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Show FIND 6 NEW CASES OF PLAGUE AT VERA CRUZ, VERA CRUZ. Mexico, June 5. Six; new cases of bubonic plague were dis-1 i covered iu this city yesterday. Two victims died during the day. WASHINGTON, June 5. As a precautionary pre-cautionary measure to prevent bubon-j iu plague, from being brought into the United States from Vera Cruz, Sur- geon General Cummlngs of (he public i health service, has instructed all! quarantine stations to hold for thorough thor-ough fumigation 'all ships entering American ports from there. Public hcnlth officials will fumigate j all American-bound vessels. i Additional public health officers! have been ordered to Vera Cruz. Anti-plague serum was forwarded to Vera Cruz in responso to au appeal from Dr. Rafael Regedas, president of! the Mexican Red Cross. oo |