Evening journal., 1892-09-19
CHOLERA KING NO MORE
A Comparatively Idle Day For
Quarantine officials.
A SUSPECTED CASE IN ELIZABETH

a pU6fhOIhD OAS6 In ELIZABETH. |
A Man Stricken With Suspicious symp- |
toms Causes an Exodus of Nurses and |
Patients in the HospitaI-Another
Case in I'm English Port-The Plaques
Progress Elsewhere.
IBy Telegraph to the Evening Journall
NEW York, Sept. 19-The board of
health this morning reported no more
cholera cases since its last report.
CAMP Low, SANDY HOOK, Sept. 19.-
The quarantine steamer William b.
Fletcher, with 1856 immigrants aboard,
arrived at this place this morning at 73O,
accompanied by Second Officer Porgelius
of the steamship Rugia on which they
came across the ocean. Thirteen of the
Scandals passengers also arrived this
morning.
Hoffman's Island is now deserted so far
as immigrants are concerned. General
Hamilton says that by nightfall every
thing will be in good shape at Camp
Low.
QUARANTINE, Sept. 19-Dr Byron's
noon report is as follows;
''Dr. Abbott is just back from the
shi ps' He brings two bodies from the
Scandia, Regina Geisloff aged &C. who
died of heart failure and Christine Oelsen
aged 8, whose death resulted from miras-
mus, and one new patient, Scholem
Chazan. aged 16 years, from the Bohemia.
With this exception, all our patients are
out of danger and the Island will soon
be free from cholera patients.
DIR. BYRON"
An Elizabeth Suspect.
ELIzABETH. N. j., Sept. ia case of
suspected cholera is in the hospital
here. John Cusicl, Pole, employed in
some chemical works ON Staten Island
sound, was admitted to the hos spital here
yesterday afternoon suffering from what
the physicians are inclined TO think is
Asiatic cholera. This morning the hos
pital authorities telegraphed to the New
York Board of Health to send a cholera
expert to diagnose the case.
All the nurses and patients in the hos
pital who were able to move left the
building this morning in a fright.
The hospital will be quarantined.
May Exclude German Sugar.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ia letter will
be written by the department officials
this week stating the government posi-
tion on the question of admitting Ameri
can citizens who may come in the steer.
age from Europe.
General Spaulding, who gave the infor
nation, also stated that if the medical
experts had reason to believe that chol
era germs were conveyed TO this country
in the sugar importations from Germany
the product certainly would be excluded
No action would be taken by the treas
ury officials, he added, until complaint
had been>made to them regarding th'
German sugar.
Suspicious Death on IA Released Ship.
NEW York Sept. 19-John Knox, A
years old, fireman on the AllanStat
line steamer State of Nevada, which lef
Glasgow September and arrived her
on September IA, was found dead on tn
deck of the steamer, at o'clock las
evening
The man had complained Of bad attacl
of diarrhoea early in the morning ant
when he was discovered dead on tn
deck Captain Maine at once notified tn
health authorities, fearing that Kno
might have been the victim of cholera.
policeman was despatched for DR.
Charles f. Roberts, the chief of tn
bureau of contagious Diseases who al
rived at the steamer, which is lying a
her pier, at 80 o'clock After maxim
an examination he ordered the steame
thoroughly fumigated and also closed th
pier and quaran tined those on the shiI
The Nevada was not detained q
quarantine last Wednesday, having el
hibited a clean bill of health.
Cholera in San Salvador.
PANAMA, Sept ia telegram frol
San Salvador states that death froi
cholera has occurred at La Libertad, q
the Pacific coast of the repnblic and
short distance from the capital I'll
victim of the disease was a recent arriv
from Europe.
Fighting Cholera by Prayer.
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept ia pastor
letter was read yesterday in all Roma
Catholic churches of the archdiocese
Ottawa urging cooperation with u
authorities in preventing a chol era on
break and enioining fasting and sci
mortiic alton with the hope that the eI
demic NAV be stayed It also directs tn
the Fiftieth Psalm, Miserere, be SUI
after the benediction service and a 81
cial prayer of intercession be recit
after every low mass.
HAvRE, Sept. 19-There were 70
deaths from cholera in this city on Sund
and nine new cases Of the disease.
CALIFORNIA; Cattle King Dead.
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