Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-25
DEATH IN THE AIR
The Cholera Is Still Raging in
Europe.
WILL IT CROSS The WAFER
II HAS Reached Al shs Nearest EugopeSa
Pons-Nsw YORK Health Ohoo1s on
tie Alert.

NFw YoRS, Aug. 3s.-In view % tie
RAPID westward march 81 the dread
Aslsuc cholera and 90 prevent ID fr0m
entering the United States az the port
OF New YORK, sirngeaf precautionary
measures have been adopted al quar-
sntlne by Health 0fhosT jenkins aud
nis assistants. IAe TACT that the cnol-
era has Sppesred al Hamburg and
HavTe, two important European ports
TO which the Atlantic lines ral. hsls
made tie situation All tie more alarm
ing aud has increased tenfClI tne prob
ability OF iis reaching TIE United states.
Dr. Jenkins has been carefully watch
ing the steady westward march of tbe
dread disease ever s.nca is Irsi aPpeaf-
ance, and has been making ptepsra-
tons ~ cope wlth 10 should i ne
brought here or any II the steamships
entering tlC port. lle health depart
ment az quarantine Lss never beforo
been in such excellent couc lcn ~
better able o. ccpe Wlth al contagious
diseases, &ld saogld tle cholera appezr
on any of the Atlantic steamers Dr.
jenkins is confident thm hc can pge-
vent it reaching llrther than qlkTsn-
tine.
Tle seour in London.
LoNDoN. Auc. 24-Ine people of
London are Decom ng excited on the
subject Of tne cholera nov that i i
known 30 have a foothold ia p place 80
closely connected ny passenger and
commercial traffic Witb crest Britain
as Hamburg. tls loudly complained
that the regulations fur tae exam lna-
ton Of foreigners arriving ln thls ooun-
Try from the infected districts are in-
adequate. These foreigners are chiefly
dumped IN the east end, where thev
settle down with thc habits and Cas.
toms of hvlng as nearly As posa ble ia
their new situation that they have
pracbced AZ home. The locai govern
ment board, under the impulse of pub
hc alarm and condition ls preparing 10
strengthen its sanitary lorce and cndow
sanitary Offices with add .iional powers.
The newspapers complain Of the sale
of rotten fruit in the streets tend ug -
produce sn epidemic Of caoicra should
the disease md It's way here.
Al HarnburE.
HAMBURG, Aug. 24.-Today $40 per
sons We're attacked with cholera AID
l3O eases proved fatal. Several ol tie
worst infected streets have been closed
by the police. Professor Koch declares
that he has found several oases of true
Asisuc cholera. Tweniy-n,ne csses
were reported m Aitona. TIE taeI-
mometer registered nlnty-seyen in the
shade today.
ANrwERP. Aug. 2A-Therc were four
deaths from choierz here toGEy. Oil-
ciais say that d De Asstc cholera.
Ia Persia.
TFHFRAN, Aug. 2s.-The cholcrs
soourge RACES with unchecked violence
throughout Persia aud countless
corpses lie everywhere unburied. Not
withstanding the urgent orders OF tle
government the Moliahs, OF clergy. re-
fuse 10 perform the last rites reQnued
IN the case Of tie dead. These rites ln-
ciude the washing OF the todlcs. and
this the Mola0s positively dechnc 90 90
when death has been caused bv
choaera. Tie drivers az TIE douSors
that carry the mail have deserted tie
4 service, and com muuicefiou is everv-
where suspended except where tle
telegraph reaches.
Iu Tus-in-
ST. PFTFRsBr BrRa. Aug. et.-The efisral
report on TIE sulnrci Of cholera states
that lbe mortality exceeds p. 500 daily.
/ NesTiy every CalrEon in Ruria has
been attacked ~ Tho pest lcroe.