iSmm re m WT Yt&Fw?rr & "3 THE BEST HELP Can be secured by a few Adlets in THE DIS PATCH'S Cent - a - Word . Columns. Try it. FORTY SEVENTH TEAB. A GOOD SITUATION Can often be obtained by a few Cent-a-Word Ad lets in THE DISPATCH. Try it. W&msL J -41 'if t r" V i I" '"V I A i m H TWO SUSPECTS, ONE A NATIVE, ILL IN GOTHAM . Tho Cases Are Beported tlie Police by a Doctor Who Thinks to THEY MAY BE CHOLERA. The Superintendent of Immigration Says the Plague Will Spread. SOME FALLACIES ARE EXPLODED Bj an Expert Who Has Had Experience, and Cites TrecedenvS. No New Cases Developed on Board the Moravia The Day's Work of tho Doctors Among the Vessels la the Harbor The Captain Goes Ashore on Staten Island, but Is Forced to Hurry Back to His Ship Dr. Tail madge Says Cholera Germs Don't Float in the Air The President Orders a Circular Declaring1 a 20 Days Quarantine The Northern Frontier Almost Defenseless Canada Refuses to Act Very Imperfect In spectlon at Detroit Philadelphia3 Councils Ask the President to Forbid Immigration. SFECLU. TELEGRAM TO TOT DISPATCH .New Yoke, Sept. L Joseph Etwanig, who lives with his sisters Fannie and Pauline, aged 22 years and 18 years respect ively, and his mother, in three rooms at 95 Orchard street, was taken sick at 5:30 this afternoon. Dr. Beck was called in, but told the family the man's sickness was not serious. Then the doctor went to the station house and told Captain Cross that the man might have cholera. The Captain notified the Board of Health, and an officer visited the sick mac He said the sickness was not cholera, and was not serious. There are CO or TO families in the house, and none of them betrayed any alarm. The sick man's sisters said to-night that they did not believe the patient was suffering from cholera. Etanigisa Russian, and arrived here last Saturday from Hamburg on the steamer Russia. There were no signs of cholera on that steamer. Dr. Beck said to-night that he reported the case because the man had arrived here so recently from Hamburg. A Press dispatch says: Dr. Beck was found later at No. 142 Orchard street, where he had been called late to night to attend Frank Heisel, a plumber. He said that Heisel had a worse case of diarrhoea than Etwanig, and he certainly appeared as if he was suffering from cholerine. Dr. Beck said he would notify the Board of Health immediately of the second case. Dr. Roberts, of the Board of Health, said to-night that one of the inspectors saw Et wanig, and that he simply had diarrhcea. Dr. Beck has been in this country only one year. He is 2'G years old and came from Vi enna, but is a graduate of the University of Kn.kow. The man Heisel, whom he re ported having cholerine, has been in this country se eral years. WILL GET INTO NEW YORK. Ths superintendent of Immigration Says the Ragus JIust Enter Danger From Ciib.n lis Well as Steerago Passengers S-mo Popular Fallacies Exploded by a Medlcil KxpTf. Neu- York, Sept. 1. Colonel "Weber, Superintendent of Immigration, said to-dav that be believed the cholera would undoubt edly get into this city. He said he believed there is as great 'danger of ito being brought here by the cabin as by the steerage pas sengers. He said the cabin passengers thould be quarantined as well as the steer age in order to protiet the country from "the plague. He thought there was much dan ger also from merchandise coming from Europe and especially from infected ports. The Colonel said he had applied to "Wash ington for a steam plant to disinfect the luggage and clothing of immigrants sus pected of having contagious disease. He expected his request to be complied with in a few days. He said the authorities en El lis Island will use extra precautions to dis cover anr cases of cholera that may escape quarantine. Discussing the quarantine measures adopted at this port a physician in this city, who has had much experience with cholera, laid to-day to a reporter: "It is a popular fallacy that cholera ueccssanly manifests itself inafewdavs,1 ami mat a icssel which has left an infected port a i'eek or more ago and arrives here with no case of cholera aboard is therefore beyond fear or suspicion. Tho Cuso of iho Britannia In rolnt "It is true that the disease comes out soon after infection, but often it may take several das or longer before infection takes place. Thus, a man might be taken sick with cholera by first coming into contact with some garment or food which had become in iected weeks before. The discovery of a cholera case on the steamer Britannia from Marseilles and Naples which arrived at quarantine on October 14, 1887, with 40S steerage passen gers, is a case in point The earlier arrival of the Alesia.f rom the same ports with cholera on board and the apparent incompetency of the sureeon in his report of a fatal case of pneumonia, together with the possible perversion of facts in the interest of the steamship com pany, aroused the suspicion of the health officers as to the correctness of the diagnosis of three deaths from eclampsia and tuber cular enteritis, which were reported by the I shin's surgeon to have occurred during the vorage. Accordingly the ship was it- tained. "On the following day, October 16, a boy was removed from the ship with au affection resembling cholera morbus. Tho'character istic symptoms of Asiatic cholera were not present" in this case, .and, in view of the insufficient evidence of the occurrence of any cases of this disease among the pass engers since the date of sailing, consider able doubt was entertained as to the nature of the disease. On the 18th the boy died. Conclusive Cases of Asiatic Cholera. "It was a matter of the gravest importance that an absolute decision should be arrived at as to the nature of the disease in this case. The autopsy did not reveal anything that assistcd-in deciding the question Dr. Biggs, who was conducting the diagnosis, then requested two more days for the eulti lation of the supposed cholera germs, which is the only reliable diagnosis of cholera there is. This was done independently by three physicians, and showed conclusively that it was a case of Asiatic cholera. , "Immediately afterward six cases of Asiatic cholera broke ,out among the pas sengers of the Brittannia who had been de tained on Hoffman Island. Nothing could show more clearly how necessary is an in discriminate enforcement of quarantine upon all bhips coming from infected ports than the story of the ship, which had been out at sea over two weeks, and which, ac cording to the official statement of the ship's surgeon, had no case of cholera among its passengers." The cholera scare is rough on the fruit dealers in Washington market and else where, for since the eating of unripe or over-ripe fruit has been tabooed by the Board of Health, peaches, pears and plums have been at a discount and the large deal ers say they are having hard wark to find a market for their goods at any price. Trouble for tho Fruit Merchants. Big irain loads of fruit are coming in from the country every day, and stocks are accumulating with such rapidity that some of the dealers can hardly find a place to store their crates, boxes and barrels. Most of the fruit that comc3 in is unripe, or at least has not reached that state of mellow ness when it becomes fit to eat, and the green plums and peaches are looked upon with suspicion by customers, who see an untold quantity of cholera morbus lurking in the depths of the baskets. To-day policemen were stationed on the wharves and along the shores of the island from Stapieton to New Creek at South Beach, a distance of four miles, to prevent any landing of small boats which might have on board anyone who cams from any vessel quarantined, or any person landing from a foreign vessel. A strict watch is being kept, also, to prevent emigrants from Swinburne or Hoffman islands from land ing at Fort Wadsworth island. A squad of soldiers at the lort are also on guard to pre vent the landing of any small boats on the shores of the fort property. It is-expected that a joint meeting of the different Boards of Health of Sfaten Islnnd will be held to-morrow for the purpose of taking stringent measures to prevent chol era from invading the island. BUSY AT QUARANTINE. Ko Frft.li C.iRrB on tho Morjvia The Cap t.iln Gi-r slmro and Creates n Panic Special Harbor Police Now Hava Order to Shoot Tho nig Ships In tho flay In- (ep cted PI igup-lle.iring Loads Ex p c'rd. New Yortir, Sept. L The steamship Moravia was ordered this "morning down to the lower quarantine, two miles south of Swinburne Island. She lay in Gravescnd Bav last night, and at daybreak hoisted the yellow flag, warning all vessels to give her a wide berth. No new cases of disease have broken out among her passengers. Dr. Tallmadgc, after working among tho vessels in the upper quarantine this morn ing, visited the .Moravia. He was met by Captain Shile and the ship's doctor, and the three made a tour of 'the ship. The two women who were attacked with the disease on the voyage were found to be in a fair way to recovery. They are convalescing in an isolated part of the ship. Tiie Moiavia's passengers bathed this afternoon The steamer will remain below Sninbnrne until the health officers are certain that all trace of the plague is re moved from her. Dr. Jenkins said he was not prepared to say to-day that the disease on the Moravia was true Asiatic cholera. Until Dr. Byrne's examination of the infected clothing is com pleted, he raid no one could say positively what the disease was. Dr. Jenkins an nounced this morning he was going to have four special harbor police appointed to patrol the bay. with orders to shoot anyone attempting to board any of the quarantined vessels. ISIg Loads or Germ-Carriers. AU the big transatlantic steamships scheduled to arrive to-day have been heard from. Their reports have been received, and the announcement is made by health officers that these vessels are all clean and their passengers in a healthy condition, Some anxiety was felt for the welfare of the passengers on the steamers Lahn and Gallia, as many of their passengers were known to have come through some of the infected localities. Both vessels came into port last night Coming from Bremen, and well freighted as she was with returning tourists who were known to have passed through many places in Europe thit have become infected with Y the plague during the last fortnight, the Lahn was regarded with suspicion by Dr. Jenkins and his deputies. She has on board 2G4 saloon, passengers and 483 emi grants. These latter are for the most part Germans, with a fair sprinkling of Russian Hebrews. Considerable excitement was caused by the report that the Captain'of the Moravia went ashore on Staten Island last night Health Offieer .-Jenkins acknowledged that was the fact, and said he ordered the Cap tain back to the ship, Dr. Jenkins stated, however, that the Captain had no inter course with the infected part of the ship. Tncrc h little, if any, doubt among the officials at quarantine 'that "cholerine" in the case of the Moravia is but another name for the plague. Dr. Jenkins admitted that mauy symptoms reported bv Dr. Israel were present in no known dfsease except Asiatic cholera, and for that reason wait ing for Dr. Byrnes' report before pro nouncing the disease cholera is generally considered merely a matter of form. Dr. Jenkins' deputies said that in their "belief the reason there were no fresh cases of cholera in the Moravia lies in the fact that her officers and crew have been con densing the Hamburg water for the Jast five days. Thev profess not to be alarmed over the' possibility of another outbreak, bui it is noteworthy that last night an attache of the department telegraphed for 'the expert nurse, Cornell; but he wires that he could not respond, and wanted to know how long he would be needed. Answer was sent that he would be needed for a month. Morn Cnso Looked for. Steps were taken to-day through the New York health authorities to secure ad ditional nurses, and this emphasizes the gravity of the situation. More cholera is expected to either develop within the quar antine limits or arrive here in its active' stage; hence efforts to procure new nurses. A-suecial meeting of the Board of Health PITTSBURG, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 1892-TWELVE PAGES was held this forenoon, at which there were present Health Officer Jenkins and Presi dent Martin, of the Board of Police. The board appointed CO special cholera inspect ors. Commissioner General Roy, of the De partment of Pnbllc "Works, to-day issued orders to the chief engineer of the Crotoa aqueduct to have a force of inspectors of nuisances begin at once a thorough inspect ion and patrol of all streams, reservoirs, lakes and ponds tributary to the citys water supply, and if the" present force is not sufficient to do so, to appoint as many additional inspectors as may be needed. Dr. Talmadge, of Health Officer Jenkins' staff at quarantine, says: It cannot bo too distinctly stated that cholera cannot be taken through tho air. It Is not in tho air. Tho only way to Ret the dlseaso is to tako thegerras lntothe stomach or bowels, either In food or through the medium or contaminated water. Cholera is Infectious, hut not contagious. 1 raisin bring cholera germs with me and be with vou; but unless germs got Into the stomach as they might in a hundred ways.by passing the hand to tho month, by breathing any thing handled by Infected people theio would bo no cholora. The food and drink is what should bo particularly watched In times or cholera. The health officials do not expect any more cases of cholera to arrive here for a flay ontwo, when the Normania is due from Southampton with 400 immigrants trans ferred from Hamburg to the latter port. As these immigrants left Hamburg several davs after the epidemic had been in there is danger of the disease having broken out among them. All Quiet nt Quarantine To-night everything at the quarantine station is very quiet. The Lahn, Veendam and Gallia are lying o2 the upper anchor age, and the Moravia is down at Hoffman Island. A representative of the Associated Press saw Dr. Jenkins at a late hour. The senior health officers stated that there were no fresh cases on board the Moravia, and that the convalescents were progress ing very satislactorily. The search for bacteria in the foul linen on board the Moravia, which had been worn by the cholera victims, has up to the present been fruitless, but further experi ments will be carried on to-morrow. The Veendam and Lahu will go up to New York to-morrow (Fridav), but the Cunard steamer Gallia will not leave quar antine until Saturdav, as it will take all to morrow to bathe and disinfect the immi grants on board her, who number among them 275 Russians and 150 Poles. A strict guard is being kept on board the Moravia, and orders have been given to her captain to fire at anyone endeavoring to go along side the steamer unless a health representa tive. Dr. Jenkins states that there is no need for alarm on the adjoining land, and there should be no danger from infection at Conev Island or South Beach, as all refuse and suck things will be thoroughly disinfecte I before being thrown overboard. The health au thorities expect livelier times to-morrow. STEAMER AGENTS EXCITEP, They See Heavy Losses in VI w i f Ihe 20 Davs' Quarantine A Prospective. Cholera Cump Loca'ed The Lift of the Stennier Now L"n Bonte. New York, Sept 1. The different agents of thi Trans-Atlantic steamship lines were greatly! excited to-day over the first tidings, of the President having issued an order for a 20 days' quarantine against im migrant steamships. The meaning of the order was not clear and the agents did not know whether it applied to essels carry ing steerage passengers only or to all ves sels carrying cabin and steerage. It would mean crent financial loss either wav. but if it applied to the latter class they saw disas ter ahead. The Inman Jine management havu decided to carry only first cabin and second cabin passengers from Liverpool during September. A dispatch from quarantine, received at 6 r. M., says: "Dr. Jenkins has just re turned from Hoffman islnnd and the steamer Moravia. There are no new cases and no fresh developments, but one of the crew of the steamboat Hazel Kirk was taken sick, and either knowing or fearing that be had cholera, jumped overboard and drowned himself. ,r President "Wilson, of the Health Board, said this afternoon that he had selected a suitable location for a cholera camp iu the event of a general outbreak of the plague. He declined to say where it is to be located, but stated positively that it was not any of the islands in the vicinitv of the city. Mr. Wilson also said that there is not a patient at present in the William Parker Hospital, at the foot of East Six teenth street, and there are only 2G patients on North Brother's Island. The trustees of St. John's Guild to-day offered to the Health Board the use of the "floating hospital" in case of an epidemic. Presi dent Wilson accepted it, and to-morrow it will be moored at Sixteenth street in the East river, readv to receive persons sus pected to be suffering irom cholera. The arrival of the steamers from Europe, particularly those from infected ports that are now at sea, is anxiously waited by the quarantine officials. They include the fol lowing: Island, from Copenhagen, sailed August 19, duo to-dav. City of Beiltn, fiom Liverpool, sailed August 24, due to-morrnw. . Europe, from London, sailed August 21, duo to-morrow. Normannia, from Hamburg, sailed August a nueseptemoerd. Umbrli, fiom Liverpool, sailed August 27, due Septembers. city or liomc, irom uiasgow, sauea August23, due September!. Rugla, fiom Uavro, sailed August 23, duo September3. Stuubenhuk, from Hamburg, sailed Au gust 22, due Soptembe" 3. La Borgosne. irom Havie, suited August 27, due September 4. Elysia, from Mediterranean ports, sailed Angust 21, duo Soptomber 4. Daimstadt, from liicuieu, sailed Apgust 21, duo September 4. Fulda, nom Genoa," sailed August 24, due September 4. Letimbio, from Gibraltar, sailed Angust 20. due September 4. Elbe, fiom Biemen, silled August S7, duo September 5. Sue via, fiom Hamburg, sailed August 23, due Septembei 5. Corcan, fiom Glasgow, sailed August 2G, due September C Wyoming, from 'Liverpool, sailed August 23, tlm beptemhor C Waesland, from Antwerp, sailed August 27. due Septem ber 6. Zaanduni, from Amsterdam, sailed August 24, due September 0. Massachusetts, from London, sailed Au gust 26, duo Septembei C A DEFENSELESS FRONTIER. Whllothe Seaboard Is Said to Bo Guarded, Onr Northern Gites Are .Nearly tTIde Open Montreal Almost Supine, and So Adrqnato Inspection at Detroit Detroit, Sept. L City Health Officer Dufneld says it is almost certain that the Asiatic cholera will reach Detroit before next spring. In an interview he said : It Js more than probable that .Detroit will escape the disease this fall: but if It remains tlnough tho winter in Europe it is almost certain to reach ns next spring. Detroit is io Imminent danger. Repoats from Mon treal Indlcato that little or no attempt has been made to enforce Inspection of immi grants landing there, or to prepare lor a quarantino of Bliips Infected with the dis ease. Dp to last Sunday night no attempt was made to ptovlde lor inspection of Immi grants at Detroit The number of Immi grants that enter thls'country from Em ope by the way of Detroit amounts to about 20 a day. They pass through the Customs Offlco with little or no Inspection as to their sani tary condition by the officers. ' Dr. Corcoran, the Inspector, makes three trips to Canada each dav. He is furnished a list of the immigrants by the official f louna not guilty oi tnemuratroi xoomas entry. He then goes through the train, I McBrlde at Oil City-July 4, aiiet a dellber and with a little, atomizer spreads a quan-1 ation of the jury for three hour's. Tho ver- ii ly oi uisimeciant uuiu prepared uy tuc i Health Board. This is all the inspection there is at Detroit Dr. Coventry, of "Windsor, Ont, who is a member of the Provincial Health Board, returned from Toronto last night, where he has been attending a meeting of the Board, He says the Province has decided to take no steps to arrest the disease until it makes its appearance. The Grand Trunk train arriving here this morning had a female passenger from Bre men whose ticket showed that she left that port August 20. The cholera broke out in Bremen at about that date. She held no certificates of disinfection or examination from either New York or Port Huron. Dr. Corcoran, the local Health Board Inspector, finding the woman in apparent good health, permitted her to go on to her destination, Chicago. At 3 o'clock this afternoon a general conference of authorities was held in the Mayor's office in regard to the situa tion. A dispatch from Port Huron says: ' The inspection of immigrants, which was inau gurated last Monday, has been carried on here bv three nhvsi'cians and the customs officials, under the direction of the Treasury Department A watch is kept night and day. An average of 200 immigrants pass through here every day. All immigrants who have left European or Asiatic ports since August 17 are detained. A dispatch from Sault Ste. Marie 6ays: Sixteen immigrants on the Canadian Pa cific were stopped this afternoon by United States health officers and sent into quaran tine before they crossed the bridge. One was from Hamburg, several from Russia and the rest from Scandinavian countries, but none had certificates of inspection. A STEAMER AT BOSTON. The Order for Fumigation Comes Too IvUo to Prevent Passengers Landing. Boston, Sept. L The steamship Roman, of the Ward line, from London, was in spected at quarantine yesterday and given a bill of good health aboard. Shortly after ward the order was received at quarantine by telephone that tho fumigating process should be required of vessels from all for eign ports, but by this time the Roman was steaming up the harbor. When she arrived at her dock Dr. Irwin, the United States Health Officer, boarded her and ordered everybody aboard, with their baggage, to be sent back'to quarantine on the health boat Vigilant All complied with the order ex cept 27 cattlemen and one cabin passenger. Under Dr. Irwin's orders from Washing ton, he could not oompel them to do so after having once passed quarantine, so he allowed them to land. This incident has given rise to many criticisms ot the health officials and also to a report that the rags brought bv the steamer were allowed to be landed add shipped to Cincinnati without fumigation. In regard to the latter rumor, Collector Beard says that, although there were many rags on the Roman and accom panying them a certificate to the effect that they had been thoroughly disinfected at the port of shipping in England, he was not satisfied with the certificate, and re fused to permit the rags to be taken from the steamer until a second certificate had been obtained from the City Board of Health. So far no such certificate has been brought to the Custom House, and the rags, instead of being on their way to Cincinnati, are w here they should be--on board the Roman. SLIPPED THE QUARANTINE. Philadelphia Councils As!r the President to- Forbid All Immigration. Philadelphia, Sept L City Councils this afternoon pagsertintresolution petition ing the President to ivsne a proclamation forbidding immigration during the continu ance of the cholera epidemic. It was learned at a meeting of the Board of Health to-day "that one of the passengers of the steamship British Prince from Liverpool, which has been lying at the quarantine station below the city since Tuesday, had slipped through and" entered the city. Complaint was ma'do by Lazeratto Physician Herbert to theBoard. It was learned that the passenger in question was John A. Clark, a well-known lawyer and ex-member of Councils. Mr. Clark was seen later and admitted that he had been taken off the steamer alter being inspected by his per sonal friends, Drs.Shakespeare and Peter D. Keyser, of the Board of Health. A communication Irom Major Veale was read, stating that the ship Minnesota, from London, has on board 110 bales of rags from Belgium and about 1,500 bales of wool from Dundee, Scotland, but said te have been gathered in Russia. These rags will he de tained until the board is satisfied that they are not infected. ' MAY CHANGE A DATE. Tho International Monetary Conference Likely to Ho Postponed for Awhile. Washington, Sept. 1. Secretary Fos ter said this afternoon that there had been, as yet, no place or time fixed upon for the meeting of the International Monetary Con ference, t Should the cholera continue its menacing course, the opinion is expressed at the Treasury Department that, it is altogether probable the meeting of the conference will be deferred until some later date, when the danger from the scourge will not be so great as now. WHAT CHICAGO 18 DOING. Yossels to Be Inspected and Western Immi grants Not to Leave the Cars. Chicago, Sept L Precautionary meas ures against cholera from Canada were taken to-day by Collector Clark. All ves sels will be boarded and inspected before being allowed to land passengers or cargo. Immigiants in, transit for the West will not be permitted to leave their cars in pass ing through the city. This extreme meas. ure has the authoritative sanction, not only of the City Council and ot the Department of Health,' but of representative physicians. A Sanitary Commission has been consti tuted. Stringent Measures In Ohio. Columbus, O., Sept 1. Special Dr. Probst, Secretary of the State Board of Health, has issued a lengthy circular to 'the State local boards of health, on the preven tion ot cholera. It is stringent in its demands that the work of making prepara tions for the scourge be inaugurated at once, and the information is given that failure to comply will be "followed by arrests and prosecutions. BPA1K EKTEES A PH0TEBT . Against Ihe Terms of u Council Treaty Willi the United States. Madrid, Sept L A hitch has occurred in the negotiations between Spain and the United States J or a commercial treaty. Mr. Foster, the American Secre tary of State, has asked that there be included among the articles favorably treated on their introduction into Cuba a number of others which are produced in Cuba as well as in the United States. Senor Robledo, Minister of the Colonies, has refused to grant the request; bcuce the hitch in' the negotiations. Marzlnihi Arqaltted ofMnrde,'. Franklin, Sept. 1. efatJ-,;After a trial lasting ten days. Louis MinHi was luici was a great, surprise to vuo puuuo. N i'.vf 5-L ' T IN RUTH HAMBURG Local and Imperial Cholera Bulletins Far Apart and the Former Are BELIEVED TO BE WBONG. A Better Feeling Is in the Citj, but It May Be Only Apathy. Immigrants Hustled From Stettin on Board of Steamships for America With Only a Pretense of Quarantine to Quiet the Fears of the Burghers Cholera Victims in Havre Die in a Few Hours After Being Stricken More Cases In England Decreasing in Russia The Disease Breaks Out In Gallcia and Hungary. The following are the latest cholera bulle tins trap Europe: Vienna Three cases of cholera are re-" ported in Lemberg, the capital of Galicia. Three deaths from the disease are reported in Wartberg, Hungary, and one death in Troppau, the capital of Austrian Silesia. Antwerp Yesterday six new cases of cholera occurred in this city, and two persons died from the disease. To-day the weather is cooler and no new cases have thus far been reported. Gkavesend The surviving cholera pa tients who were landed at this place from the steamer Gemma, which arrived here from Hambnrg Thursday last, have been steadily progressing toward recovery and are now nearly well. The other immigrants who came on the Gemma have been pro nounced free from the disease and have been allowed to proceed to London. Madbid A French passenger on a rail road train to-day was taken with a sus picions illness. The train was stopped at Iran, a town near the frontier of France, and the patient was removed from the car and sent to the cholera depot CONFLICTING REPORTS. Local nnd Imperial Bulletins From Ham burg Still Fall to Agree City Authori ties Believed to Be Concealing Ihe True State of Affilrj Nefcrly 8,000 Already Dead, Hasibubg, Sept, 4. There has been a considerable change in the panicky feeling prevailing here in consequence of cholera, and to-day more confidence is expressed. When the official figures of new cases and deaths reported yesterday were issued to day they were scanned in hope that the dis ease was abating; The hope was realized, for the reports showed a great falling off in the number of deaths and cases. There is a strong suspicion, though, among those whose duty it is to watch and report upon the epidemic, that in the con fused condition absolute reliance cannot be placed on the official figures. It may be that the better feeling among the people who remain is due in some measure to apathy regarding the disease, but it is cer tain a better feeling does prevail. Yester day there were 139 new cases reported. The city, however, presents a most funeral appearance. In some instances houses aie vacant, all the occupants being dead. There is now no resumption of gen eral business, and so many shops are closed that the streets look as It it were Sunday. The greater part of the 400 bodies reported as lying uncared for in the drill sheds have been interred The Salt Water Cure Effective. Great interest has been aroused by the simple but seemingly effectual treatment recommended by Prof. Kahler the warm salt water cure. It is stated that its result is marvelous. In some cases, where the patients were in such a state of collapse that it was impossible to discern the pulse, they recovered under this treatment At a meeting of various civic bodies and medical authorities td-day, it was resolved to establish safety committees to co-operate with the police in the work of disinfecting houses in which cholera has developed. The Senate has appointed a Cholera Com mittee, which will meet daily in the Town Hall and adopt whatever measures may be required to combat the epidemic. The official report of the total number of cases of cholera and deaths in this city since the first outbreak of the scourge here shows that 3,888 persons have been attacked by the disease, and that aeathbas resulted in 1,778 cases. Hamburg Officials Hiding tho Facts. A dispatoh from Berlin says: It was telegraphed this morning that cholera sta tistics issued by the Hamburg municipal authorities showed that according to ambu lance returns ISO new cases and 45 deaths occurred yesterday. There is a wide dis crepancy in these figures and those issued to-day by the Imperial Board of Health, and the impression grows that Hamburg officers are either guilty of negligence or are concealing the true condition. Accord ing to the Imperial Board there are 480 cases, instead of 139, and that the deaths numbered 181, against 45 mentioned in the 'ambulance returns. . The Imperial Board of Health also re ports 73 new cases and 31 deaths in all, 72 cases 31 deaths throughout Schleswig, and one case in Charlottenberg, the last named place a suburb of Berlin. DIE IN A FEW HOURS. New Cases Continue Io Crop Out In Franc-, Partlcnlirly In Ilnvr-. Havke, Sept. L There were 59 new esses of cholera yesteVday here. There were 19 deaths in the same time. The epi demic has thus far been confined to quarters of the city occupied by workingmen, who pay no attention to the general instructions issued for their benefit In the cases of sev eral cholera victims to-day death ensued within a few hours after seizure. Twenty-ene fresh Cases ot cholera were reported in Paris yesterday. There were ten deaths from the disease. n Hrm Salt VTnter Bemorty at Hambnrg. VnnfNA, Sept. 1. The Keu JVrf Preus contains the important announcement that the mortality among the cholera patients at Hamburg has been reduced fully 50 per cent by the treatment prescribed by Profs: Northnagle and Kahler, namely, injections of warm salt water. The effect is immedi ate and marvelous, and many patients whose pulse is so feeble as to be indiscerni ble, recover after this simple treatment In many cases, however, the effect if Jo short witav a mxnyaa luiiittih H rt A aI nT4 fATlAnrH "V? EEJ-YTHING GOES From3tettf Ifi.tj, WIIB tho Merest Vf KA 'jr.. PretenioX. A ''O.- l 'rO Sxa Quiet the TJurcber RQv. ur Ki90 ' s ttnillail This 11 nr ei F-st , tJfOf. f". Stettin, Sept. L HJtaT3y rO"" Hebrews arrive here by sea frb y C-r or by rail from Eidtkuhnen. On thei-'val here they are quarantined on an island un der supervision of the medical authorities until the sailing of the steamers for Amer ica, This quarantine is of little value, however, aj'the emigrants are not detained any certain length of time, but are hustled on board the steamers as quickly as possi ble. The German authorities wish to have as Tittle trouble with them as possible. That many of them come from infected districts is proved bv the statement of United States Consul Kellog, who told the Associated Press correspondent that the last steamer which sailed August 6 had quite a number of passengers from the in fected districts aboard. Dr. Barnim Schulze, Royal District Physician, who has charge of the quarantine, told the corre spondent, that, the medical examination which the emigrants underwent was of no actual value, and was only carried out in order to quiet the fears of the Stettin burgh ers, A man might come direct from the in fected districts and not have the disease himself, but carry it along in his belong ing". The great danger is in the baggage. That comes through unopened all the' way from Russia, and unless thoroughly disinfected upon arrival in New York a single chest or trunk mirht form a Pandora's box, spread ing the dread disease through America. Dr. Schulze said that the Pomeranian authori ties would shortly pass aif order forbidding the landing of Russian emigrants altogether, but that vessels entering the port with such emigrants would be lorced to proceed to Bremen or some other port with their human cargo. DANGER NEXT YEAR. The London Lancet Criticises Sanitary In- fflclenrynt English Ports. London, Sept. L The Lancet says it be lieves the present state of affairs prevailing at some of the principal ports in the South of England is highly discreditable. The Lancet says: "No means of isolating the first person attacked by the disease has been provided. If the present emergency passes, as we believe it will, we hope that the few months' interval will be utilized in pre paring to combat the malady next year, which is likely to bring dangers lar in ex cess of any which we are now running." Another case of cholera has come to light at Islington. A child aged 5 years is the victim and is dying at St. Bartholemew's Hospital. The Stamlard's Odessa corre spondent says: "Two hundred and twenty Jews from' cholera-infected districts have just started tor England, and 400 others will start Saturday." At Liverpool to-oay another cose of Asiatic cholera was devel oped. As in the other cases the victim was a Russian emigrant Immediate steps were taken to isolate the patient and prevent contagion, and the sanitary authorities made an examination of other Russian emi grants to ascertain whether the disease was lurking among them. -' .Xne Ii'cord In Itnxsla. St. PkxiSjsbubg, Sept. L The official cholera returns for all Russia show a gratifying decrease in the ravages of cholera. The latest returns show a total of 4,8T9 new cases and 2,529 deaths. Compared with the previous returns "these figures show a de crease of 212 in the number of deaths. It will be observed, however, that the death rate continues excessively high, the figures of the last report showing a mortality of slightly over 52 per cent. The official statistics for St Petersburg also show a de crease in both new cases and deaths. The figures for Tuesday were 155 new cases and 51 deaths. IMPORTAHI K. OF P. DECISION. A Chicago Lodge Hat Its Charter Bestored by tha Supreme Body. Kansas City, Ma, Sept 1. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at its session this evening received a decision in the famous cas"i of Aldine Lodge No. 129, of Chicago, and by an overwhelming vote sustained the decision ot Grand Chancellor Shaw, restoring the charter of the lodge. This has been a cause celeber in the Pyth ian Tribunal, and the final decision by the Supreme Lodge has been looked forward to with great interest. The Supreme Lodge at its afternoon ses sion struck from its constitution the $6 pro vision and made the minimum lodge lee Un alterable. The proposition to establish a home for aged members of the order and orphans ot members has been laid aside un til the next biennial session of the lodge. HARBISON GOING BACK TO-DAY. The President to lleinrn to Loon Lake Without Any Stops. Washington, Sept 1. Tho President will leave here at noon to-morrow for Loon Lake. He will go by way of Plattsburgh, and will not make any stops on the way. His letter of acceptance will not be made public this week. Mrs. Harrison's central health, it is said. continues to improve, but the nervons af fection with which she has suffered during the last several months shdws a dis couraging persistence. It is not thought it will be prudent for her to attempt to re sume her social duties during the coming season, and her place, no doubt, will be temporarily filled bv the other ladies of the President's household. BLAINE WON'T SPEAK. Instead, H Is Tt rltlng n Letter for Use as a Campaign Doccrnent Augusta, Me., Sept L Senator Hale states to a newspaper man that Mr. Blaine will make no speeches daring the campaign, but is now engaged in writing a letter that is likely to appear any day, which he de votes to some of the issues which are being discussed and in which he takes a deep interest. A GOOD WELL AT VERSAILLES It Is Said to Be the Best Ever Struck in the Township. McKeespokt, Sept L Special The Versailles Gas Company brought in a large well on the Lynch farm, in Versailles town ship, to-day. Although the pressure could not be ascer tained, the well is said tobe a good one, and many people are flocking to see it. It is said to be the best ever struok in this district DAILY SCALES TO BE SIGHED. Bott the fteel 311 1 Lmp'oyrS in South IVsh g Propose to Do. London, Sept L In consequence of the inability to agree upon a sliding scale of wages with the steel workers of South Wales, the employers have given notice to their men that at the end of the month they will end all contracts with them, and will thenceforth make daily contracts. THREE CENTS, SULLIVAN OFF FOR JE SOUTH, The Champion's Train Leaves Weehawken Amid a Salyo'of Applause' FROM HIS MANY FBIENDS. The Big Fellow. Hakes a Yery Short Speech to the Crowd. Corbett Puts In Another Good Day No Change in the Odds on the Bos ton Boy HIb Friends Willing to Put Up All Their Cash on Him Makeup of the Celebrated Pugilist's Train An Ex-Alderman Enthusiastic Over Sullivan ancf His Chances to Win the Battle of His Life Preparations at New Orleans to Receive the Great Fighters. ITTOU A STATT CORBESPOITDEXT.I New Yonir, Sept L John It Sullivan started this evening at 5:30 o'clock for the Crescent City. Sullivan'. friends, to the number of about 500, went to the West Shore depot at Weehawken and sent him on his way to the accompaniment of cheers. It was a little late when the big fellow arose at the Brooklyn Handball Club's court this morning. Six o'clock was his accustomed time to be on deck for his usual morning exercise over the Shinnecock roads, but it was nearer 7 o'clock to-day, when Trainer Casey tapped the champion pugilist on the shoulder and said: "Come, John, it is time to turn out" "All right," was Sullivan's reply, and ha quickly put on his heavy clothes, ready for his morning work. It was not a difficult task marked out for him to da He went out into the conrt and punched the bag for at least an hour, and then skipped the rope 950 times without stopping. He was then rubbed down and went at skipping the rope again. From 11 o'clock nntil 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon the big fellow, with Casey, spent the time at the Star Theater, where Sulli van went through to the third act of his play. Upon their return they sat down to dinner, the big fellow tapping the meal off with a bottle of Bass' ale. He took a nap, subsequently, and a few minutes before 3 o'clock prepared for the final leave-taking. An Alderman Bicker of John L. Among the prominent men who colled on Sullivan daring the afternoon was ex-Alderman James Dunne. The latter and the big fellow had quite an extended conversation. In a talk with The Dispatch reporter, afterward, the ex-Alderman, said: "Sulli van told me that he knew every inch of Corbett, and that he was certain to lick him. These reports about his general con dition and weight don't seem to affect him at all. My opinion is that Sullivan will win handily. I'll take odds that be wins in. ten rounds, and I'll take longer odds that he whips bis man in five rounds. "I cannot see why this should necessarily be a terrific and long drawn out contest Here are two men in the finest possible condition. They will go into that ring on the night of September 7 before, say 10,000 persons, who have been in the house for two hours, and it is to be expected, there fore, that the atmosphere will be heated and impure. With two such men as Sulli van and Corbett fighting hard, for five rounds, they are apt to become somewhat exhausted, and I look to see the strongest man then win. Why Sully Is Expected to Win. "In my opinion Snllivan will be that man. At any rate, I cannot see where he can lose. He is In superb condition a lit tle fat, I'll acknowledge, but he has got to such a period in life that it would be im possible to remove the substance and leave him strong. Then it is said that Corbett will make Sullivan's stomach his principal point pf attack. If he does it will be more than any other fighter has ever done. I have seen Joe Goss attempt to do the same thing, but he failed, and I consider that Goss was one of the most scientific men who ever stood in the ring, outside of Jem Mace. I tell you, that it won't surprise hie a bit to see Sullivan win in from 5 to 10 rounds. " When Sullivan poked his nose out of the hand ball court to-day to enter the cab awaiting him, the crowd pressed in on him from all sides, and the services of a couple of officers were called into requisition be fore he was able to mova. Accompanying him were Phil Casey, Major John Carmody, President of the Brooklyn Hand BalliClub, and Billy Morgan. A Short Speech by the Champion. Just as the party moved away threa rousing cheers were proposed for "John L. Sullivan, the champion of the world." The big fellow removed his hat and said: "Thank you, boys, " The party were driven to Charley Johnston's, and here another great crowd was encountered. The big fellow was finally lodged in a private room, and be remained there, re ceiving only a few friends, nntil about 4 o'clock. Then the party started for Jim Wakelev's place, where, after a short stop, thev drove to the foot of Thirteenth street and" crossed over to Weehawken. Tha party was then joined by a number of sport ing men, including Joe Lannon, Butch Thompson, Dom McCaffrey, Mike Costello, Al Smith, Steve Brodie and others. It was generally anticipated that Sullivan would cross by the Forty-second street ferry, and a large crowd gathered at Wake ley's place, corner Sixth avenue and Forty second street Every time a big man ap peared the crowd made a rush and set up a cheer, but none of them saw Snllivan. Sullivan and his party crossed the Jay street ferry, and reached the depot shortly before 5 o'clock and were driven right to bis car, the Blithedale. The big fellow, closely followed by Casey, went into tha car immediately, and the doors were then locked. No one except his backers or trainers was allowed to go into the car, and the crowd that had gathered in tha depot yard clamored in Tain for a look at the champion. Composition of the Big TJn's Train. The Snllivan train consists of five sleep ers, a dav coach and a baggage car. Tha champion's car, the Blithedale, is hitched next to the baggage car, and in that the pu gilist will exercise on the way down. When Billy Pond, the Japanese, iras asked what apparatus they intended to take, ha said nothing but a medicine ball, as it would be impossible to punch the bag or skip the rope in the baggage car. ' u.ne train was in charge ot conductor u, 4. k i - . 'A ' . - . u-aua&i.w.K.1-c ... -- r T"53K5are.3is; ,i iA
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