The National tribune., 1892-09-22
THE CHOLERA.
Progress of the Epidemic During the Past
Week.

Progress of the Epidemic During the Past
Week.
On several occasions during the past few days
this country has been threatened with an in
vason of the cholera epidemic aud fears have
been excited throughout the land that it would
gain foothold and that this country wouid be
subjected to loss of life such as has occurred
in the foreign countries. On each occasion,
however, careful examination by the medical
authorities has proven that the cases were only
single ones and such as we're liable to occur in
any city, whether an epidemic was present
elsewhere or not. Wherever a case has been
discovered the patient has been Immediately
removed to a hospital, and the house in which
he or she lived carefully fumigated. In this
way the spread of the disease has been pre-
vented.
Men were busy at work during the week at
Camp Low, Sandy Hook, N. j., and On Friday
it was in readiness for occupancy. 1t was de-
cded to use this camp solely for the steerags
passengers who had been previously removed
to Hoffman Island and undergone four or five
days detention there.
The long retained passengers on the Nor
MAMMA were given notice that they would be
liberated ON Friday. On that day the steamer
Cepheus landed the party, numbering over 300,
at Hoboken. About 100 Of the passengers on
the Normannia refused to go on the Cepheus,
and crossed over from Fire Island to Babylon
The President has received an opinion from
Attorney General Miller concerning the powers
of the Executive in providing against the
cholera invasion. The Attorney General says
he believes the President has the fullest power
under the circumstances and that there is
sufficient legislation for the issuance of proc
lamation assuming radical Jurisdiction in the
matter. The President wired Secretary Foster
that the Attorney General had notified him that
he had the authority to restrict immigration
even to the point of absolute stoppage, and if
the steamship companies persisted in sending
immigrants from foreign ports, he would deem
that they had sufficient notice in the premises
and would take action to restrict them accord
ingly. The Secretary replied that the steam
OF the Government and were evidently acting
in good faith. He thought that there wonld
be no necessity for the issuances of any further
or additional orders.
During the week Gov. Flower of New York,
received letter warning him of plot to kill
him, and advising him not to open any parcel
sent to him. On Wednesday evening q pack.
age arrived by mail for the Governor and on
being examined was found to contain box
covered with gunpowder, and tin canister
containing at least pound of giant powder
The package was thoroughly soaked with water
before being opened, else serious results would
have occurred.
In Russia the mortality is rapidly decreas-
ing, and the number of new cases reported is
comparatively few. Patients are being dis
charged from tbs hospitals from time to time,
and it is thought that the scourge will soon
abate.
In Antwerp the disease is spreading, through
the careless and stupid policy of the suthori-
ties, who, in the very face of constant deaths
from cholera, deny the existence of cholera,
and defer taking necessary precautions. A
seven days quarantine has just been declared
against all vessels arriving from Bremen.
At the center of the plague, Hamburg, there
are few no signs of the abatement of the pest.
The fresh cases reported from day to day aver
age between 200 aud Co., and between 100 and
200 deaths occur each day. At the present
time the bulk of the victims are the dregs of
the population and the patients are found to
live in filthy quarters. and in a state of abject
poverty. Estimates show that of the persons who
have died in the last three weeks, 5000, or about
40 per cent. were children.