Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-04


Ing the special regulations made in connec
tion with the first category.
Up to the present all the precautions con
sldered necessary have been taken at tn,
frontier, the only special measure adopted
by the authorities in Paris being the prohi
bition of the use Of hired pillows which on,
has hitherto been able to obtain at the Pari
termini for the sum Of one franc each. Al
the eastern station the carriages hsvins
conveyed passengers from Hamburg and
Russia are carefully fumigated before being
again used.
The nurses employed In the Paris hospi
tails have bravely refused to avail them,
selves of the order of the Board of Health
which iorbids them to 20 to the homes Of
cholera patients and superintend their
removal to hospitals. The nurses held a
meeting and voted that it would be coward.
ly and inhuman to allow sufferers needing
their help to be carried long distance by
unskilled hands.
| London Filled With Americana
1t will readily be imagined that the lot Of
the American traveller in Europe just now
Ism t happy one. Aside from the direct
danger OF contagion, he is everywhere har.
raised by most aggravating sequences Of the
great epidemic. Frontiers are crossed only
after long delays and infinite but necessary
annoyances. His baggage must be placed
in hot sulphur ovens and baked, his pulse
is counted, his tongue examined, and search
ing questions are propounded by the med
ical inspectors.
The whole continent of Europe reeks
with the odors of disinfectants. Cabs.
'busses and railway carriages smell like
moving hospitals. Travellers on long Jour-
neys are suspicious of each other and
eagerly question their companions about
their health and hailing points.
1t is gratifying to be able to say that not
an American, as far as reported, has fallen
victim to the pestilence. Very few, to be
sure, now remain upon the continent. Lon
don is filled with them, and all yesterday
they were clamoring anxiously to get home.
The Presidents proclamation was read with
dlsmay. 1t was interpreted at first to mean
that all passenger ships would be placed in
quarantine for 20 days. Every body took 1t
as sentence to three weeks imprisonment
within sight of home. There was great re.
lief when several of the steamship COM
panies announced to-day that they would
carry no more immigrants and that the quar-
antine restriction would thus be avoided.
What Steamship Companies Will Do,
L called to-day upon the London repre-
sentatlves of all these lines. The new order
Is severe blow to them, and naturally
they regard it as unnecessarily severe.
They profess to believe that the real object
OF the order is not so much to conserve pub
lie health as to stop immigration in defer
ence to the growing public demand. As
the representative of the North German
Lloyd said to me: "It will accomplish its
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absolutely stopped"
This is not quite true. The North Ger
man Lloyd will send no steerage passengers
after to-day. All immigrants who have
been booked by the White Star line must
go by the Adriatic next week Saturday.
None will be carried after that date and the
Adriatic will take no first or second clas.
passengers. The Cunard line announces
that 1t will send immigrants only by certain
bo,,.s, which include most of their Boston
feet. The Bothnia and Gallia will carry
them on their next trips to New York.
The following ships, in the order named.
will carry immigrants weekly to Boston
beginning next ThursdayI The Psvonia'
Samaria, Cephalonia, Scythia and Cata.
lonia. These boats will, OF course, have to
pass 20 days in quarantine. Most of them
also carry first-class passengers. Those
who have been booked to sail on them will
have the privilege of transferring to other
boats sailing at later dates, but as eyery
stateroom is engaged for a month ahead.
there will be many who will have to suffer
a long detention on this side in preference
to quarantine Imprisonment.
The Inman, Hamburg American, Red
Star and Guion lines have suspended immi-
grafton traffic absolutely.
Commercial Instinct Still Alive. |
hA HON hrrrn
three or four days are an interesting study. |
They print few details of the ravages of the |
plague, and devote themselves chiefly to |
the task of allayiug popular excitement and |
the people to renewed hope and |
courage. The advertising columns are full |
Of strange announcements The CONNER
,ial instinct is still alive, in spite of the
of disease and death on all
'ides.
Column after column is filed with adyer-
'1sements of disinfectants and remedies for
cholera. One remedy is called "anti-bac-
erine," and doctor has invented an ele-
,ant cholera pocket sachet. All kinds of
oaps are offered. Biscuit manufacturers
proclaim the excellent qualities of their
,oods which should be eaten instead of bread.
md bakers declare that they use only
'oiled water. A firm of marmalade and
am makers hopes that no more butter will
'e used, but the children's bread will be
overed with anti-choleraic jam. OF course,
II the mineral waters are advertised. "A
7ell as whisky and cognac. But close to
hese advertisements are others that reflect
he true position OF the population of Ham
urg in few words
Some of the Saddest Stories,
One family announces the death from
holera OF q grandmother aged SO and a
randchild aged g. Another runs thus:
For little girl weeks old whose mother
led after one days illness and whose life
In only be preserved by o mothers care
lie unhappy father seeks q foster
other." And close to It another.
Still stunned BY the sudden loss of our I
tile daughter Elsie, We have to announce
lie death of Willie. aged 10, taken from us ]
ter short but very painful illness" The
ost painful of all are those which cali. in
ain it would seem, for doctors, nurses and
nbulanceA J
The German medical papers are beginning I
agitate strongly in favor of compulsory !
ematlon where cholera has been the cause
death. DR.. Kuchen Meister writes in {
e AAge1neine Nedizinisehs Central Zeit,.no. i
The chief duty of the medical police should !
J TO secure the destruction of all vehicles :
infection, and as such must be recognized I
the foremost place the bacilli known to d
list In the bodies of cholera patients, o