The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-06
SIX CASES Ol CHOLERA
Develop Among tie Suspects at
New York Quarantine.
THREE MORE PATiENTs DEAD.
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The Disease Kept Within Limit, and
the City StiD Safe.
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Cansds ut Last Realixss Her Danger
Secretary Foster Says Yellow Fever
10 Harder to Check. than Cholera
The Daily Report Fkom Europe.
THREE MORE PAT'ENTs DEAD.

sicians who will inspect the city with
view to warding off chofsra or other in
fectious diseases were sworn in this morn
ing and began work at once. Captain
Bartenheuser, superintendent of the
Hamburg American Packet Company's
docks, went down the bay this morning to
take supplies to the deta.aed ships. He
brought with him a numSer of kilograms
from passengers on the N5rmannia They
had been written in DR.. jenkins office from
copies taken by himself from the ship. DR..
jenkins mad taken precautions and felt
iustihed in sending them.z When the mes
senger entered the Western Union Com
pany's Office there was a panic and the
messages were refused. The house COM
mittee of the stock exchange is preparing
to fight cholera. and is taE]ng precautions
against it.
The board of health Issued an official
bulletin this afternoon. declaring that no
cases of cholera had occurred in the city,
and that the city is now more exempt
from contagious diseases than at any time
IN several years. Boarders are leaving
the hotels along the shere near quar-
antine in large numbers, owing to the
presence of the pestilence. There is ap-
parently no conflict between the state and
federal authorities in the matter of detain-
ing ships. A proposition will be made to
DIR. jenkins tonight to pern,it telephone
cable to be laid from tge city to the
Normannia as soon as posaible. Secretary
Foster and Collector Hendricks arrived At
quarantine late this afternoon on the rev.
enue cutter Chandler. A visiting health
delegation also came to the quarantine
pier from the lower bay wish DR.. Jenkins.
An extended conference was held at the
residence of Jenkins
Later Jenkins was seen by an Associated
Press correspondent, and after detailing
the present situation of affairs, stated
that he thought he could efrectualIy keep
cholera blocked where it was. He thought
Immigrant steamer business as advertised
by certain lines, which we're to carry
immigrants only and do fusl quarantine,
was absolutely outrageous, giving greater
trouble and responsibility to the health
officers and adding danger to the situation.
He considers the outlook on board the
Fugia very hopeful. The Mora
via he considers free from disease
At present there are eight sick
persons on Swinburne island. No cases
were reported as cured, thoagh no doubt
some are. At upper quarantine
there is little doing. The La
Bourgogne passengers arg all we'll,
but are very disgusted at not being
allowed to land after the anidavits for
warded by the United States consul at
Havre. There is little doubt from what
DIR. Jenkins said tonight that shey will re-
main where they are unti Thursday
afternoon at the earliest.
The Normandia has three new cases, one
Of which has died. He was Otto Engle,
aged 20 years, one of the Greg. The two
other cases, Wilhelm Queete, % years,
and Theodore Zimmidock, % wears.
are both of the crew. The Fugia has three
new cases, of whom one has died.
The others are Hendrix :;torr, aged
5years. and Joseph P. Jekoska, aged 30.
Johanna Bass, aged 81 years. fled. These
three people have been isolated since their
arrival. On the Moravia there are no new
developments. Among the Normannia's
passengers on Hoffman islas,d one new
case appeared and was Transferred to the
hospital on Swinburne island. There one
child died today. aged months.
DIR. jenkins thus gives HIS position
toward the presidents quarantine procla-
nation: Il want the law settfed, not for
the present. but for the future :. but have
no intention of passing any vessel
contrary to the president. | saould con-
slider this to be my duty. fhis means
twenty days quarantine for all vessels
from infected ports, though IL would in
clude vess els at present at uplssr quaran-
tine"
DIR. jenkins has sent a requess to Mayor
Grant for six patrol officers, VINO will be
stationed at quarantine and gill arrest
any person endeavoring to communicate
with vessels in the lower bay. gll the pas
sengers in the steerage Of the yormannia
have been transferred to Hoffirran island.
where they will remain under observation.
Six cases of cholera were transferred to the
hospital on Swinburne island. The Mo.
ravia has no sick. but has her cabin and
steerage passengers on board. yhe Rucia
is also free from sickness just now. and
has her cabin and steerage ,asseneers
aboard. The steerage passenger on Hoff.
man island are, of course, 4iabie tn
develop the disease. but in shat case
they will at once be Transferred
to the hospital at Swinburne isl:nd. The
steerage passengers of the R.gia were
n
der observation in the same maaner. and
the steamer will be thoroughly d d.sinfected
The same procedure will be follswed with
the Moravia. The vessels at r.resent at
the upper quarantine are: "a Bour.
gogne, from Havre; Fulda. frog, Genoa
Darmstadt. from Bremen, and she Bril-.
liant, an oil vessel, from HamhSrg. The
Brilliant, although from Hans>urp has
only her crew. and as they have zno sick.
ness she will probably only undeS,o a fe n
days quarantine. The next Vessels ex.
pected about which there il. anxiety
are the Elbe and Scsndls. Tbs
former left Bremen on August Q;
and is due tonight or tomorrsw. Ths
latter Is due tonight and is hkasv to be
full of immigrants and mey h.v,
cholera aboard. DIR. Taimadge s,ade an
other visit TO the Ia Bezsrgorne
Fuida. Darmstadt and S:ubbentuk thi,
morning. He reported that no Alcknes,
had broken out since his last vi.=<. Ate,
his visit 10 the parmstadt he orEsred he,
to be fumigated again. although 4he had
once been disinfected. The PASSENGERS and
crew of the La Bourgogne are all s.sll and
very impatient TO get ashore
Ii Is probable that the La Bo5reoe n,
will not be released until Thur.s.ay In
conversation Secretary Foster saixs he did
not expect any conflict with tie state
authorities about the quarantinesof YES.
sels. He said:
The federal authorities will no, in,s,A,s x,,,
TIE state authorities unicss they fnd sas Iat,e
y