New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26

end. 30 which all persons arriving in the Thames
who are suspected OF being infected with cholera
will be sent.
The Grimsby Sanitary Committee has hired the
steamer Bradford TO be fitted up as cholera hos
pital So far no cases Of cholera have been re-
ported in Great Britain. The Hamburg steamer
Gemna. which arrived at Gravesend yesterday,
was reported to be infected; but the report proved
to be unfounded and the Immigrants aboard were
allowed to land, after undergoing strict inspec
ton.
The Berlin correspondent Of "The Tines says
the authorities Of Stettin. Dantzic and Kongsberg
have been ordered to inspect all ships arriving
at those ports The official cholera statistics for
Hamburg show that from August / 8 10 81 eighty
four cases and seven deaths were reported; while
on August % there reported eighty-sx new
cases and twenty deaths. and on the next day
l25 new and sxty-two deaths.
Berlin Aug o5.-Tn consequence Of the facili-
ties offered for the transmission Of cholera by
means Of sleeping-cars, that service between
Hamburg and Berlin has been suspended for the
present 1t is feared that notwithstanding all the
precautions that have been taken, the disease
has managed TO get into the city. passenger
who arrived here to-day from Hamburg showed
symptoms of the disease when he reached this
city. lie was at once conveyed to hospital,
where ne was isolated. The physicians are care
fully watching the The wife of a merchant
Of this city died last night, it is believed, from
Asiatic cholera The wcaltlicr citizens begin
ming to grow uneasy and il would not be sur
prisng if an exodus should begin.
The carriages of all trains arriving at Berlin
and Cologne from Hamburg locked until the
passengers have been examined by physicians
Professor Koch Is reported to have said that the
number of cases Of cholera in Hamburg Is not
great in proportion to the population, but that
the virulent character Of the disease gives ground
for the greatest possible anxiety.
Vienna. Aug. GA strict watch is kept AZ
the Austrian frontier on all passengers arriving
from Hamburg. When the passengers reach the
frontier they are compelled to change railway
carriages, to undergo a medical inspection and to
have their clothing and luggage fumigatcd.
Upon reaching Vienna they are accompanied to
hotels by the police and are kept isolated until
physicians pronounce all risk Of their importing
the infection to be over.
Four hundred and eghty-fve doctors have
offered to attend cholera patients, on the condl-
ton that 10 the event of their death while III tle
discharge of duty their families shall be pro-
vided for. The Austrian authorities. in spite OF
the protest Of members of the Produce EAchalsc'
have decided that, in view Of the present eNceenS
sanitary condition Of Vienna. the annual inter
national grain market shall be held on the dates
originally fixed.
St Petersburg, Aug. 25.-Ihe official cholera re-
nort continues 10 show the usual fluctuations IN
tie cases and deaths reported. Yes ercay new
cases were ia in excess of those reported on Tues
day. while the deaths cighty-fOuT in excess al
those reported on the same day. Yesterday 3
4 hn 4 DaJ
new cases and 2,743 deaths.
The disease is spreading in this city, but the
people now show little concern about IT. 1hou j
the number of new cases reported here Is LrG"f,
the death rate is smaller. The doctors say that
the disease Is less viruent in its Character, ana
that In addition to this the number OF deaths mas
been lcssened by the better arrangements for the
treatment of patients. When the disease first be-
came epidemic the physicians OF the city were
greatly overworkcd, but now many dortorS from
other places serving in the hospitals, ana hMcn
closer attention can be given the suheieis' 'lhc
number of hospital attendants has also Dc'h
largely increased. There has been no r'iaAa'lon
of the strict sanitary regulations, any violation %
which is met with prompt punishment. IL l. De
hevcd that the custom that prevails among thc
leave the city and live at Staraya, NOvaNa, De
revnya, PolnstroN0 and other suburbs of ~.
Petersburg, has done much to prevent an even
greater mortality in the CITY, As yet these places
have been little affected by the disease.
One reason for the people of ST. Petersburg
not getting panc-stricen over the disease j.
that European cholera, and perhaps also Asiatic
cholera, is endemic in the city, an average OF
8, 200 deaths annually being due to this cause
During the present epidemic the deaths have
NJ course been far more numerous than usual :;
but with the disease present in the short bnt
hot summer that prevails here the people have
in q measure lost fear Of II.
Advices received here from Astrakhan. on the
Volga. show that the cholera, which has been
ravaging that city, has lost its epidemic char
acter.
Madrid, Aug 25.--Arrivals in Spain from llavrc
and Antwerp are subject 10 three days Inspection
while arrivals from Hamburg are snblcct TO stfl't
quarantine The entry Of rags, beddings and green
fruit from France is prohibited.
Ottawa, Aug. 25.-ln view Of the startling re-
ports OF the prevalence Of Asiatc cholera in liam
burg the Canadian Government has directed that
spccial vigilance be exercised by quarantine of
Nccrs in regard to vessels Of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Steamship Company arriving in Canada. me
most approved dis.nfcCting appliances are pclh2
nut in at the Crosse Isle quarantine station.