The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-28
CHOLERA HELD AT BAY.
~aH ENTIRE COAST ON GUARD
AGAINST INVASION.

aow-No Material Change in the Sit
uation In Germany.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The treasury
dsrsrtuent is acting promptly on all mat
hrs that have bearing on the cholera cpl
dar,ic and nothing Will be left undone that
n,ov ,and to keep the infection from our
shores. To all intents and purposes there
NOW exists a national quarantine, the CO.
oneration of the national aud
,tate authorities in the matter
resulting in the forming of a Gordon
which will make it extremely difficult for
the cholera to reach the United States.
Surgeon General Wyman is now consid-
arin0 a proposition TO continue disinfection
of baggage during the winter. The de-
psrtnent this afternoon decided to order
The revenue steamer Winono from Now
berne, N. c., to Delaware breakwater,
where she will assist in enforcing the quar-
sntine regulations The superintendent Of
the postmaster of New York q
communication requesting instructions
as TO precautionary measures to prevent
the Introduction into this country through
the mails Of cholera. The department has
instructed the postmaster to confer with
the health officers Of New York and to COM
municsts at once what measures are by
them regarded 0s necessary.
THREE STEAMERS DIsINFECTED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Three transat-
lsnio steamships arrived at quarantine to-
day. They were the La Touraine, Gellert
and Russia, the first sailing from Paris and
the last two from Hamburg before the
cholera was announced. The vessels and
their passengers were carefully inspected,
and after the baggage of the passengers aud
the steamers Gellert and Russia had been
disinfeoted, all three were allowed to pro-
ceed TO the city. There were no sick per.
sons on any Of the vessels.
The Hamburg-American Packet Com
psny has decided TO suspend its immigrant
traffic between home ports and this city.
NO SENSE IN SCARE.
CHICAGO, Aug. H.-John B. Hamilton,
ex surgeon general Of the marine hospital
service, and at present in the marine hos
pital service here. sounds a note Of warning
to those health officials who are doing much
TO convince the public that cholera
takes the view that while
there is danger there is absolutely no occa-
sion for alarm. Unnecessary and repeated
warnings, he says, are liable to produce a
panic and result injuriously. Surgeon
Hamilton says: "There is absolutely no oc-
casion for alarm, although there is every
reason for extreme vigilance on the part OF
the sanitary officers"
THE SITUATION IN GERMANY.
(copyriohf. 1899, by the N. Y. Associdfed PTessl
BERLIN, Aug. 27.--Dslegates from all the
federal states held conference at the home
Office to-day on the subject Of the cholera.
The president OF the police reported that not
single case OF Asiatlc cholera had yet been
certified to in Berlin. Statements were
read from Prof. Koch and Counselor Rahts,
together with a general report covering the
whole health condition Of Germany. Both
the statements and the report we're reassur-
ing, although Prof Koch thinks that the
worst period of the epidemic in Hamburg
and Altoona has not yet passed.
The authorities of Hamburg and Altona
are blamed for ooncealing the presence Of
the disease The first outbreak occurred in
hamburg as far back as Aug. IA, and at
Altoona on Aug. 10. During the whole
week vessels left Hamburg under clean
bills Of health. although the authorities
knew the epidemic was daily growing
worse.
GOVERNMENT REPORTS.
The imperial health Office, recognizing the
value Of the utmost publicity, is making
arrangements to publish daily the health
record Of Berlin and other centers. report
ing all cases OF cholera and kindred dis
eases. DiarrhOeal disorders and dysentery,
a which are rather rife here and which are
apt TO alarm the people, will have the
II especial attention Of the doctors.
Inc American consul general, Mr.. Ed
wards, has taken the necessary steps to give
Fl the state department at Washington all the
Information Of the situation throughout
Termany. The health Office promises tc
furnish him with all the information II re-
celVes. The consuls within Mr.. Edwards
!urisdlcton have been ordered to keep q
Smnarp lookout and to report by cable &c
warrington without delay any cases OF
GaoLera occurring in their districts. Charles
+: Johnson, the consul at Hamburg, was
visiting Berlin with bis family when he
earned that Hamburg had been attacked
nsat once returned TO his post.
SPREADING AT HAMBURG.
Scrupulous care is now taken at Bremen
naa hamburg. The inspection Is extending
uo' 70 emigrants alone but to the crews Of
seS'els and all passengers. To-night's ad
uCes leave every populous place in Ger.
Wuany free from the Asiatio cholera, except
hamburg, where Prof. Koch's predictions
tEYssTralng the spread of the plague are being
tLSluuso. The disease has now spread over
t us whole city and to the suburbs. A doc,
with a number of hospital assistants
10. uas iett Berlin to assist the Hamburg ply
D The ambulance service and the
LEANS Tor rapid burial OF the victims have
az sIeatly augmented The exodus ol
cao IWealthier Hamburg families is now pro-
ss tSeg on large scale. Though leading
suougafares there present their ordinary
tapoct' shopkeepers declare that business i
SSnaht. Many Of them would close theiI
FPS but are prevented through
nra.., OF adding to the public de-
baoloh which wants but little tC
be bSome an absolute panic. While many
11,,os rS ueu other prosperous citizens are doing
la,ra personally and through agents to re,
vSh families who have been stricken Oh
In, , aIe menaced through want of nourish
as toou, donations Of food, disinfectantl
Svb,ol 'euicaments are plentiful Brandy, il
oniD;at mass OF people believe, despite tbs
sn,,-pILs gus OF the doctors to the contrary, &
A. tPpned yp gratuitously, though in small doses
gs+nluy places. Never in the history Of
"ourg has hand charity been 60 open.
y, TALK OF COMPLETE GORDON.
abso,s bTe people Of Berlin talk Of forming az
snd ~ Ie Gordon around Hamburg, Altona
IA ksr, .e mouths Of the Elbe. A sharp watci
ana upon cases occurring la Hungary
bnrg tuaIria. The epidemic around Press.
nuT6dn ~ hungary, appears 10 be fading. A
I 4 uor,atI usSI or cholcraic cases have been re.
Anst,itat AZ lener Nenstadt, at Tollenau, Ia
he "a ~ ana even In Vis8na itself, where
III Ess,,pFulty OF the deaths are suggestive OF
Nj dgc,1g saoiera II the meantime Austrian
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