The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-11
THE PLAGUE ABROAD.
More Deaths In RUSSIA and 0ermanY-From
other Places

Other Places
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 1O.-Concerning the
liability of steamship companies who refuse
to carry steerage passengers who have en-
| gagged their passage and find themselves
unable TO proceed in consequences Of Presi-
| ident Harrison's quarantine circular. Thomas
Sherman, United States Consul, said he
thought the legal risk of the companies
which refused to carry emigrants already
booked was not great. He said that the
companies in Liverpool had been fair and
liberal and made great sacrifices TO meet
their obligations and 70 comply 10 the
fullest extent with the American require
ments Sanitary precautions had been
taken for months at the requst OF the CON-
panies.
Owing to the smallpox among. Russian
Jews the baggage OF immigrants nau peen
disinfeoted and the immigrants themselves
had been subjected TO medical examlna-
tion and TO fumigation with sulphur. Eng
lish rags are fumigated, and wool from Cal
cutta and other infected places IN the East IS
not admitted unless II is dlsnfecleu winch
practically means its exclusion Referring
TO the food of immigration flowing towards
the United States. the Consul said that he
believed there was great need of checking
it and he was convinced that changes in the
American law 10 effect that end would soon
be made. Every immigrant. he declared,
ought TO be rigidly examined as to his or
her physical condition before starting Tor
the United States. This, he admits, would
be costly proceeding, but he ADDED:
American citizenship Is worth paying LOT
nowadays"
LONDON. Sept. 10.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Standard says: The statistics In re-
gard 10 the progress of the epidemic in this
city are less satisfactory than has been the
case lately A letter from Havre says that
1 Il trao ffpQ Qf
that place and that eighty of these persons
are recovering from the disease. a COM
mercial traveller who arrived in Nancy to-
day had been seized with the cholera while
on the train. He was at once conveyed 10
hospital, where he died almost imme-
diately upon reaching the institution.
timber merchant died suddenly at Lille and
the house which he had occupied was thor-
oughly disinfected
A dispatch TO the Telegraph from Paris
says it is isrumored that the cholera has broken
out among the troops taking part IN maneu-
vers near the Depart tment of Eura.
PARIS. Sept. 10.-The Temps says: Pro
fessOr Hatfkins of the Pasteur Institute,
who discovered the anti-cholera vaccine,
declares that experiments on himself and
DR.. Jawrin. of st. Petersburg. and Dr.
Tamamacher. of Tifis. prove that the vac
oine is without danger 10 health, and that it
gives immunity from cholera six days after
incubation
LONDON. Sept. 1O-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Buda Pesth, Hungary.
says
Alarm was recently caused here by the
arrival of quantity of hides and old clothes
from Hamburg. The latter were burned,
but the former were left. A woman was
seized with cholera symptoms after hand
.ing the hides, and they will be destroyed" "
BERLIN, Sept; l0.-Three men and wo-
man have died from cholera on board
barge which came from Hamburg. These
deaths occurred at a village near Berlin.
Six hundred trained nurses and hospital
attendants have been sent to Hamburg and
more are wanted in that city.
COPKNHAGKN. Sept. 10.-The young doc
tors attacked with cholera on Saturday are
recovering. One had the Asatic type. He
had assisted at post mortem examination
of the body of man who had died from
cholera at Aarhurs.
LONDON. Sept 10.-The Daily News Paris
correspondent says The sickness here is
worse III Clichy. Montmatrs, Pere La Chalse
and CharOnne districts. Madame Mier-
danter. the nurse who succumbed TO
cholera. was model nurse. She was the
first volunteer and asked for the hardest
lot. She took night duty and had attended
sixty patients. When the doctor, finding
she was wearing herself out, ordered her to
rest she burst into tears and begged to be
allowed to continue at work, which she did
till she was attacked.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 1OA tradesman at
Groningen. ninety-two miles northeast OF
Amsterdam has died from cholera. His
family. consisting OF seven persons, have
been isolated.
PARIS, Sept. 10.-No new cases Of cholera
have been reported at Dunklrk, but one
death occurred yesterday.
VANCOUVER. b. c.. Sept. l0.-The news
has been brought here by the steamer En-
press of Japan that a case OF cholera was
discovered il Toxic. Japan. on August %.
The people of Toxic did not show any
alarm at the discovery of the plague.
LONDON, Sept. 10.-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Cracow, Austrian Poland,
says that thirty-four cases of cholera aud
twelve deaths were reported in Lublin.
Russian Poland. adjoining Galicia, and that
the disease ID spreading over the whole
district.
Sr. PsrRRsBURG. Sept. 1O.-The decline of
the cholera shown by recent official figures
was only temporary. The otficlal figures
for the whole of Russia for Wednesday are
679 new cases and 2, 1858 deaths, an increase
of glS new cases and 927 deaths over Tues
day. In st. Petersburg yesterday 100 new
cases and 70 deaths were reported, showing
O decrease of 3 new cases and deaths since
Thursday.
LONDON, Sept 10.-The Standard has the
following from Berlin: The Bundsreath IS
considering a suggestion to address u col
lectve representation to the Hamburg
Senate with the view 10 securing the rest
of Germany as far as possible from danger
of infection from Hamburg.
ANTwERp, Sept. lO.-The steamer Penn
sylvania started for New York with GOO emil
grants. One death from cholera has oc-
Cured in the hospital in the las. twenty
four hours, and three new cases were adj
mitted Fourteen deaths have occurred ut
Boer the past week. At the docks 700 small
vessels have been disinfected. Dock laborers
are supplied with cocoa gratis.