St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-01
CHOLERA HAS COME.
Twenty-Five Deaths on a
Steamer Arriving at New
York Yesterday.
There Is No Doubt That the
Disease Is Asiatic
Cholera.
Officials Taking Every Posi-
bic Preeaution to Prevent
Its Spread.
Passengers Disembarked and
Placed in a Strict Quar-
antine.

New York, Aug. 31.-The German
steamship Moravia. which arrived at 10
O'Clock last night from Hamburg. had
twenty-five deaths on board during the
passage. The ships surgeon called the
disease chOlerine, but that is only
another name for the dreaded Asiatic
cholera. DIR. jenkins said the results
were serious, and he was fearful that
more deaths would follow.
On Aug. Is the Morayia sailed. On
the following day the cholera broke out
and the first death took place within
twenty-four hours. The disease
spread rapidly among the ships 2s6
steerage passengers. There were no
cabin passengers. The children
suffered most, and by Aug. 90 the num-
Der of deaths had reached the total
OF twenty-five. OF these, two were
adults and twenty were children. They
suffered much pain, and their deaths
We're those which are peculiar to cholera.
The death list was made up of thirteen
natives Of Poland, three natives of
Hesse, one native of Austria. and five
OF Prussia. They were all buried at sea-
AT the present time there are three
cases OF measles, and two men are re-
covering from slight attacks of the
disease. The entire steerage comes
from the infected district, and tonight
Dr. jenkins is exceedingly anxious and
Worried Over the Outlook
The Moravia arrived last night at 10
O'Clock, and, strange to say, notwith-
standing her terrible record of deaths
on the voyage, her captain passed
through Sandy Hook, up the lower bay
and through the fleet of steamships
which were anchored off the boarding
station. She did not stop there. but
moved up several hundred feet north
of the fleet, within about eight miles of
the Battery, and there dropped her an
chor.
No word was sent ashore all night,
nor did any of the quarantine officers
board her. IL was early this morning
when they started on their usual round
to board the vessels anchored in the
stream. and the Moravia was the last
one which Physicians TalImadge and
SanDorn drew up alongside 1t was
then after 10 o'clock, and it was known
that the Morayia was from an infected
port.
Shortly after 11-o'clock the little tug
boat which does service for DR.. Jenkins
staff left the Moravla's side and
steamed for the big Teutonc. In the
meantime a yellow Whitehall boat rowed
by two men lett the Moravia's side and
pulled for the beach. When she
reached the little wharf 'front.'
ing the department. station William
Seguine, an attache, hurriedly left her
and delivered a sealed envelope to DR.,
jenkins, who opened it and BETRAYED no
indications that there was anything
wrong. Then the tug, with DR.. Tall
madge aboard. came ashore, and there
Was a Conference
with the health officer. At that time.
after leaving DIR. Jenkins, DIR. Tall
madge asserted that there was nothing
wrong with the MoTavia and that every
one on board was enjoving good
health. He left the quarantine wharf,
and the tugs whistle seemed to
put an extra squirt of steam in
the effort to get alongside the
plague-stricken craft. Apparently act
Ing upon orders from DR.. TallI1adge
which had been given on first trip.
there were signs of activity aboard, and
the Immigrants. as if expecting to be
landed, could be seen hurrying up and
down the deck, looking in the direction
OF the Staten Island shore and OCCASION
ally waving hats and handkerchiefs
Within hve minutes after the Moravia
was boarded for the second time she
had hoiSted her anchor, got up steam,
and turned her bow in the direction of
the ocean. She made a long detour
around the fleet. hugging the
Long Island shore, and passing
out of the Naraows for the lower
bay shortly before noon. A phase
of the case of the Moravia, which de-
serves investigation and which should
be looked INTO with thoroughneSs, is the
action of the captain in continuing the
voyage TO this country under the condi-
tons which prevailed on his ship. If
the disease broke out on the day follow
ing his departure from Hamburg, why
did he not, those connected with the
quarantine department ask, turn back
home instead of
Bringing the Disease
toanew country? Representatives of the
Associated Press received message
from New York at quarantine stating
that it was reported that DIR. jenkins
pronounced the cases aboard the Nor
avia, Asiatic cholera. DR.. jenkins was
interviewed and declared that he was
not prepared at present to pronounce
an opinion.
Ihe. Morayia is now snchored in
GraveSend bay. between Fort Hamilton
and Norton'S Point, about 200 yards east
of the MAN channel. She is out of the
way OF passing vessels. She will be in
definitely detained. The passengers
and crew, even to the cabin bow.
will be landed on Hoffman island.
Every rag Of clothing will be disin-
fected and every person bathed When
the ship is cleaned she will be disinfect-
ed. and the passengers then put aboard
and detained there for an indefinite
time, being obliged to land on the ISL
and daily for Inspection and baths.
Before starting down the bay Health
Officer Jenkins telegraphed Secretary
of State Foster notifying him of the
twenty-five deaths from so-called cholS
crime on board the Moravia during b er
voyage.
A New Source of Danger
from cholera has been discovered by
the health authorities, which may rend-
er the present quarantine arrangement
Intellectual. The danger lies in the fact
that passengers OF the steamers arriving
here eat the food and drink the water
that is taken aboard at the foreign ports,
both of which are .Iikely to be in
fected with the germs of the disease.
Under such circumstances quarantine
here of Two or three days would not be
q sufficient safeguard against cholera.