Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
portant Fact to Postma>Iers.-A Re.
port on the Cholera Question.

WASHINGTON. July 2l.
The marine hospital bureau is informed
that yellow fever exists an epidemic a,
Bahia, Brazil, and that cholera has made its
appearance at Cadiz, Spain.
Admiral Jouett. under date of July IA, tel
egraphs the secretary of the navy from Sa-
vanilla that everything remains quiet and
on the isthmus. l shall soon sail for Hsmp-
ton Roads with the Tennessee. The Yanuc
will remain on the Columbian coast.
The Law officer of the post Office depart
ment has given an opinion TO the effect that
postmssters who uses or converts to his n
use postal funds in his hands, although not
required TO dvposit them until the end of the
current month or quarter is guilty OF embez-
element Ii has been supposed by many
postmasters that under section l249 of the
postal laws and regulations that there was no
embezzlement by postmaster until he had
wilfully neglected to make his deposits as
required by the regulations. Under this act
any postmaster who uses postal funds. in
tending to make them good when the time
for depositing arrives, is liable to prosecution
and punishment.
A package containing five certificates of
transfer each of the denomination of $40,
| 600 sent from the Office of the secretary
/
troller of currency was inadvertently LETT in
the office of the deputy comptroller on top of
the safe. The package was found by char
woman and carried TO the lieutenant OF the
watch. The deputy comptroller was sent
for and went to the treasury at once. Upon
examining the package only four of the GER
titcates were found enclosed and a search
was at once Instituted, resulting at the end OF
a half hour in finding the missing certificate
among the waste paper and much crumpled
up. Ii is thought that il was stolen and
afterwards thrown away because of its worth-
less TO the thief. An investigation will be
made.
Col. John w. Foster, L. S. minister to
Spain, has transmitted to the state depart
ment a report made to him hy +. Della
Granja, a physician of Boston, on Cholera
in Spain and the Pretended Prophvlactic
Anti-Choleric NEGOTIATIONS of DIR. Ferran. -
Dr. LaGranja accompanied the medical
commission which was recently sent to VaIen-
cis by the Spanish government to investigate
the condition of the cholera epidemic, which
is prevailing in that province, and TO report
on the efficacy of the new system of inocula-
ton practsed by DR.. Ferran. DR.. LaGranja
describes the enthusiasm with which DIR.
Ferran was everywhere received by the peo-
Ferran should remain among them and in
oculation of Ferran anti-choleric broth, sus-
pended by order of the secretary of the in
terror, be continued forthwith.
The commission examined large number
of inhabitants who had been inoculated by
Dr. Ferran. All of them were enthusiastic
in praise of DIR. Ferran. They had been
inoculated in both arms, but presented no
marks or scars other than those made bv
the by ypodermlc syringe, now almost obllter-
ated. Some stated tnat they had little head
ache and all severe pains in both arms last
ing about "a hours after incubation. One oi
the most remarkable things is that none had
vomitngs or diarrhna while suffering from
the effect of incubation or from attenuated
cholera, as DIR. Farren and his friends stvle
it, excepting small children unable to speak
During the last few days the number of OPP
ponents to DR.. Ferran's NEGOTIATIONS has
greatly increased and there would be b3t
very few adherents were it not because op-
position to the present government of Spain
have made political capital OF well grounded
suspension of incubation. One thing, how
ever, must be said in favor of DIR. Ferran's
noculaton, and Minister Foster says he is
sorry it is the only one he can say. that is
those who have undergone the process feel
much confidence in their immunity as to
have no fear of the disease that causes so
much terror in the generality of the popula-
tion. In pursuance of their studies the mem
oers of the commission examined 720 inocu-
lated persons.
In view of the result produced by these
inoculations the commission has come to the
conclusion that they are inoffonsive and rec
ommends to the government that DIR. FerraD
should be allow ed to continue with his ex-
periments That the antl-choeric process Of
DR.. Ferran is norhing but experiment is per-
fectly true, and DR.. LaGranja says he has no
hesitation in asserting that even as an expert
ment it is very, crude, unscientiic and anti
pathologc and unfortunately it has been
divested of all merit. if it ever had any, by
converting it while in its rudimentary state
into unprofessionsl industry.
DR. LaGranja continuing says, some per-
sons were found who suffered severe inism-
nation of the arms from inoculation that
others were reported to have died from blood
poisoning. He adds NEGOTIATIONS are
carelessly made with broth which is used for
them left in teacup exposed to the action Of
the air which cannot fail to aid impurities to
those originally contained, and without the
precaution of burning syringe so necessary
to avoid septic poisoning.