The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-24

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The local market is fairly active.
Prices have been advanced l cent
by the Western Refinery Company,
and are now scaled on the basis of
81 cents.
Cholera in New York.
New YORK, Sept. 16th.-It is
definitely settled by the report OF
the expert psychologists to the
Board of Health that five persons
have died of Asiatic cholera in the
city of New York since the 9th OF
September. 1t has not yet been
discovered whence the infection
proceeded, but it is believed 70 have
come from European passengers
who managed in some way TO
evade the quarantine.
Up to the 10th the total record
on sea and at quarantine was as
follows: Total, $50 cases; "a
deaths, Of which 63 occurred at
sea and q in port. Cases st Swim
burne Island Hospital, 81.
Briefly summarized, the situation
is this: Cholera has broken the
quarantine and entered the city. Il
appeared ashore as early as Septem-
Der 6, when Charles McAyoy died IN
the tenement, $40 Tenth avenue, IN
der circumstances that were so sus-
picious as TO cause Investigation.
Next it appeared on Eleventh ave-
nue., more than quarter OF mile
from the first case, and there killed
William and Sophia Wigman, hus-
band and wife, who lived alone
Then it went across town and was
heard of In East Forty sixth street.
Minnie Levinger wss the victim
there. Then a man by the name of
Callahan died In the tenement at 31S
East Forty seventh street. His name
and case are not mentioned in the
bulletin of the Board of Health, but
he died of cholera just the same,
aud sanitary guard has been set
upon his house. Six have died of
cholera in eight days
New YORK, September 1.-THE
first report made to the Board of
Health by Professors Herman Biggs
and Edward L. Durham read as fol
lows:
I'VE would respectfully report that
very careful biological examinations
of the intestinal contents from the
body OF Charles McAvoy, who died
September 9TH have hean complotad
Inc autopsy shoEsd anatomical Ia
sion OF sporadic cholera, but bio
logical examination proves that the
germs of Asiatic cholera were pres
emit In the intestines. We therefore
declare the case one OF AsiatiC
cholera"
Eleven Deaths at Sea.
Ngw YoRK, Sept. 15.-Anothel
plague ship is in port, and there il
another story of disease and death
on the voyage. Eleven more victim.
are added to the long list OF those
who have died of cholera between
Hamburg and New York. This i
the story of the steamship Bohemia
which reached New York to-nigh
and anchored at lower quarantine.
The Plague In Other Lands.
HAMBURG, September 14.-Ther,
were ga new cases and 14S death
reported to the statistical bureau
yesterday, of which 148 cases ant
fifty two deaths occurred previously
The police yesterday conveyed T.
the hospitals 137 cases and blriet
forty seven bodies. This is a. de
crease OF twenty three cases ant
eighteen bodies. There has been
slight increase of the epidemic il
some districts.
PARIS, September 14.-In Pari
and its suburbs there were reportec
yesterday ffty-Dine new cases o
cholera and fortyfour deaths, in
Guiding fourteen new cases and thin
teen deaths in Rouen.
Cable to Mikado Land.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 15.-K
Kartow, a leading member of tn
Imperial Diet of Japan, is in thi
city. Fer the past few days he ha
been shown the various things @
interest by the japanese Consul
a. Heyneman, T. Hynga, T. Mats
noka and others of his countrymen
He holds to the belief that Their
should be an electric cable between
here and Japan, and says it is hi
opinion that his country will vot
q subsidy for the building of on
from Toxic to. Honolulu, to con
meet with the one now in view b
the United States and Australia
Twenty dollars a word is paid 70
all cablegrams now reaching Japan
They have to come ali the wa
through Europe and China befor
they get there.
American News.
On the 18th instant the Lie
Observatory announced the dis
covery OF new satellite to Jupiter
making five for that planet. TIL
new satellite was discovered on tn
10th by Prof. Barnard. 1t is no
over 100 miles in diameter, and it
period is II hours SO minutes. 1t
distance from the planet center
about 112,400 miles, or abou
6S,400 miles from the surface :