St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-11
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
Death in Chicago of an Emil
grant Under Mysterious
Circumstances.
Claimed That She Showed
Unmistakable Signs of
Cholera.
Physicians Claim That the
Physicians Claim That the
Death Was Due to Other
Causes.
Ship She Came Over in Prop
erly Guaranteed at Phil
adelphia.

CHICAGO. Sept. 10.-At 1920 o'clock
grants arrived at the union depot from
Guttenburg, Sweden. by way of New
York and Pittsburg. The train came
here with a clean bill OF health,
but the authorities say that one woman
who died at 1:30 o'clock was afflicted
with cholera. Albertina Larson, eighteen
years of age, was in a Semi-conSciouS
condition when the train pulled iuto
the depot. and the physicians at once
ordered her sent to 1106 Thirty-fif
street, where she was to have stopped.
On the way to the house she relapsed
into Inconsistencies, and DR.. Garrett,
of the health department, sent her to
the county hospital. She died on the
way.
The woman, it is claimed, showed un-
miStakable symptoms of the dread dis
ease. She complained of pains in the
stomach, was continually Gaping, and
the stain under her eyes showed a
marked blue discoloration. She was
first taken ill at Pittsburg, where she
purchased medicine.
DR.. Sweet, of the hospital medical
SIdl, llllS lSSucU USdlll Ccltl-
ticate in the case. The cause of death
given in the certificate was exhaustion,
arising from anaemia and embolism
and anasarca. The health officials say
that cholera was at no time even SuS-
pected by them in the case.
The party of emigrantS with whom
the girl came to the city have been re-
leased from quarantine and have pro-
ceeded on their way West,
Dir. Reilly went East tonight with an
inspector of the city health department
to meet and inspect an immigrant train
due in Chicago tomorrow morning. No
trouble is apprehended, but it is desired
to learn definitely how fully the inspec-
tiOnS made on the seaboard may be re-
lied on.
The Vessel She Came In.
PHILADELPHIA.S Sept. 10.-The Ameri-
can line steamship Lord Cough. steer
age passenger from which vessel is re-
ported to have died in Chicago from a
complaint bearing some resemblance to
cholera, sailed from Liverpool TO this
port Aug. "a, and arrived at Delaware
at federal quarantine there and all of
here 342 steerage and twenty-four cabin
passengers were found to be in a healthy
condition.
DIR. Orr, the quarantine physician,
personally examined each of the three
passengers and found that no one had
any symptoms of cholera. The vessel
was then thoroughly disinfected, and
held in quarantine to await further or
ders. On the eve of Sept. the Lord
Cough was released from the govern
ment quarantine, and she proceeded up
the Delaware river towards Philadel-
phia. The vessel arrived at the state
quarantine, which is twelve miles below
this city, early on the morning of Sept.
s, and here she was again detained and
disinfected. All the steerage passengers
were made to bathe and their clothing
was examined minutely. The officials
said that they had never before seen so
healthy and clean lot of passengers.
After being held in quarantine until the
evening of the Sth the Lord Cough was
allowed to proceed to her dock. where
her passedgers disembarked and pro-
ceeded to their destination.