Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-15
IT SNEAKS ASHORE.
The Cholera Germ Gets a
Foothold at Gotham.
FIVE GASES, FATAL EVERY TIME,

While the Authorities Were Declaring
the Metropolis Free from the Dread
Infection Western Health Omcials
Meet at Chicago and Prepare to Face
the New EN- Emergency-Rules Adopted
for the Regulation of Passenger and
Other Tranc-New York's Guardians
Dumfounded at the Developments.
CHICAGO, Sept l3-The railroad men
have joined hands with the medical au-
thoritiess in an endeavor to prevent
cholera from creeping into the interior of
the country. Yesterday conference be-
tween the representatives of the different
state boards of health and the representa-
tives of the railroad companies which
have offices in this city, was held at the
Grand Pacific for the purpose of adopting
practical methods of saving the people
from the scourge which has how entered
New York, and which, it is feared, may
travel to other cities if the strictest means
of prevention be not exercised. Previous
to the conference with the railroad men a
meeting of the medical men was held for
the purpose of drawing up rules to be sub
mitted for discussion.
Some of the Health Board Men.
Among those present from other cities
were DR.. G. n. Hewett secretary of the
Minnesota board of health; DR.. Solon
Marks president of the Wisconsin board;
DR.. j. L. Reeves, member of the same
board Dr. J. f. Kennedy, secretary of the
Iowa board; DR.. J. c. Schroeder, member
of the same board; DR.. Delos Tell, Of
the Michigan board; DR.. William Bailey,
of the Kentucky board; DR.. G. G. Probst,
secretary of the Ohio board; DR.. E. Atkin-
son, secretary of the Missouri board; DR..
c. n. Metcalf, secretary of the Indiana
board Dr. J. n. Mccormack, secretary of
the kentucky board. The following mem
bers of the Illinois board were present: DIR.
w. a. Haskell, president, DR.. w. F.
Reilly, secretary; DR.. A. L. Clark, DR.. B.
McGriffith, DR.. l.. Ludham and DR.. H.
Williams.
Must Have Health Certificates.
The meeting adopted the following:
Requirements of the boards of health of
the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Michigan, kentucky, Missouri,
and Ohio for the transportation of immi-
grant passengers and theirseffects to the
states represented by the said boards:
Rule 1. That this conference recon-
mends that every Immigrant passenger
before being allowed To land at any port of
or TO cross into the United States shall OBJ
tain a certificate from the health officer of
the port or point of entry, or from sani-
tary inspector of the United States mariue
hospital service-where the service has
charge of quarantine and disinfection-or
the same certificate from the quarantine
officer at Crosse Isle, setting forth the
name of such immigrant, whence emf
grated, name and port of clearance of vessel;
the date of arrival at port of en-
try; the fact of the existence or non-exist-
ence of any infectious disease on said
ship: the period of detention therefor at
quarantine; local destination of the immi-
grant in any state or territory of the
United States, and further certificate
that ne or she is free from any danger of
conveying the contagion of Asiastic
cholera or smallpox in person, and that
his or her effects and belongings have
been subjected to approved processes of
disinfectiou before being allowed to enter
into the United States.
"Rule = That a certificate of disin-
fection requested in rule 1, signed by
the official under whose charge the work
of inspection and disinfection has been
performed, and giving name of owner and
date of issue, shall be conspicuously
attached to each piece of baggage of such