New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-14
HAMBURG IN DISTRESS.
CHOLERA'S RAvAGES DECREASING, BUT
GREAT SUFFERING AMONG THE PEOPLE.

HAMBURG Sent 13-Two hundred and thirty
seven new cases of cholera were reported yesterday
The deaths numbered only ninety-seven The re-
ports published in foreign papers that there have
been sixty fatal cases of the disease in the jail
are entirelv unfounded There has not been
single case of cholera among the prisoners
The amount of navigation the River Elbe is
now very small and. consequently. there is little
work on the wharves This condition of affairs
is bound to cause much suffering among the dock
laborers and those dependent on them. The
amount of money that has been lost because OF
the epidemic will probably never be approximately
estimated Every branch of business has suffered
4 number of manufacturers have been compelled to
dismiss their workmen, having no ORDERS and there
fore nothing for them 10 do. Hundreds of men
are lettering about the port, finding it impossible
to procure work of any kind. At many Of the
villages along the Elbe the fishermen have ceased
work because they could not sell their catches.
People are chary of consuming fish from the
Elbe The fsherwomen and dealers in vegetables
and fruits here also in bad way. They are
in a large number of cases with almost nothing
10 eat having been deprived of their sales
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce appeals
20 the inhabitants of the city TO give all possible
employment to Hamburg tradesmcn. and to avoid
sending orders abroad. Prince Bismarck has given
500 marks to the relief fund Ten water con-
duits have been placed at the Altoona boundary
line to supply residents of Hamburg with pure
water free of charge
Several fatal cases of cholera have occurred AT
The FrieGrichsberg Lunatic Asylum. The Senate
has accented the offer Of the Altoona Water Com
pany ia furnish Hamburg with ample supply OF
pure water This will tend to check the ravages
nf the disease. for although every effort has been
made 10 supply the people With boiled water,
MANY of them win persist in using the uubolled
water as a beverage.
Vienna. Sept ia dispatch to the "Neue
Freie Presse" from Hamburg says that it is impos-
sible accurately to indicate the number OF cases
of cholera and the deaths from the disease tha'
have occurred there. Information Is not only re-
fused by the authorities, but the police ana even
drivers and attendants of anbulances nave oeeh
sworn to divulge nothing concerning the disease.
The dispatch adds that it has been ascertained
that the cholera was imported into Hamburg py
coolies in four ships that last sailed from bIaoh
Sea ports These four vessels arrlved AT HAMBURG
during the first two weeks of August.
Perrin Sent. 13.-The L" Reichsanzeiger" says that
no cases of cholera have occurred IN Mel since
Sentember A. and that the epidemic there is be-
,;svad n he extinct The Federal States there
fore requested not to treat Kiel as an infected
citv. Several cases of cholera are reported from
various towns in Germany, most Of the victims
being canal workers from Hamburg. Professor
Koch certifies that a daughter Of bargeman.
who has died at Eberswald, near Berlin, was
victim of Asiatic cholera. The annual races ao
Stuttgart have been cancelled.
Chancellor Won Caprivi has ordered the Imperial
Board of Health to prepare Dill 1or inc resui'-
ton OF the sanitary affairs OF the Empire IN oroei
70 prevent a recurrence of the disorganization OF
commerce that has been caused by the epidemic
in Hamburg. Herr Hermann, well-known cor
RESPONDENT Of the "Boersen Courier of Berlin,
has died in Hamburg of Asiatic cholera Inc
Moabite cholera lazaettO is empty TO-DAY.
Paris Sept l3.-There were reported IN TINS
CITY to-day forty-fvc new cases OF cholera anu
twcnty-six deaths. In St Ouen nine ne" osse'
and five deaths We're reported.
There were twenty deaths from cholera In Paris
rasterdav No new cases were reported. The
reellv renort issued by the Public Health Depart
ment saws there has been a rapid decrease OF 'he
disease number of isolated cases are occur
ring in the northern departments The eploelmc
is however. rife al Brionne, in the Department
of Fure. The report describes the town as a YER
liable hOtbed of disease.
DR. Prorst has reported to the fIy2ienic Commit
tee of France that the epidemic in Hamburg mas SUI
passcd in intensity anything of the klnd thao ever
occurred up TO the present time, the nimper oi
deaths being far above the published hsures'
The wards of the cholera hospital, he says are al
WAYS full of patients and hundreds Of bodies are
daily removed from the building. large ihsur-
ance companv has suspended operations owing to
the heavy mortality.
Hayre. Sept 13.--In the city yesterday there
,oro ton neyy cases of cholera and thirteen deaths
frn,n rho disease Ills is decrease OF three new
oas.s and an increase of i've deaths compared WIN
Sundays figures
Brussels, Sept. 13-Seven cases of cholera ana
three deaths have occurred in the village OF MeiX-
devant-Virton, in Belgian Luxembourg.
The Hague. Sept. 1.-two cases OF cholera am
one dcatb from the disease have been reported AT
Zwyndrecht, in South Holland. ten miles southeast
Of Rotterdam. The village is situated On ene
Piver Meuse and large part OF the tra1e cor
sists in supplying vegetables TO passing Tesseie.
St Petersburg, Sept l3-Ihe ol1cln HsIas
for Saturday place the total number OF new coieLa
cases throughout the Empire at 2,8lO ana uie
deaths at 1926 Compared with the returns loI
Friday these figures show decrease OF $50 new
cases and 1,ls4 deaths YESTERDAY S,od nm ~;
cases and twenty-seven deaths were reported III
ST Petersburg, an increase Of two new cases ana d
decrease Of one death compared with the returns 1a
of the prevous day. Owing TO the marked DE-
returns will hepceforth be- issued
Rotterdam. Sept 13-The captain Of the steamer
Mas, from Hamburg, died here yesterday oi As'
London. Sept ia man has died at Coat
bridge near Glasgow, of disease resembling chol-
era after an illness of only one day II is sup
posed that he caught the infection from some
Russian Polish emigrants who recently arrived in
the ncghborhood.
"The Morning Post" says 1t is quite natural
for America to desire TO keep cholera at arms
length. The dlseae might imperil the success
Of the Chicago Worlds Fair by lying dormant
during the winter and bursting out with vigor
next summer with the exceptional facilities pro
yided for il in New-York rookerics In short.
there Is something TO excuse, though not to
instify the attitude of the people Of Islip."
NEW REGULATIONS AT QUEBEC.
Quebec sept 13.-The following resolutions
have been adopted by the Central Board OF HEALTH
and ratified by the Lieutenant Governor In coun IL