The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-30


sanitary system of the town is antiQuated
and will prove an excellent factor in spread
ing the disease. The excitement was some
what allayed this afternoon by the an r
nouncement of the company which conveys
most Of the aliens to Gravesend that 1t had
decided to cease its passenger traffic from
Hamburg until the cholera epidemic there
comes to an end.
SICK, BUT NOT WITH CHOLERA.
The Norwegian bark Saledon, Capt
Thoroson, from Mobile. July 5, arrived at
Shields to-day. AS she was entering the
harbor it was seen that she was flying a
yellow flag, meaning she had sickness
aboard. The medical officers who boarded
her found two Of the crew i'll. The sick
men were closely examined. The officials
declared that they were not suffering from
cholera.
TO ENFORCE STRICT RULES.
The local government board Tonight is
sued regulations requiring ship owners.
under heavy penalties to retain aboard
ship all foreign immigrants who are unable
to inform the port medical officer Of their
destination and address, SO as to enable the
local authorities to watch them until all
danger Of cholera is past. No immigrant
in dirty condition will be allowed to land
until all sanitary regulations regarding
bathing, etc , are complied with. The or
der will be rigIdly executed. 1t will be the
cause of considerable expense and annoy
ance to ship owners, and will probably re-
suit in a cessation Of immigration Of
destitute aliens, at whom the order is evil
IDENTIFY aimed 1t will not interfere with
immigrants in transit across England en-
route for America.
FATAL IN TWO HOURS.
LONDON, Aug. 80, 3 A. M.-The St
Petersburg correspondent of the Times
1ailxy oholaro
here is 100 new cases and twenty deaths. It
is great mistake to say
that the epidemic is a mild one.
The best authorities affirm the contrary.
In some cases the victims sucoumb in two
or three hours, often without the least
vomiting or diarrhoea. The bodies of the
victims frequently exhibit strong muscular
movements an hour after death, thSs prov
wing the severity Of the attack. True, the
proportion OF deaths is not very high, but
the disease Is of extreme virulence."
The Vienna correspondent os the Times
complains Of the neglect of the foul river
Wien, fiowiag like an open drain through
the best part of the city. Otherwise, he
says, the utmost precaution is being taken.
The correspondent OF the News at Odessa
says: 1.-The cholera mortality begins
to show marked fluctuations oon-
trasting with the previous steady
increase. The official returns ignore Their
son, Nicolaieff, Kisheneff and many other
places where the outbreak is not wide
spread. therefore the mortality is above the
official figures"
THE SITUATION AT HAMBURG.
HAMBURG, Aug. 29.-Oficial cholera
statistics place the number of new cases re-
ported Saturday at 435, and the number of
deaths at las. On Sunday and up to noon
to-day 148 new cases and 73 deaths were re-
ported. The disease appears TO be ahasing
in several quarters of the city. The city
yesterday was strikingly quiet There was
little traffic on the streets and the concert
gardens, which are usually crowded to their
fullest capacity on Sundays, were COM
pletely deserted.
In Altoona n new cases and 33 deaths
were reported from noon Saturday No to
noon to-day. Owing TO an outbreak Of the
disease 10 the prison $50 minor offenders
have been released.
and Altoona has been most noticeable since
last night.
Isolated cases have been reported from
Schiffbeck, Bergedorf, Harburg, Elmshorn
and Uetersen, suburbs of Hamburg. Two
cases have occurred at Halle in Prussian
Saxony. AtWandsbeck, three miles north
east OF Hamburg, favorite summer re-
sort of the merchants Of the city, there
were nine cases and five deaths up to Sat-
urday evening.
RUssIAs OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29.-The official
cholera returns from all the infected dis
tricts show that on Friday 4. 767 new cases
aud 1924 deaths were reported. In st.
Petersburg yesterday 100 new cases were
reported, while the deaths numbered 200.
At Cronstadt three cases and one death were
reported.
Cholera has reached Merv, in Turkestan
and v,fN pra oil mn tho In Tho hffa N
particularly Armenian merchants, who
wanted to close their shops Immediately
they became aware OF the presence of the
disease. The government, however, threat
ened to expel the merchants from the coun-
try II they did not continue business.
Should the Armenians be allowed to close
their shops 1t would cause great distress.
Every town and village in the Rovernme Mt
of Torek is affected with cholera. The pop
ulation is over 485, 900.
BERLIN's AMERICAN STUDENTS.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.-Dr. Harris Graham,
an American physician, who has wide ex-
perience with cholera in Syria, is organiz-
ing the American medical students here
into a body TO act as assistants and nurses
| should the cholera become epidemic here.
In accordance with the policy decided upon
to make the public health condition of the
city public, concealing nothing from the
residents, the police this morning posted
notice throughout the city announcing
that a woman who had just arrived from
Hamburg had died from Asiatic cholera.
Appended to the notice are full instructions
for the treatment of cholera.
Traffic from here to Hamburg is extraor-
dinarily small, but from Hamburg here it is
very heavy.
The North German Gazette urges the
adoption of an international agreement for
concerted action against cholera.
ANTwERPs PATIENTS
ANTWERP Aug. 29.-Seven cholera pa
tients are in the hospital here. Some of
them are In a serious condition. Only two
new cases have been reported since Friday.
Two fresh cases OF cholera and two deaths
are reported to-day.
A DEATH AT AMSTERDAM.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. ga stoker belong
ing to the steamer Urania, from Hamburg,
has died from cholera ia this city
THE EPIDEMIC AT PARIS.
PARIS, Aug. 29.-Twenty persons suffer-
ing from choleraic disorders were admitted
90 hospitals here yesterday. Prof. Peters,
head physician of one Of the hospitals, de-
clAras that there have been GASES OF Asiatic
cholera ia Paris. He says he believes the
disease originated in the Naterre poor
house.
The minister OF the interior. who returns
to Paris tomorrow, will then sign an order