The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-01
IT SPREADS FAST.
Deaths From Cholera in Several
Towns i'll England, Scot
land and Wales.
Fears Again Expressed That
the Disease Will Soon
Appear in London.

LONDON Aug 30.-If all the deaths that
are being reported from .Asiatic cholera are
true, there is no doubt of Great Britain's
having visitation of the dreadful scourge
From Gravesead, Swansea, Glasgow and
Dundee, towns in England, Scotland and
Wales. reports come Of death from the dis
ease, showing that the efforts of the health
officials to keep it out OF the country have
proved truitless. And now this afternoon
comes report that person has died from
Asiatic cholera at Bolton, the large manu-
featuring town, which lies twelve miles
northwest Of Manchester. The place is one
of the principal seats OF the English cotton
man 'acture, and thousands Of mill opera
tlves live there. The permission given by
the health officials at Middlesborough for
the landing Of the crew Of the steamer
Corona from Hamburg promises to
have most serious results AS all
nounced in these dispatches, the
vessel was placed in quarantine after
one of the crew was found to be
suffering with cholera, and was immedi-
ately removed to the cholera hospital. A
steamer belonging to the same company
as the Portia has been in quarantine at
Cuxhaven on the Elbe, ffty-eight miles
northeast of Ham burg, for week, owing
to two deaths from cholera having occurred
on board her. This steamer is expected to
arrive at Gravesend tonight with large
number OF poor emigrants. The inhab-
ltants OF Gravesend are awaiting her arrival
with much apprehension. 1t is feared that
should an outbl eak OF the disease occur at
Gravesend .-..-
1T WOULD HAVE GRAVE RESULTS.
Gravesend is only twenty miles from
London and 1t is :avorite place tor Holt
day visitors An immense number Of ex-
cursions visit the place. and TO their trade
much OF Gravesend's prosperity is due. The
establishment of cholera hospital near the
town and the constant arrival OF immi-
grants from infected ports Will tend to drive
this trade away. The, effects OF the report
of the death OF the steamer Gemma's pas
sengers from cholera was observable yes
terday. in a great falling off in the
usual number OF Sunday excur-
sionists. But the better class Of the inhab!-
tants OF the town do not regard this as an
unmitigated loss. What they fear is that ii
the disease breaks out in Gravesepd it will
be an almost impossible task to fight it,
The sanitary system, OF the town is anti
quated and will prove all excellent factor
in spreading the disease The local govern
ment board tonight issued regulations re-
curing shipowners under heavy penalties
to retain aboard ship all foreign immigrants
who are unable to inform the port medical
officer OF their destination and address to
enable the local authorities to watch them
until ali danger OF cholera is passed.
CALL IT CHOLERINE.
What with the assertions and denials
made regarding the presence OF cholera in
England, it will be hard to decide whether
or not the cholerine cases that have &C.
CURED have been true Asiatic cholera or
not. In some quarters it is positively as
serted that there is doubt that true cholera
has affected an entrance into the country.
while on the other baud it is just as posi-
lively asserted that the disease is nothing
but simple cholera, from which no danger
need be apprehended. DR.. Whitcomb,
the sanitary officer at Gravesend, who in
spected the steamer Comma, which arrived
there from Hamburg on Thursday last, and
three OF whose passengers subsequently
died from what was said to be Asiatic
cholera, emphaiicaliy denies that the dis
ease was the dread d%Eassern scourge He
attended all three of the victims in the hos
pital, and says that they died from choler-
inc. He further says that the emisrants on
the Comma were not of the poorest class,
but We're greatly superior to the general
run of foreign Jews who arrived here In
some quarters it is held that it is nonsense
Tor the quarantine officials to act on the
superstition that it is only the poorer classes
o. passengers who can convey the con-
tagion. 1t is said that even tirst-class pass
engers rom cholera-infected ports are just
as likely to convey the germs Of the dis
ease as those who travel in the steerage, and
that the disease is not generated on the
steamer, but in the cities from which the
passengers come, and there is no possible
way OF telling whether or not some ofthe
flrsI,class passengers may not have only re-
Gently let house in which some person
has lallen a victim to the disease.