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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
1
Reports detail cholera aboard the French steamer La Touraine feared to bring the plague to New York, with health authorities boarding ships, quarantines near Swinburne Island, and passenger observation. Hamburg and Antwerp face rising cases, with refugees, funerals, and shipping disrupted as authorities urge hygiene and monitoring.
Ham nvere August 25 reports cholera among troops with three cases and one death in a regiment quartered there. To curb spread the unit is to move inland and be isolated, barred from maneuvers, as hot weather and wind influence germ growth.
Report notes a larger death rate with yesterday’s new cases at 147 and deaths at 4 more than Tuesday. Totals for yesterday include 5,679 new cases and 2,745 deaths, according to the bulletin dated the sixth.
The Hamburg American Packet Co. suspends its fast steamers from Hamburg service due to cholera. first class passengers will be separated from emigrants and sent via Southampton with onward transfer by slower vessels. The Columbia began August 18 from New York and arrives Southampton, with strict quarantine and disinfection for Hamburg-bound travelers.
New York officials promise tight controls as they stock powerful disinfectants and porcelain lined fawcets. Dr Cyrus Edson and Dr Edson say cholera much less contagious and quicker to reveal than typhus while immigrant risk remains low. Health authorities ready to care for up to 5000 cholera patients.
First acts of new Local Government Board President Henry Fowler outline measures to prevent cholera entry. A conference with Sir Hugh Owen and medical officials planned metro isolation and hospital readiness for cases from Eastern ports. The Lancet reports Metropolitan Asylums Board facilities for isolation and emergency hospital readiness.
The Marine Hospital Service issues a circular extending disinfection requirements to all immigrants baggage and personal effects from European and Asiatic ports. Immigrants afloat with baggage prior to this order must have items disinfected on arrival.
Four hundred eighty five doctors volunteer to attend cholera patients with a condition that their families be provided for if they die in service. Authorities, despite protests, plan to hold the annual grain market as scheduled.
Washingtox reports from Teheran that cholera fatalities in Persia total about 45,000, with 5,000 in Menohad, 12,000 in Tabriz, 8,000 in Teheran and 10,000 in additional districts.
An official proclamation announces Antwerp is infected with Asiatic cholera and imposes a strict quarantine on all arrivals from the port. Local authorities begin enforcing the measure to prevent spread.
Vienna reports a strict watch is kept at the Austrian frontier on all passengers as of August 2, with authorities inspecting arrivals and monitoring movements.
Incoherent notes describe authorities banning war carriages and ordering medical inspection for arrivals. They mention Vienna and police accompaniment with isolation and fumigation to prevent infection spread.
Dr. Probst of the Ohio Board of Health will meet with Dr. McCormick of Kentucky and Dr. Baker of Michigan in Indianapolis to consider expanding the inspection order. The Illinois Board urges extending the order to all arrivals from European ports and implementing it immediately, to curb the westward spread of cholera.
Dr F W Reilly state health secretary warns cholera could ruin the World's Fair if it takes hold in the city. He urges detention camps and railroad line disinfection for immigrants including clothing burning to prevent spread, with strict entry controls at the state border.
Washington dispatches show the Consul at Hamburg sending a message to the Secretary of State, who then referred it to the Treasury. Officials say detention times at quarantine are indefinite but sufficient to disinfect ships and assure against cholera. The Treasury aims for vigilance to prevent cholera entry, with steamship companies urged to cooperate.
Paris reports warn that Hebrew emigrants passing through the city could spread cholera if outbreak occurs. About 100 Russian refugees have recently journeyed toward the United States, with many recently arrived in filthy conditions. Disinfection was required for their overnight lodging sites.
Lonnes Aug 25. London railway steamboat operators see no need for special cholera measures beyond stricter pauper immigrant rules. London authorities have established an isolated hospital below Gravesend to receive Thames arrivals suspected of infection.
Edward Carlin, a Pacific Mail Company former sailor, will file a State Department claim in Washington against Ecuador for 100000 damages. He says in Cusaco he was seized by police, brutalized for months, forced to work in mines for a year, then kept nine more months in prison before release. He was told to leave and later found he resembled an English swindler. His story is supported by several Americans and Englishmen in Cuanco.
Philadelphia August 25 a bill in equity seeks a receiver for the Iron Hall in Pennsylvania and orders winding up the state business and restoring funds to contributors. A hearing before Judge Bregg may occur tomorrow with questions about the Supreme Justice’s whereabouts amid speculation.
Philadelphia reports outline the rise of the International Universal Telegraphers Association of North America. Delegates will meet in Kansas City on September 2 to form a nationwide body, assess pay and hours, and plan labor action against Western Union and Postal, with October 1 as a potential start date.
Meriie Carmo a girl aeronaut died when her balloon struck a tower projection at the Detroit Exposition. The fall from 300 feet was instantaneous. Her assistant Scammer fainted and spectators reacted with shock as the crowd learned of the fatal accident. The incident follows a similar death last year at the same site.
In New Castle on Tyne a by election to fill John Morley’s seat saw Morley leading Liberal with Paodeli Ralli opposing Liberal Unionists. Heavy voting despite holidays. 24,051 for Morley and 24,586 for Ralli. Morley urged workers to vote quickly as crowds gathered and polls closed with result to be declared tomorrow.
Londown Aug 2 The Chronicle prints the main lines of a home rule bill as believed agreed among Gladstone McCarthy and Dillon. It states five year protection for land laws, Irish control of police and courts, Irish legislature control of church funds, a single English Receiver General, a unified customs department, royal veto on advice of British ministers, and eight Irish MPs at Westminster. Gladstone is said to have reluctantly abandoned a receivership in deference to the McCarthyites.
Two Treasury officials arrived in Curcaco to secretly investigate charges against Supervising Architect M E Bell in charge of the World’s Fair Government building. The claim alleges Bell let a contractor view bids before opening and allowed bid changes to become the lowest. Bell denied the charges and investigators found no clear irregularities.
The city sweltered again as temperatures topped 100 degrees in the shade. Reports indicate multiple heat related deaths amid the heatwave continuing through August.
Minersville Pa August 25 Harry W Hewell of this place a private of Company Hebn NW G P who contracted typhoid fever while at Homestead last month died last night
Prof Totten argues a precise Daniel timetable links 4026 A M to 1895 A D with 69 weeks and 46834 solar years, claiming the Advent is imminent this century. He recounts edicts to Ezra and Nehemiah, a full Daniel key, and a 6001 A M final year as his forecast peaks.
Jackson August 2. W F Cowham, a prominent implement warehouse owner with interests in clothing and other ventures, failed. His liabilities likely exceed 200. Seaman filed to protect creditors, with claims to be settled in cenmen proceedings.
A Whiteside Tenn message dated August 21 reports rumors of a planned miner raid on Cale City Georgia. The area is described as quiet with no confirmed details of any attack.
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