The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-30
CHOLERA STILL LINGERS
Death of an Old Man at New York Yes
terday with Symptoms of the Disease.
Suspicious Case Reported from GOuverneur
HOsbital-Siiuatipn at Qnsrantine-Drug
That Is Death TO the Microbe.
Two Suspicious Cases and One Death-Th
Scandal Leaves Port

Two Suspicious Cases and One Death-The
Scandal Leaves Port
NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-John Miller. eighty
years old, of 655 West Twenty-ninth street.
died yesterday at his home of disease re-
sembling cholera. The body has been re-
moved to. the reception hospital for ex-
animation. Sanitary Superintendent Ed
son has under investigation the case of
Benjamin Beaver, suspected of having
cholera reported from the Gouverneur Hos
pital tonight. Beaver has been removed
to the reception hospital. The Health
Board officials are trying to learn on what
steamship he came. The State Board Of
Health. in it's report, says that up TO Sept.
81 there were within the city limits of New
York eight sporadic cases and six deaths.
the first occurring Sept. g. No cases OK
listed at the date mentioned. twenty-five
deaths have occurred in the port.
The banner pest-shIp of the Hamburg
fleet, the Scandal. CAPTAIN Kopff, which ar
rived from Hamburg Sept with record
of thirty-tw deaths during the passage.
hoisted anchor this morning and sailed for
Baltimore. the port for which she was origi-
palIy destined. Captain KOpff expects
that the report of DR.. Kinelin. of the Ma
rine Hospital Board. who has spent several
days in disinfecting the vessel and who
pronounces her the cleauest ship in the har-
Dor, will enable him to avoid detention 1T
quaran sine In Chesapeake bay.
All reports from the detained steamships
at the upper and lower quarantine stations
are favorable to-day. aud. with Fire island
T.v fofa thA nhnlo ro
may be said to he stamped ont. The only
infected ship left in the lower bay is the
Bohemia, the last vessel to arrive with
cholera. Her steerage passengers were
transferred to Hoffman island to-day. and
the ship was disinfected more thoroughly
than possible when the people were on
board. At Swinburne island, where all the
sick patients, convalescents and suspected
are, the condition of affairs is reported to
be most encouraging. There are no new
cases and the sick are improving. On the
StOnington there are number of cases OF
measles, and that maiady has really caused
the doctors more trouble than the cholera
In the last week.
In the upper usy there are a number of
ships detained. the most of them because
they are from Hamburg, but on none has
any sign of cholera been discovered. The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steamers DANA, from
Cuxhaven, Sept. Is, with ninety three pas
sengers, and the Slavonia. from Hamburg,
Sept Is, arrived to-day. All were well on
board both steamers. The Gallia. from
Liverpool, with 13l first and 150 second
cabin passen gers. also reported all we'll.
The five new cases on board the Bohemia,
reported Sept. 81. seem To have been the
last flicker in the expiring flame of cholera.
DR.. Byron's report tor to- night was rs fol-
lows: Patients under treatment for chol-
era, thirty eight; for measles, three; con-
valescents. thlrty-four; no new cases or
suspects since Sept. 81. A. NJ, From the
above 1t will be seen that of the five cases
reported on the 27th. one died. az previous
~ stated, and one has been cured.