-night reiterate their as
sertion that there is no Asiatic cholera in
this city. However, a suspicious case was
reported yesterday that of a woman who
had just arrived from Hamburg and who
was seized with choleraic symptoms. The
woman and her husband were immediately
sent to the Moabit Hospital.
Frequent cases of cholerine are reported.
Prof. Koch declares that there is no reason
for the exaggerated alarm that prevails in
Berlin, as the sanitary condition of the city
is incomparably better than that of Ham
burg. Great surprise is expressed at the
action of the Hamburg authorities in giving
the cholera figures up to Thursday as 573
cases and 193 deaths, whereas the Seichian
teiger gives the figures up to Friday as 1,908
cases and 354 deaths. It is reported that
the steamer Sylvia, bound from Hamburg
to New York,'haB landed at Cuxbaven, two
of her crew suffering from cholera.
SCARED FOR AWHILE.
A Fresh Arrival From Hamburg Taken to
a Mew York Hospital.
New York, Aug. 28. Special A for
eigner, who could not speak English, ac
costed Policeman Quinlan at Second avenue
and Forty-ninth street this afternoon,
and by signs tried to make him
understand he was ill and needed
assistance. Quinlan took him to Bellevue
Hospital. There the man, after describing
himself as Anton Potzel, an Austrian
tailor, said he had sailed from Ham
burg in one of the German steamers
July 28. His symptoms would have
been thought little of under ordinary
circumstances, but combined with his
statement that he had recently arrived from
Hamburg, they were rezarded by Dr. Rus
sell Bellamy, the receiving surgeon, as
worthy of more than ordinary attention.
Accordingly, be had the patient isolated in
the tent used for those having contagious
complaints, where Dr. Washburn subse
quently examined him.
Dr. Washburn thought thre was nothing
suspicious about the case except the fact
that Potzel was a comparatively fresh ar
rival from a cholera center, bnt he left the
patient in the tent and gave orders if any
suspicious symptoms developed to have the
case reported at once to the Health Depart
ment HAMBURG'S DAILY RECORD.
Entire Families Are Sent to the Cholera
Hospital In That City.
Hamburg, Aug. 2a The official returns
show that on Friday there were reported in
this city 416 new cases of cholera and 150
deaths. Up to noon yesterday 128 new
cases and 55 deaths were reported, but the
jreturns are not complete.
Prayers were offered in all the churches
to-day for a cessation of the scourge.
Whole households have been sent to the
cholera hospital. Relief committees have
been formed and appeals for subscriptions
issued throughout the city.
The epidemic here is assuming truly
alarming proportions. All Sunday excur
sions and amusements have been stopped.
There were 320 interments during the first
half of to-day (Sunday), the average number
normally being 85. The Senate has de
manded'an extra credit of 150,000 to buy
medicines, etc. The disease is increasing
as rapidly in the suburbs as in the center.
STILL VIRULENT IN RUSSIA.
Cholera Breaks Ont In a Charitable Asylnm
in St, Petersburg.
St. Petersbueg,Au. 28. Twenty-eight
cases of cholera have occurred in a charitable
asylum here, the outbreak being due to bad
food. Cholera continues to spread in several
towns in Central Russia and Lublin, though
the mortality is not alarming.
Tbe official returns show that throughout
Russia Thursday there were reported 5,757
new cases of cholera and 2,869 deaths. In
St Petersburg, yesterday, 75 new cases
and 37 deaths were reported.
SPREADING IK FBAKCE.
Seventy-One New Cases at Havre 3omo
Deaths In Paris.
Havee, Aug. 28. Seventy-orfe new
cases of cholera and 25 deaths from the dis
ease were reported In this city yesterday.
A number of new cases of cholerine have
been reported in Paris. Three deaths from
the disease occurred there to-day. Three
persons died of cholerine in Le Mans to
day. CH0LEBA OS THIS SIDE.
It Is Reported in Vera Crnx That the riagna
Exists in Havana.
Crrr op Mexico, Aug. 28. It is ru
mored in Vera Cruz that there is cholera in
Havana.
FREE TRADERS ANSWERED.
Where If Their Flea That the McKlnley
Act lias Mot Increased TVagej?
Albany, Aug. 2a The ninth annual
report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor
of the State of New York contains tho re
sult of a special investigation into the
effect of the tariff on labor and wages.
Commissioner Charles F. Peck distributed
8,000 blanks to as many wholesale separate
establishments throughout tbe State, and of
this number 6,000, or 75 per cent, were re
turned with full and correct answers. The
period of investigation includes the year
immediately prior to the enactment of the
McKinley bill and the year immediately
following its becoming a law.
From a tabulated statement accompany
ing the report, it appears that there was a
net increase in wages of 56,377,925 09 in the
year 1891, as compared with the amount
paid in 1890, and a net increase of produc
tion of ?31,315,130 68 in the year 1891 over
that of 1890. An analysis ot the table
further shows that of the 67 industries cov
ered therein, 77 per cent of them show an
increase either of tbe wazes or product or
both, and that there were 89,717 instances of
individual increase of wages during the
same venr.
A FATAL OHIO FEUD.
The
Father of One or the Participants
Drops Dead I"rom Dlicrnce.
Cincinnati, Aug. 2& Special Dr.
Samuel A. Henry and Dr. J. W. Henry,
rival physicians of Berlin, Jackson county,
quarreled over charges of cutting fees. A
few days ago the former shot three times at
the latter, missing him. Dr. J. W. Henry
knocked him ont with a briok and had him
bound over for shooting to kilL
The next day Dr. Samuel Henry's father
dropped dead on account of the disgrace.
Last .night the son committed suicide with
poison.
THREE CENTSAl
CLEANING THE' CIT!
The Entire Police Force to
Commence the "Work of
Inspection To-Day.
NOT AFRAID OF CHOLERA,-
Bnt Chief Brown Doesn't Propose to
Take a Single Chancei
BUREAU OF HEALTH WILL ASSIST.
Hotels and Restaurants to SeeeiTe Strict
Instructions.
TENEMENT HOUSES TO BE INSPECTED
Bright and early this morning Pittsburg''.
300 police officers and her dozen of sanitary
inspectors will begin the task of putting
the city in perfect sanitary condition.
Chief Brown, of the Department of Publis ;v
Safety, believes in the venerable rule thatK.
an ounce of prevention is worth pounds of' -'
cure. To his mind there is no Immediate '
danger of a cholera epidemic, but he in- tf
tends to take na chances, and to prepare for. Z
the worst 'With this end in view he has f
notified the police officers and the sanitary ff
inspectors that within the next six igl
days they must carefully inspect every $$?
street and 'alley within the limits, A
and see to it that the city f
is made as clean and pure as an Arcadian
village. Chief Brown intends to make a '"
thorough job of it Every sewer and cess-
pool is to be cleaned and, if necessary, re- -X
paired. Unsightly back yards are to be
swept and garnished and perfumed with . $
quicklime and kindred disinfectants; strong '
smelling cellars are to be purified, and in .
point of fact every bit of dirt and refuse is
to be carted out of town.
Will Inspect the Crowded District?.
"When all this is done tho police and
the 'sanitary people will be ordered to per-'
sonally inspect the houses in the more .s
crowded sections ot the city and to report
the conditions and environments of the '-
large foreign contingent of the local popu- '
lation. If upon investigation it is found
that the Slavs, Italians, Hungarians and
other foreigners are living in misery and
are uncomfortably crowded, prompt action
will be taken to remedy tbe eviL All that
can be done to purify the- houses of the
poor will be done.
As a matter of course this "midsummer i
house cleaning" will be done under the -&
direction of the Bureau of Health, but
most of the preliminary examination and
reports will be made by the police. Every
policeman will be expected to make a daily
report of the sanitary condition of the
streets, alleys and houses located on bis
beat These reports will be made to the
lieutenants, who will in turn report to
headquarters. The Bureau of Health will
do the rest. Just how long a time it will
take to complete this wholesale purifica
tion it is hard to say. If the people in thai
foreign quarters take kindly to the arwifj,- -ment
the police think that tbe task can be
completed before the end of the week, and
Chief Brown doesn't hesitate to predict
that every street, alley and bonse will be
as clean as a whistle before next Saturday
night
Ordered a General Honse-CIeanlns.
Chief Brown was seen last night He
said: "Yes, it is true that I have ordered
a eeneral nouse-cleaninir. and that the
police officers will aid the Bureau of Health
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ml.. a.nt..n oo nn.BtYila onrl ti m.lra ...
preparation for anv epidemic. Now. mark
me, I don't say that I anticipate a cholera
outbreak, but I intend to be ready if it does
come. It is less difficult to fight any disease
when you are prepared and have antici-
pated the advent Purity of air, water and
environment are the strongest safeguard
against cholera. "When we have finished l
our work Pittsburg will be pure and clean.
Every possible precaution will be taken
"ion Know tnat tne learned meaicai men
say that in times ot cholera it is important
that no vegetable or animal refuse should
he allowed to collect in either town or
country. As far as this city is concerned
the doctors will have no complaint to make
on this score. After the city has Deen
made as perfect in a sanitary way as it.-ean,.
be made we shall turn our attention to the
markets and the kitchens of the hotels and
restaurants. Not an ounce of vegetable or
animal refuse will be allowed to remain in
town overnight"
"What is the present sanitary condition
of Pittsburg?"
The Only Dangerous Spots.
"Excellent In the last four or five years
the system of sewerage in the East End has
been greatly improved. Link this fact with
the natural conditions of the city and yoa
can see for yourself that our sanitary ar
rangements, natural and otherwise, are i
above the average. The only really dan-
gerous spots are located on the Southside.
In the first place, most of the Southside peo
ple secure their drinking water from the
Monongahela river and in the hilltop wards
from artesian wells. It is in these wells
that the gravest danger lurks. There are
no sewers in this section of the city, and,
as a natural seauence. the residents have . j
been forced to sink their cesspools almost
side by side with their wells.
"Xhe method of making these cess
pools is very simple. A hole
drilled through the crust or floor,
of earth and stone which covers the'
abandoned coal pits. These pits are only.
50 to 75 feet below tbe surface. "When the"
drill has penetrated this natural barrier it
is withdrawn and a pipe is inserted.
Through these pipes are discharged all the
refuse and waste water of the locality. Of
course when this mass of pleoded liquids
and solids reaches the subterranean passages
ft Antfanla t-t-T? I v anrl hovinrr rirt nafTirftl
outlet quickly forms great poofs of stagnant '?&
disease oreeaing una. -naiuraujr ima uu-;
pleasant mess affects to a great degree the
wen wuier in tne ueignDornooa, aim u u
hill is fairly honeycombed with these cr.
pits the result is tar reaching. '; i
Dancer From Springs and Wells. v
"This is one of the many reasons why the
people of the South Side should fight shy
ot tne liquid proaucts oi their many wens.
Then azain, I believe that most if not alls
of the natural springs In and about the city'
are impure and at this time exceedingly'., ,
dangerous. I know that the water of the,,'
Second avenue and ot the Forbes street
springs are unfit to drink. In spite of all
these things, I believe that the general
sanitary condition of the city will compare
favorably with any in the land."
"If the dreade'd cholera did manage to ' f.
elude the vigilance of the health authorities jfr
of the seaboard cities, I must confess that 1; jp
don't see how Pittsburg could, escape. - t
Consider the conditions. Pittsburg is an ;
inland city and a dozen railroads deposit '.J
train loads of strangers within herjyjv
gates every day. It is next to impossible to'SK
quarantine every incoming train ana wouia 4-
h nnli- .ft.mntfiH flft ft Iflflt rtianrf fYf '''
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cuuno u mc uiiuicia u.u amjear ncrn wa
should do our bet to isolate tm cases soul
prevent tho dieae from spreading. But
to mviuiml ihe u't eu"ctive warto'iBre-
p-rc for .celt u cui.r'ncy Is tue
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