The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-28
pORGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.
THE SEVENTH VICTIM DIES IN
NEW YORK.
But No More New Cases Are Reported
Confidence Restored and No Further
Trouble Expected-The Plague Dying
Out in Hamburg.

Louis weinhagen, of No IA First street,
New York, who was taken sick few days
ago with Asiatic ch olera and removed to the
reception hospital, died in that institution
Saturday morning
The bacteriologists Of the health depart
ment reported this afternoon the result OF
their examinations in the cases of the China
man, Up Joe Wah who died at II Mott
street, and Mary Murphy, of 63 Cherry
They found that the Chinaman did not die
of Asiatc cholera and that the woman wGs
not suffering from that disease.
Nu CHOLERA iN NEW YORK.
The 10 o'clock Saturday bulletin issued by
the board of health reads as follows: no
cases Of cholera have appeared in this city
since the last bulletin"
President Wilson OF the New York Board
of Health. seems to be Of the opinion that
the disease has been npped in the bud.
There are now only seven houses in the city
under quarantine, but that, rs DIR. Wilson
gays, is merely us rrecaution. Those ur.
der suspicion are all doing well.
Saturdays official health report from
Camp Low shows the days record 10 be as
follows:
No new cases Of cholera: IN hospital 2S:
new case of diarrhea; total %; died l uhe
infant which died from starvation); cases of
sickness reported cured and discharged, :;
total on sick lit tonight, u and 4 cases in
the hospital, one of whom expects TO be
confined during the night
The following steamers are anchored in
upper quarantine: Rugia, Normannia, Mo-
ravia, Suevia, Hermann, Adriatic Heligo-
land, Germanic and state of Nevada. In
Gravesend bay is the Wyoming. and in the
lower bay the Bohemian and Scandia The
CeTmanic arrived from Liverpool only this
morning bringing 2l3 saloon passengers. all
well. among who are Rev. Dr. parkhurst
Rowland Pell. George Stanley Fisle and
Rev l.. Walnole Warren. The steamer
will probably leave quarantine late this af
ternoon.
The steamboat Ccpheus left Fire land at
1880 \. NJ, for this city with the cabin pas.
sengers of the Wyoming. She proceeded to
the Guion line pier, and dischar'ed her
passengers. On leaving quarantine the
passengers Of the Wyoming gave thre1
groins for "Mr. Jenkins"
The steamer Sueyias crew were carefully
inspected and the ship allowed to proceed
10 her dock ct 1890 a. III. The steamer
Rugia commenced this morning to discharge
cargo in lighters at quarantine
WONT INJURE MERCHANDISE.
DR.. Jenkins IN course of reply 10
questions by the chamber of commerce,
says that merchandise arriving from nom
infected ports does not require dlsiniection
unless it has been first shipped from an in
fected port and transhipped from nnn.in-
fected port; that he cannot consider bill
of health coming from ports known TO he
infected ~ of any value; that the method
OF dinfection must depend on the nature of
the cargo, and that it is the intention of this
department not to use any method of disin-
fection that will destroy merchandise.
Dr. Walser returned from Swinburne and
Hoffman islands and reports all well. lie
said he had spent the day disniccting the
Bohemia, on board of which there are still
O number of cases OF the measles.