The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-03
Additional Precautions Taken
Along the Canadian Border.
NO SICKNESS ON THE MoRAv,A.
Four Steamers From Infected Ports
Expected at New York Today.
by Customs Officers-AIi the Trans.
atlantic Lines Stop Emigrant Travel
-Fumigation OF Mail Discussed

WASHINGTON Cry. Sept 2-Secretary
Foster today received a telegram from Col
lector Hendricks at New York, asking If
he should detain vessels in quarantine
that had not entered but were passed by
the health officer, until special instruc-
tions were received from the department,
and would such detention apply to cabin
passengers. The assistant secretary di-
rected that reply be made that vessels
afioat after the date of the circular are ex-
cepted, but any vessels within the excep-
tion and passing quarantine will be entered
In the absence of information received
after they have passed the health officer
that entrance is likely 10 introduce cholera.
The quarantine was additionally
strengthened today by the appointment
of two medical inspectors at Port Huron,
Mich, and one at Pembina, n. ID. 1t is
very evident from the talk of officials OF
the state department that they do not con-
template taking any action regarding the
complaints against Charles H. Burke,
vice consul at Hamburg, who issued a
clean bill of health to the steamer
Moravia. They do not believe Burke is
culpably negligent. On the same day he
issued clean bill of health to the steamer
the city authorities did likewise.
The postoffice department has received
number of replies to kilograms sent
yesterday to postmasters on the Canadian
frontier. directing them to confer with
local health officers and report at once
what. if any, precautionary measures are
necessary to be taken with the mails re-
ceived from Canada in order to guard
against the introduction of cholera. Post
master Geutsch, of Buffalo, answered.:
"The health officers advise immediate
preparation for disinfecting mails from
Canada by perforating letters and by dry
heat" Postmaster Hance, of Detroit, says:
"After consultation with the health officers
find it unnecessary to take steps for dis
injecting mails from Canada, as cholera
has not made its appearance there" Post
master Sexton, of Chicago, said the health
officers advised fumigation by sulphur or
steam. The health officers at Port Huron
and Troy, N. Y, also advised fumigation
of the mails. Postmaster-Genera Wana-
maker this afternoon sent q telegram to
the Canadian postmaster general asking
what precautions were being taken, if
any, and if fumigation Of mails was con-
sidered necessary.
Today the collector of customs at Detroit
telegraphed to the treasury department,
asking whether the quarantine circular
applied to immigrants from Quebec and
Montreal. He was informed in reply that
they were not subject to its provisions,
but immigrants from the two places
named should be detained until all danger
had passed. The officials of the war de-
bo 1c
every army post in the country put in
such sanitary condition that the disease,
if introduced, shall not spread on account
of bad hygienic conditions. To bring
about the desired result Adjutant-Genera
Williams today sent to each department
commander and to each independent post
in the country certain memoranda sub
mitted by the surgeon general and ap-
proved by the secretary of war, relating to
the cholera situation. The cablegram re-
ceived by the state department In relation
to the cholera included one from the con-
sul at Stettin, who cabled as follows:
There is cholera at Greifowald. The first
case in Pomerani was a sailor from Ham,
burg" Another from the consul at Bre-
men says: "There is no cholera in Bre-
men. Every sanitary precaution with all
passengers is taken"
Assistant Secretary Spaulding was busy
today, for he is the official of the treasury
department who has direct supervision of
matters relating to immigration. There
were many kilograms from individuals
and steamship companies interested in
the twenty-day quarantine circular issued
yesterday. The chief question asked was
as to the application of quarantine re-
strictions in the case of steamers hay-
ing both cabin and steerage passengers.
The assistant secretary explained to- q re-
porter that in case where a steamer
brought both immigrants and cabin pas
sengers. the latter would be detained at
quarantine long enough to assure the
quarantine officers that there was no dan
ger of introducing cholera. Then they
would be allowed TO land. Health officers
would have discretion in the matter. The
department received a dispatch from
a New York shipping company ask
ing whether London comes under the
twenty days quarantine circular, and
whether freight boats can be quarantined
when they have only cabin passengers
Secretary Foster replied that vessels not
carrying immigrants would not necessari-
ly be detained twenty days, but all vessels
from foreign ports would be held long
enough to assure the health officers that
there was no danger of introducing choi-
era.
A copy of New York dispatch contain
ing jenkins views with respect TO the
twenty days quarantine order was shown
President Harrison this afternoon.
He declined, however, TO say
anything i'll regard 10 the matter
for publication. Secretary Charles Foster
was not inclined to comment very extern
siyely on what DIR. Jenkins had 10 say. IL
is his opinion. however, that the doctor
did not read the circular very carefully, for
he said il was expressly drawn 10 reserve
his tthe doctor's) power in the premises.
New York, Sept. 2.-The Heratd's Wash
ington City special says: "A proclama-
tion to ihe country warning the boards OF
health and the people generally to be on
guard against infection will be the next
important move of the president.
NO CHOLERA AT NEW YORK.