The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-06
THE CHOLERA.

. NEW YORK, Sept. 5-The state OF affair
| in New York, so far as the threatened vista
tion of cholera is concerned, Is as follows
There is no real scare feeling in this city,
in spite of the additional deaths from
cholera on board steamships detained a
quarantine. The health board representa-
tives, the police authorities and th'
quarantine officials are working night ant
day in their efforts to guard against any
spread of the much dreaded disease to thl
city, but the public at large, while ad
mitting that the situation Is serious, II
going about its business as usual. Tht
weather for days past has been delight
fully bracing.
DR. Jenkins. the chief health officer of the
port, is probably the most worried man II
the world. Reporters alone make life
hardly worth living in his case. and no"
criticisms of his conduct are beginning te
pour in from all sides. The following is {
sample of the communications sent TO the
newspapers:
| ITO the Editor:
"Who is DR.. Jenkins, the autocrat, who
defies the authorities of the United States:
| Why are the lives of the people placed In
danger by the DEGREES of person who Is
not an eminent physician, but who owes
his present position to his brother-in-law,
Richard Croker, who is at present dictator
of New York city. If the people knew the
| antecedents of DR.. jenkins l do not think
he would remain long where be is, but a
| competent physician or board OF physl-
cf9s 9g"sS woqd be given proper su5hSrIy
r G. Kerens of Missouri, member of the
Republican national executive committee,
is quarantined on board the Normannia,
| where he went to meet his son. He Is
needed at the Republican headquarters.
but there is little probability of his being
able to leave the Normannia as long as
| cholera exists on the steamer.
Today, Labor Day, is a holiday, and the
| New Workers are enjoying it to their ut
most Crowded excursion boats passed
| the cholera ships on their way TO Coney
Island and Rockaway Beach. and were it
| not for the alarming news contained In
the newspapers nobody would believe that
| such thing as cholera was being talked
OF, much less apprehended.
AT QUARANTINE.
DR.. Talmage made another visit to the
| LasBourgogne, Fulda, Darmstadt and
| Stubbenhuk this morning He reported
that no sickness had broken out since his
| last visit. He could not say positively
| whether or not be would allow any of the
vessels to come up to their docks to-day.
| After his visit to the Darmstadt he ordered
her to be fumigated again. although she
| had been fumigated be fore. 1t has been
the custom to fumigate but once, but the
health officials have decided to fumigate
| often in some cases.
DIR. jenkins has sent request to Mayor
Grant for six patrol officers who will be
| stationed at quarantine to arrest any per-
| son or persons endeayoring to communi
| cate with the vessels in the lower bay. All
the passengers in the steerags of the Nor
| MAMMA have been transferred to Hoffman
Island, where they will remain under
| observation. The six cases of cholera
were transferred to the hospital on Swim
burne Island. This leaves the Normannia
| with no sick on board and with no steerage
! passengers. The MOravia has no sick, but
| her cabin and steerage passengers are on
board. No fresh cases are likely to break
out in the Normannia. as all the immi-
grants have been removed and their quar-
| tiers thoroughly fumigated. The steerage
passengers on Hoffman Island arc of
| course liable to develop the disease, but
they will soon be transferred to the hos
pital at Swinburne Island if taken sick.
The steeraae passengers of the Rugia will
be taken on shore today and kept under
observation in the same manner, and the
steamer will be thoroughly disinfected.
The same procedure will be carried out as
in the case of the Moravia. The Rugia has
no sick on board. At present the vessels
| at upper quarantine are the La Bourgogne,
from Havre; the Fulda, from Genoa; the
Darmstadt, from Bremen, and the Bril-
liant from Hamburg.
The Associated Press reporter has just
returned from the La Bourgogne and Bril-
liant. The passengers and crews are all
well, but are impatient to get ashore. The
large mail for the passengers on the La
Bourgogne was received with many eX
CARNATIONS of delight. This event forms
the only break in the monotony OF life
aboard ship. The probabilities are that
the La BOurgogne and Brilliant will not
be released until Thursday.
Health Officer Jenkins and Quarantine
Commissioner Allen have taken the tug
State of New York TO Clifton, where they
will take on board Secretary Foster, Sur
geon General Hamilton and several mem
bers of the health commission. In con-
versation with reporter today Secretary
Foster said:
Il think that DR.. Jenkins has done all
he could possibly do,and must congratu
late him on his good work. The city is
we'll protected now. do not fear that
as yellow fever, and can be fought off
easier"
CREMATION
DR.. Byron, the meteorological expert. a
we'll known physician of New York
City, has given up his large practice for
the time being and will remain on Swim
burne Island to fight the cholera. He
will be forced to quarantine AS strictly as
any of his patients.
"What result did your meteorological
examination of the cholera discharges
from the patients on the NoImannia and
Rugia have?" he was asked.
"Well, do not wish to say officially and
positively, but have no doubt whatever
that the cases are those of true, Asiatic
cholera. The two patients who died late
on Saturday night were taken to the
crematory at once and burned. The in-
vestige was left of the dead after it was
finished"
DR.. Byron was asked whether all the |
dead would be burned. He said that, of |
course, cremation was considered the |
safest thing, but II the relatives OF any |
who might die should object to this mode |
of disposing of the bodies of cholera pa |
tients. the bodies would be embalmed |
The method of embalming. was much like |
the ancient method employed by the |
Egyptians !in preparing their mummies. |
The bodies become dried up entirely |
aud look much like m1mmies, They |
can be preserved for a long time,
and all danger of infection is destroyed by |
this me-; hod. These are the only two !
methods to be used
NEW CASES.
NEW YORK. Sept. 5-The Rugia has had /
three pew cases. one of which has died /
He was Otto Eagle, aged -, one of the 1
crew. The two other cases are Wilhelm
Quef, 10 years. and Theo Zimmsek, % /