The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-13

landing at Ellis island will be provided
with card declaring the bearer and bag
gage disinfected and fumigated and in
good health. The cards will be signed by
DR.. Wheeler. surgeon of the marine hos
pital service, and will be worn as label
pinned to the clothes.
A petition signed by many New York
ers, headed by DIR. Robertson, asking for
the removal of Health Officer Jenkins and
the Appointment of an advisory board of
physicians, has not yet been presented to
Gov. Flower.
An official of the Hamburg-American
line obtained permission from Health
Officer Jenkins week ago to allow
special physician of the company to board
the Rugia on condition that he would
remain until all the passengers are re-
leased. The physician sent was DIR. Leo
Splegitz. This morning his first official
report was received. 1t was sent to DR.. J.
ii. Asche, who is also acting for the Ham,
burg-American line. The report is written
In German, from which DR.. Asche trans
lated the following extract: 81 found
everything in good condition except dirt
In the steerage. In the rooms to which
was introduced as the ships hospital 1t
looked as if all the unwashed people in the
world were here. DR.. jenkins delay
in removing the sick and the suspicious
cases Is TO be condemned. 1t is
great wonder to me that fifty of the peo-
pie did not die" OF the treatment by DIR.
Borchard the report spoke as follows: "ln
cases treated with injections of tannin
and salt We succeeded in a cure in all
cases." The full report was read this af-
ternoon before the Academy of Medicine.
The American Sugar Refining Company
has fitted up one of its buildings in this
city for a cholera hospital. Twenty beds
and the furniture have been put in. and
physician employed by the company to re-
main at the hospital constantly. Should
cholera break out among sugar house en-
ployes the patients will Immediately re-
ceive the best attention in the hospital.
where they will stay until the authorities
take charge OF them. Nurses will also be
provided.
There are now $500 people in quaran-
tine, and before the food of immigration
ceases there will be about 10000 people to
be cared for at the gates of New York.
The example set by the two Kings
Daughters. Miss Helen L. Hill and Miss
hbSS L Lynn, VOSh UlIStS lEOfu tilC ICS-
byterian hospital here, who on Saturday
went to Swinburne island as volunteers to
nurse cholera patients, has been followed
by the jesuit fathers and the Salvation
Army.
The Cunard steamer Aurania has been
released and gone to her dock. La Cham
payne, from Havre, which arrived yester-
day, has suspicious case of sickness and
was not released this morning, The
Kaiser Wilhelm, from Bremen; bubble
dam, from Rotterdam, and Columbia,
from Southampton, were released from
quarantine and proceeded to their docks.
The German steamship Amalti, from Ham,
burg on August %, and the British steam
ship Humber. from India and Singapore
arrived in quarantine this morning. The
Red Star steamer Neustria, from Marseil-
les and Naples, passed Fire island for New
York this morning. The North German
Lloyd steamer Aller. from Bremen via
Southampton arrived of Sandy Hook
this morning. The Alaska, from
Liverpool, was signalIed this morning off
Fire island. The health officer has re-
turned from his round of visits and reports
all well aboard the Amalh, from Ham,
burg. She has no passengers, and will go
to her dock. The steamers Dubbledam,
Kaiser Wilhelm. Columbia, Clintonia and
Humba have all been cleared and proceeded
up the bay. Further fumigation is neces-
sary ON the Wieland and will be done at
once.
A movement to prevent immigrants
destined for other states from leaving the
city is on foot. The railroad and steam
ship lines have begun refusing to take
them over the lines. and it looks as though
the immigrants landed at Ellis island
would be obliged to remain IN New York.
Among the railroad and steamship lines
which refuse to take immigrants are the
Baltimore & Ohio, the Ontario & Western,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western,
the Old Dominion steamship line, the
Norwich steamship line and the Hartford
steamboat line. These lines refuse because
the various states will not allow them to
enter without a medical certificate from
the immigration authorities here.
DR.. Walker, who inspected the French
line steamer La Champagne, corroborated
the report of DR.. Jenkins, that there is
case of cholera on tho vessel. The victim
is a stoker on the vessel. The ship will
be ordered to the lower bay and thor
ough investigation of her passengers will
be made.
The Be!genand, from Antwerp, has ar
rived with i76 cabin and 27S steerage pas
sengers. All are well Oh board.
Swinburne island reports all the patients
there on the way 10 recovery.