The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-20
One Case Found in a Crowded
New York clearinghouse.
ANOTHER ON THE BOHEMIA.
The Plague Breaks Out Among the
Refugees at Sandy Hook.
One Normannia Passenger Dead, Another
nl-Dr. jenkins Puts Exposed and
Non Exposed Steerage Immigrants
Together-Decreasinr at HAMBURG.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1a-Louis weinhagel, a
eoachman, was removed tonight hy the health
authorities from q boarding house at and 6
Exeter Place TO the receiving hospital at the
foot OF West sixteenth street He is believed
TO De suffering from an attack of Asiatic chol-
era, and the physicians in attendance have
passed the opinion that Weinhsgel could not
live through the night. The house. which con-
tanned over 800 other boarders, was auarautined
The Furnessia arrived here today from Glas.
gov with 6ss passengers on board. 22l in the
first cabin, 407 in the second. 1t WAS reported
down town that the Furnessia was carrying
steerage passengers cabin passengers in
order to avoid the twenty-day quarantine rcgu-
iatons. 1t was said many of the 4o7 supposed
second cabin were really steerage passengers,
anu that when the list was examined the names
OF eightytwo were missing. At the Office of the
company it was denied that steerage passengers
had come over in the cabin. The authorities
Will uSely investigate. The steamer il still
Quarantined.
The following dispatch from DR. Byron, at
swinburne island, was this afternoon received
by Dr. Jenkins:
Dr.. Abbott is Just back from the ships. He
brings two bodies from the Scandia: Regina
Giston aged Go. who died of heart failure. and
Chris Oieson, aged 8 months from marasmus.
There 10 one new patient IRON the steamship
bohemia. Seholen Schasen, aged 16 years. With
this exception all our patients are out of danger
ana the island will soon be free Of cholera
patients.
The girl Mary Connerly will be discharged
from the reception hospital In a few days 1t is
generally conceded that she is not a cholera
victim. Dr. Roberts has quarantined the canal
boat Henry Cah.ll, laying at tho
loot OF Thirty-frst street, the cap
tain and owner of which died at New
RrunQwipE not oh of
cholera He also seized the bedding and cloth
ing aboard the boat and disinfected the craft.
The inspector of the board of health has sent to
New Brunswick to procure some intestinal
fluid from the body for archaeological cxami-
nation.
Three hundred aud ifty-six passengers from
the steamers Rugia and Scandia were taken to
Hoffman island this morning. making the total
number in quarantine there 1905. Passengers
from the pestships Rugia aud scandia
are thus turned loose among people who
are not known to have been in.
fected and arebeing held there merely as pre-
cautionary measure. Thirteen of the psssen-
gers from the Scandia have been in the pest
house on Swinburne island. Gen. Hamilton is
very indignant at DR.. Jenkins for sending them
to Hoffman island.
fHILAoELPHIA, Sept 19-George IT. Becker,
well-known real estate dealer OF .hs city and
one OF the Normanuia's passengers, died at his
residence today of pneumonia resulting from
cold contracted while sleeping on the deck oi
the Cepheus while she lay or Fire islano last
Tuesday night.
CAMP Low, SANDY Hook, Sept ao-I2:25 a. m.
1t was officially announced at q late hour that
Asiatic cholera has broken out here Francisco
Morenzo, Normannia passenger who
landed here Sunday morning. died OF the disease
in a tent where he had been isolated at 10
p m. His body will be cremated at Swinburne
island. widow, name unknown. accomps-
MED by her four children, was taken i'll with
every symptom OF disease shortly after II D. m,
and DR.. Hauch, cholera expert. Immediately
had the family removed to isolated tent
The mans death is said to be largely due to an
excess in which he INDUCED on Monday night
Great excitement prevails among the officials of
the camp, and fears are entertained of a stam-
pede of people here from fear when the fact js
made public The dead man and the infected
family were passengers on the Normanna, and
had been in quarantine for eighteen days past
Mrs. 6cheidt, who has been i'll from the effects
of premature confinement on Hoffman island.
died tonight in the hospital outside the camp.
PITTsBURG. Sent. l9.-Dr. J. II. Mcclellan,
local representative of the state board OF health
has been In need OF funds to take steps TO guard
against an outbreak of cholera Today II. C.
Frick. OF the Carnegie Company, furnished him
600 loan without interest until the next
meeting of the state legislature.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept ia circular to
customs officers, designed to prevent the en-
trance of infected vessels or steamships from
injected ports entering smaller ports of tho
United States where quarantine restraints are
insufficient, was issued today.
CONCORD, N. H.. Sept. I9.-Dr. Irving A. Wat
son, chairman OF the international quarantine
committee, recently appointed by international
conference of boards of health, who has Just re-
turned, said in an interview today:
There is not single port on the North At
lautic coast supplied with all the requisite
tary science. AT no single port was there found
suitable plant for quickly and eff
ciently disiniecting u plasue-stricken ship.
Whr r,v f o,,r s.o,t srs =. ~eso enpiosed.
quarantine stations, the cholera il not very
Iisely to be admitted through these ports dur
ing the present year. although danger is ever
grafton from choiera-infected countries
should be absolutely suspended for
year or more. The commission found the port
ports examined. Thus far there is no reason
Tor alarm in this country. and
nothing that should interfere with
domestic travel. The lateness of
gress and subordinate legislative bodies should
furnish the necessary means to strengthen the
weak points in the defenses required to prevent
the Introduction OF cholera or any other disease.
SALEM. Mass, Sept. IA case OF Asiatfc
cholera has been reported at a Polish boarding
house in this city. The authorities are inyes-
tigating.
IDr Jenkins health officer OF the port OF New
York, Is u man OF no ability. He was appointed
to Office because he IS the brother-in-
law of Dick Croker, the Iammany boss
Prevention OF spread OF the disease Is due
to ex surgeon Gen. Hamilton. who checked the
yellow fever four years ago, aud DIR. cyrus Ed
son, who is at the head OF his profession in New