The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-08
CHOLERA VICTIMS.
Another Death on Each Of Three
Vessels in the New York
Harbor.
Several Other Cases Develop on
Both the Normannia and
Rugia.

three new cases, one of which died. He was
rOtto Engel, aged twenty years, one OF the
crew. The other two cases We're Wilhelm
'Queur, aged nineteen years, and Theodore
.Iimmzek. twenty-three years, both OF the
; crew. The Rugia has three new cases of
which one died. The other cases are
Hendrix Sterr, aged five years; Josepha
.Pjekoska, aged thirty years; Johanna Buss,
aged ii ty-four years. These three people
were of the families orother patients which
preceded them and have been isolated since
arrival. On the Moravia there were no
new developments. Among the Norman
MAS passengers on Hoffman island one
new case was transferred to the hospital on
.Swinburne island. There was one child
died to-day aged five years. The fifty
specia! physicians, who will inspect the
city with the view to warding off the
cholera or any other infectious disease.
were sworn in this morning. They began
work at once, first visitin. the thickly pop
'ulated tenement districts. "A special meet
ing OF the health board is being held this
morning. ~ ..
CREATED PANIC.
w. Capt. Bartenheuser, superintendent Of the
Hambur American company's docks at
Hoboken, went down in n tug this morn
ing to take supplies to the detained ships.
On his return he brought with him num-
Der of kilograms from the pas engers of the
Normannia. These had been given by
Health Officer Jenkins. They had been
written in Dr.. Jenkins office from copies
taken by himself from the ships. DIR. Jen-
kns had taken precautions aud felt justi-
fed in sending them to Hoboken to be
froOe,ritta6 Wi,or 1,o
the steamship company entered the West
ern Union companys office with the tele-
grams there was a panic The desk men
refused to receive the messages and two
'telegraphers in the office became excited
when the matter got to their ears. The
steamship messenger inss: ed that the tele-
grams be received and he was forcibly
eJected rom the Office The messages are
at the Ho5oken docks, with little prospec S
of their reaching their destination to-day.
Agent Schwab, of the North German Lloyd
line, said that he had heard this morning
there were
TWO CASES OF CHOLERA IN BREMEN.
This he considered a very important an
nouncement in view of the fact that Bre-
men is not an injected port. He imme-
dately cabled the office to verify the re-
port The com! any have an arrangement
with the American consul at Bremen to
notify the state departn ent here at the first
outbreak. The Bremen line ships now
afloat are the Elbe, Spree, Kaiser and AL
Ter. The Kaiser is the lat steamer which
brings steerage passengers. The house
committee of the stock exchange are pre-
pairing to fight The cholera if it should
reach this city. They will take p-ecaution
against it at once. For seven hours each
day physician will be in attendance,
ready to treat patients at a moments no.
tice, tuaiSating apparatus will be put in,
ana all drinking water used in the ex-
change will be filtered and the entire build
ing carefully cleaned. The board of health
issued an official bulletin this afternoon
declaring that no Cases of cholera have &C.
Cured in this city and that the city was
now more exempt from contagious disease
than at any time in several years. The
death rate last week was 20 SO per 1000,
being the lowest death rate in this city in
any week since November, 1901. The re-
port Of the health departments chemist of
his last analysis Of the Croton water shows
a slight increasein
THE PRESENCE OF N1TRAr1s
The presence of nitrats at this time sho VS.
that the nuisances found in the Croton
watershed last year have not yet been done
away with At o'clock III. boat, having
IN tow twenty-five rowboats from South
beach, passed quarantine. The principal
reason or their removal, it was said, was
that the health authorities were afraid
somebody may steal one or two and row
out to the pest ships. Masters OF vessels
are giving the infected ships plenty OF sea
room. They have no desire to lose their
vessels licenses and their own and become
imprisoned in the bargain, for that is the
penalty. The trans er boat Fletcher and
the pest boat EGson, from North Brother
island, were delayed down in the lower bay
and pressed into active service The
Fletcher DR.. jenkins captured Yesterday
and held when she came down on a visit
1t IS not likely that either will be permitted
to leave until the plague is stamped out.
Dr. jenkins this morning sent notice to
the pilot commissioners that hereafter ali
vessels ION i'll ected ports. with cholera on
board or any suspicious cases, will be
boarded at the lower quarantine by the
health officers. =
DEPEW AT QUARANTINE.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, and the wife and
daughter OF Secretary of State Foster
are among the passengers but DR.. jenkins
says no exception will be made to the rule
and they and their baggage will be sub.
Jecsed TO the same treatment as Others. No
one Will be allowed to board the vessel ex-
cept quarantine officials. and no passen-
engcrs or baggage will be allowed to leave
the vessel until Dr.. jenkins has given per
mission: r. G. Kerens OF Missouri, mem
Der Of the Republican national executive
committee: Is on the Normannia. Mr.
Kerens left his home in St. Louis about a
week 40 to come to this city and 20 on
duty at Republican headquarters Mr..
kerens also incidentally intended to meet
his son Ernest, who is passenger on the
Hamburg, American steamship Nornan-
lila. He boarded the vessel, and will have
to remain until the vessel is released from
quarntine
Was Perhaps the Murderer.