The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-07
EVERY PORT GUARDED.
The United States Surrounded by
Quarantine Gordon
Against the Cholera-strict Enforcement
Of Regulations Laid Down by tho
observation-disclosures OF Cases
at Hamburg-More Hope
full Mt New York.

full Mt New York
WASHINGTON, Sept 3.-The United
States is surrounded to-day as If with
Chinese wall by a quarantine Gordon
against the cholera. At every port on
the Atlantic coast and all the principal
ports on the Pacific coast and ports OF
entry along the Canadian border and
Mexican frontier officials stand sentinel,
guarding against the plague. All in
formation received at the treasury de-
partment is to the effect that the regu-
lations have been strictly enforced by
United States officers and state officials,
who are working in hearty conjunction.
! No case of cholera exists in the United
States so far as the treasury depart
ment is advised and, II its efforts avail,
no case will be introduced. The work
Of sending out the circular agreed upon
at the conference with the president
was carried on until every official Of the
government had been advised OF his
duty In the premises.
The state department telegraphed the
circular to American ministers abroad,
who In turn notified the United States
consuls. Customs officials, inspectors
and medical officers were communicated
with direct from the treasury depart
ment The foreign mail Office took
hand In the measure for protection and
Superintendent Brooks ordered the
fumigation Of mails from all European
and Asiatic ports Assistant Secretary
Spaulding was very busy yesterday an
swering innumerable inquiries as to the
cholera circular. He said that an ocean
steamer arriving now with both immi-
grants and cabin passengers on board
would be detained twenty days at quar-
antine. The'immigrants would be kept
on the vessel for twenty days, but the
cabin passengers, in the discretion Of
the health officials, would be permitted
to land in reasonable time.
Among inquiries received by tele-
graph was the following from the New
York Shipping Company:
"Is the report establishing twenty
days quarantine against all cholera-in.
fected ports correct? And does London
come under this order? VIII freight
boats be quarantined when they have
only cabin passengers?"
Secretary Foster replied to this as fol-
lows: "Vessels not carrying immigrants
will not necessarily be detained twenty
days at Quarantine, but they will be
held from all foreign ports long enough
to assure officials that there is no dam
ger OF their introducing cholera" In
answer TO another inquiry this reply
was sent: ANY port at which cholera
has appeared is an infected port"
HAMBURG, Sept 2-In the churches
services Of prayer for the abatement Of
the plague were held Friday. They
were attended by crowds which filed
the buildings Hardly a woman in
colors or man without the black badge
Of mourning on his arm was to be seen
and the prayers were offered amid the
sobbing and groaning Of the congrega-
tons The desolation of the city Is
now apparent as at no other time since
the introduction Of the pest.
The number Of fresh cases Friday was
,3S, an increase Of SO since Thursday;
the number Of deaths 9O1, decrease Of
10. The decrease In deaths offers little
comfort, however, as the increase In
the number Of fresh cases will be fol-
lowed undoubtedly by longer death
list to-day. Nevertheless there Is
general feeling thatthe pest has been
at its worst. The panic is not over as
the authorities would have the people
outside Of the city believe. Fewer per-
sons left the city yesterday than on
previous days Of the week only because
most men who could get away had
already left with their families. The
city in fact has been virtually depopu-
lated OF all persons OF wealth or leisure.
The number OF burials Friday was
9l5, or two more than Thursday. Hun
dreds Of bodies are unburied. The dead
wagons are utterly unequal TO the work
Of carrying the bodies of all the VIC
tins TO decent burial Unless some i'm
provement be made at once in the sys-
tenn the authorities will find themselves
obliged to give up individual interment
and bury bodies by the score in trench
es. Only immediate action can prevent
several hospitals from becoming breed
ing houses Of disease.
QUARANTINE, $. l., Sept 3.-Health
officer Jenkins was more hopeful yes
terday than he has been any time since
the steamer Moravla arrived here with
her story of pestilence and death. The
fact that no new cases had developed
among the passengers on the vessel
gave the quarantine officials reason to
hope that they had the plague we'll in
hand. They hope that the scourge has
been effectually checked.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept 3.-Atthe meet
ing Of the common council last night
resolution was adopted giving the board
Of health and the health officer abso-
lutte power In the matter OF taking pre-
cautions toward keeping out the chol-
era. 1t Is feared that the disease may
come In over the Canadian border and
the greatest care will be taken TO pro-
vent It.
New YORK, Sept. 3-The two cases
at QB Orchard street. reported bv DIR.