Evening journal., 1892-09-01
CHOLERA is HERE
The Pest Laden MOrayia, from
Hamburg, at New York.
TWENTY TWO DIED ABOARD
The Vessel Guaranteed and Her Pas
sengers Isolated.

Ashore, Gives Orders to shoot ANY One
Attempting 70 Board the Infected ship.
President Harrison Abandons His New
York Trip and Returns 60 vaohi ncton
to Perfect Plans to Keep the scourge
Out OF the Ceuntry-The Spread Of tho
Plague in Europe.
NEW YoRK, Sept 1.-The scourge Of Eu-
rope is knocking at our doors. Cholera has
entered New York harbor on the Hamburg
steamer Moravia Twenty-Five dead was
tho record made by the awful disease
among the steamships 300 passengers on
the short voyage hither
The Mornvia was halted near the Mar
rows her Prov again turned seaward by
the vigilant qu-antine officers and her in
fected crew and passengers landed on an
island where science win have it's hand to
hand struggle with the malevolent disease
without danger to the inhabitants Of New
York.
The Moravia left Hamburg on Aug IS
with a5s Storage passengers and a crew Of
seventy men, all told She carried no cabin
passengers The first day out the trouble
began. Two children died in the dim hgnl
Of the steeraga, aud their bodies were soon
thrown overheard amid the wail,. g their
parents and the lamentations Ct the other
passengers who now comprehendod that
they were shipmates with the dread
ecourge
The BODIES Thrown Overheard.
The unasf lnn Arfr fI,.... ..-..,.. .....-....
more deaths In the Storage and as fast as
they occurred the bodies were thrown over
board. These were horrible nights and
days for all ON board There was "A large
number Of Polish Hebrews among the pas
sengers, and they aud their German aud
French fellow travellers looked at each
other wondering who would be tho next
victim.
The officers and crew Of the vessel stin
kept the ship headed westward, while
death worked ON below decks On Aug IN
there were only two deaths on board and
only two on the following day Officers
and passengers began TO take heart at this.
but On Aug % there were five deaths. One
after another they died and their bodies
were thrown into the sea. 10 seemed that
day as If the cholera We're going 20 make
clean sweep and leave the pest shin float
ing tenantless.
But the next day no deaths occurred.
and period Of three days now elapsed
without a death and all on bond the No
ravia felt encouraged again. On Aug "a
another death followed, however, and on
Aug. IS there were two On Aug. 90 there
was one death, and with that record the
Moravia came into quarantine, and the rat.
Ting Of her anchor chains broke the still.
ness Of the night.
q ders TO shoot.
The health officers have adopted the most
stringent measures to prevent the spread OF
the disease from the vessel, and strict orders
have been issued by DR.. Jenkins to DR.. San
born, the doctor left in charge Of tho No.
ravia, 10 shoot any ono who attempts 10
board tke vessel That the officers arc nm.
easy and expect new cases TO develop there
is no doubt
The peril Of the plague now lies in fresh
arrivals-in the certainty that the deadly
bacillus has crossed the seaa aud may lean
ashore from any steamship now arriving
from tho cholera infected ports.
There are now three steamers on their
way TO New York from Hamburg The
Rugia sailed Aug 81 with 300 passengers.
the Normannia left port Aug 90 with about
200 passengers ana the Scandal sailed Aug.
Is with Sl2 immigrants on board Tie
hugia is due here today, the Normannia
Saturday and the Scaudia should reach
New York a week from today.
The officials at the quarantine station on
Staten Island are we'll prepared to fight the
disease. DR.. Jenkins, the health officer, has
an efficient corps of assistants. and they
viii carry out the instructions Of govern
IIHIF off & H..
have two islands, Hoffman and Swinhurne,
under their supervision, which places have
facilities FOR handling about 1000 immi.
grants. ia addition to the Islands the omar.
antine officers have a floating hospital. S. d.
Catlin, and it has accommodations for sew.
eral hundred additional persons.
DR.. Jenkins and his assistants. however
realize that they have a dreadful Zoe 10
Crapple with. In speaking OF the matter
DR. Jenkins said, "rhe only way TO make
absolutely certain Of keeping the choler,
out Of this country is 10 restrict immiera
tion.' And with the arrival of the plaeu,
ship Moravia he has demonstrated that thin
is SO.
The President Alarmed
President Harrison has abandoned his
proposed trip through northern New York
on which he was 10 start from Whit
Plains, and has gone back to Washington
post haste 70 consult with his cabinet cen
corning measures advisable TO repel thl
invasion of cholera. Half an hour after hI
arrived at this decision he received mes
sages from Secretary Foster, Of the treasuri
department, aud Attorney General Miller
informing him of the cholera invasion an,
asking that means should be taken TO pre-
vent the spread OF the scourge
Tie president first heard the news in n
gard to the Moravia through a telephon
mesuge received by Mr.. Reid at Ophirfar
The president and Mr. Reid held q con
sultation Immediately, and it was decide
that the president could best consult wit
his subordinates in the matter by going 1
Washington. Accordingly he left Onhi
farm on a special train for this city, and a
midnight a regular Pennsylvania railroa
train, bearing Tie president, Private Seer,
tary Halford and Executive Clerk Tibboti
left Jersey City for Washington.
THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT.
Total SusDcnalon Of hmm grafton nurfn