New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
INFECTED FOREIGN PORTS.
FIGHTING THE CHOLERA AT ANTWERP
AND HAMBURG.

THE PLAGUE SAID no BE DECREAslNU Az Hh'f|"
-pHEcAuTIoNs TAKEN IN LoNDoN-sTNN-
GENT QUARANTINE AGAINST HAMBURG
AT BERLIN AND vTENNA-THE
SOURCE IN RUSSIA.
Antwerp Aug 25.-The excitement causeo oy
Che acknowledgment Of the physicians tilaC hsia"o
cholera is in the city has not subsideo' anu V"o'o
who can afford to dc so are making rea"y " INV
10 various places to escape the DISEASE in'io
:. mn anpreciahle change in the situation IL If
cenerallv believed that the disease reacheo mere
On some vessel from An infected port, and 'here
:. considerable Indignation that the authorizes
a;d not enforce the quarantine regulations unVh
otter the disease had got firm foothold IN U'e
oitr The first persons TO fall victims 10 the
6iscase were dock laborers. They were taken ~
tbc bospitals where the doctors sald 10 reporters
ond other persons that their malady was common
cholera. and that nothing was TO ne leareu h"i"
a Other patients however, were soon taken 10
tho bospitals suffering with the same disease anu
the number of cases has continually lncreaSeu
since then. ,.ou
entering the hospitals and the appearance Vi '''0
bodes was sufficient pyoof that it was not COM
mon cholera that had caused death. Inc oo'''s
ro,ained their heat for long period, and looked
90 tbonrh they had been through long attack
~ illness Many physicians hold that post
norton examination would have revealed the iac'
,bat ualirnant and not simple, cholera was u'ie
oou.e NJ death 1t is thought that the hospl'al
,bvsicians were fully aware OF the presence vi
tho scourge but that they were compeieo ny u'0
authorities TO deny it. One-fourth OF all ",o
no.ients who have been removed to the hospi'aiS
have died .o;,r or-
Tho quarantine regulations are now being en-
forced with great severity. Every Vessei lroh
,rench German or Russian port, thou9h ~ may
have no cholera on board, Is detained ior ooSi''-
,;nn hr, This course is asserted to be useless, as
tho danger now lies in the spread ol tne oon-
tacion from sources inside the city. The heai'n
authorities are using every kh'"n
70 check the disease.
The Hague. Aug 25-An official proclamauoh
was issued TO-DAY. declaring that Antwerp Is III
fectel with Asatc cholera, and ordering s''io0
onarantine against ali arrivals from that port
Uomhnrv Aug 25-Considerabe excitement
t., ho.n caused among the military authori
,es by the appearance of cholera among o'e
troops Three cases of the disease ana one ueath
have occurred in a regiment that was Temporarily
uuartered here. To prevent, II posslpie' '"o
q, road of the disease among the soldiers. the regl
nent has been ordered to leave HAMBURG LII
meSiately. 1t will proceed to some point IN the
ancs Of the disease will be kept on the col
diers and they will remain isolated until all
risl, Of their spreading the infection is passed.
Co s+ripoent are the orders that the regiment
will not be allowed to take part in the coming
manoeuvres.
DIR. Koch has returned to Berlin lie expressed
+he opinion that cholera was imported into
Germany from Russia. and not from france
Professor Raths will remain here He says the
prevailing cooler weather promises a cessation
of the epidemic
The weather continues intensely hot, conol
tion favorable to the growth of the cholera germs
There was however, more WIND preVallhR ~
dav and this added somewhat to the comfort Of
tha atty So many warnings have been given OF
the danger lurking in water that thousands OF
,eonle have abandoned its use as a beverage,
ouenching their thirst with beer and light wines
Lime mice and lemons are also In demand. YES
terdav there were eighty-two new cases OF the
disease reported and the deaths amounted 70
thirty-one The steamship service between Ham
bnrg and the island of Heligoland has been sus-
pended in consequence of the cholera here
The papers here which have been accused OF
greatly exaggeratng the situation, turn on 'ne
authorities to-day and attack them for per-
sstently denying the presence in Hamburg OF As-
atic cholera until the violence of the outbreak
that If the authorities had admitted at the start
that the disease was true cholera sanitary meas
ures mirht have been enforced that would have
prevented the serious spread Of the disease.
Paris Aug 25-The Sanitary Chief OF the var
Office in an interview, declares tEat cholcra III
Paris, Havre and Rouen, is abat1ng ana Will soon
disappear He pronounces the cholera III t'e 'hree
cities named to be distinct from the epidemic IN
Hamburg and Antwerp
Thine far in AUGUST there have been recorded 36o
cases of cholera and 0i deaths from the disease
In Havre Medical authorities declare that uie
disease there is not Of the AAttlc type, ai"housh
many of the victims died Immediately after seizure.
The steamer Ga cia, from Hamburg, which arrived
at lIavre to-day with emgrants aboard, was
placed in quarantine. The French steamer SAINT
Andre from Uavre which has been quarantlncd
NJ Pauilloc has four cases of cholera aboard, ana
one death from cholera has occurred on the YES
sci
Heavy rains during the last three days have had
the effect of lowering the temperature. l"e"'S-
eight cases of cholera and several deaths were IT,
ported in Ilavre yesterday.
The condition of many of the Hebrew emlgrants
who pass through this city is such that shoulo
cholera break out among them it would ma a Ter
tile field for its spread. The Jewish committee
here state that within a month l,Ooo hebrews
refugees from Kussia, nave p&Sscd 'nfou1n '4''
most OF them on their way 10 the lnlted ota'eS
Those who have recently arrived here have been III
a fearful condition. The places where they spent
the NIGHTS were made dirty by their occupation
that il was found necessary thoroughly TO disin-
feet the premises after they had gone.
According 10 official cholerinc returns for the
Dcpartnent of Seine Inferieure. 200 cases have
been reported in Darnetal and Dieppedalles and
seventy and twenty deaths in Ossel, all
due 70 TIE use Of water from the River Seine
In Rouen no more deaths new cases have been