Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-01
The GENUINE cnoLERA.


Appearance of the Plague il Belsfzn Ports
1t Il Slowly But surely Working Its
Way observation-disclosures OF the Depart
ment to Keep 1t From This Country
ANTWERP. Aug. 25.-For some time
past there have been number of .sus-
picious cases OF sickness lin this city,
but the authorities have steadily main
tanned that the disease was not the
dreaded Asiatic cholera No later than
Tuesday it was officially announced
that there was not q single case OF
Asiatie cholera in Belgium, ethe sus-
picious cases being simply cholera
nostraS This statement received its
Justification yesterday at least so far as
Antwerp is concerned The leading
physicians of Antwerp now declare that
the disease is true Asiatic cholera
The disease Is now admittedly present
in three OF the great northern European
ports. Hamburg. Antwerp and Havre,
and there IS very strong suspicion
that the so-called cholerine prevalent
at Stettin will turn out to be theAsiatic
cholera
The announcement that the fatal
scourge has appeared here has caused q
feeling of apprehension, and narsr OF the
Weather residents are making prepara-
tions to leave the city. Everything pos
sible will be done TO combat the disease
and instructions viii be issued by the
authorities informing the people how
best to live to avoid the disease e
Since noon yesterday five Persons who
were suffering from cholera and were
admitted to the hospital died a few
hours after their admission. One case
OF the disease, it is declared, has ap-
I peared on board q steamer from Har.s-
! burg.
| STRICT PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN
WASHINGTON, Aug. s5.-The follow
! ing dispatches were received at the
! state department from the United
States consul at Hamburg:
''Hamb burg emigrauts must be r.
| garded as coming from a Cholera in
i fected district Shall see that steamers
and baggage are disinfected.'
| The department. has more reassuring
news from Havre, France, relative to
! the reported epidemic of cholera there
| Consul Williams teiegraphed that the
Paris and Havre medical experts have
had a conference and after full exam
/ ination admit the presence of local
| cholera They deny. however, that It
| is Asiatic cholera. The disease is not
! spreading and the alarm is now sub
siding.
Great precautions have been taken in
! the matter. The treasury department
! is following up the precautions hereto
! fore adopted and will use all means at
| hand to keep the cholera out of the
/ country. Assistant Secretary Spauld-
ing has communicated with DR.. Claws,
! the attorney for various steamship
| companies, and expressed to him the hope
that the treasury department. would
| have the cooperation of the companies
in the disinfection of e,nigrants. Dr.
| CLAWS in reply says that the steamship
| lines are fully impressed with the gray
ity of the situation, and that nothing
shall be omitted on their part Every
safeguard will be applied to prevent
the bringing. here of immigrants and
effects which are not carefully hsin-
fected.
Nothing has been heard at the treas
ury department Of the proposed depart
ure from Havre for Boston OF num-
Der of jews from Odessa, who original
" intended to go to New York, but
| whose journey has been interrupted at
Lyons because OF the refusal OF the
York. The department will not take
! any steps to prevent their departure
from Havre as that, it is said, is mat
ter resting entirely with the steamship
companies. The department will, how
| ever, subject the ernigrants to very
rigid examination when they get to
/ Boston SO as to prevent the introduce
/ tion of cholera germs