Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01

NEw AoRK. Sept. News from Washington
regarding the precautions 10 be taken against
cholera il anNiously awaited There is perfect
co operation between government and state
quarantine forces here. and the officials here
agree there was never such conf lete quarantine
system m TINS or other country.
Precautions at san Francisco.
SAN FRAxcIsoo. Sept The health officers
here sre taking every precaution against chol-
era. Quarantine Doctor Lawler has ordered all
Vessels arriving from Alaska rigidly inspected.
ie fears that cholera might be brought over
from kdssia by way Of Alaska The state board
of health has provided means to stop all sus-
piclous cases az the state line. All incoming
trims from Portland and ogden will b. in
spected before passengers ara allowed to enter
california, Chinatown il being inspected and
the city VIII be thoroughly cleaned.
sanitary Insp-rtion ~ Kansas CITY.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-. Scrt The health Off
cial- Of the two Kansas Citys met in Joint seq
sion last evening 20 discuss methods Of prevent
ing the introduction al cholera into the cities
aud Of combating IL should IL make it, a,fear-
ance- There were present at the meeting also
the chiefe OF police Of the two cities aud Mr.
VI. o bnEp, secretary ct the Kansas state board
OF boaittS 10 was decided to aid the ,anitarv
/ department. b. making each patrolman of the
! ponce force sanitary in-psc or and bv adding
ON their respective beats 90 hunt down locali-
lies and houses of badlanitary condition.
Boston Not Prepared for an Epidemic.
| BosroS. Sept. The state board of health
has issued orders not 90 allow immigrants from
the British i-land- o. Scandinavia to come into
the port Of Boston without the fumigation ~
themselves and their baggage City lhysician
Little OF LINN states that should cholera strike
1 that city an epidemic would be inevitable
| owing TO the condition Of the hnrbor aud
mnrshes Garbage Is AT present dumped on
I the West Lynn marshes. pending the adoption
OF some satisfactory system for its disposition
VIII u Affect th. Rig Pair
CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-Will the European spi-
| demic uf cholera affect the worlds fair? The
question has been raised as to whether il would
Lot cripple the foreign exhibit. and tins has
! given bIrth to tine suggestion that the fair lie
1 postponed one wear. Dispatches from New
York and Washington indicate that some appre-
bensiou L. felt ln those cities that the cholera
abroad val have a harmful effect upon the
prospects of IN. fair. lar as foreign exhibits
are concerned. Many of these we're 10 come
; from districts which are now infested with he
scourge. and il mPLt be dangerous 60 accent
/ goods sent here ulder such circumstances. IL
/ j. therefore suggested tina, n might be well 20
/ postpone the exhibition another year.
Director General Davis docs not think that
the present condition OF affrjrs warrants the
directors taking any action in the direction of
l postponing the fair.
do yoa think the reported condition # the
cholera il such as W"nld affect the prospects of
/ the fair?' be was asked
- don't"
do you approve of postponemcnt Of the
! fary''
Not Mt present.
''lf the cholera should spread would you sd-
yocate a posiponementy"
1t would depend on circum Stances But 4
/ do not think such circumstances Will develop.
have paid no attention % the scare"
President Higganbotham is disposed to treat
the scare lightly.
Why. saId he. ''my family is in Paris. and
when the plague story got out ] wired a.king
! for information and received an answer that
/ there was no cholera in that city. have not
heard OF any desire TO postpone the fair be-
cause of the cholera" continued Mr.. Higgan-
botham, ''snd as far as know il has not been
discussed by the directors." Several of the
other directors are OF the same opinion. Il
think II would be wise to wait until we know
definitely that the cholera is going 20 make
trouble before thinking about any such propo-
sition, said Director Gage, and that seems TO
be the general opinion