The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-02
Is AMERICA IN DANGER?
CHOLERA PATIENTS lNN.Y PORT
IMPROVING.
steamers Held In Quarantine-Eycry
PrecautfOn Taken-Com-
ments of the Press

ments of the Press.
BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.--No new cases of
cholera have as yet developed among the
passengers of the steamship Moravia.
Early this morning Mr.. Tallmadge, Wis
tied the vessel and was met by captain
Shlele and the ships doctor and the three
made a thorough examination of the
ship. The two women who we're attack
ed with the disease on the way over were
found to be on fair road to recovery.
QUARANTINE, S. l., Sept. 1.-The
steamship Moravia which was sent from
Quarantine to Gravesend Bay yesterday,
where she remained until this morning,
has been ordered to lowsr quarantine,
two miles South of Swinburne Island.
The Gallia and Lain are detained until
the five day order of procedure can be
ACCOMPLISHED. The Gallia has 275 Rus
sian and 14O Poles on board.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-The agents Of
the Hamburg Akerican Packet company
to which line the plague ship Moravia
belongs, have now decided to abandon
its immigrant service entirely.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1-Reso buttons
were to day adopted at meeting of the
trustees of the John Hopkins hospital
urging upon the President of the United
States, the secretary of the treasury and
the governor of Maryland the Importance
of closing all the ports of the United
States and the State of Maryland to immi-
grants for as long period as the present
danger Of the transmission of cholera to
this country exists.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The american
Druggist In It's current issue, gives some
sound advice regarding the cholera
scare. 1t says: "While it may be well
enough to quarantine the low class of i'm
migrants that have been reaching US from
the infected districts in Russia and Ger
many, or shut them out altogether for a
time, there is no sense in people being
panic stricken here. No person need
fear the cholera if he exercises ordinary
care in diet, cleansiness and sanitary sur
roundings.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Our consul at
( Steplersburg cables as follows: Ship
pers claim it impossible to disinfect wool
hides as required 10y treasury instructions.
Ships loading. What shall ] do?" The
treasury department is considering the
f matter.
= NEW YORK, Sept. deputy health
t officer Hanborn who has been IN charge
> OF the Moravia since last evening returned
Q to quarantine tonight and reported that
: there were no new developments. Health
q officer Jenkins, together with Drs. Alb
A bott, Sternburg and Buron, all bacteria
logists, spent several hours at the la bora
tory at Swineburn Island investigating
n material to ascertain if cholera exists in
, Moravia The result Of their work viii
s not be known until to o-morrow.
d WAsHINGToN, Sept. 1.-The postmas
o ter general is determined that choler
= = shall not be admitted to the United State
|, through the mails if the postoffice depart
ment can prevent it, and today he signe(
a letter instructing the superintendent OF
foreign mails to Immediately take sucl
IN steps as may be necessary and practica
t. to thoroughly disinfect the mails reach
a ing the United States from foreign port
- at which contagious diseases are said t
70 be prevailing.