The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-13

>tenmer with the cholera raging alohesluc
tlem. If the cholera breaks OUT an nI =
them God knows where it will END, ahu u
results are to be judged from those WIFI ncli
haye occurred among the crew since ihtS
ware first attacked, the mortality Will DC
appalling. When the Nornannla ullnseu
Saturday morning, none put Tue .t'a J;s.
M ssenygrs had any symptoms OF the uls-
ease. Although it had broken out some
d"ys before. Now the crew has it, ana
still the first and second cabin passengers
have escaped. mo ship to put ,, theln o .d'1
no place where l can land them says tne
health officer, while the agents whose place
it is to see the passengers cared TOT say
nothing. DR.. Jenkins is making strenuous
exertions to obtain place TO put 1ne "tii
passengers, but up to the present time he
has been unsuccessful.
New Cases and Deaths.
Following is the official report of new
cases on the Normannia: Franz Albrecht'
aged twenty-four; Adolph Meir, twenty
FIVE: Gottlieb Daumishon, thirty-slx; Gus
tay Neuman, twenty-five: Daudle, twenty
four; Carl Grulnch twenty-one; all OF Tue
crew.
On the Rugia, new cases We're: Gustav
Wellscbopper, age one; Johan Padratskia,
forty-four; Felona Kuneschin, thirty.
At Hoffman island the new cases were:
Karl Blunnig age thirty-eight SWIM
burne island, deaths; September 'th' i'i-
frida Schultz age eight:
From the Rugia: Henry Tankel, aged
thirty nine. OF the crew Of the Norman,
MIA: Jacob Kassler, aged thirty-three, and
Christine Hansen, aged ten
The Cholera Causes Delay.
Washington, September S-Ihe state
department says the delay in fixing date
for the international monetary conference
has been occasioned by the difficulty OF
agreeing upon n meeting place IN view OF
the European cholera quarantine. Inc
statement cabled from London that nothing
has been heard by the British government
from Secretary Foster on the subject OF
the conference is denied at the state de-
partment.
A Ship Load of Cholera
Quarantine, n. y, September 10, 1:3O
a. m.Dr. jenkins just received the fol
lowing telegram from Hoffman island.
| 'All is well with the ships but the Scan
dia, which arrived tonight from Hamburg.
| She has 0S1 passengers. The Scandla IS
| full of cholera. She has had a total Of thirty
two deaths on the voyage, including TWEEN
| ty-nine in the steerage, two in the second
! cabin and one in the first
| DIR. Bryan has just telegraphed to DIR.
jenkins that he has been on board of all
| the ships. The Scandal. which arrived to-
| night, has thirty-two cases of cholera, twen-
| ty-nne in the steerage, two in the crew
and one in the cabin. He has started off
! to take seven eases ashore to Swinburne
| island.
| The Scandal left Hamburg August 9th
| with 1.0SG souls--9S1 steerage, twenty
! seven cabin and seyenty-seven of the crew
| Before she had been many days out the
| cholera had broken out and before she ar
rived the pest was fairly raging on board
| of her. Thirty nine cases occurred in half
week. OF these thirty-two succumbed
| before she arrived at the lower quarantine
| anchorage. One by one, by couples and by
| threes the bodies of the unfortunate vic
tins were dropped overheard.
DIR. Byron boarded the vessel at mid
DiO cti
| cases on board. and these DR.. Byron re-
moved to Swinburne island
The Scandal is the first vessel to arrive
| thoroughly infected with cholera She will
| probably be the hardest cholera importer
| to fight of the lot.
a Decrease in HAMBURG.
Hamburg, September 9.-Official cholera
| figures continue to show a very material de-
| crease in the number OF cases and deaths.
| Yesterday, according to Official returns
| there were 1903 new cases and 20 deaths
| a decrease of 262 cases and 100 deaths
| from Wednesday.
Reports from Elsewhere.
Rotterdam September 1.-TWO cases Of
! Asiatic cholera are reported at kralingen,
| three miles from this city. Both patients
| were employed in unloading ships from Ham
| burg and Russia. One OF them has already
succunbed to the scourge.
Paris, September 9.-Sixty three new cases
| of cholera and forty nine deaths were reported
| in this city yesterday. twenty-five new cases
| suburbs.
Completely Stamped Out In England
London, September 0.-(Copyright, 1899.
| by New York Associated Press -Otficial
reports show that cholera has been abSo-
| lutely stamped out of the United Kingdom.
| Local government board officers, authori-
| ties at the chief ports and the greatest
| populous centers concur iii the statement
| that 10 cases of real cholera, but only a
few choeraic eases, have occurred. E1-
perts say that thought the disease was
| brought TO England at a dozen different
| points, it has been limited to to persons ar
| irving from infected places.
| A Scare in Chicago.
Chicago, September 10.-Shortly before
| 1 o'clock this morning, four carloads of
immigrants arrived at the union depot from
| Sweden by way of New York and Pitts
| burg The train came here with clean bill
| of health, but the authorities believe that
| one of the number, who died at 30 o'clock,
| was afflicted with cholera Alberta Lar
| son, eighteen years of age, was in a semi
| into the depot and the physician at once
| ordered sent to LOG Thirty-hfth street.
! where she was to have stopped. On the
| way to the house she relapsed into uncon-
| seriousness and DR.. Garrett. of the health
| department. sent her to the county hospl-
| tai. She died on the way.
1t Was Not Cholera.
| The health officials have thoroughly inves-
| tigated the case of the immigrant girl named
Larson, who died early this morning at the
county hospital. The autopsy disclosed
that She had died of Il chronic disease from
which she had been suff ring for long
time and died of exhaustion. There We're
no indications of cholera whatever. The
party of immigrants with whom the girl
came to the city have been released fro !
quarantine, and have proceeded on their
way west
Purchase OF Fire Island.
Fire island was purchased today for
$4,000 and will be used for cabin pas
sengers The hotel property consists of
125 acres of ground thirteen cottages and
the steamboat Ripple. The hotel will ac-
commodate 500 comfortably aud the
Kitchen will feed 1000. The following
kilograms passed between DR.. Jenkins and
Governor Flower prior to- the purchase this
afternoon: MI, ..,>,
David s. Sammis, owner OF Fire island.
vii, give me immediate possession but re-
ouires the payment OF S3O,UOO cash before the
Messengers land. All the balance of the .pur-
chase money s1G0 600 shall be paid within
six months. Do you wish to advance this and
authorize me to agree to these terms:
w T. JENKINS, Health Officer.
Syracuse. n Wv. r. Jenkins: Agree to-
his terms and draw on Flower & Go. for
balance within six months. Engage lawyer
md see that the title /, proper.
~ ROSWELL p. FLOWER.
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