The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-15
Yhs Health 0IC1rS Say it Will Not Be-
come Epidemic.
DR.. JENKINS IS GREATLY SURPRISED.
ue SAYS that II Has Not Been Taken in
Through Quarantine-Surgeon-Ge General
Wyman. of Washington. Expresses
No Surprise at the News-The
Deaths From the Plague in
European Cities.


6ve deaths from Asiatie cholera IN this
city, as follows:
cherries NlcEyook, who died Septem-
her 9Th at SO Tenth avenue; Mrs. So
phia Wigmau, died September lOth at
E6S Eleventh avenue; William Nigman,
husband of Sol hia. died at the same ad-
sroes ON the following day; Minnie l'e-
yaucer. child. died September 1lth at
All cast Forty-sixth street; Charotta
Beck. aged thirty, died yesterday at 46f
Second avenue.
Professor Herman Biegs who is IN
charge of the division OF pathology ana
bacteriology of the heatR uepqftmenli
l9s been at work making bactenOlOglcal
examination of the intestinal fluids taken
from the bodies of these suspects. FRO
fessor Riggs reported to the health de-
y3rtment this afternoon the result OF an
examination and announced unhesitatlng-
~ that the cases were Aslatlc cholera De-
yond any doubt
Will IT BECOME EPDEN1of
Medical Commissioner Of the Health
Board. Ur. Bryant, said today: L 90
not think that the disease will become
epidemic" This he says, IL almost as
surod from the fact that no suspicious
eases baycSOccurred since yesterday.
There seems to be but little danger.
said DR.. Bryant so far, and the public
need not be alarmed. Every precauuon
has been taken by the board of health TO
combat and crush the disease wherever
Is may appear"
Dr. Edison, Of the bureau OF con
facious diseases, was also of the opinion
tb0t there will be no cholera epidemic
here.
IL think its spread will be less than
tha tvphus fever said be. "As to where
the cholera came from, II Is the question
we are trying 10 solve. 1t Is IN the cJy
and il must have come from some out
side source. it must have passed quar-
antine / thihk shat before twenty-tOur
hours we Will have run down the dlrec-
tion from which the disease came.
Tbpro may be cases Of sporadic cholera
rtcr che city, bu< think the disease VIII
Oe speedily overcome.
The chamber of commerce up to =
o'clock this afternoon reported that
Treasurer j. PierpOut Morgan had Sc
cured S92,30O in subscriptions to the
quarantine emergency fund.
On being informed this evening that
there was cholera in New York city, Or.
Jenkins expressed great surprise. lie
saws that it has certainly not been taken
ia through quarantine
THE RAIN AND HUMIDITY UNFAyORABLE.
Quarantine. Sept 14.-Dr. Walser
fears the effects Of the heavy mornings
rain and the extreme humidity ON the
health Of those confined on the ships
and islands in lower bay, and while 1T
does not necessarily mean an increase OF
cholera cases, it is favorable to the pro-
yagatiOn of cholera germs and may re-
suit i'm the more ordinary sickness due
TO confinement in crowded quarters.
Dr. Byron reports at noon to Dr; Jen-
n d
ships. All well.
The steamer Heigoland arrived from
Hamburg. Sailor Belandis took sick;
vomiting and diarrhOea; died August
3lst On september ID, the carpenter
reported sick, and died on the 3D. Since
then no sickness. She has on board as
crew 30 men and one woman. The snip
is i'm good condition and the crew healthy.
The steamer has been ordered TO remain
at Lower Quarantine. The Heligoland
Is a German oil tank.
ANorHEB STEAMER or TIE WAY.
The Anchor Line steamer State Of Ne
vada. which arrived here this morning
from Glasgow, reports that on Septeil-
ber 9th, in latitude 04.26 Longitude -o'-o.
she passed the steamship Ethiopia, OF
the same line bound from Glasgow Tor
New York laying TO. with her Hachln-
cry disabled. and making temporary re-
pairs The Ethiopia signalled that her
repairs were about completed ana that
she expected 10 proceed IN Few hOuIs:
She has on board 22l cabin and %
steerage passengers, and Is expected IN
Sunday. The Ethiopia will be the hrst
vessel to arrive here under the Presi-
dents proclamation of twenty days quar-
antine.
DR. jenkins says the Normannia's pas
sengers will probably be released from
40 4
messengers. he expected, would be trans
ferred 10 the New Hampshire to-day.
Reblvon. L. l., Sept. l4.-The troops
No heen ordered home with the excep-
tian of fifty men from the Thirteenth reei-
ment
COSTLY CARELEssNEss.
Tho steamship companies are paying
beavv nenalty for their carelessness WIN
their steerape passengers, as may be seen
from Tho fact that the North German
Ilovd steamship Spree left this port yes
terfsv for Bremen with only ten hrst
cabin and twenty-five second cabin pas
sengers She carried no steerags pasSTen- sen
gers. The Hamburg American inner ~ 10,
umbia will sail for Southampton lo-uay
without a single cabin or steerage pas
senger and also without q single ounce
of freight. ,..
Counselor Sherman, who obtained
writ of habeas corpus for the relief OF
his clients the passengers OF the steamer
Normannia, who are now at tlre lsahu'
appeared in the general term or the SUI
perior court this morning for the purpose
Of arguing the case. Lawyer DykInah
appeared for DIR. Jenkins, the Quarah-
Inc officer. and asked for time to make
return for the writ Judge Barnard said
mat the return could be made on Satur-
day and he would hear the arguments Oh
Monday.
HARD BATTLE WITH HEAVY sEA.
The Pegasus, with the men OF the SIX
tv-nintb regiment and the naval reserves
aboard arrived at her dock this morn
mg after a hard nights battle with
heavy sea and southeast storm Much
anxiety was felt last night when no news
was received up to midnight of the ar
rival Of the steamer at Fire Island. Some
feared that the boat had met WIN an
accident. The naval reserves ana sixty
ninth regiment were marched 10 their
armory, where they were dismissed by
The Governors orders.
The Pegasus nearly ran down the navai