The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-15
new YORK INVADED.
Five Deaths OF Cholera Re-
ported by the Board.
THE FIRST CASE SEPT, 6
The Names Of the Victims
of the Scourge.

Fne Gases All Submitted to Thor
oueh meteorological Investigation.
Every precautionary Measure Taken
to Prevent It's spread-Eo Secondary
Cases Reported Another Suspected
Case Under Observetion-No Occe-
slon for Alarm-The Yellow Fever
at the New Orleans Quarantine.
New YoRK, Sept. 14.-The official an
neunoement was made this afternoon that
the dreaded Asiatic cholera had secured
foothold In New York city, and that the
deaths of tivs persons who had passed away
between Sept aad yesterday had proved
10 be due to the Asiatic cholera. In accord
anos with It's promise not to conceal the ex-
isteuce Of the cholera if discovered here, the
board of health announced that, from the
meteorological examination made by Prof.
Herman Biggs on the bodies OF several sus-
pectsd cholera patients. there have been five
deaths from the Asiatic cholera in the city
OF New York.
The list of the dead are:
Charles MoAvoy, IS years, q plAsterer's
assistant died at s7s Tenth avenue, Sept. 8.
Mrs. Sophia Wigman aud William Wig
man, who died Sept. 10 and II, respectively,
at 76S Eleventh avenue. The husband was
52and the wife 63 years old, aud each had
been sick about eight days.
Minnie Levinger, / year and s months
DID, died at her parents home, All East
Forty-sixth street, Sept. IL.
Charlotte Beck, living at 1894 Second
avenue, who was taken sick yesterday In
her apartments, died two hours after the
doctor called.
UNABLE TO SAY HOW CONTRACTED.
All Of these cases were originally reported
10 the health department as suspected chol-
era cases and had been under investigation
Of physicians connected with the Depart
meut Prof. Herman Biggs, in charge of
M the division of pathology and bacseriology,
hss been at work making archaeological
EXAMINATIONS of the Intestinal fluids taken
from the bodies of these suspected cases,
and reported to the health department this
afternoon the result Of his examinations.
The physicians of the health depart
ment have been unable to find out how
the cholera was contracted in each of these
cases. So far as they have been able to
learn none Of the dead persons came in con-
tact with the onolera germs. Every pre-
caution has been taken to prevent the
tpread Of the cholera in these different
houses. The bedding of each OF the patients
has bsen burned and the houses have been
placed under observation.
NO SECONDARY CASES REPORTED.
Bulletin issued by President Wilson,
after giving the names Of the dead, says:
The cases referred to in the report have
cd uyiS kho ay,kfa
measures as would have characterized the
ecttun OF the board il they had been i'm
mediately and positively recognized. Thus
Tar no secondary cases have occurred on the
premises occupied by the sick persons, nor
have any cases arisen from them. The
board has under examination the body OF
women who died with symptoms OF cholera
On Sept l3. All suspected or reported csses
OF cholera since Sept. l, have been carefully
Investigated aud kept under observation.
no suspected cases have been reported to
she board since $50 o'clock q. m. Tuesday,
Sept. 49,"
NO OCCASION FOR EXCITEMENT.
President Wilson said this evening there
was was no occasion for exoitement in the city.
me health department has taken every
poNioe measure to prevent the
spread OF infection. Sanitary Su-
Perintsndent Edison said there was no
usngsr OF the cholera becoming
epidemic. There would be spasmodic cases,
ne sac, Tor at least sixty days, until cold
%Ssa'oer sets in, which would have the
necs OF stamping out the disease. The
nealIn aiI officers have cent TO Ellis Island for
S"sseuger lists since Aug %, and all pas
00users Will be traced as far as possible.
~US' HAVE COME THROUGH QUARANTINE.
~, Edson says the infection which caused
w. VIC uuolera TO break out here must have
bau through some quarantine. IL may
90 naes W oeen caused by some infected baggage
os cunning, or some passenger who came
Ct1ts may have communicated the germs.
Souars printed in English, German, He
o,,e ne" and Italian will be scattered through
J;"..sne sne city tomorrow, giving minute
mV1cVons to citizens of precautions 20 take
ahl the cholera and what to do in cases
INTENSE SURPRISE EXPRESSED.
NJ al quarantine intense surprise was ex-
.USesu vsu AZ the news by the officials. Dr.
In hus hsd expressed himself as confident that
han-.u uoo passed quarantine He said all
aEssge was thoroughly disinfected. not
h. E'ulce "lce the cholera had become epidemic
fs,a.i opean ports, but ever since typhus
bf'oa,, lu tact, ever since he had been health
sntbn-,tt Ios OK the port He said the best
ftrtnolaes tstnslaes in the world stated that
bnlv s1ai ana complete Quarantine could
oosssituilm tSiaim TO prevent 20 per cent of the
n M miles OF the introduction of cholera
sOs p,ssihbp Place. The other 80 per cent of the
bort b'OIl1ies Of the cholera invading sea-
WERE OPEN 40 OTHER MEANS
4,d ~ "nloh quarantine had no control. He
bortsS; ;GU az with reference 10 the cases re-
RnvtStin 10 New York, the only one he knew
&IcSTag about was that OF Charles
MoAvOoH and, as far as he had learned,
Egith had not been anywhere in contact
sinca uuolera, and ii was over a year
Etrv ne came to the coun-
Ehs he saw no reason why
Estarnr.IsO IsOlera should not be effecsually
[repiyp out in New Yorx. DIR. jenkins, ia
tthinI "a question, said that he did not
Imads o ae board OF health physicians had
tthev voy y mistake in their diagnosis, for
Imakipoo olld ld not make any report until after
archaeological examination.
WELL, WHAT OF Irw
Ianonw~ mat Asiatic cholera has developed
nav ., The dwellers in this city, each man
HTbs ask his nsighbor, "Well, what OF itq'
Npeal lsusstion would indicate that the
ketbssr tully understood that the cholera is
contagious nor infectious, within