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ONE A NATIVE,
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. Tho Cases Are Beported
tlie Police by a Doctor
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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
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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. '
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