The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08
No Fear That the Plague Will
Land at New York.
FROSTY WEATHER. WELCOMED.
More Than Three Hundred Persons
Perish Every Day st Hamburg.
but Elsewhere. Except In Russia,
There 10 No Causs for Alarm
Two New Cases ON tie Moravis.

NEW YORK, Sept This afternoon Dr. De.
pew, on the City of New cork, sent compli.
ments to DR.. Jenkins and regretted that the
health officer was not able ts board the Inman
liner in person. Dr. Jenkins replied by the fol-
lowing message: "Prcsent fay compliments to
Dr. Depew and my regrets mat I must detaiu
him and the ship until tomorrow at least" The
Waesland, which arrived this morning,
had ON board 10s cabits- and 465 steer
age. They we're ali e, good health.
On the City of New York th.re were 527 first
cabin, 1s5 second and At sseersge passengers
They, TOO, were all well. SECRETARY Foster came
down the bay on the cutter Grant to meet his
Grant steamed alongside tsse City of New
York and Mr.. Foster: held a con.
versation with his wiEe, but did not
board the steamer. He received permission to
do this from DR.. jenkins. TIE passengers of
the La Bourgogne will probaE.ly be released to-
morrow morning, and possibly the ship also.
The Anchor line Eiysia has been released. DR.
jenkins reports two new cases among the crew
on the steamship Normanuia; and no deaths
The Persian Monarch has gone to her pier.
DR.. Depew said be had spent much time In
Hamburg. not far from Hanhsarg. There was
big cholera scare in Europe, espec-
tally among Americans. As matter
of fact there was no chosera in Europe
except on the seaboard. Tiers it was violent
the cases could be traced direesiy to Hamburg,
and had undoubtedly taken there by Russian
emigrantS Dr. Depew indorsad the action of
the government in fighting the cholera
The weather is brighter, iroSyier aud in every
way more bracing than any d&y since the chol-
era made its appearance iu thH port. Here in
New York all feeling of alarm has subsided, az
the work OF cleaning and disil fecting goes on.
Ex-Surgeon General Hamilton, said this after
noon that he thought cholera could be success
fully kept from New York.
The oil tank steamer Brilliant, which arrived
from Hamburg on Sunday, wss inspected and
fumigated by DR.. Talmadge toeay and allowed
to gOup The steamer Wyoraing, which ar
rived last night was also boar3ed by DIR. Tai
madge. She has 27S cabin and 153 steerage pas
sengers aboard. Among the stesrage passengers
were fifty Russians. The imm grants are liable
to be detained for some time. 4 Western Union
steamer left here this morning 20 lay a cable to
Swinburne island, which viii be connected
with the doctors Office.
Dr.. jenkins this evening wrote to the
secretary of the treasury. calling at
tentiou to the hardship of OBTAINING
cabin passengers OF incosling steamers
upon overcrowded vessels which sailed from
infected ports, and stating that.it was extreme.
ly important that prompt prov sion should be
made for the removal t.f these pas
sengers to a suitable localits. He decided
that the most suitable locaiity was Fire
island, whore hotel acco.nmodasions exist Tor
tents or temporary barracks, and request that
he be given possession OF the island for the pur.
pose named.
letter was published this evening from one
of the lady passengers on the Nnrmannia, com.
planning about the way they are shut up, and
speaking bitterly OF the way tho steamship
company neglects them. AL would be
patient, she says, could they feel
that any wise care was being exercised and if
they were removed from the Greg and stokers,
the only people inclined to any Kind of illness.
The captain, says the lady In the letter. has no
control over the crew and stesxers, and their
wages had to be guaranteed by che passengers
or they would not work, since their engagement
with the company was over on sheir arrival at
this side.
HALIFAX, Sept THE Hali5ax board of
health has decided that no ships .rom European
ports, including Great Britain. and Ireland,
shall land passengers or freight az Halifax until
alter receipt of permission from r;ort physician
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 7.--The secretary of
state has received q telegram from the United
States consul at Brussels which says: Brussels
officials report one case Of choEsra, the news
papers several" Acting Secretary Spaulding
said today that the measures watch had been
instituted to keep the cholera ot.s OF the coun-
try have proved eminentiy successful so far, and
that he saw no reason to appre1end that the
dread contagion will obtain feothold in this
country.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. The ship Frank L
Pendieton arrived this morning. l5o days from
Calcutta, India She reports THAT two deaths
from cholera occurred at sea in Asril.
LEwEs, Del, Sept Three more steamers
were detained at the federal Quasantine at Del
aware breakwater this morning. They are the
Illinois. which arrived from Astwerp with q
large number of passengers: the freight steamer
Kate Fawcett. from Hamburg August Is, and
the steamer Kate, from MarseilIess aud Cartha-
genia August 10.