Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-06
DISEASE APPEARS IN PtMTENTIARY
One Case and Six Suspected Gases DiECOv-
cred Among 0OnviOta
NO NEW CASES IN RUSSIAN POLAND
omeers order DisinfectiOn of Bag
wage of All Passengers Arriving
at All Customs Houses on
Frontier.

BERLIN, Sept B--An ofhcial bulletin
just issued announces that from noon yes
terSay to noon today eleven fresh cases OF
cholera and one death have been reported,
making a total OF seventy-seven cases and
twenty-four deaths.
The new cases arc from localities pre-
viously infected; hence the health authori-
ties regard the last twenty-four hours with
some satisfaction. The disease has not
spread and with one or two exceptions
those newly III were in quarantine because
they had been In contact with cholera.
POsEN, Prussia, Sept. "a locomotive
engineer was seized with cholera here to-
day while on his engine and died within
few hours.
Plague Appears IN Prison.
BoMBERG, Prussia. Sept 5.-Cholera has
appeared among the convicts in the peni-
tentiary at Krone, on the Brahe. One
certain case and six suspected cases have
been reported.
sTIEGLITzDoRF, Prussia, Sept. 5.-one
new casa of cholera has been reported
here.
sCHLEUsENAU, Prussia, Sept. b.-one
death from cholera has occurred here.
BREMEN, Sept. 6-six additional medi-
cal inspectors have been appointed for
work among the emigrants.
No Cases In Poland
WARSAW. Russian Poland, Sept g.
No cases Of cholera have occurred in Rus
sian Poland and the general opinion here
is that the disease started in Germany
The Russian authorities have ordered a
strict dlsinfection Of the baggage of pas
sengers and trains arriving at the frontier
station at Alexandroff and at all the from
tier custom houses.
At a special session today Of the cholera
prevention committee, under the presi-
dency OF the vice governor, It was de-
clared that the government OF Warsaw was
menaced by cholera, owing to the situation
IN Prussia The committee resolved to
establish quarantine stations along all
railroads for the inspection of travellers and
the dlsinfection Of their baggage with a
View 10 preventing the Importation OF
cllolsrF from Germany:
RASTENBURG, East Prussia. Sept. g.
One new case OF cholera was reported here
today.
Conditions at Hamburg Quarantine.
HAMBURG. Sept B.--The correspondent
OF the Associated Press this afternoon Wis
tied the quarantine station conducted by
the Hamburg American Steamship Co.,
under the direction Of the government au-
thorities and WAS given every opportunity
10 investigate this conditions there and to
ascertain what precautions were being
taken to prevent the trans-shipment of In
fected emigrants TO the United States. II
was found that emigrants are not permitted
70 enter the city and the trains carrying
them are run alongside the quarantine sta
tion, where the emigrants are. discharged di
rectiy into the quarters selected for theii
isolation Here they are examined physi
cafly and then are given hot baths while
sthsir clothes and all other belongings are
thoroughly fumigated. All emigrants bound
for the United States are kept under obser
walton for six days
The quarantine station is a miniature
village. 1t contains barracks for thre'
thousand persons dining pavilions. hospl
tails for various classes of diseases, churches
where the members OF many religions ma!
worship. a concert pavilion. shops and othe
buildings. The ofiicials informed the As
case OF contagious disease there at present
There are only eight Russian emigrants nov
at the station and these have been isolate'
in a special building.
Everybody in Hamburg is much concerne'
lest the cholera scare should disturb tn
commerce OF the port. The Hamburg Amer
lean line today decided to ship the emf
grants who have been detained on the Bul
garia next Friday or Saturday. Past AS
islstant Surgeon General Mclaughlin. VIII
has been ordered here TO make thoroug
Investigation of the situation and who ha
been instructed to enforce the United State
treasury regulations relative 10 ships leav
ing for American ports arrived here fror
Naples this afternoon.