, 1892-09-17
a PUBLIC APPEAL.
Passengers on the Steamer Wy
oming Pray for Relief.

Precautions Against the Advance
of the Plague Railroad and
City Officials Unite I'm Efforts
to Check 1t.
SANDY Hook, September 1.-THE steamer
Soandia hoisted the yellow flag. A water
famine is prevailing on the ships and the
I flag may only indicate that relief is re-
quired in that respect.
NEW York, September 1.-THE steamer
Etruria has 568 first and seventy-five Sec
ond cabin passengers, all well and no steer
age passengers.
QUARANTINE, September Passengers
on the steamer Wyoming positively refuse
to be transferred to Fire island this morn
ing, stating that the vessel was not infected.
DR.. Jenkins says he will have them re-
moved tomorrow whether they will or not.
The steamers Etruria, Furst, Bisma rex
and City Of Chester will be released this af-
ternoon. The Bothnia will be held till to-
morrow for fumigation. One of the Bohe-
mia's passengers died this morning.
New York, September 17-It has been
known that case of cholera has been in
this city since Thursday night. The only
suspected case was that of Hoppe, which
came to notice yesterday afternoon. The
steamer Furst Bismarck arrived this morn
ing with 447 cabin passengers, all well.
There were no steerage passengers. Among
the cabin passengers we're Hon. A. G.
Porter, ex-minister to Rome, Hon. Rob
ert Porter, ex-chief census supervis-
or. The Mohawk and steamer, London
have also arrived with all well
on board. There were 81 passengers and
So steerage passengers. Senator Ingalls, is
among the former. There are now nearly
four thousand souls detained at Quaran-
tine. Those of the Bothnia and City of
Chester having been added last night The
| Wieland will probably be released today.
The MoraYia will be discharged in day or
two and the passengers will land at Ellis
island. No new cases have developed on
the Bohemia since her arrival. The cabin
passengers of the State of Nevada have
already come up to the city.
CINCINNATI, September 1.-THE chamber
of commerce, by a unanimous vote, has au-
thOrized the president to appoint COM
mittee of five to cooperate with the mu-
nicipal authorities to devise the most effect
i've measures to keep from the city the
threatened infection Of cholera.
INDIANAPoLIs, September 17.-Railroad
officials are cooperating with the medical
authorities in the effort to keep the cholera
issued an order that all trains coming from
New York shall be stopped at Bell cross
ing and thoroughly examined before beng
allowed 70 proceed to Union station
CLEVELAND, Ohio September 1.-THE
mayor and board of control of this city
have decided to notify the officials of the
railways entering this place that no more
immigrants from the infected ports will be
received in Cleveland. Dr. Miller, of the
state board of health, has established a
military medical quarantine at the eastern
state line at Lawrenceburg, where all i'm
migrants will be inspected. He has also
established a camp hospital at Ashtabula,
with accommodations for 2C1 immigrants.
There is talk of establishing a quarantine
just outside of the city limit. A hospital
has been erected on the inhrmary grounds
and preparations are being made to meet
the cholera should it come.
New YORK, September 1.-THE second
cabin and steerage passengers of the steam
ship Wyoming, which have been held in
quarantine since September 9th, haYe
issued an appeal to the public. They pro-
test against the detention OfseVen hundred
persons cramped in unwholesome quarters
aboard the ship when the vessel came in
with clean bill of health, save the indispo-
sitiOn of a baby, who has been delicate
since its birth; that the detention resulted
in the death Of four children and a serious
shock to the mother; that many other
children aboard were threatened with sick
ness, due to the foul air of the ship; that
though no cases of cholera have appeared
since the ship left Liverpool twenty days
ago, yet the close proximity to the infect
ed ships constantly menaced the health of
passengers. In view of the above facts,
the signers to the appeal demand the inn
mediate release of the ship from quaran-
tine.
PARIS, September 1.-THE Petite Journal
says the cholera broke out IN Naples several
days ago and eight or ten deaths have oc-
CURED daily.