Show THE CHOLERA NEW YORK aug 26 25 in spite of the spread of cholera in europe the local health authorities adhere firmly to the belief that there need be no fear of the disease getting to this country all possible precautions have been taken they are now prepared to care for cholera patients to the number of at t a moments warning commissioner Commies ioner of odthe the quarantine board was seen today and stated that the quarantine board had taken every precaution to keep beep the dreaded scourge within prescribed quarters superintendent david HS tarin stated that everything ever thing was being done to ward off we the disease dr cyrus ed son sa sanitary superintendent say person personally ally I 1 feel very secure in regard to cholera and dread the epidemic much less lees than I 1 would one of typhus fever it would atwould be absolutely impossible foran for an immigrant to come into the country with latent cholera which might develop after he passed the quarantine LONDON aug 26 25 no special precautions are being taken by companies running ships between hamburg and against the cholera except to enforce more strictly atri otly the rule that no pauper emigrants will be carried all persons arriving in the thames supposed to be infected with cholera will be sent gent to an isolated hospital prepared below gravesend Grave send the local government board met today to decide upon a measure for the protection of the metropolis from cholera the hamburg american packet company in view of the prevalence of cholera at hamburg have decided to entirely withdraw the fast steamers from that port for the present henceforth their vessels will make south ampton the port of departure and arrival aug 26 25 the sanitary chief of the war office declares that the cholera in parts paris havre and rouen is abating and will soon boon disappear thus far in august there have been re corded cases of cholera and deaths from the disease in havre medical authorities declare that the disease there is not of the asiatic type although alth rugh cugh many of the victims died immediately after seizure the french steamer saint andre from havre which has been tined fined at has four oases cues ot ol cholera on board and one death fro from in cholera occurred abroad heavy rains the bast aaa three days lowered the temperature twenty eight cases of cholera and several deaths were reported in havre lefavre yesterday HAMBURG aug 25 considerable excitement is caused by the appear aiM of cholera among the troops three cases of the disease and one death al have occurred in a regiment ter ardly quartered here the regiment trine been ordered to leave hamburg and remain diw isolated until all risk of their spreading the infection have passed the weather continues intensely hot and the sun unfortunately unfortunate lyls jis favorable growth of chilery germs there is however more wind prevailing to day and this adds somewhat to the comfort of the city Yeater yesterday dav there were eighty two new cases of the disease reported and one death BERLIN aug 25 the carriages lairee of all trains arriving at berlin and co col logne from hamburg are locked until the passengers are examined by aby sic sl clans ians professor koch to is repol reported ted to have sal bail I 1 that the number of cases of cholera in hagburg was not great in proportion to the population but bat the virulent character of the disease rivle ground forthe for the greatest possible auble ty VIENNA aug 25 A strict watch 1 la kept at the austrian frontier on all PM passengers engers arriving from Han hamburg iburg COLUMBUS 0 baug aug 25 dr probst secretary of the ohio board of healey will tomorrow meet dr of Kentuck yand dr baker of michi gan in indianapolis the three pen gen clemen compose the executive committee of the IS national conference of state boards of health and the meeting la is called to cor consider sider the thre threatened atene jn ln of cholera together with other subjects that interest the national nation or s if LONDON aug 26 there is ue no doubt that cholera has at la lacot at entered J i t england the disease was brought here by the steamer gemma arrived at gravesend Grave send yesterday from 1 hamburg it was reported th that a t toe steamer was infected but the au ties after examining xa mining the J allowed them to land A few hours hour 1 afterwards two aliens who arrived on the gomma were taken at sick k T they ey were at once removed to the hospital at gravesend Grave send where the doctors pronounced their malady cholera an in capite of medical aid they both died shortly after being chish caused considerable anxiety and close inspection of all incoming vessels has haa been ordered the report of deaths from chol era at gravesend Grave Bead send telegraphed through out the country ha has all produced griat great excitement today the bleamer laura J plying between hamburg and lynn arrived at lynn the health officers found two cholera on board the veen deebel was wae immediately rrie red to put back to sea the rhe officers and passengers pae protested protected against buob summary treatment but the health officers were obdurate and refused to let a single bingle person land from the steamer prince esterhazy an of the russian legation has been suffel suffering ng from an attack of but is i recovering co verin 1 BERLIN aug 26 A most moist welcome thunderstorm has presed passed over the city tty the air is ie elected and the weather Is ie much cooler despite every eff effort ott to check it the cholera is ie increasing at hamburg over vel cases have been recorded with soo deaths ST aug 26 the cholera returns for or yesterday show jump in the dumber cumber mi nother upward at new cases there were yesterday new case an increase of over Ious day the deaths were the pre previous 2977 ao an increase of in st peters alone there were new cases burg bu and r 4 deaths BIRLIN BIBLIN aug 2 26 6 orders have been traffic with rus bus railway coed to stop atop the frontier of als la 0 at every point on eat prussia except Eyd kubea and IjO aug 26 the liverpool health authorities have been discussing precautionary measures against the cholera the lynn authorities are taxing taking rigorous measures to prevent the arrival of emigrants from hamburg NEW YORK aug 26 the health officers ot new york are today prepared to fight off the camra should it it make its appearance here dr edson the sanitary superintendent thinks the cholera will undoubtedly reach this port within the next week Dx DETROIT TuoT michaud Mi chAug 26 A special meeting ol of the health board has been held to advise means of keeping out the cholera it was wae decided in case the cholera crosses the atlantic to stations at every railroad depot end and all emigrants will be quarantined washington D D aug 20 during daring the afternoon the state depart molt melt was advised ad by the health officers to quarantine staten island stringent regulations were adopted to va want the introduction of cholera mer event tor secretary foster sent bent to the consul at hamburg the recommendation of health officer jenkins that all undergo the most thorough nal emigrants grants abroad with the detention of those from Infect infected dd or suspected districts for a t least five days that they be bathed and all clot clothing bing add ad baggage dia dig infected by steam and that a certificate of such cleaning and dis dia infeCt infection IOD signed by the consul be given to the ships surgeon for presen farion to the health officer at the port 49 f entry the treasury depart department mant is ie much at the attitude of the stams steamship bip companies is in so promptly manifesting n desire to keaist the department in all ways waye possible to keep out the dreaded Eco urage with hearty oo operation it la is felt that much can be accomplished toward the desired mail ad the government having charge of the enforcement of the quarantine laws of the country is unquestionably much concerned over the serious hold bold abe of cholera has taken on and views the situation as regards the admission of the disease into the united states with some alarm though they feel fully prepared and able to cope with it in oase ease vy by any chance cholera should become epidemic here the thing however is bot at all anticipated tire marine hospital service wb which ic h le is immediately tinder abe supervision of the treasury department has all matters reia relating ting to I 1 he quarantine service in charge and I 1 is better able now than since its establishment lish ment to prevent the introduction of the abe die into the united states surgeon burgeon general wyman has taken every step thought to be necessary nece esary to pre prevest cho cholera lerit from making itu its appearance pe arance in this country anti and has strengthened the service and bowle it as t effective as possible indianapolis ind aug 26 president mccormick McCorm lck presided at the meeting of the international health board conference A quarantine inspection spec tion commission was appointed to inspect all quarantine stations iu the united states canada and mexico this committee is to report to the in ter national board A telegram was received from illi nois n ois state board of health and sanitary board of chicago requesting that steps be taken to memorialize president harrison asking for the prohibition of all immigration during the prevalence of asiatic cholea epidemic in other coun countries this telegram was referred to the inspection of the commission with instructions to report after its if investigation vesti gation the executive committee of the international ter conference of the state board of health met here today the purpose was wag for asking precautionary measures to pre prevent veit the invasion of cholera into this country the committee appointed a commissio of experts to examine the equipments and methods of quarantine stations along the atlantic and pacific coasts and the gulf of mexico the commission will meet wednesday next to begin work before adjourning they issued an ad dress to all boards of health throughout the country calling attention to the importance of placing cities and towns throughout the ahw country in good sanitary condition BOSTON aug 26 the steamer Kebr werder 1 1 from hamburg was boarded by the port physician when she reached quarantine this morning she had fiad seventy passengers all ot ol whom with their baggage were transferred to galloupe s island where the passengers will be cleansed ole aneed and their clothing and baggage fumigated the captain of the steamer reported that there had bad been no sickness whatever on board and she was allowed to proceed to the wharf in boston NEW ORLEANS aug 26 joseph hot botone on of the most distinguished scientists in the U united a totes states in an interview regarding the chel cholera era said when I 1 consider the exposed or very imperfectly protected line of the atlantic seaboard including the st lawrence the situation appears to me to be one of the gravity I 1 will regard it as only a little short of a miracle if the cholera fails to follow its old and accustomed line of travel involving an invasion of this continent if we escape it will only be through awakening to our perilous situation and by extraordinary efforts of an immediate enforcement of rations rational and scientific methods of defense as embraced in our own quarantine system 1 LIVERPOOL aug 26 all boarding houses bouses here are subjected daily to a vigorous inspection to see that they are kept clean and all sanitary regulations are cora complied plied with to prevent the introduction of cholera LONDON aug 26 officials of the local government board charged to watch the progress program of or olera are to night less legs confident of the metropolis escaping a visitation of the disease di flease the Gravee eod cases are undoubtedly asiatic cholera with cholera at gravesend Grave send and infected persons person probably roaming bout about in our midst by some an outbreak of the disease in loudon london is considered inevitable the port of london sanitary committee has ba applied for a vast increase in the staff otherwise it cannot undertake the surveillance of ships entering the thames from infected continental ports but io 10 thames cordon will suffice to shut out the danger of infection steamship arrivals arrival from the continent come via harwich southampton and other ports by train without inspection and the railway and steamship companies excepting the transatlantic lines show no intention of suspending ordinary arrangements the authorities expect an outbreak and are preparing to meet it in IL the east bast end the water supply was tested and found to be of doubtful quality and changes were ordered in the filtering apparatus the people of south london were warned of their water scourge danger aug 26 the abe police have issued orders forbidding inhabitants drinking water from the elbe unless it has previously been boiled the bathing places along the river are closed the police will make a house to house inspection to insure their be ing clean and to enforce sanitary measures whenever they are required a special corps has been organized to disinfect the houses infected with cho cholera lets official statistics ti oo 00 show that on wednesday there were new cases of the disease reported while the deaths numbered Di 32 up to noon thursday there were wen dinty new cases and forty one deater there were eight deaths from the disease at altona yesterday most of the deaths occurred among laborers employed about the dooks boatmen etc NEW aug 28 anton an austrian who arrived hero here from hamburg germany two weeks ago was taken to bellevue hospital this afternoon angering from an ailment some of the th symptoms of which resemble those of asiatic cholera the fact that he came fro from m the cholera infected city caused some alarm the hospital physicians lexe unable to do de termine whether he bad genuine cholera or not they thought he was auf suffering fering from a severe attack of cholera borbus but to be on the safe side aide they isolated in a tent taut on the river front which was used for typhus patients he will be kept there until the nature ol of his 01 lotion to is accurately known the steamships servia from liverpool Ly lydian diall monarch li from Lon london donand and tormenta Tor renta from hamburg arrived today and were subjected to a rigid inspection no cholera nor suspicious auspicious cases were found and after being thoroughly fumigated UM legated the vessels were permitted to te dock DRTaD IT aug 28 somewhat of it a sensation was waa created this evening by a report that cholera had been discovered among t the he 1 immigrants M magr ato who arrived today it was found upon investigation vesti gation that carl lents lenta an eini amt rant t accompanied hy by bli wife sa and i d can family aly had exhibited my symptoms symptom a i which made the examining for a s time pious of chaleta ch oleta after B ardful examination hob however ver aea health it officer duffield decided that it was waa not the dread disease dile aae atit BR as a matter of precaution lentz lents was sent across the river fiver to windsor and placed to in a de hospital hoc pital where the case will be more thoroughly diagnosed emperor VV william illiam receives exhaustive reports of the pro gress gresa of cholera and the token taken n to combat it he devotes several hours daily to studying the epidemic lie he ordered stringent measures taken to insure the of effi ciale tonight reiterate the assertion that there is ie no asiatic cholera in the sity eity however a woman yesterday arrived from hamburg and was seized seize with the cholera symptoms she and her husband were immediately sent to a hospital where they are still detained frequent reports of cholera are reported great surprise to is expressed at the action of 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