Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-30


wards win be entered and relieved ~ germ
hateheries IN the guise Of garbage receptacles.
All the contract men are being urged
on 20 greater efficiency. and il is hoped by =
supreme effort 20 Put every street and alley IN
the populous districts into such = condition
that the city as whole may laagh at cholera.
Active work nt >t. IouI..
ST. LOWS, Aug. S0.-Mayor Noonan Health
Commissioner Brennan. board of health and
the heads Of all city departments are
actively co-oPerating in putting the
city in strictly sanitary condition.
AZ the result of n conference Satur-
day active operations were commenced vcster-
ments. in their respective jurisdictions and
viii be kept up night and dsy until every nook
and corner of the city is thoroughly cloansed
and dlsinfectod where il is needed
The Epidemic Abroad.
LONDON, Aug. So.-The first suspicious case
OF disease in London il made public today.
Ida Samyan. the fcur-year-old daughter Of a
couple Of Russian Jews who arrived here from
Hamburg on saturday. WAS admitted 20 London
Hospital on SUNDAY suffering with symptoms OF
Aslatic cholera. Inquiry made at the hospital
today regarding her condition was met with
the statement that she shows no Improvement
Her parents have not been affected by the
disease.
Extensive measures have been taken BY the
may be made upon them in event II an extcn-
sive outbreak Of cholera in London. Wards
have been specially set apart for the reception
OF cholera patients and the EiricteSi rules have
been formulated 10 keep patients and their at
tcndnnts isolated. The sanitary authorities
have IN noWise relaxed their vigilance.
Every day the lodging hoases are subjected
70 rtgld inspection. and Il may truthfully be
said ils-t they we're never in q better sanitary
condition. This inspection VIII be kept up as
long a. there is any danger from cholrfn
As II Is well known that oycrriDc fruit g.
source Of cholera there j. a strict watch kept 60
see that all fruit il In prime condition. Today
tho health authorities made descent upon the
CoNent Garden market and found many tons
OF unsound fruit exposed for sale. IL was all
seized and con, mued
THE DISEASE N ~ AIN.
The Berlin correspondent o. the Ne,cs savs:
''The report OF the case of A-iatic cholera in
this city did not create panic. The sanitary
commission has decided To stor the cratuit,us
distribution OF disinfertantsiL H. order To- prevent
their waste and 10 avoid an unwarrauted feeling
OF safety. At the same time the largest powers
OF inspection will be given and ample pro-
vision FOR doctors and nurses will be made
In the event Of a contingency. Prof Koch has
issued a warning against overmuch watering
of the streets, the humidity. he claims. favor.
ing the spread Of bacilli and the rapid con-
sumption OF water preventing effective fitra-
ton at the water works.
The most conflicting reports as TO the extent
OF the epidemic in Hamburg have been pub
lishcd. HamhurgCrs are treated like let.ers
elsewhere in Germany. Hotel doors are shut
In their faces ana IL is impossible for
them TO get lodgings Many of them
have been known 20 ahght from the
railroad trains few stations before reaching
Berlin and to come into the city bv local trains,
IN order to avoid Inspection. The authorities
are endeavoring TO stop this practice, but find
II difficult 10 do So
suspected cases Of cholera are renorted at
Halle and Lcipsic, hut he presence Of the dis
ease In these places has not been officially con-
firmed."
ABArING SOMEWHAT AT HAMBURG.
The Sandards Hamburg correspondent re-
ports that the epidemic is abating somewh hat.
spitaler Strasse Hospital street a street in the
neighborhood Of the horse markell in the har-
Dor district. and in which about 5000 persons
reside. has been closed 20 traffic All the thea
tiers In the city have been closed for two weeks
The Ndnddrds Vienna correspondent saws
that owing TO the fact that the Galician luborers
returning from the harvest in Russia arrived by
night and all billeted on the peasants 10 wait
for medical inspection the following day. night
trains are henceforth forbidden 10 bring pas
sengers over the border
4 telegram TO the standard from Copenhagen
says the sanitary condition of that city is excel
AcaAt anu NAittt AaNt bttn no deaths OF cases Of
cholera reported there. There has been a sus-
picious death at Aarhus in Jutland. The patient
had recently arrived there from Hamburg
The StdEdGrds Paris kilograms say that
after consulting with the generals and physi-
clans of the army NJ. Ere. c:aet, the minister Of
maneuvers program because Of the prevalence
OF cholera.
Considering Measures nj the Treasury.
Treasury Department officials are this after
noon considering the question OF a national
quarantine against all cholera-infected ports.
The ordering of a national Quarantine against
foreign ports would be a serious step. affecting
commerce and travel. and one which the gov
erument would be 10th TO take unless driven TO
il by necessity.
The reports received by the Treasury Depart
ment of the rapid spread of the choltsa are so
alarming, however. and the tide of travel from
Europe 70 this country is setting in 30 heavily
that il is said the department fels the necessity
Of at least considering severe preventive
measures.
The conference between the Officials is con-
tnuing all this afternoon. but il Is probable
that no final action will be taken until Secre-
tary Foster returns from New York. He Il eK-
pected some time during the dav.
In the meantime the department is taking
further steps toward enforcing vigorous and
complete system Of inspection and disinfection.
lhe telegraph l. IN hourly Use and orders aud
directions being prepared and sent.
Gordon of inspection and disnfection sta
tions is being rapidly established on the sea-
board from Louisiana TO Maine and along the
Canadian frontier.
The stations ON the north include BANGOR
Nancoburg, Calais, Portland and Milford. Ne;
Concord. " H.; st. Albans. Hichsord. Island
Point aud Newport. Vt; Rouses Point. Cape
Vincent, Clayton. Morristown. Ogacnsburg,
WaGdinSton. Fort Covington. Morcs
Junction. Buffalo, Charlotte and Ming
ara Falls, y. Y; Ashtabula and
Toledo. Ohio: Sault Ste. Marie Port Huron,
St. Clair and Detroit. Mich; Chicago. ILL.,;
Omaha, Neb.. and Pcmbina Y. ID. At many
of these points medical inspectors will be
stationed TO assist the regular immigrant in
spector.
In case of the establishment Of absolute quar-
antine this Gordon can be drawn tauut within
an hour by telegram from the Secretary and
the United States would De shut out from the
world on the east.
The protection of Washington from the
scourge will depend mainly upon the Cape
Charles quarantine station IN Chesapeake bsy.
Surgeon General Wyman proposes TO make
the quarantine station at Cape Charles as ef-
fective possible and orders have been sent to
Surgeon w. H. IL. Hutton at Baltimore. di-
recting him to go 10 Cape Charles station
for temporary duty. Passed Assistant Surgeon
Terry will remain in charge of the
station and in command Of the boarding
steamer Charles Foster Passed Assistant Sur