Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-31
Official Information Received In Wash.
inglOn only from One
Consul.
DANGERS IN HANDLING THE
MAIL.
by Telegraph to the Ngws.l
CHOLERA REPORTS.
Tho Disensc increasing ut Hamburg
Ruh Spreading Rapidly.

uAiclh ihiormhlOh OF cnulcrn IN
Europe received In Washington today
war very meagre aud confined 10 one
dispatch from the consul at Bremen.
lie cabled that there was no Asintlc
cholera la the city and every pfocau-
ton was taken 10 prevent IL. The
treasury officials received assurances
OF the effectiveness OF the national aud
State quarantine services, and they
say the department has done all !. can
70 prevent cholera from gaining admi..
siOu Into the United States. a Gordon
VI Inspection and dieintection Ia being
rapidly established on the aeabUard
from Louisiana TO Maine and along the
Canadian and Mexican frontiers. A
circular on the subject wis Issued by
Acting Secretary Spsulding this after
noon TO collectors OF customs aud
others. Tho collectors Of customs on
the Canadian and MeXcnn frontiers
were Instructed TO use special vigilance
In examining immigrants and effects,
anu cooperate with the officers Of tho
hospital service and local health officers
IA such action ae they may dccm auv Wis.
able 10 prevent the Introduction Of
cholera iuto the United -snges.
Al tue request Of Collector Hopkins
w
appointed DR.. Mulhcron spoclai 10.
srector at that port 10 as-!s; tho local
authorities In examining the immi-
grants ana baggage from Canada. II
~ bee found necessary inspectors will
also be appointed Mt Sault Ste, Marie,
Port Huron and other lake ports 90
nssist In preventing the Introduction
OF cholera. The collectors OF customs
Al a. IA leV "
Me-, nre requested TO nominate an in.
spcct0r to assist In the inspection nuu
uisiniection OF Immigrants "A. those
points. Should Il be necessary, ut
many immigrant stations on the north
medical inspectors will DO stationed tD
nstlat the regular Immigrant inspector.
n cases Of the establishment OF abso-
Lutte quarantine n Gordon eau be drawn
out within an hour by Telegram from
the secretary, and tue United States
would be shut out from the world on
the east.
PASSED QUARANTINE.
NEW York. Aug. 3O.-rhe steam.
ship dorian" from West Indian ports,
which arrived today, PASSED Quaran.
tine NIL right, there being no sickness
aboard.
IMMIGRANTS DETAINED.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30. - The
steamship "Bntish princeasn from
Liverpool with COO immigrants aboard,
g50of whom are from Hamburg, Is
still detained htquatantinc. rhe work
Of disinieotng Ia completed, but al
though there was no sickness aboard
the steamship, she will be detained at
the quarantine until ths boarj u
health shall he satisfied that all danger
OF cholera IL passed.
1T OBTAINS A fOoTHOLD ~ LoNDoN
LONDON, Aug. SO.-Considerable
uneasiuess IL felt here because OF thp
know ledge that cholera hns certainly
obtained foothold In London, and Ia
the worst place In which II could up.
pear. Notwithstanding the quaran-
tine, people from Hamburg are allowed
to iaud, and the result OF ali this IL that
two new cases Of cholera have appeared
In the city today.
CHOLERA COMING by MAIL.
VIESNAtAug. 3O.-rho postmaster
at Pils.n, Bohemia, died from CHOLERA
after one single days iliness. IL W
supposed that he contracted the d scn,o
while handling German letters and
parcels. No other case OF cholera has
been reported IN the whole monar ohy.
SLIGHTLY ABATED.
BERLIN, Aug. 30.-rhurei IN a slight
abatement In the severity OF the
cholera epidemic at Altoona. From
Sunday 10 midnight Monday the rec.
ord there Shows twenty new cases I'd
eight deaths. At Wandsbesk for the
came period the record shows ssvel,-
teen new cases ana nine deaths. Three
children and the conductor OF n sleep.
ing car attached TO q Hamburg train
were seized with cholera during their
Journey today and removed 10 Il hos
pitHl at Lud wigslust. The conductors
VIE died from the disease on Sunday. /
A traveller from Hamburg was stricken /
with Asihtic cholera at Darmftadt to-
day and the authorities at once or
dered tho town 10 DO covered with |
piscards containing special sanitary |
regulations. The price Of disinfectants,
eepecInlly carbolic acid, has rlasn 100 |
per cent. In the city since the appear. |
anee OF cholera. The abnormal In
crease IL placing the purchase OF dis. |
Injecting articles beyond the reach OF |
the poor. The newspapers advocate
the gratis distribution OF disiniectants.
INoREAsING AT HAMBURG.
HAMBURG, Aug. SO.-Since last
night there has boon m enormous in |
crease IN the number OF persons at |
tackled and who have died, $40 new |
cases aud 80 deaths having occurred
today. The interments yesterday |
lasted far into the night, tho u tai OF |
the dag being g9l. a feeling Of deep
gloom has settled over the city. III.
loss 10 tho commercial community IL
rated at several million marks daily. |
The exodus from the city IL increasing,
and the number Of foreigners arriving |
has fallen to the lowest on record. |
There were only twenty.nine arrivals
at all the city hOtels on Monday. The
IN dull and suitry, the tenn
peratute 81 IN the shade. The condI.
lion is favorable to the progress Of the
epidemic.
IN VARIOUS PLACES.
one death from doubtful case Of |
Asiatlo cholera occurred yesterday ut
BRUSSELS.