Show iON THE ICREASE I I I A I AdditionarCholera Gases in New York Harbor I A SITE HAS BEEN SELECTED For theCoopod Up Quarantined Passengers An Earnest Appeal for BeTh from One of Themriorolga cholera News NEW YORK Sept SThe Normania and Rugia have again hoisted the yellow flag and the same signal is flying on Hoffman island indicating the discovery of additional addi-tional cholera cases this morning Up to yesterday evening there has been thirty one cases of sickness ana disease and eight deaths in this port The stokers on the Normania this morning morn-ing seem to DO the greatest sufferers Eight of tho crew of that vessel were transferred yesterday afternoon to Swinburne island These men had only a day before been taken back to the ship after twelve hours stay on Hoffman island where they had been been disinfeoted with all possible thoroughness Along with 500 others they were taken back to the ship apparently in excellent health The doctors will not admit i ad-mit positively that these eight patients have cholera nor will tbey deny it Secretary Foster says Dr Hamilton and Dr Jenkins will inspect Sandy Hook tomorrow to-morrow with a view to selecting a site for 0 camp of refuge for the coopedup cabin passengers of the steamships now detained nt quarantine Doctors find the ground satisfactory tho secretary says Barracks will inhape to receive the passengers by Fridaynight The Reading railway will extend its yacks to the camp to facilitate facili-tate the tranptfrtntion of supplies The secretary sayS a wealthy gentleman has offered to undertake the construction of a camp and meet all expenses taking his chances of getting the money back from the party liable therefor Dr Jenkins docs not favor Sandy Hook as the site of the camp of refuge but is advocating Fire Island as being a more suitable place for isolation Dr Cyrus Edson sanitary superintendent superintend-ent received the following dispatch from Dr Seibert who is In Berlin Berlin steams all articles from Hamburg for one hour The highest opinion Is that all the rivers In northern Europe are infected and that new outbreaks can be expected The new lawwill stop all Russian immigration passing quarantine Months will b insufficient in-sufficient to stamp out the disease The only efficient metnod for you in America is to steam the immigrant baggage or other articles for at least an hour They must be steamed singly or else immigration must bo stopped Germs are everywhere no port is safe The borough board of health has sent from the Atlantic Highlands a protest to Governor Abbott against landing passengers passen-gers of infected ships at Sandy Hook The borough has provided a day and night watch and a land patrol service to that end The new cases on the Normandia are Franz Albrecht Adolph Meier Gottlieb Damisbon Gustav Nouinan D Daudile Carl Gramish all among tho crew On the Rugia the new case are Gustav Wollacbopper Jonann Hodratskia Felonia Kunonscuin Eight persons who wereea werqex posed to the patients the same families w i removed toxSwinburne island and isolated from observation but the new case on Hoffman island Carl Blunnig a i steerage passenger was removed to Swin burne island He is one of the Normandia passengers The Swinburne island deaths are Elfrlda Yeultz Henry Frankel Jacob Koosler Christian House Jenkins stated that Sandy Hook will bus b-us sa for placing immigrants on He thought the old unused sheds of the Central Cen-tral railroad of New Jersey would be used which could accommodate five hundred and the same number of tents could be used Dr Jenkins said he expected ex-pected Stonington down tomorrow evening or early on the day after when the cabin passengers would be removed Tho New Hampshire as soon as she was ready would Uo used for the cabin paasangers or the I Rugia The steerage passengers would be removed to Hoffman Island Cholera on board the Moravia has been I to all appearances stamped out The City of New York and Labourgone have left for New York Chauncey M Dopew Secretary and wife and a daughter of General Foster were taken off the City of New York on the cutterGrant The steamer Elbe loft quarantine at 3 oclock this afternoon The Belgium steamer Wacsland Captain Grant from Antwerp which has been in the quarantine quaran-tine fleet in the upper bay wag released this evening by order of the health authorities author-ities and proceeded to the dock I is reported at tho maritime exchange that cholera has appeared in Mexico A cablegram from Vora Cruz was received Stating that four officers and two sailors of the British steamship May at that port are sick aboard the vessel Sanitary Superintendent Dr Cyrus Enson received tho following cable from Hamburg from Dr Sebert who is studying study-ing the cholera The Hamburg methods in handling the cholera are defective The situation is exaggerated The disease is on the decrease de-crease The quarantine commissioners took down today hundred suits of jeans to bo used by tho men immigrants during fumigation also a hundred mother Hubbard wrappers to bused by the women Difhculty is experienced ex-perienced in obtaining the necessary telegraph tele-graph operatoi s Two are now obtained and tie third who isnecessary to complete the corps Is expected to volunteer for service ser-vice today This done complete returns from the island will come in at short intervals Inter-vals for the inlormation of tho public A large storeof gasoline for lighting the islands brandy claret alcohol nod other necessaries were taken down this morning quarantine by the commissioners CHICAGO Sept She following letter written on tho Normannia Sept7 was received re-ceived in this city today at the office of tie Evangelist from Rev David Fisher D D L D President of the Hanover college Indiana In-diana ion behalf the cabin passengers of this ill fated ship I appeal to you for help We are perfectly willing to be quarantined but In the name or humanity and of civilization not to speak of Christianity lot the quarantine be at loast rational and not barbarous We have not been sick in the cabin except In on case which seems to have had almost cholera symptoms and that occurred two days ngo We succeeded in getting the steerage passengers away buttho crow cannot be removed The ship must have them about One alter another they sicken Under theRe circumstances we scarcely dare hope > uHlmatQiy that we shall escape at any rate when w ill auch quarantine end Think of the cnildrcn women and feeble persons per-sons I ltnny set of people In any other situation situa-tion were enduring such peril as ours millions of voices would bernhard to rescue us without a days delay l Why are we unworthy of help situated as we are Surely not because help is impossible i Put uSon another vessel lana us ta safe point on shore and seclude us to any extent but for GOds sake do not perpetuate this barbarism on us here for a day longer Try to help us at onco Yoursvery truly D W FlSHEIt P SWhy are we ont ehn Because tho agent of tue company fn TLondon assured almost al-most every passenger who embarked at Southampton South-ampton that there no steerage on thia hlp Some of ns bav his written statement that the ship sailed from Hamburg without steerage The navy yard authorities yesterday sent tbe tug Markeeta up to Willots point to patrol Long Island sound in the vicinity of Whitestono city and the island so as to 4 L r t f I c p 1 7 ve quarantine any vessels coming from foreign for-eign ports I |