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    ONETHE OMAHA
PHRT ONE- PHBES1 TO 8.
TSVENT\-SECOND YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNLNG , SEJgKEMBEl | , 4 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUAIBEll 78
PLAGUE SHIPS ARRIVE
Two Vessels Freighted with Death Drop
Anchor in Now York Harhor.
RECORDS OF FEARFUL OCEAN VOYAGES
Pestilence , Hideous , Horrible , Sailed on the
Nonnania and Engia.
STRICKEN PASSENGERS QUICKLY DIE
In the Crowded Steerages the Awful In
fection Rapidly tiprcacls.
QUARANTINE OFFICIALS ON THE QUI VIVE
Iloth Vessels Detained In the I.owor Hay-
All Now York lUcltcd-Moro Cholcru
Hhlps Kxpected Kvcry Hour
Statements from Olllclals.
NEW YOIIK , Sopt. 3. Nothing con now
Bavo the metropolis from n great plague but
nbsoiuto compliance on the paat of every
member of the community with the Instruc
tions of the board of health and tbo quaran
tine authorities.
Tbo danger is real. It cannot bo overesti
mated.
Newly infected steamships arrived in this
harbor today with awful stories of death
nnd suffering. They were the Rugla and
Normanla , both from Hamburg. The Rugla
burled live itoorago passengers nt sea and
bad live living cholera patients still on board
when ebo cast anchor. The Normanla burled
four steerage passengers nnd ouo cabin pas
senger. She bad four patients still alive ,
ono being a member of tbo crow. It is
claimed that tbo cabin passenger who died
on the Normanla was suffering from dlubctis
only.
Deaths on tlio Nornuullii.
Tbo deaths on the Normannln were :
CAUL HEUlIEttT , second cabin , aged 57 ;
diagnosis : Tholerine ; died August ID.
JACO1I IIKGKMANN , first cabin , aged 45 ;
diagnosis : dlubotes. The ship's surgeon ad
mits that tno patient had dlarhcom ami died
Scptnmbur 1.
OTILK HAHM , used 11 month ? ; diagnosis :
cholerine ; died on August " 'J. '
WK.UE 11A1CM , ngud U years ; diagnosis :
iholerlnn ; died September 1.
ADOLl'll SOHOI.TZ. aged 1 year ; dUcnoslg ;
Jbolorlno ; died Bopt6mbur 2.
The convalosconsu were as follows :
HENUIUII FHV.NK 111:131:11 , aged It ) ; diag
nosis , cholerine.
Kunoi.ru IlnuNtcir , aged II months ; diag
nosis , cholerine.
SIII.MA HVUM , aged D years , diagnosis , chol
erine.
MouitiH UoxiiEisiiit , aged 59 years ; diag
nosis , cuo'orinc.
IJcntlis On the Itugm.
-BERTUA KOHNIO. used 39 years : died
&Ujtiht ti , diagnosis , cholerine. ,
CAUL , KOENIO , u-0tl 23 years. liclKrado ;
fllcd Augustus , ctlasno8la.cholorlnu. . n.'ho two
above wuro presumahly man nnd wife. )
KOSIESTKUU , ago.tltO years. Vienna ; dlod
September 1. dlaKnosts , cholerine.
-EDWARD 8TBKK. used 3J years. Vienna ;
'
fllcd September 1 , tla nosls , cholerine.
The convalescent on the llugla were as
follows ;
- EM.ES POOISKI , nged 27 years. Poland ;
diagnosis cholerine.
PAUL ICoKNio , aged 8 years , Belgrade ;
diagnosis cholerine.
JOIIASXA BUST , nged 51 years , Mecklen
burg ; diagnosis cholerine :
AUIIIUNI'ETIIIIS , aged 03 years , Scbloswig ;
diagnosis cholerine.
. KOSMIO DISIULO , aged 3i years. Italy ;
diagnosis cholerine.
All the dead bad boon burled at sea.
Mora Deaths Llkuly to Ucour.
The convalescent oases are considered
very serious and further deaths are liuoly to
occur.
Health Officer Jenkins Immediately ordered
bMh sbipts to the lower bay as soon as thq
oiptulns of the vessels had notlllod him of
tbo co idition of ait urs.
i'ho Normanulo sailed from Hamburg on
August 0 and touched at Southampton on
bor way to this port. She carried 2W ( first
class and 22J second class passengers. Her
steerage passougors wore 48) in number.
Tbo first death on board tbo Normannla oc
curred on August 29. Carl Herbert , 157 years
of ago , a bccoud class passenger , had boon
taken down with a disouso which the ship's
physician diagnosed as cholera. A similar
case was discovered about tbo same time in
the sloorugo of Otiln Harm , a child 11 mouths
of age ,
The DUenso Developed Iliipldly.
The cholera symptoms developed rapidly
in both cases and loft no doubt in the mind
of the ship's tfurcoon as to the nature of the
disease. When Herbert's death , on August
29 , was followed by the death of the other
patient , tbo child in the steerage , on August
21) ) , the authorities of the ship recognized the
serious condition of affairs. Tnoy at once
took all possible precautions to prevent tbo
disease from spreading among tbo olbor pas
sengers on board the vessel. Notwithstand
ing their efforts several other illnesses of
line nature were soon dUcovarud. Tbo sur
geon touU Radical measuros. Ho carefully
Isolated all the patients and personally saw
that thu utmost euro was exorcised by the
persons In nursing to avoid communicating
tbo dlscasa to others ,
There was great alarm among the passen
gers when tboy learned that the dread dis-
case had appeared on board the vossol. Tbo
captain did his bet to ullay the fours of the
cabin passengers by assuring thorn that ovorv
effort would bo mndo to keep the disouso from
spreading , and urged thorn to give him every
assistance- tbolv power to bring about that
result. Then ho turned bis attention to the
Btcerogc , where the greatest danger of the
uiicaso spreading was apprehended.
I'usnenuers I'anle Strlnkon ,
The ignorant stccrago passengers were
completely panlc-strickor. upon learning that
cholera had appeared umoug them. Tboy
lost their beads entirely , nnd appeared to bo
iucapublo ot helping tbomsclvns * | n the
Blightcst respect. Tuo caytaln and tin sur-
( 'oon ordered a careful watch to bo kept over
the stccrago passenger * in order that they
did not heedlessly run Into danger of catch
ing the disease. Iu aplto of all precautions
moro cases soon developed. Nearly ail were
ullko. Five moro were taken ill in tbo
tooraio , four of thorn being children
Adoluh Scholtr , 1 year old ; VVIllio Harm ,
Uycar * old ; Uudolph Hernlsh , 11 months
old , and Selma Horn , 5 yean old , Tbo chol-
vra symptoms developed rapidly in these
cases , as it did iu tbo previous 01101 , and in
each case the diagnosis of tbo surgeon
Hhowcd tbo disease to be what bo termed
cholerine. Willie Harm rapidly grow worse ,
ttnd illcd on September I. On the sumo day
luoro Declined u dealu among thu Unit cabin
nimongers ; Jacob Hcgornnnn , 45 years ot
tgo , bad fallen ill with n severe form of
dlartbau. Indications led iho ship physi
cian to dlignosa bis case as diabetes. All
Lhoromodlos known were administered to
tlogcmatm. but tney were of no avail.
Other Clinch Appear.
There was no further appearance of any
thing resembling cholera among the first
cabin passengers after the death of I logo-
maun , but another death occurred in the
stccragn from cholerine on the following day.
The patient who dlod was the child , Adolun
Scnoltz. Thu cholera symptoms in his case
were particularly marked.
Two moro cases broke out on board the
ship. Morris Bonholsor , n steerage passen
ger , 69 years of ngo , showed symptoms of
cholerine and was promptly isolated. Ono
of the crow also , Honnch Frank Holsor , was
taken ill with the diioaio. All the casoi
were attended to as soon as their existence
was known , and the appearance of iho chol
era symptons resulted in tbotr being
promptly isolated.
No further deaths occurred on the voyago.
All who had been taken down with the dis
ease , howcuor , were still kept isolated when
the jNormannia arrived at ibis port early
this morning.
Lou or the I'luguo Ship Jtiiglii.
'Jho Utigltt , the other pest shipof the Ham
burg-American Packet company , which ar
rived in port today with cholera , loft Ham
burg on August 21. She had 423 stcerago
passengers on board. She touched nt
Southampton on her way over. The first
death occurred n week utter leaving port.
Karl Kocuic , 39 years ot age , and Bertha
Kootilg of the same age , were tauon ill about
tbo same time. They both dlod on August
23. The sy mptorn * of their illness were alike
and were such tbnt the ship's surgeon Im
mediately pronounced ibo disease to bo
cholerine.
Captain Lctlhhauscr , the commander of
the Hugla and the surgeon did everything to
provynt tbo spread of the disease , but tbo
Ignorance nnd recklessness of the steerage
passengers made their efforts of no avail.
Other cases of Illness of a similar Kind soon
appeared , and seven moro passengers were
taken down with the disease.
Elmo Pogaskl , 27 years old ; Paul ICocnlg ,
9 years old ; Johanna Bust , aged 54 ; Aurlcn
Paters , aged U2 aud Kosmio Djspalo , an
Italian , 34 years of ugu were still in the hos
pital when the Hugla was sighted off Fire
island.
Could Not Knso TlicIrSnllcrlnc * .
Two moro deaths beside Ihoso mentioned
above , occurred during the voragc. Tbo
patients in these cases were Roslo bturr , 30
years old , Edward Slorr. The symptoms in
their cases developed very rapidly and the
doctors were unable to do anything to case
their sufferings. Tboy died on September 1.
The Uuciu arrived off Flro Island early
thu morning und cauio in through the nar
rows to the quarantine station. She was
the first vessel boarded by Drs. Jenkins nud
Tallmadgo. As soon ns they inquired
whether there bad been illness , on board and
bad ascertained the true state of affairs ,
tboy ordered tbo ship to tbo lower bay , She
weighed anchor at 0:10 : and took up un
anchorage u llttlo south of Ibo steamship
Jioravia.
Dr. Jenkins bas issued tbo strictest kind
of orders and under no circumstances will bo
allow any one to approach the vessels quar
antined. ,
Antlclputo further Cases.
Further cases are anticipated on tbo Mor-
tula also. Although tno two convalescents
were reported doing well this mornine , the
Patients on board the Normau'nla , Hucia aud
Moravia , would , it was said , probably bo
transferred to Swinburno island today. Al
though tbo diagnosis in each case was chol
erine , Dr. Jenkins did not doult lhat iho
scourge was cholera. Ho soys ho continues
hopeful ot keeping Iho disease in the lower
bay. However , tbo worst may bo expected ,
as In 1SST tbcro were over llfly deaths on the
hospital islands nnd very few actual cases
when the steerage was .transferred.
Evan u worse state ot affairs is anticipated
on tbo two additional vessels expected from
Hamburg within the next wcott which loft
later than today's arrivals , and when tbo
dlscasa bad made greater ravages in Ham
burg , and almost all ot ibo dead and sick on
ihc Hugia and Normannia hail from Ham
burg or nnarby ports. A fowj were residents
of this country.
In -itiito of Nervous Kxrltcmmit.
The quarantine ofllccrs nro in a state of
nervous excitement. It must not be under
stood thai they are frightened , but they
were hoping for the best , as tbo Normaunia
was expected to got by safely.
When tbo saloon passengers on thcso ves
sels will get oir Is a question Dr. Jenkins bus
not yet decided.
The steamboat Blackbird came down with
a crowd to got oft two passengers on tbo
Umbsla , but failed. They used Influence
with government oQlcors , but this made no
difference.
Dr. Jenkins , early this morning bad tele-
grrphed for Prof. Herman Biggs , consulting
pathologist of the Health department , and
Prof. William Walls , professor ot bac
teriology of John Hopkins university. They
arrived shortly after noon and Dr. Jenkins
took them down to Iho steamboat wharf.
"What will you do with tboao strlckon
with tbo disease on tbo Hugia , Normanla and
Moravia , doutorl" a reporter asked.
"Wo will1 bo replied , "romovo thorn to
Swinburno island just as fast as wo possibly
can. "
"Will you order the floating hospital boat
S. D. Cutlin on duly)11 )
"I don't know yet : I will determine on my
roturn. " .
"How soon will the saloon passengers on
the Normanla got up ? "
"I don't know. "
"Are they much nlurmcdl"
"I wns only on board for n few mli > utcs
and cannot say. "
Wilt TriniKfer the I utlont .
Dr. Jonkin * then ran off and'boarded lhox
cutler Stole of Now York. Ho proceeded to
Sivluoburno island und then to tbo Infected
vessels in the lower quarantine. Pnipuru-
ttous were begun for u transfer of the
patients.
At 8 p. m. , the Mormaunla'a malls having
bcon thoroughly-fumigated , were placed on
board tbo steamboat John 12. Moore and
tuUoii to Now York ,
Tbo steamer Umbria loft quarantine for
her pernt63l ! ) . All llrst uii'l second-class
pasaonpors were transferred from the ( Jity of
Homo about C o'clock and tbo bteuincr loft
for her pier nt 0:30 p. m.
Tomorrow Dr. Jenkins proposes to estab
lish u quarantine patrol in tbo lower bay and
keep patting vessels and nowspipor tug *
1,000 foot from tbo Kugla aud Narmania.
A tishonnan attempted to land on South
beach this morning but the police would tot
lot him. He caiuu to Ur , Jenkins for per-
uilislon to land his boat. Dr. Jenkins told
him that no and bis crew would have to stop
working and fUhlni ; In tbo bay hereafter ,
aud will usuo an order to that ( 'fleet. This
will throw a good many men out of means of
making a livelihood.
Tueru was grout excitement at tbo oQlco of
tbo Hamburg Packet company , when the
news got out tbnt iho liugla and Nonnania
bad arrived with cholera on board. Hun
dreds of persons called In search of Informa
tion about friends or relatives who were pas
sengers on the ships. Most of iho Inquiries
were about the cabin passenccrs.
Many persons expected friends on the
Normanla , who were hurrying homo on ac
count of thu cbolura. The big list of cabin
passengers on that Vessel shows that Ameri
cans who had Intended romatnlng in Europe
until later in tbo season bad started homo
on the first ship on which they could got
passage. Every clerk in the company's
oflico was kept busy for hours answering
quostions.
This afternoon n representative of Charles
Frobmnn called at the Hamburg-American
Packet company inquiring anxiously nboul
Lottlo Collins. Ha said she bad been on tbo
Normanla , and ho also said that Mls John
son Bennett , who in to take the leading part
in the produottoii of "Jano" nt the Standard
theater on Monday ovcninc , had sailed from
Havre and will arrive hero tomorrow , 'rho
vessel will , of course , bo detained for several
days nnd the play will have to bo postponed
until she is released.
Among the pasaongcrs on the Normanla
were Lottlo Collins , A. M. Calmer , wife and
daughter , E. L. Codkln nnd wife , Ilon. A.
Wellington Wallace , Prof. XuvlcrScbar-
wonka nnd Mr. * and Mrs. C. N. Van Hons-
salaer , Josephine Knapp and Laura Joyce-
boll were also on board.
Many letters written to persons known to
bo on board and loft at the company's oflico
were delivered this evening through the
quarantine officers.
AVlll Ho Detained Only Five Days.
When asked how loug the cabin passengers
would bo detained at quarantine , the clerks
in the company's oflico "promptly answered
that they would not bo detained moro than
ilvo daysffcprobahly not so long. They did
not say on what information they based that
that statement. They even intimated that
the vessels might not bo detained us long us
Ilvo days. This appeared to satisfy many in
quirers , but others wanted to go down in
tugs and bring oft their frlouds , who were
cabin passengers , without delay.
Manager Cortis , when naked why bis line
persisted in bringing immigrants from Ham
burg niter stating that his company would
ship no mere of thcso ncoplo from the In-
fcclrd port , said : "Stocrago passengers
were booked and \voro in Hamburg awalllng
transportation. Wo had to take them. Tbo
railroad i would not carry them out of Ham
burg , and what else could wo dot The Bo
hemia , which sailed Thursday , will u-j tbo
last vessel to bring over immigrants while
tbo plague lasts. Her stccrago passengers
huvo teen in quarantine from flvo to eight
days. There was no sickness among thorn
and their baggaga and everything was thor
oughly fumigated before they sailed. "
> 'o Mcltiie.Js on the Stubbcnhnk.
Captain 13ordonheusor of the Hamburg-
American Packet Steamship company went
down to quarantine today and returned to
tbo company's oflico at 5 o'clock. Ho re
ported that ho went alongside the steamship
Slubbenhuk , which arrived from Hamburg
Ibis morning wilh 232 steerage passengers
as Dr. Sanborn , iho health oflicor , wont on
board. Tbo captain of tbo steamship told
him that all , of the passengers were well ,
and that hone'"of them" had died of cholera
or anything resembling it during the voy-
agp. "Dr. Sanboru 'also told him ill were
well on board.
Tbo ship S. D. Carlton will bo taken to
the lower bay tomorrow , and" will bo the
headquarters for a police squad , which will
patrol the water to see that there is no com
munication with the detained steamers.
CANADA'S ItUl'IA" .
Wluit the Dominion Government U Doing
to Kcop Out the I'liiKiio.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sopt. 3. Surgen Gen
eral Wyman of tbo Marino hospital service
yesterday telegraphed to the provincial sec
retary of Canada , at Quebec , nsklng him
whatsteos bad boon taken to prevent tbo
introduction of cholera Into Canada ,
This morning Dr. Wyman received a lole-
gram from iho secretary , in which ho says
that ho ha ? recommended a total suspension
of Immigration , and that all vessels arriving
from infected porls ho detained at quaran
tine for eight days , for twenty days after
disinfection should cholera bo aboard. It
is also recommended that Iho federal gov
ernment cqtond tbo prohibition of rugs
to all European and Asiatic porls , and have
rcqucslcd all the latitude for Iho provincial
government and a proclamation pulling in
force special clauses regarding epidemics
ready lo bo lssuodwhou repaired. Continu
ing , ho says : "Seven hundred and thirty-
three local boards have been formed out of'n
possible 815. Our inspectors are ready to
proceed to infected locrlitlos and wo would
appoint sub-inspectors in Infected districts lo
superintend the quarantine of Infected mu
nicipalities .and operations of local boards ,
Are mailing to you our lltoralure. "
Will Qutmuitlno Agulnst Xo\v York.
Dr. Wyman bus 'received a telegram from
tbo quarantine ofllcor at Norfolk , Va. , stat
ing that bo twould declare n quarantine
against Now York steamers if it is true that
Dr. Jenkins bas decided tbo twenty days'
quarantine irregular.
A loiter has been received from Surgeon
Wbooior , at Ellis Island , stating that the
president's order moot with almost universal
satisfaction
The uttltudoof Dr. Jenkinf was tbo en-
g'ossiDg topic In official circles In this city
today and various were tbo comments that
were made. Fear is expressed that the
moral effect of it may oo such as to bavo
some Inlluoncn on health officers at oihcr
ports , who may bo led to declare jndopend-
once of the nroclamallon as Dr. Jenkins is
reported to bavo dono. '
> < i Ultimo for I'rlotlou.
Assistant Secretary Spauidlng said tbcro
was no occasion for any friction in the ad
ministration of ibo quarantine regulations ,
and bo did not tblnk nny existed. Dr.
Jenkins had boon very busy , and bad not
had tlmo to read tbo proclamation carefully ,
lie was satisfied that things would properly
adjust themselves. Mr. Spauidlng said the
government , throujh Its custom sorvlco ,
should prevent tha landing -of passengers
and merchandise if it was not satisfied with
the length of tlmo a vessel wns detained at
quarantine by tbo statu pftlco . Tno gov
ernment would hesitate long , however , before
fore taking such a stop as that after tbo
the vessel bad bean _ released by the Ktato
oOlciala , who would bo pretty sureto ooo
Hint thm-o uas no danger of the Introduction
of cholera before letting her go.
ll | iortn from Cininuli.
A dispatch from Consul General Edwards
at Berlin received at- the > State department
today said that the cholera was officially dci
dared to exist in forty places In north ficr <
many.
Tbo city of Hamburg shows an increase in
the number of cases and a decrease in the
death rate. *
ConinlJohneon at Hamburg cable * to the
ICONTI.NUKU O.Y SECOND
DANGER tlBS IN DIRT
rf.
Only Uncleanly PJaiJoS and Persons Need
Four the Deadly Oholoro.
iy.t
OPINION OF BISMARCK'S ' PHYSICIAN
Ho Thinks That frlghYls Largely Responsible -
siblo for the Terrible Mortality ,
'
HAMBURG'S DOCTORS-ARE NOT TO BLAME
,
They Hnvo Done AlkThat Could Bo Denote
to Comblfctho Pfngno ,
SIMPLE PRESCRIfM FOR ITS CURE
If Attached Drink llotDrlnlts nnd Tnkc Hot
linths How llL'rjntiny Is 1'reparlng
to right' tiiHlliimo With
Dcutli ,
1
[ Copyrighted 1892 by Jaraos Gordon Bennett. )
MUNICH , Sopt. 8.Now | York Herald
Cable Special to TUB BKB. ] All Germany
Is talking about nothing else but the cholera.
Everybody blames the municipality and doc
tors ot Hamburg foe not.'having taken timely
measures to arrest Vho plaguo. The post la
now carrying oft 700 persons a day.
I met hero Prof. Schwcnmngor , ono ot the
most celebrated doctors in Berlin and pbysi-
cian-In-ordlnary to .Prlnco Bismarck , whom
bo never loaves. Htj bas become gallo a
friend of tbo family and attends the prlnco
whenever ho nocCs his services. Dr.
Schwonningor discovered a famous method
far curing gout , ami Invented an anti-fat
system. Ha is a great savant and bis talent
is universally recognized. In nn Interview
ho gave mo bis opinion on iho cholera.
International Action Nccommry.
'Tbo p'.aguo this y ar , " ho said , "follows
tbo march of the great , epidemics. It nuacks
Europe by the north'4nd not by thu south.
It was bound then to roach Hamburg , sineo
the authorities of Hu4sia in Europe took no
stops to stop It. 'Tt.3 Eugitsh oQlctals in
India tool ; proper precautionary measures ,
There ought to bo nnj ntornatlonal hygonlo
commission ostaohshcd. That is the way to
kill the cholera. JfcJ must DO strangled
out on the spot. Ottw measures am useless.
1 do not understand tbo complaints made
against tbo authorities.it Hamburg. Nobody
knows exactly whoa-iha disease Docamo opi-
domlo in certain , European capitals. Al
though for some months-.tbcro bavo bcon
daily cases of cholera' , yottho"doctors did not
say it was epidemic. VVb , ' then , should too
physicians of Hamburihavo cried 'All is lost ,
when they only haa.tan'casosl .
"Almost all the. measures taken at tbo
moment when , Ibo coldemlc broke out were
Illusory. When yout o disinfecting a room
with phenicncld' , Sr-v It only iu the place
where the invalidi i > It is not likely that
tbo bacilli will bo pr.\ ! sated after tbo dis
infection. , ' - -
_ % * -
Httinl ure Couldn't Escape.
"Ono of tbo first things is to make a city
thoroughly wholesome. People ought to oo
made moro careful in a city like Hamourg ,
where all kinds of rcfjiso and filth are thrown
into tbo water and whore sewerage docs not
exist. i About 30,000 parsons dwell
in collars nnd live on fish. An
epidemic Is inevitable , and it is almost Im
possible to urovent it running ripht through
Germany. It is only In healthy places , clean
towns and among.tho well-nourished that the
malady will amount to little. In that case
there may bo ten pr only ono case , according
lo iho size of the population , but not thou
sands as in Hamburc.
"If you become ill , drink , as hot as over
you can , grog , camormlo tea no matter what ,
provided that Ills hot , Thou if your limbs
grow cola , plunge into a , steaming hot bath.
*
Should those produce no olToct , then put
yourself into the hands of God , for
these are the only remedies known to bo
*
cfllcacious. Thn doctors can donothing. But
don't be afraid of cbolora. Ttoso only are
afraid who Ilvo In dirty towns and who bavo
not tried to ameliorate tbo condition of tbo
poor , and having neglected to do what tboy
ought to bavo done , tney have prepared tbo
way for epidemics."y
This is what ono of the greatest physicians
in Germany salt ] , Lot us hope that ho is
right , for fear Is half.tbo sickness.
JACQUES ST. Ccitc.
Active 'Measures IJeliiu Taken to lleud Oir
the Hcourgo lliore.
[ Copyrighted 18W by Jainon Gordon Bennett. ]
Bnitu.v , Sept. 3. [ New York Herald Cable
Special to TUB BE , ] The cleanliness and
order , on wlilon tho' Berllnoso Justly pride
tbomselves , have so jar chocked the progress
of cholera in thl city.In any other place
tbo stilling heat of tbo pnst week would have
ddvoloptoa tbo dlsoaio. At least throe cases
of unquostlocnblo cholera , have been
reported. Two of three huvo proved fatal ,
but the energy and care with which the
measures peescrlbcdby the authorities bavo
boon enforced have tot allowed tbo epidemic
to make headway.
A good deal of ummslnoss lies hidden bo
ncath tbo jests in which the Hoi Polloi indulge -
dulgo at tbo oxpunso'Qt the scourge. There
is no panic. Bimplv hints for avoiding the
Infection which stnros ouo In tbo face at
every turn nro In 'their ' way admirable
Whether they -particularly calculated to
foster charity , however , may bo doubted.
Tboy scorn to mo tojlay far too much stress
on prudence , ostracising all suspected per
sons In substancQ. IjoHmors are advised to
refuse shelter to 'cholera subject , to keep
keep studiously cle ref _ thorn , treat thorn In
short us lenera. ]
Jtnlcs That' ' .Aro Jlrutal.
I hardly think thoytncoddd much prompt
ing on aUch points.ana U there should bo
anv serious outbreak ] hero , an Improbable
contingency , I fancy , yo might not bogioatly
odlllod by tbo rosullaijf tbo too liberal appli
cation of tbo official Vales.
A very ugly Incident occurred the other
day In Berlin in a street near tun Noljondort
platz. An old woman wbllo walking homo
with her llttlo granddaughter was taken 111.
When the child's cries attracted the atten
tion of tbo bystanders , Instead of helping'
they stampeded. \vorkiuguian towhom
ithe appealed replied with curses.
Another brute abuses her for approaching a
bouse and roughly" pushed Jior off the [ mvo-
moot , -But for thfl arrival o7 two good Sa
maritans , who at' | ( UV led her to lodging
In a neighboring"cellar and fetched a doctor ,
the woman might huyo died vrboro she bad
dropped fainting. A * it happened , aba was
not ( Uttering from tbo nholera at nil , but
from exhaustion and common diarrhoea. Bbe
recovered.
Jlcljiloiinxi * I" lluuilmrj ; .
Frctn Hamburg tbo news U till gloomy.
A prtvnto loiter published in n paper give *
nn appalling description of tbo helplessness
of the local rulers , the dlfUcultfos experi
enced in disinfecting the dead and the loadn-
quaoy of undertakers , The writer of Iho
loiter says that In ono tiny 300 hearses passed
the windows on Iho way to Iho cemeteries.
Volunteers are badly needed to nxslst the
overworked ofllclals , and to tbo credit of hu
manity It is likely they will bo forthcoming.
The emperor did wisely when ho gave up
his Swo.llsh hunting irlp. It would bavo
boon strange , Indeed , to sue the head of the
stnto amusing nimsolfnt Gothenburg , whllo
bis subjects wore perishing by hundreds and
thousands. The emperor has n croldou chance
now for recovering his lost popularity. Ho
has only to Imitate the example sot him by
King Humbert nt Naples. Ho bas not yet
announced his lutcntlor. of visiting Ham
burg.
Army Mutters Uncertain.
Whatever certain organs of the chancellor
may say , I have reason to bollovo thut the
now army bill , involving un Increaseof
80OJd,000 marks in military oJtlmatos may
not bo presented at the next session. The
powers thut bo are not at ouo on the subject.
The two-years' service clause seems to have
been dropped for tbo tlmo , but the emperor ,
Coprlvl , Count Eulcnburg , Baron Borlapach ,
Baron Boottchar and iho military party are
strongly in favor of the idea of
asking the Rolcbstag to vote the
prospected increase In the expenditure
The rest of the ministry and ohlotly Hurr
Miguel , who is the brain of the government ,
have done their best to oppose it as untimely.
Miguel would prefer postponing the Intro
duction of the bill which bo forsocs may
interfere with his own ptans of reviving the
national taxation. In tha'facc of the imperial
wish , however , ho has cot [ ventured
to com oat the principle of the
bill. Ho has affected to fall In with the
chancellor's viows. Like Pllato , ho has
washed his bunds of the affair , leaving
Caprivi and his master to boar all the ro-
Bponsiblllty for the consequences of forcing
an unpopular scheme upon tbo Helcbstag.
Should the bill bo prcsontod after all , the
chancellor may have to act as its
cbiof champion , for tbo minister of
war , General ICultenbarn , Btuchnn is no
orator and lacks the force of character re
quired to push a measure through the bouse ;
or again , the dlftluulty may bo dodged by tbo
appointment of another minister. I hear
that this alternative has been discussed at
Potsdam.
In any case tbo chancellor stakes his bead
upon tbo issue of the battle , and if ho falls
his system will fall with him , with the ex
ception of the now Uonncher House , in
Untorden Linden and Wnldonor.
MCLTZEH.
ALL ENGLAND ASTONIJHKU.
Surprised by the Promptness of thti United
Stilton In Ouurunttnliie.
[ CopyrlKlitcd 1S32 by James ( lOrdon Dennett. ]
LONDON' , Sopt. 3. Now York Herald Cable
[ Special to TUG BER. ! Iho prompt and
apparently high banded measures taken by
the United States authorities against tno in
troduction of cholera created a profound im-
nresslon in tno.minds of English oflicials , as
well as hundreds ot American travelers now
in Europo. There is no doubt that the pest
bos-been h ld-in abeyance y tfio remarkable
orgaui atloniof tfip' locaVl g'overmirontHJoa'rd ' , ;
fiut itf.'oftlcinls huvo"nrrlvodat'tno""couclvision'
ton1 no precaution will msuroabsoluto sutnty
unt , itbo tide of omltrratlon is chucked long
enough to secure thorough disinfection and
quarantine.
As I tolngrnphou you a week ago , there has
not been any cholera scare in England out
side of the newspapers , and it does not look
as if further danger need DO apprehended.
Will Prollt by the Kxtunplo.
The United States government has shown
the way , and the good example will no doubt
Do speedily followed hero , 'iho legion nf
Americans was materially reduced in num
bers toifay the departure of half a dozen
steamers literally crowded to tbo cunwalos.
Passagn tickets are as rare and moro expen
sive than moderately sized diamonds. Scores
of people arc paying first class faro for second
end class cabins on larger steamers wbicb ,
owing in their construction , are enabled to
throw the second cabin Into communication
with tbo saloon.
I hoard today of ono case in which a young
lady of excellent family , who was determined
.to get homo at all hazards , traveled in the
steerage. Half a dozen people boarded tbo
Alaska and Auranla nt Liverpool today
without tickets in the hope of getting to sea
before their ruse coula bo discovered , when
they wore perfectly willing to pay any pnco
demanded. But , unfortunately for tbcso
genteel stowaways , they wore captured and
ruthlessly sent ashore. Doubtless by the
tbo tlmo the steamers reach Queonstown to
morrow morulnu tbero will bo some more
wooding out of the goats from among the
sheep.
KNULISIl LAltUK TJtOUIILKS.
Soldier * Culled Upon to Ouoll UUliirhanccs
liaised by Union Man.
LONDON , Sopt. 2. Serious labor disturb
ances , arising from the employment of non
union men to replace the strikers nt the salt
works near Norwich , occurred today. The
strikers attacked luO nonunion men who bad
been taken to the works by train from Liv-
pool and forced thorn to return to Liverpool.
Tbo striitors stoned a launch containing
sovoial of the ofllciaU. An appeal was made
to the authorities for aid , and a force of 200
policemen was sent to tbo scene. Tbo police
were unable to obtain tbo tnastory of the sit
uation , and the assistance of the soldiers had
to lie uskod. A body of military arrived last
nlgbt and will bo employed in protecting thxi
work ) and the nonunion employes.
FlNIHXfl 1'AULT.
ow * nap or * Ii > Not Like 1'rixldent
IlurrUon'a 1'ruclii nint Ion.
LOSDOX , Sopt. 3. Itofurrlng to President
Harrison's circular , the Daily News says :
"Mis proclamation is producing the utmost
consternation. The spirit of panio which
Instigated it is forcibly pointed out by the
iilloged order to tbo pollco to shoot j > urons
detected in trying to evade rjunrantino re
strictions. It may bo that the proclamation
errs on tbo right sido. Some medical au
thorities regard our system as too lax , but it
bas defended us boforu and will again , liven
taking tbo extreme view thut Infection maybe
bo twenty days developing , three weeks de
tention after a ton days' passage Is absurdly
long , and it in unlikely on mature considera
tion thut this needless restriction will bo
maintained. "
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
JCovltnvod Iliu H'lundroii.
BKHMN , Sept. 8. Emperor William today
reviewed the naval squadron atBwInomundo.
, I'ho vessels were drawn up in two lines ex
tending for n distance of two miles. After
the review tbo squadron performed a series
of naval evolutions. An attack upon the Hoot
by torpedo boats it arranged for tonight.
Jluisla' * nights In llerlnu Hca ,
OTTAWA , Ont. , Sopt. 3. ilon. G. E. Fos
ter , minister ot llnauco , ipoaklug to a now-
paper man , stated that dispatches bad been
received from tbo president of the British
THE
1. Two rlngun MV rS Jcurh Now York.
Whnt UUnmrrUi' ) ' * AdvUcs ,
llerlln'n
3. Siinily ( lrlwol <
TluirUon on the illll.
4. idltorlnl : nud Uoii * t.
iteulh'KV < diinKtil"f ! ttrr.
0. Nctiriiska'n .MnrtRMco Indphtrdncti. '
United Htiuct Xiitlnniit Unnrd , f
Abolishing the Tcnchcrn' Trulnlnj ;
Scliool.
n. Council lllilltH I.ocnl Newn.
7. I.uH Week In Society.
Among the Secret Urilors.
8. Oriinil Army Depiirtmont.
The Soul ClcnnnltiRllrlgrtdo. .
10 , "MarrlURo u n Decaying Institution.
11 , Monny In Nrhntskit Hunks.
Oniin , 1'rorlsloiK mill Lire Stock.
Omiilm'a Trade | { fr\lo od.
13. riium lor Onmlm'n Opern Scnion.
Whnro Itcint .Suili Itclgiicd us King.
13. Itlrthptnco ol the Cholera Scourge. *
It iill'u to Illll on the Indian Sohllers.
14. AHHlgnmcnt of Teachers to School * .
15. Knrly I'lill Koitndnp ofSporttni ; Xow * .
Omiihu'H AK octntuil Charities.
Columbia Board of Trade , protesting against
indignities which a number of British
Columbia sealers had suffered at the bands
of the Hussinu authorities , savs that It the
report of Russia's claim to present Jurisdic
tion of 1,000 miles iu Bering sea were cor
rect , it would greatly weaken the cause of
the United States before the arbitrators , BB
the Americans' claim was , tbnt by the pur
chase of Alaska they had secured all Rus-
'sla's rights in Boring sea. Q
TO INVADi : JAMAICA.
Lcgltlmo and Other llebcls Scheming to
Overthrow Illpjiolvtc.
Kt.vasTON , Jamaica , Aug. 2.1. A strong
party of Hay-lion exiles , headed by General
Manlgnt , General Piquant and Gonnral Legi-
time are negotiating for the charter of a
small schoonorycallod tbo Willie Irving to
carry them cither to Navassa or Inagua ,
where they expect to moot n steamer fitted
out to proceed against Prusidont Hippolyto ,
In case Hippolyto is ousted the three gen-
orals' will abldo by tno cholco of the people
us regards who shall bo president , the olbor
two to Oo appointed to lucrative ofllcos.
C.iilveston I'rup.irlni ; .
UAIATSTOX , Tox. , Sopt. 3. ThoGalvcston
city council has appropriated $10,000 for the
Health department , to be used in thorough
sanitation as a precaution against cholera.
Dr. Swcarlngon , stale qunuantlno ofllccr , is
hero and will enforce strict quarantine regu
lations against vessels from all Infected
ports. Dr. Swoaoingon is pronarcd to apply
quarantine to nil railroad fines and has n
close watch on Mexico , which bo apprehends
is a snurco most dangerous , on account of
the lax quarantine system in that country.
Submitted to the .Sultllll.
TAXainu , Sept. 3. The rebel Angbontos
have released iho commander of the sultan's
cavalry , vvho was captured in a recant battle
between the sultan's forces and the rcoels ,
and have sontfour of the _ tribesmen to con-
i'th'o tribes Bubtnls'sTon. "
'
LONDON , Sent. 3. Thomas Burt , secretary
of tbo North Umbria and Miners Mutual as
sociation , in his report , to the Minors Frinndly
Aid society eulogizes Andrew Carnegie. Ho
says Carnegie is ouo of the boat of em
ployers. _
HUH CoiiHimtud to Kotnrn.
HALIIMX , N. S. , Sopt. 3. Hyan , the Chicago
cage embezzler , has consented to return to
tbo United States without extradition pro
ceedings being taken in bis case.
Killed In u Wrerkud llnlldlllfir.
CoxsTANTiNoi'i-i : , Sept. 8. A building
which was being erected in this city col
lapsed yesterday. Two men were killed and
llftcen Injured.
DlfttroftR Among Unemployed Workmen.
LONDON , Sept , 8. Great distress prevails
among the 1,000 Idle employes in the tin plate
factories Ic. Wales.
The Situation In I'urls.
PAUIS , Sspt. 8. The cholerine optdemlo
shows a blight increase. At the Hotel Dicu
today eleven now cases were received and
two deaths occurred , while tbo hospital of
St. Antoine reported six now cases and three
deaths.
The garrison at Lunovillc , a town twenty-
two miles from Nancy , is suffering from an
epidemic of typhoid dysentery. Ono hun
dred of the soldiers are prostrated with the
disease and scver.il deaths have already
occurred ,
Tbo lay nurses in tbo various hospitals in
tba city bavo refused to avail themselves of
the order of tbo Board ol Health releasing
thorn from compulsory attendance on cholera
casos. They hold a meeting today and
passed a resolution declaring that it would
no Inhuman and cowardly to withhold their
services on such occasions.
One death which occurred at iho Hotel
Dleu is declared to have bean a ease ot true
Asiatic cbolora.
Stricter ItnlvH ut I'lillcki-Ji/irtfa.- , J '
PiiinnKU'iiiA , Pn. , Sept. 3. Onlors \ ore
received by Collector Cooper last night from
the Treasury department ut Wusbln ; 'f -a v
questhif all inwardbound vessel ; X > ff
ioroign ports to stop nt the quarant mufv [ r
tlon at Lowes , Dul. This ' " - " - " ' "
tbo responsibility of Inspection iVbm the
Board ol Health and transfers It to the
United States onicials.
Notices bavo bcon Issued by iho Pennsyl
vania roao to all f relent agouti and oflluuri
who have cburgo of stations relative to thu
disinfection of nil buildings along Iho entlro
lino. It is tbo intention to make this work
IIP thorough as possible so that In the event
of cholera rouchhitr this country the disease
will not gain a foothold on thu road.
At a meeting of the Board of Health a roa-
olullon was ac'opted directing that no vessel
from any foreign port carrying immigrants
shall bo permitted to enter at Iho port of
Philadelphia unless such vessel shall bavo
undergone n quarantine detention of twenty
days ,
Proclamation of Warning.
NEW Youic , Sopt. 3. Tbo Herald's ' Wash-
iiiRlon special says : A proclamation to the
country warning boards of health nnd tbo
people ironornlly to bo on their guard against
the iufcotiou will bo tbo next Important move
of tbo president , Secretary Foster , Assist
ant Secretary Spauidlng and Surgeon Gen
eral Wvman wore tn consultation over the
terms of the proclamation "liter tbo Treasury
department closed yesterday. Tbsy will
bavo It ready in a abort tlmo for submission
to tbo president and it will bo issued over
his signature.
Jtalluu Immigrants Turned Hack ,
PAIUS , Sept. 3. In conscqucnco of Presi
dent Harrison's proclamation for a twenty-
day quarantine and the subsequent decision
of the Transatlantlquo company lo carry no
more itoerago passengers , groups of Italians
wore intercepted in ibis city last night
bound for America via Havre , and informed
tboy could not proceed. They bavo been
sent back to Italy at tbo expense of tbo
Fronob government.
Troop * Hnllurlnir hur ly.
L.ONIION , Sept. 8. The Chronicle's Vionmi
correspondent says ; Hoports received here
Btatu that tbero li n great Increase of cholera
I In tbo Si. Petersburg garrison since tno
troopi roiuruud from iho maneuver * .
BERLIN'S ' CONDITION
Public Alarm Over ths Cholera Rapidly
Subsiding in That Oily ,
NUMEROUS CASES RESEMBLING THE PEST
Medical Authorities , However , Say That
Thay Are Not the Dread Disoaso.
HAMBURG'S ' AWFUL SANITARY CONDITION
Filthy Tenement Districts Which Invite
the Breeding of All Kinds of Disease ,
THAT CITY'S ' POLLUTED WATER SUPPLY
Change * That Are Nnccmnry to Tut the
City In n Healthy Condition-I'roil-
dunt IlitrrUnn'ft Circular linn n
Uuod lllleet ( iormuny Ntnva.
[ CoprrlKlitoil 1892 l > yXow York Assoelnteil 1'ren )
iiunu.v , Sent. ; i. The public alarm occas-
stoned by tbo cholera Is fast dying out , ow-
lug to the limitation of the disoast in an epi
demic form to the Hamburg dlstrlci , nnd the
conlldouco there In tbo vigllanco of tbo
authorities. Cool weather and ncuudant
rainstorms are hooping down diseases which
stimulate cholera , and all influences are re
storing a general sense of security.
Casoi resembling cholera nro rife enough ,
especially in Cbarlotteuburg. The water
works in this suburb of Uerliu provide only
n scanty supply of muddy wator. The sani
tary conditions of the place are othorwiio
oud , and it is natural , therefore , to ilnd its
residents figuring largely in the returns ot
death from intc'tinal disorders.
Dentil 1'olloWH I'llHt.
Undoubted cases of Asiatic cholera that
have been taken to the Moabit hospital tire
nil traceable to Hamburg. Two fresh cases
that were taken there today ave Illustrations
of nil the others. Ono of today's cases wns
an engine driver on the night express tralu
from Hamburg , while tbo other was n young
porter , who carried linou for a person who
had Just arrived from Hamburg to the disin
fecting chambers. The marvelous rapidity
with which the Humourg Infection oparatoa
was instanced iu this case. Not halt an hour
cloupsod bauvron the tlmo the victim ; oiit
iioar the infected linen nud iho tlmo ho was
stricken down , Tbo narrow Stoinon strusso ,
through which bo passed , has bcon thor
oughly disinfcctod.
Although there is no sign of the disease
spreading here , tbo authorities bavo not
relaxed their prccnutlons , The great horsa
market , which was fixed to open on Tues-v
day , has boon indefinitely postponed. It k
would have boon the likeliest center for the
preparation' of the epidemic , as it brings Ul
Dcrlin dealers fiom ovcry quarter of
Germany near the Baltic sea.
Kll'cct of President Ilnrrlaon's Circular. . . '
- " - ' * . * ' < < w1 , 'toss *
President Harrison's circular Is mainly
regarded bore us justifying more rigorous
measures to. stop Russian or other
emigration from , entering Germany.
Uudor President Harrison's edict the
decision of tbo steamship com
panies not to tauo stcorago passengers
on their vessels , keeps a number of Russian
refugees here , but no more will bo allowed
to cross the frontier. Henceforth tbo front
iers will bo closed absolutely against Russian
immigrants , and , iu tno cases ot those from
other countries , nonu will bo permitted to
enter Germany unless the companies couvoy-
ine them to their llnal dustinalHn guarantee
a fulfillment of thulr contract. Immigrant ;
from anvwbero will bo disinfected and their
luggage fumigated.
The medical papers support tbo agitation
of the compulsory cremation of cholera vic
tims. The Hamburg crematory has boon ex
tensively used flinco the outbreak of cholera.
flutter Nuu'K from llHinlinrg' .
Bettor noivs comes from Hamburg , though ,
the city is ( .till an Immense hospital. A
Gorman olllclal who just returned from Hum-
burg told tbo representative of tbo Associ
ated Press here that the sanitary condition is
still frightful , though the enforcement of ac
tive remedial measures is proceeding. A rad
ical overhauling is necessary. Now water
works nro neousjary to replace the 40-ycnr-
old system. Tbo prascnt water supply is do
llied with soworago. Houses fur blocks must
bo rebuilt , streats widened and the drainage
Improved. There is a largo number of tene
ment houses in tbo rlty that are said to bo
worse than any in the Now York Fvo Points
district. Tbo staircases in some of thoao
buildings are no narrow and crooked i < * iat it
requires dextrous handling to carry cjrpsob
down If rigor mortis has sot In. Coflinf can-
nut bo carried down. They are loft o : . the
lower landing places until tbo bodia ara
brought down and placo'J ' In thorn. By this
muanbthe atali-i of-hu whole tenement bo-
comu Infected ,
Thliiiuid the American Colour ,
The cbolora scare has thinned tbo Amcr *
lcancoony ! here perceptibly. Hundreds of
Americans bavo tuft for the mountains ,
whllo many otbbrs huvo gene to England ,
Tbo representative- tbo Associated Press
bus Inquired into the oaio of Mrs. Goer *
dollnr , whoso husband challenged the emperor -
peror to light , u duol. and who was subse
quently sent to n lunatic- asylum , Tbo Gor
man authorities say if the United States
wants Goordnllor they will bo glad to turn
him over , provided tboy are allowed to sea
him s.ifely uboard a btoamor bound far
for America.
Mrs. Goordcllor maintains that the au
thorities are conspiring to keep him out of a
largo Inheritance ,
Mrs. William Walter Phelps , wife of tbo
American minister , sailed from Dromon for
Now York on tbo steamer Allor today.
A great Cathollo congress has boon hold nt
Mains , at which loaders of the center party
spoke. The congress ugproveJ a resolution
afllrmlng that tup restoration of the pope to
temporal powers was un essential condition
to the Independence of the holy BOO.
I'livor I'.xeltulon <
iKO , P. Q. , Sept , 3. The commission of
tbo international conference of boards of
health has returned hero from the inspec
tion of the Caimdlau quarantine station at
Grosse islo. The comtnisulonera report the
equipment of the illation as wholly Inadequate
quateto keep out cholera and absolute safety
can only bo Insured in tbo actual exclusion b (
immigrants.
Money tn I'mtuut Detroit.
Dr.Tunir , Mich , , Sept. 3 , Tbo municipal
council last night passed resolutions direct
ing the health authorities to imtlluto
mcajurna at onro for the prevention of
cbolora regardless of oxpouto ,