Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-22
PLAGUE ON LAND.
New York City Has Been at Last Invaded
by Cholera.

|
| by Cholera.
New York, Sept. 14.-Asiatic cholera
has at last invaded New York city. The
health board admitted this alarming
| tact this Observation-Disclosures it with ex-
| IRENE reluctance. Not only is the
plague here, but five deaths from the
disease have occurred in this city within
| the past few days.
This afternoon the health officers
made the announcement. They could
keep the secret no longer. 1t known
now that as long ago as last Sunday they
: were aware that the scourge was here.
The announcement that the cholera
was here did not create much stir. 1t
was suspected for some days that the
awful visitor had come, and the people
were convinced that even If it had not
| it was bound to break into the country.
Following are the victims thus far re-
| ported:
Charles McEvoy, who died Septem-
Der 6, address unknown.
Mrs. Sophia Wigman, died September
| 10, at 76S Eleventh Avenue.
William Wigman, husband Of Sophia
| Wigman, died at the same address on
the following day.
Minnie Leveringer, q child, died on
| september IL, aI Ill LaSG rory -SlAlu
Street.
Charlotte Beck, aged so, died yester-
day at 464 Second Avenue.
| All of these cases were reported to
the health department as suspected
cholera, and have been under the in
vestigation Of the physicians connected
with the department..
! Prof. Herman Biggs, who is in charge
of the division of pathology and bacter-
lology of the health department, has
been at work making ARCHAEOLOGICAL ex-
aminations of the intestinal fluids taken
from the bodies of these suspected
cases. Prof. Blggs reported to the
health department this afternoon the
result of the examinations, and an
nounced unhesitatingiy that the cases
were Asiatic cholera beyond any doubt.
The victims ali died within eight days.
immigration Commissioner Weber
to-day notified the Treasury Depart
ment that he was now supplying incom-
ing im migrants with certificates to the
effect that they had been examined and
found healthy, so that they would not
be subjected to long quarantine in
Western states as they 60 to the new
| homes,
The houses of the deed are not under
| quarantine in the sense of being shut
up. nor of its tenants being prohibited
to go and come when and where they
please, but they are carefully watched
| by doctors. The situation is Identical
with that of 1866, when the cholera
suddenly appeared in three or four
widely separated places in the city.
Then, as now, fleet of plague ships
| lay in the bay. But the cases of cholera
that broke out in New York, had no
connection with quarantine. The real
origin of the plague WAS never discov-
cred.
| The Board of Education this after
noon passed the following resolutions:
| ResOlUed, That the Board of Education
requests the several boards OF trustees
and through the trustees directs the prin-
cipal, janitOr and all others concerned, to
see that every part OF every school is thor
Oughly cleaned and is kept clean, and that
| every suspicious case OF sickness is
| promptly reported to the Board of Health
I2esOlCed, That the Board OF Education
requests the Board of Health to have the
plumbing, drainage and ventilation OF
every school inspected and all defects dis
| covered Immediately reported tor the
prompt attention of this board.
In an interview after the close of the
meeting President j. L. Hunt said that
if cholera should become epidemic in
the city he would take such action as
he deemed best for the good of the
city schools and the safety of the chill
dren. If the situation became serious
enough the schools would be closed.