The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-26
NO FEAR OF CHOLERA.
New York Could Care for Five
Thousand Patients.
LONDON AUTHORITIES ALARMED,
The Disease Breaks Out in Q 0erman
Regiment - An Epidemic Not
Likely in st. Petersburg.

tsyy of the OHIO board of health will to-
morrow meet DR.. Mccormick, of Ken
4 tueky, and Dr.. Baker. of Michigan, a.
4 \ indianapolis. These three gentlemen
i i eompose the executive committee of the
j national conference of the state boards of
\ health. and the meeting is called to con-
/ i sider the threatened invasion of cholera,
Il together with other subjects that interest
Il l the national organization.
n yrx YORK, Aug. 25.-Commissioner
II II Mule, of the quarantine board, was seen
i today and stated that the quarantine
i board was taking every precaution to keep
III the dreaded scourge within prescribed
l j quarters Superintendent David II. Starin
l stated that everything was being done to
III ward off the disease. DIR. Cyrus Edison,
sanitary superintendent. says: Person
81 allv ! feel very secure in regard to the
choleragand dread the epidemic much less
Hu than l would one of typhus
I fever 1t would be absolutely impos-
I sble for an immigrant to come into
III country with latent cholera which might
i develop after he had passed quarantine"
Ill The health authorities are prepared to
MI care for cholera patients to the number of
nj 5000 at q moments notice.
HI PARIS. Aug. 25.-The sanitary chief of
Hill the war Office declares that the cholera in
Ill Paris Havre and Rouen is abating and
will soon disappear. Thus far in August
ny there have been recorded 365 cases of
I'll cholera and 104 deaths from the disease in
III Havre. The medical authorities declare
I'll that the disease there is not of the Asiatic
Ill type. although many victims have died
MI Immediately after seizure. The French
4 steamer San Andrew, from Havre. which
has been quarantined at Panallic, has four
III cases of cholera aboard, and one death from
HI cholera has occurred aboard. The heavy
III rains of the past three days have lowered
the temperature. Twenty-eight cases of
cholera and several deaths were reported
In Havre yesterday.
Ill Jewish commissioners here state that
III within month 1000 Jewish refugees from
mt Russia have passed through Paris. most
!. Of them on their way TO the United States.
erl Those recently arriving have been in most
~ filthy condition. and should cholera
8 break out among them it will find a fertile
=. field.
HAMBURG, Aug. 25.-Considerable ex-
element has been caused by the appear
ance OF cholera among the troops. Three
'heI cases of disease and one death have oc-
vi CURED in regiment temporarily quar-
WI tered here. The regiment was ordered to
NJ leave Hamburg and remain isolated until
ly:I oil risk OF their spreading the infection
L had passed. The weather continues in
a. tenseiy hot and the sun unfortunately is
81 favorable TO the growth of cholera germs.
IL There is, however, more wind prevailing
NJ today, and this adds somewhat to the
comfort Of the city. Yesterday there were
e new cases of the disease reported, and
i. the deaths amounted to 81.
The papers here, which have been ac-
q. FUSED of greatly exaggerating the situa-
4. hon. turn on the authorities today and
q. Ntstack them for persistently denying the
q. etxistence IN Hamburg of Asatic cholera
4. Until the violence of the outbreak made
nj concealment no longer possible. They
81 claim that if the authorities had admitted
~ 81 the start that the disease was true
cholera, sanitary measures might have
been enforced that would have prevented
the spread of the disease to the extent it
nmI has now reached.
puI BERLIN, Aug. 25-The carriages OF all
sr4I trains arriving at Berlin and Cologne
oil from Hamburg were locked until the pas
sengers had been examined by physicians.
Professor Koch is reported TO have said
that the number of cases of cholera in
~. Hamburg was not great in proportion to
~ the population. but the virulent spread Of
MI N'SS"'t gives Eitatcss poS-
81 sible anxiety. In consequence Of the
ra14 facilities for transmission of cholera by
~ means Of sleeping cars, that service be-
tween Hamburg and Berlin has been sus-
= ~ asended. A passenger who arrived here
~ today from Hamburg showed symptoms
ri Of the disease when he reached this city.
6 lie was at once conveyed TO a
~ hospital, where he was isolated. The
Wife of a merchant of this city died last
night. 1t is believed her death was due TO
Asiatic cholera. The Weather residents
OF The city are beginning to grow uneasy,
aud 1t will not be surprising if an exodus
- should commence
LoNpoy. Aug. 25.-No special precaution
~ being taken by companies running ships
tin between Hamburg and London against
7 u Cholera, except To enforce most strictly
~ the rule that no pauper'emigrants will be
n carried All persons arriving in the
sb4 Thames supposed TO be infected with
~ Cholera viii be sent TO an isolated hospital
ticsl being prepared below Gravesend The TO-
~ cal government board met today to decide
Dlel upon measure for the protection of The
~, metropolis from cholera.
b9sI The Hamburg American Packet Conn
pany IN view Of the prevalence Of cholera
AZ Hamburg has decided 10 entirely with
-" +ftSN StS rum iolI iSf iBiS
!, p PRESENT Hencetorsh their vessels will
bake Southampton the por, OF departure
~ ard sirya
gU NiFNNA. Aug. 25.--Strict watch IS kept
NJ the Austrian frontier on ali passengers
aFrvng from Hamburg. Hot weather has
- set in again with renewed intensity. The
n mercury yesterday reached over 100 de-
~ Frees IN tae shade 4 number OF deaths
~ eae To heat are reported today.
WARRINGTON cry. Aug 25.-The United
- siates CONSUL cables Ia the state depart
hfent from Hamburg this morning Is fol-
n Nss The Hamburg authorities today
- samit thar Asaatlc cholera has been in
AamhaFg since August j. All vessels
.ad baggage leaving Hamburg after that
~aIe ought 10 be dtsinfectei. Up 10 the
- ~ Of August ri cases and seventy-.ve
of2las have occurred.
- ane vice consul general a. Teheran tele-
81 Esphs that the estimated deaths in Per-
va irom cholera were 35taD.
- ANNIE. Aug - The excitement
~ased by The Asiatlc cholera III this city
intense. Those who can are preparing
leave. Il has transpired tina, the first
q ts'sonS 10 fan victims 10 the disease were
sSN iaoorers. They we're taken 10 the
Nst1'ai>. where The doctors, though they
we're fully aware that the disease Was
= estate Cholera. stated 10 newspaper renre-
- initiatives that IL WAS common cholera,
sAs nothing was 10 he feared from