The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-23
{ CHOLERA'S HOLD.
Thirty Cases of Cholera Reported
In New York.
EACH CASE BEING INVESTIGATED,


New YoRg, Sept. 17.-It was an
nounced by the health department yes.
terday morning that another death from
supposed cholera had been reported and
was under investigation, that of Ed
ward Hoppe, of 1925 Madison avenue.
During the past t~wenty-four hours at
least thirty cases Of suspected cholera
were reported at the health department
Mrs. Maria Sposati, the Italian woman,
living ut $40 East One Hundred and Fiji
teentlr street, who was reported Thurs
day night as suffering from cholera,
was examined and found free from that
disease. DIR. Labouchere reported that
an Italian had died in Sullivan
street under suspicious circumstances.
The man was taken with vomiting and
diarrhpa and died in two hours. The
doctor thinks IL was q case OF cholera.
The case will be Investigated.
Sanitary superintendent Edison ex-
amined Mary Connerton, the young
Irish girl removed from G92 Second
avenue. suffering with supposed chol-
era. Edison says there is very little
doubt but that tho girl has cholera.
She Is sinking rapidly. Health Com-
missioner Bryant says it is probably a
case of cholera.
superintendent Edison last night made
al inspection of the houses where the
cholera cases occurred, examined the
tenants living in each building. lie
found no one sick and no indications OF
secondary cases.
John McAvery, 40 years old, n street
sweeper, was found suffering with
cramps ut 80 Christopher street to-day.
He was taken TO st. Vinccnt's hospital.
The case is being investigated. "A
health department bulletin reports that
the meteorological examination Of the
intestinal contents from the body OF
Charlotte Beck, who died September 10,
has revealed the presence OF the spirit
YIN of Asiatic cholera. The woman
had been sick but a few hours, and from
the first it was believed that her death
was caused by genuine cholera.
DR.. Fitzpatrick, Of One Hundred and
Tenth street and Madison venue be-
lievcs that the Edward Hoppe case vas
one of genuine Asiatic cholera. The
body has been embalmed and the
health board has been placed in posses.
sion of some of tho contents of Hopes
intestines and stomach for bacteriolog-
ical examination. No ono has any idea
where Hoppe came in contact with the
infection. So far the board of health
has been unable to trace the origin of
the cholera cases that have occurred in
the city.
Last night three girls who came on,
rs Storage passengers on the Fricsland
sind were under quarantine in the house
owhcre little Minnie Livinger sickened
and died, All East Forty-siKth street,
were removed to Willard Parker hos.
pital, where they will be detained for
the present under strict surveillance.
1t is supposed they brought the infec-
ton into the Livingcr household.
The large number of Italians who
live under the wharves at the dumps
where street cleaning refuse is unload
ed preparatory to being put on scows
and sort over the stuff in q hunt fol
rags and v~aluables, are being scattered
by the police. There was n small sized
rebellion when the officers started in or
the raid.
The people Of Green Point, L. l., mr.,
needlessly alarmed over the report that
two Russian womcn escaped from tn.
pest ship Moravia and went to joir
their Husbands at Green Point. The
names of the immigrants are Mrs MARI
Henkelman and Mrs. Paulina Janowski
The village board of health quarantineG
the houses in which they are living. A
search Of the records at Ellis Island re
'vealed the fact that the women cam.
here On the Gallia on September IA.
The health board has appointed
twenty-five more physicians and SAM
ttary inspectors and increased the disin
fecting corps by six more men. They
also asked the police board to detail pc
licemen ut all houses where there arr
suspected cases Of the cholera. Eas'
Sixteenth street, leading TO the recep
ton hospital, will be temporarily CLOSED
to the public and all suspicious deaths
from diarrhGa reported to the deputy
coroner will be promptly investigated
by the experts of the health depart
mcnt.