The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-30

burg. At Wsndsbeck, three miles north
east of Hamburg. favorite summer resort
OF the merchants of this city, there were
nIne cases of the disease and FIVE deaths
up TO Saturday evening.
ANTWERP. Aug. 29.-Two fresh cases of
cholera and two deaths from the disease
were reported here today. Seven cholera
cases are in the hospital here. Some are
III serious condition.
WAsHrSGroN CRY, Aug. 29.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received at the state
department from the United States consul
at Glasgow: There is cholera outbreak
here among Russian emigrants for
America" The consul at Liverpool cabled
rs follows: Cholera is Imminent. / strongly
urge medical inspection of immigrants
under consular directions, with official
disinfection." Acting Secretary Spaulding.
OF the treasury department, today said he
believed every precautionary measure that
could be taken to prevent the admission
of cholera into the United States had been
taken. New suggestions on the subject
that might present themselves would have
the careful consideration of the depart
ment. Under date of August "A the French
foreign minister has sent to the secretary
of state report announcing that an inves-
tigation had been commenced by the
board of health concerning the recent epi-
demic of cholera in the department of the
Seine. The note says il is manifest the
epidemic Is not imported cholera, the
cases examined being solely due to the
use of Seine water of bad quality, and at
present the sanitary situation has i'm
proved to such degree that all danger
may be considered 10 ne averted. The re-
port says the minister makes it clear that
nine of the French ports examined do not
show single case of cholera nor causes OF
suspicion of one.
LONDON, Aug 29-There Is no douht
that Great Britain is having a visitation of
the dreadful cholera scourge From
Gravesend, Swansea, Glasgow and Dun
dee, towns in England, Scotland and
Wales, reports come Of death from the
disease showing that the efforts of health
oihclais to keep it out of the country
have proved fruitless, and now
this afternoon comes the report
that person has died from Ash
attic cholera at Bolton, large
manufacturing town twelve miles north
west OF Manchester. The place is one Of
the principal seats of English cotton man
ufacture, and thousands of mill operatives
live there. The permission given by the
health officials at Middlesborough for the
landing OF the crew of the steamer
Gemma, from Hamburg, promises to
have most serious results. As an
nounced in these dispatches the
vessel was placed in quarantine after one
of the crew had been attacked by cholera,
but in the meantime number of the
ships company had departed for their
homes. Six of them went to Dundee, where
they reside. while another member of the
crew went to Aberdeen. Among those who
went to Dundee was Walker. the engineer
OF the Geronia. Shortly after his
arrival there he was taken sick
and died in few hours. The
physicians who attended him say there is
no doubt that death was due to cholera
When it became known that Walker was
dead great excitement prevailed in dundee
and also in Aberdeen, where q seventh
member of the crew had gone ashore.
Steps were at once taken by the health
officers to isolate the remaining MEM
bers of the crew in Dundee and
the one in Aberdeen until all danger
of their spreading the contagion is past.
Residents of both places, however, believe
that the men have been allowed to go
about town long enough to spread the dis
ease if they carried infection, and there is
widespread anxiety prevailing in every
quarter of these towns. An extraordinary
watch will be kept in both places for the
first appearance of choleraic disorders.
A sailor arrived at Swansea today from
Cork. He was found to be suffering with
cholera, and was Immediately removed to
the cholera hospital. The appearance OF
the disease in Swansea has awakened the
port authorities to the responsibility of
their position, and meeting was sum-
moned to decide upon measures for the
prevention of any further invasion.
The steamer which has been in quaran-
tine in the Eibe owing to two deaths from
cholera, is expected to arrive at Gravesend
tonight with a large number of poor inn
migrants. Much apprehension is felt con-
cerning the matter. Gravesend is only
twenty miles from London, and an out
break of the cholera here Is much feared.
The announcement is made this afternoon
that the company which conveys most of
the aliens to Gravesend had decided to
cease accepting passenger traffic from
Hamburg.
DIR. Whitcomb, sanitary officer at Graves
end, who inspected the steamer Gemma,
which arrived from Hamburg on Thurs
day, three of whose passengers subse-
auently died of what was supposed to be
Asiatic cholera, denies that the disease
was the true Asiatic scourge, and declares
it to be merely choleraine. 1t is difficult,
in view of the multiplicity of as-
sertons and denals to accurately
determine the real truth OF the matter.
1t is now declared that the sickness on tho
steamer Laura. which arrived at Lynn on
Friday with two suspicious cases, was not
cholera. but acute diarrhea. Excitement
was caused at Gravesend this morning by
the arrival of q steamer from Hamburg on
which baby died en- route. An examina-
ton showed that the baby died of an in
fantic disorder, and as those on board
were all we'll they were allowed to land.
A firm here has received an order from
a Hamburg firm for 5000 gallons of disin.
fecting fluid and 81, 600 tons of disinfecting
powder.
SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 29.-C0mplaints are
being made of the authorities not taking
adequate precautions against the introduce
ton of cholera. Fishing vessels from
Hayre and other infected ports are al
lowed to enter the harbor without in
specti0n.
bremen, Aug. %. - Thirteen cholera
patients have been admitted to the hos
pital here. Eight were certified to as
Asiatic cholera, and one has since died.
ST. PErEgsBUKG. Aug. 29.--Oficial re-
turns from all infected districts show 4,767
new cases of cholera on Friday and 2,S3f
deaths. The cholera has reached Merv, in