Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-09-24
CHOLERAlS On LAND
-Four Victims Of the Dreaded
Scomge Found in New
York.
No Doubt About Their Genuine
neSs-G0tham OH
Guard.
Pest Houses Under Strict Watch
-General News Of the
Disease.

New York, Sept 14.-Now that Asl-
atic cholera has developed among the
jewellers ia this city, each man may ask
his neighbor: Wen, what OF it,
/ This expression implies no oyer-conii-
dence. 1t lies within each individual $
power to assure his own personal safe
ty, almost beyond peradventure. He
has 10 drink no water or milk except
such as has been thoroughly boiled, and
to eat no food that has not been thor
oughly and freshly cooked; he viii alb.
stain from butter and cheese, and may
then possess his soul in serenity. Chol-
era viii pass Linn by.
Ever since the MUrayia arrived in
port as Il harbinger OF the dreaded
plague. state officers and local officials
have been sTaining every nerve to
| prevent its gaining a foot hold in this
city, and being spread by various
channels to the country at large; but
while all We're looking seaward cholera
quietly made its presence felt in our
midst ana corpses today mark It's
advent
How did it get in: is the question
on every ones lips The health officers
are puzzled, but the utmost precau-
tons are being taken 10 prevent its
1 spread.
At each of the houses where me
patients lived two doctors have been
stationed to remain constantly on duty,
enforcing the most rigid rules Of clean
Iness, seeing to dlsenfection, etc,
Charles McAyoy was seized with
cramps last Monday evening and next
morning took to his bed,dying Tues
day evening. Two doctors diagnosed
the case as Asiatic cholera, and the
house was disinfected as a measure Of
precaution. Doctor Biggs declared that
it's result was not at all suggestive OF
Asiatic cholera, while showing the fam
liar signs of cholera morbus'
In spite of this statement, however,
some Of tha intestinal fluid taken to the
sanitary headquarters and cultivated in
jelhtine produced a crop Of cholera
baciH and the nature of the disease IS
no longer open to question.
Eight days have elapsed since Nc
Avoy'a death, and what is the cause Of
the long delay in ascertaining the facts
is not stated.
The four other victims are VIM. Wig
man and wife, of 7G1 Eleventh avenue;
Charlotte Beck, OF 1,764 Second aynue.
and Minnie Leyinger, of AL East
! Forty sixth street There have been
other cases of which the board has not
yet made official report.
1t was said at the police headquarters
this evening that the disease had been
brought into the city by butchers taking
meat to the quarantined Hamburg
steamships but this could not be sup
ported.
1t is hard fol the department to trl1e
the cases SO lar reported because all
of the victims are dead.
The situation is inlenrical with tlclt
of 1866, when cholera suddedly ap-
pelred in three or four widely sep
arated places in the city after it uad
been successfully quarantned out de
previous fall,
The only possible clue to McAvoys
case was that he had been working
about the vharves. Yet, none Of tne
nest ships had come into the wharf
No family must move out Of house
without a written permit The idea
is 10 oyerwhcm and stamp out the dis
ease in each house. as was done with
Uphus upon its first appearance. That
this could be done was successfully
demonstrated ia the cholera outb.aak
OF 1S66
The doctors on duty iu each infected
house win remain there until au
danger of outbreak Is finally passed.
. Health officers fully believe that this
will be before long Other cases are
expected to develop from the scatter
cd centres of toutaItiou, but none
in the same buildings In this way
tho city health officers propose To
drive cholera ont of the city, now that
il has got in. and If the citizens wiz
use reason and not yet into foolish
end needless 20 lie they are sure they
win succeed. though .hey by no means
uudervaluc the danger
Every possibility, every feature Of
the cholera epidemic has been dis
counted pud provided against
Mayor Grant had a conference to-
night with President Wilson Of the
health department and others, They
took the view that the best service
they could render the public was to
keep it fully informed Of al develop
ments. The mayor found the depqrt-
meut of charities and corrections fully
prepared d, care for the patients
one Of the doctors formally attached
TO the beard u health said tonight
that present indications point to an
epidemic which will require the most
stringent measures to prevent It from
assuming large proportions.
New CRse at Quarantine.
Quarantine, Sept 1.-THE steamers
Rhineland and Amalh were Released
from Quarantine this afternoon.
Or. Walscr reports q new case 81
I board the scandal
There was great excitement in the