Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-01
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.


the ship. The two women who were
attacked with the disease on the yoy-
age were found to be on fair road to
recovery. The steamer will remain be-
low Swinburne Island until the health
officers are certain that all trace of the
plague is removed from her. The cap
tain of Moravia went ashore on Staten
Island last night, but health officer
jenkins Immediately ordered him back
to his ship. The Veendam's steerage
passengers we're this morning sent 10
Hoffman Island where the passengers
will be bathed and baggage and cloth
ing disinfected, as the captain refused
to allow the disinfecting process to be
accomplished on board the steamer.
The Gallia, with 275 Russians and l4o
Poles aboard and the Lain are de-
tanned at quarantine. The saloon pas
sengers of both steamers will probably
be allowed to land before night. No
cases of sickness are reported on any
of the steamers this morning. Four
special harbor police will be appointed
to patrol the bay with orders to shoot
any one attempting to board any of the
quarantined vessels. This was called
forth by the attempt of some reporters
to board the Moravia yesterday.
STAPLEroN, S. l., Sept. This
morning policemen were stationed on
the wharves and along the shores ofthe
island from Stapleton to New Creek at
South Beach, distance of four miles,
to prevent any landing of small boats
which might have on board anyone
who came from any vessel quarantined
or any person landing from foreign
vessel. A strict watch is being kept
also to prevent emigrants from Swine
burnc or Hoffman Islands from landing
at Fort Wadsworth, S. I.
NEW YORK, Sept. Shortly before
noon to-day Mayor Grant left his Office
in company with Dock Commissioner
Grain to make an inspection of the
quarantine stations. They were ac-
companied by DR.. Jenkins and the 9TH
err dock commissioners.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-The steamer
Fuerst Bismarck, from New York, ar
rived at Southampton this morning.
Under the new regulation the steamer
will not proceed to Hamburg. Her
passengers will be landed and her
cargo discharged at Southampton.
There are to-day in tho hospitals $3.50
cases of scarlet fever With this dis
ease and cholera threatening to be-
come epidemic it will readily be seen
that the health authorities will have
their hands full in fight with the two
disorders.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.-The Of
fetal cholera returns for allRussia show
q gradual gratifying decrease in raw
ages of the pestilence. In this city yes
terday there were 1913 new cases and
40 deaths.
PARIS, Sept. 1.-Twenty-one fresh
cases of cholera were reported in Paris
yesterday. There were ten deaths
from the disease.
HAMBURG, Sept. There has been
considerable change in the panicl;y
feeling prevailing here in consequence
of the ravages of cholera and to-day
more confidence is expressed in the
ability of the physicians to cope with
the disease. The figures to-day show
ed a great falling off both in the num-
Der of new cases and deaths and gen
eral feeling of relief was experienced.
In the excitement occasioned by the
scourge, howcyer, there is scarcely a
doubt that the records are incomplete,
and that neither all the cases nor all
the deaths have been recorded. Yes
terday there were only 139 new cases
reported, while the deaths, according
to the official figures, were only 40.
The city, however, presents a most
funereal appearance. There is scarcely
house in the streets along the water
front from which several victims of the
disease have not been taken. In some
instances houses are entirely vacant,
all their occupants being dead. There
is yet no resumption of general bust
ness. The is steady stream of vehi-
clcs conveying the dead to the Gene
teries. Great interest has been arous-
ed by the simple, but seemingly effect
ual, treatment recommended by Prof.
Northnagel and Prof. Kahler. 1t may
be that the decrease in the fearful NOR
tally can be ascribed to this treatment
which is nothing but giving the pa-
tients encmas of warm salt water. 1t
is claimed by those who have followed
this course of treatment that its result
is marvellous. In some cases where the
patients were in such state of col
lapse that it was impossible to discern
the pulse, recovery has followed the
application of the enemas. The claim
is made that the death rate of the city