The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-19
A Jerseyman and a New Yorker
Victims of the Pest.
SOLDIERS SENT TO FIRE ISLAND.
Carl Schurz's PHILIPPE Against the
Republican Party.
He Predicts Dire Calamity III Harrison
IL Reelected and Praises Democracy
and Its Leader-Mrs. Harrison Inn
proving.

NEW Brunswick, n. J.. Sept. 1S.-James
with cholera this morning, and this even
ing is very low. The case was pronounced
Asatic cholera by DR.. Baldwin, the in
spector of the board of health. Carr died
this evening. He suffered little during
the few hours he lived. DR.. Edison, of New
York, will make an examination of the
body. By order of the mayor the body
was wrapped in antiseptic blankets and
deposited in a six-foot grave. A guard
was placed at the pest house, where Carr
died, because of threats to burn it. To-
morrow the six inmates of the house
where Carr was taken sick will be sent to
the pest house and kept isolated.
New YORK, Sept. 1S.-John Knox. fire.
man on the Allan line steamer Nevada,
which arrived here on September H. was
found dead on the deck Of the steamer
near hatchway this evening. The man
had complained of bad attack of
diarrhea this morning and when he was
discovered he was dead. Capt. Maine at
once notified the health authorities. DIR.
Charles T. Roberts. chief of the bureau of
contagious diseases, after making an ex-
animation, ordered the steamer to be
thoroughly fumigated and also closed the
pier and quarantined those on the ship.
The Nevada was not detained at quaran-
tine last Wednesday, having exhibited q
clean bill of health.
QUARANTINE, Sept. 1S.-The only death
reported among the detained ships today
was that of child on board the Scandal
1t died of marasmus. There were no new
90 onA he cb
on island, and it would appear as if the
cholera had now been safely defeated.
The Rugia will discharge her cargo into
lighters tomorrow and will go back to
Hamburg. The Suevia. probably in a
day or two, will be allowed to come
up, having no sickness on board.
DIR. Jenkins thinks he will soon be able to
release the Rugia's cabin passengers now
on the New.Hampshire. For some reason
not explained the ilI-fated Nermannia will
be detained in lower quarantine for
some time longer. The Wyoming and
Scandals steerage passengers will go to
Hoffman island tomorrow. The cabin
passengers of the La Bretagne will be
transferred to this city tomorrow, but
the steamer will be detained awhile. The
Moravia and Heiigoland may also be re-
leased tomorrow.
DR.. Byron in his midnight census re-
ports from Swinburne island, saws:
All the vessels are o. X. brought from tho
steamer Bohemia the BODY of child which
had died after few hours illness. There was
no diagnosis. I will hold an autopsy and re.
port as soon as possible Our patients are
improving rapidly. There Is one new case of
measles in the hospital. Census-Admitted:
naoA .. ia. n0A.
to convalescenr ward, 1; transferred to sick
ward. .; total sick, IL; suspects and GONZALES
cents, %. The names of the dead are:
Emil Laskowisky, aged years, from the Bo-
hemia; Topsy Radowitzki, aged years, from
the Scandia; Nils Gurty Kellywich, aged year,
from the Wyoming.
CAMP Low, N. j., Sept. 18.-The unfor-
tunate steerage passengers of the steamers
Normannia and Rugia were landed here
today. No sooner were the passengers
landed than Gen. Hamilton, on hearing
that they had nothing to eat today, or
dered dinner served to them. That the
poor immigrants were hungry was plainly
evinced by the rush they made for the
food. The women and children are
looked after by corps of women attend
ants. Nearly all the passengers are loud
in the denunciation of the officials on the
Hamburg-American line on account of the
treatment they received on the steamers.
NEW YORK, Sept. IS.-Adit-(ien Porter
at noon today ordered the Fifteenth regi-
ment to ge, under arms as soon as pos
sible and proceed to Fire island. Great
difficulty was experienced in drumming
up the men and they are scattered in all
directions. At Cos p. m. seventy-five
men of the various companies reported for
duty, and they started for Babylon. 1t is
thought $50 to 200 men will be in readiness
to go down tomorrow.
FIRE ISLAND, Sept. 1s.-There was not
the slightest opposition offered by the
lslip health authorities or the bay men to
the landing of the Wyoming's passengers
today. In fact. not one of either was to
be seen afloat or ashore. Dr. Voight and
Manager =. T. Wall had arrangements 40
complete for quietly and pleasantly To-
eating the new arrivals that within an
hour after landing every one had posses
sion of u room and had dined. No sick
ness among the passengers is reported.
NEW YORK. Sept. l5.-The board of health
issued bulletin this afternoon in which
1t Is stated that no cases of suspected
cholera have appeared since the last bull
letin and that no deaths from cholera
have occurred since Tuesday. The report
OF the psychologists in the case of Mary
Connerty. suspected of cholera, is to the
effect that no spirilium of cholera has
been discovered.
GAINESVILLE. Tex, Sept. ls.~Notwrth.
standing the reports of cholera here there
are no cases in this city, nor have there
been any.
Loon LAKE, n. Y. Sept. 1s.-The presi
dent received a telegram tonight from the
secretary of the treasury saying the cholera
crisis was practically past and that there
appears to be no longer danger of a spread
OF the Disease