Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
DEATHS LIEUTENANTS.
THE CHOLERA SCARE ON THE
MISSISSIPPI GROUNDLESS.

PaFehlly on the Decrease-HaVana'i
Yellow Fever Victims.
ST. LOUIS, July 26.-The steamer Annie
Z. Silver, referred to in a dispatch from
Washington, arrived here Thursday morn.
ing, and her Captain, A. w. Bryant, was
greatly surprised on being informed OF
the contents Of Surgeon General HamiI-
toms dispatches and instructions to the
Surgeon Of the Marine Hospital here.
Capt. Bryant states that just before Ieav-
ing New Orleans on July 16 family, con-
sisting Of man, wife and four
children, evidently in INDECENT circum-
stances, came on board and engaged
ueck passage 10 St. Louis. The youngest
| enid, baby six months old, was quite
/ sick with ordinary summer complaint.
ana When the boat was opposite Green
/ vile, Miss, it died. The carpenter of the
boat made pine coffin in which the re-
I mains were deposited, and at the next
landing place, Port Anderson, they were
/ buried IN the presence of most of the pas
sengers and crew. No one for moment
supposed that the disease was ANYTHING
hnt common summer cnmnlainf and
the circumstance was soon forgotten
Cholera was not thought of.
On the arrival Of the steamer here the
remainder of the family left the boat in
good health, but where they went the
Captain does not know. The man had
stated through an Interpreter that he was
Spanlard from OpOrto, and that he sailed
from the latter place to Vera Cruz
Mexico, where he kept a saloon two
months. He then went to New Orleans,
and from there he concluded to come to
st. Louis. He could not speak French,
| and Capt. Bryant does not believe that he
at any time came from TOulOn. Up to a
late hour last night the Surgeon of the
Marine Hospital had not been seen, and
nothing therefore is known as to what,
If any, action he has taken in the case.
NOT CHOLERA AT ALL.
ST. LOUIS, July 26, 10 P. M.-Additional
developments regarding the alleged chOle-
ra, reported as coming to this city on the
steamer Annie p. Silver, are that the
family is dOmiciled at the female hospital
here, with the exception of the husband,
who is boarding at a house on the levee.
The statement that cholera had attacked
the family is entirely without foundation.
The suspected persons are Italians
named PicOllOtto. The family consisted of
the man, wife and two children. They
came originally from LOmbardy, Italy.
Several years ago they emigrated to Mex
leo, where they lived, according to the
mans statement, at least three years.
Thence they moved to Louisiana, where
they resided another year. The report
was that PicOllOttO came direct from
TOulOn to st. Louis, but he states posi-
lively that he never was in TOulon In his
life, and never anywhere else where
there was an epidemic. He says that
the only trouble with his wife
is milk sickness, caused by
losing her child. The child that died on
the river had the summer complaint and
nothing else. Deputy Health Commits
siOner Francis visited Mrs. Picollotto and
her child at the female hospital this morn
ing, where she told substantially the same
story as that of Picollotto. The health
authorities have placed her in a hospital
where there are 200 patients, showing
cOnclusively that they do not believe the
story of cholera. The only reason for
placing them in the hospital is that the
woman is slightly unwell, the family out
of money, and they have nowhere else to
stay. The man was known on the boat
by the name of Piolla, but whether that
was his right name has not been ascer-
tanned.
MARSEILLES' MEAT SUPPLY POOR.
MARsEILLEs, July 26.-The city is
threatened with meat famine, owing to
the fact that many OF the butchers have
shut up shop and others find it difficult
to procure supplies.
There were deaths here between
8 O'Clock this morning and noon.
Cholera has appeared at Spezzia, Italy.
1t was carried there by an Italian work
man from the arsenal at Toulon. There
have been fatal cases already, and
the inhabitants are in a state of panic.
The fugitives from here are beginning
to return. The municipal authorities
have thanked the Sisters of Mercy for
their devotion and zeal in assisting the
cholera sufferers.
During the a hours ended at $3.50
-.
cholera.
TOULON, July 26.-There were ,
deaths from cholera to-day in the city and
in the suburbs. The total number of
deaths here from cholera were 593. The
exodus from the city has decreased the
population by third.
THE FLIGHT FROM ToULoN.
PARIS, July 26.-The flight of people
from TOulOn still continues. 1t is an
nounced that all the wOrkmen at the
arsenal there who absent themselves for
two weeks will be dismissed. A cholera
patient in the hospital there committed
suicide to-day by plunging knife into
his. heart.
Mgr. Rende, the Papal Nuncio at Paris,
has applied to- the Italian Ambassador
here for pass across the frontier without
being subjected to quarantine regulations,
but his request was refused. The Mayor
of Turin, who is travelling in France,
made similar request, which was also
refused.
The weekly returns show a decrease of
133 in the n umber of deaths as COM
pared with last week. None of them was
from cholera.
The epidemic at Toulon continues on
the decrease. There were 13 deaths last
night, of which occurred at the hospi-
tai, in the suburbs and in the city.
At Marseilles there were "a deaths
last night.
THE EPIDEMIC NOT VIRULENT.
LONDON, July ga dispatch from
Marseilles says: ''It is quite certain that
the present epidemic of cholera has not
| the same virulence that has characterized
previous outbreaks. 1t appears to have
/ attacked sickly individuals rather than
whole sections of population. At Aries
many persons have become insane through
/ fear. The total number of places in France
/ where the infection has so far appeared is
/ fourteen"
MERELY COLIC.
/ LIVERPOOL, July 26.-It turns out that
I O'Brien, of the st. Dunstan's crew, who
was reported to have been seized with
/ choleraic symptoms last night, is suffering
| from simple cohc, which is very prevalent
in Liverpool.
A HEALTH CONFERENCE.
/ WASHINGTON, July 26.-Smith Town
send. Health Officer of the District of
Columbia, has received a letter from g.
/ n. Mccormick, Secretary of the National
+ Conference of Health Boards, stating that
a meeting of that organization will be
held in Washington, Aug. Z, to take
action with regard to the threatened inva-
sion of cholera. 1t will discuss the
cholera and yellow fever questions. Sur
geOn General Hamilton. of the Marine
Hospital Service, considers it entirely
superfiuOus.
The French Constitution.
PARIS, July 26.-In his remarks con-
| eerning the revision of the constitution
Yesterday before the Senate Prime Minis
ter Ferry created profound sensation by
warning the Senate that unless the ques-
l-tiOn of revision be settled there would be