The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-23
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
San Francisco, September 1G, per s..
S. Monowdi.
THE CHOLERA.


that cholera has appeared in several
places in New York and adjacent |
towns. A despatch to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle charges the New
York authorities with gross bung-
ling and carelessness. 1t is said that
the house to house inspection order
ed has not been performed. No
quarantine is maintained on the
houses in which cholera has resulted
fatally.
A case is reported in the heart of
Little Italy" in Harlem, There are
more than 10000 Italians in Little
Italy," and it is one of the filthiest
tenement districts in the city.
The first case of death from sus-
pected cholera occurred in Brooklyn
yesterday. 1t was that of woman
q years of age, who was taken i'll
the day before. She had eaten
heartily of green corn and tomatoes,
and the case was put down to cho-
lera morbus. A bacterial examina-
tion is now being made.
An emergency fund subscribed by
New York merchants has reached
S13O635.
1t it said forty or fifty physicians
have visited Swinburne island to
"study the disease" returning night
ly to New York and mingling with
the people.
Mayor Grant has issued procla-
nation to the public, reciting the
appearance of cholera in New York
city and the means taken to combat
it. The proclamation says: "Cho-
lera is neither infectious nor conta-
gious, within the common meaning
of the words, nor is it, in the Ian
, guage of an eminent authority, 'as
dangerous as diphtheria.' The pub
: lie will be intelligently advised as to
, the progress of the disease" The
paper closes: "Rest assured that al
will be done by the authorities tc
meet every emergency, and with the
confidence of the public and aid il
enforcing sanitary regulations the
cholera will be mastered, health vii
be restored, and peace, good orde,
and happiness will be maintained.
e The steamship Bohemia, of thu
Hamburg American line, arrived a
!! New York, IA days from Hamburg
J. early yesterday morning. She re
), ported Ii deaths on the passage
:. Her officers tried to conceal tn,
fact that the fatal disease on boart
had been cholera. The steamer wa
added to the quarantined fleet. l
is authoritatively stated that nin
steamships, carrying 5000 immi
= grants, are on the way to the Unitet
States.
President Harrison has sent tele
pt gram from Loon Lake, N. Y, to tn
" Secretary of the Treasury sayins
re that the Attorney-General has sen
him an opinion to the effect that h
had full power under the law to pre-
If vent the landing in this country O
all immigrants coming from port
y infected with cholera or any othe
=, contapious disease.
o He suggested that the Secretar
y of the Treasury convey this informi
ton to the various transatlanti
companies, together with an otfici;
81 notice that unless they acted
strict accordance Herewith he woul
issue an executive order prohibitin
" entirely all immigration from il
fected ports, without exception.
A letter was received by Germa
in San Francisco whose relatives Ii,
u. in Hamburg. He was informed
it that several members of his famil
had died of cholera, and soon aft
- receiving the letter he was take
IL sick. He was sure he had the drea'
'ir ed disease, but it was simply ca
ST of cholera morbus. Health Otfic
ce Keeney found that the letter bo
MT no mark of having been disinfecte
SO and thinks if this is the way tt
o. work of disinfecting the mails is b
On ing carried on in New York the
On should be active steps taken
Ill remedy the matter.
IN OTHER LANDS.
nd A death from cholera occurred
as Monclava, Mexico, and the town W
les Immediately quarantined. 1t is l
ported that cholera is epidemic
Co., ,,;e Dntns; md Naro r,n1