The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-31
,As1AT1o CHOLERA.
The Russians Preparing for Another Bat
tie With the Pest.

ST. PETERSBURG, March o0.-Choiera
has made its appearance again in this city,
and it is known that fatal cases are of
daily occurrence, although the authorities
have not resumed their policy of last year
of making regular daily announcements
of new cases and deaths. The authorities
are pursuing policy Of suppression, and
withhold from the public all information
as to the spread OF the disease. Very dis
auietine rumors have been received from
the interior of Russia, and the ministry OF
the interior are taking action which indi-
Gates that the government must possess
special information OF the gravest charac-
ter The ministry has ordered the reopen
ing Of the sanitary stations situated in
the Volga provinces, where cholera carried
off many thousands last year, and special
steamers with sanitary STATS will cruise
in the river. stopping along the Volga to
pick up any cholera patient and any dead
from cholera.stricken vessels plying on
that stream. The government is also
causing to be formed sanitary commits
sions, which will look after the health OF
the people at points to be reached through
the railway system of Russia.
THE AMERICAN REGULATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 30-A reporter
called Assistant Secretary Spauldlng's at
tertion to the Buffalo and Halifax dis
patches announcing that 40 passengers
from Hamburg, all bound for Chicago,
Toledo, indianapolis and Cleveland, with
cholera developed In two OF them. hao ar
rived in Halifax, and asked what arrange
ments hao been made to prevent the
spread of the disease in this country,
further than his telegram to tie collectors
of customs to quarantine the immigrants
and to see that none of them entered this
country by land.
mo other precautions have been TAKEN"
replied Secretary, Spauiding, land none
other are needed"
''Do you think the disease can be kept
out of this country by such methodist"
"Undoubtedly," was the ready answer,
'and it can be kept out of every port Ill
the country at all times by just such
precautions. l will venture the prediction
that if any Of these 40 Hamburg immi-
other point inland they will be apprehend-
ed and quarantined. 1 predict that they
will not land in Buffalo or attempt to land
there, and that our officers will take care
of. them"
sSuppose a cholera-infected immigrant
should escape the vigilance OF the officers
and get into an inland city, what would
you do with him or her?"
''Seize the immigrant and have him or
her quarantined in some remote place
where there would be no danger OF Il
spread of the disease"
do you find sufficient authority in the
old law to cope with an outbreak of
cholera, and can you handle it till the law
passed few weeks ago go's into effect"
"Yes; we are handling the incoming OF
the 40 immigrants from Hamburg under
the old law, and we will make it sufficient
to meet every wish. The law passed by
the last congress, approved March Sd,
does not go into effect until May 81, but
we are fully prepared to meet any
emergency which may arise during tue
intervening time"
One of the two cholera suspects de.
tanned in the Halifax hospital is Carl
Erickson, from Stainwang Norway,
ticketed to Chicago. Many OF those who
were allowed to proceed had Chicago
tickets. The steamer which has occasiOned
the cholera scare is one of the disreputable
tramp" boats which pay little Or no at
tention to government regulations. The
responsible steamship lines are working
through their agents here in full ac-
cord with the treasury department.. DIR.
CLAWS, the Washington representative OF
these lines. says that the Hamburg packet
line has discontinued landings at Halifax,
because the quarantine regulations at that
point are lax. He said that it was mat
ter of self-preservation for the reputable
companies 10 SEE tudC no CHOlcEd SuSpcCLS
were brought to this country. They were
so anxious % reduce the danger of cholera
to minimum that they had gone very
much further than the requirements of the
new quarantine law, and had organized
system of their own, which
was operated at the ports of departure.
Dr. Gavis showed copies Of the blanks.
aftidavits, etc, used by the steamship COM
panies in their organized quarantine SER
vice at the European ports of departure.
He agrees with General Spauiding that
the report from Halifax is d scare.