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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1892
Page
1
New York reports show Health Officer Jenkins and the Collector clashing over quarantine measures as eight ships lie at quarantine. Bacteriological tests on Moravia beds prove negative for cholera. officials debate handling of immigrant ships and the 20 day quarantine policy amid rising tension and logistical costs.
New York dispatches report a dispute between Health Officer Dr. Jenkins and Collector Hendricks over the Presidents 20 day quarantine order. Jenkins argues ship detention should be set by sanitary conditions while Hendricks says Federal instructions prevail. Secretary Foster and Assistant Secretary Spaulding weigh assessments as Albany notes Attorney Hogan opines on powers of the port health officer.
Mayor Grant vetoes a board resolution designating the Saturday before Labor Day as a holiday. He orders heads of departments and their staffs to be on constant duty due to danger from Asiatic cholera threatening New York City.
Quarantine at the northern border tightens with two medical inspectors at Port Huron and one at Pembina. Immigrants from Russia held at Sarnia pending further instructions after vessels were detained for 20 days. A carload from Liverpool arrived at Port Huron en route to Minnesota and the Dakotas, undergoing strict disinfection and inspection.
Philadelphia Board of Health adopts a 20 day quarantine for ships from foreign ports carrying infants. The order follows a Surgeon General directive and a Treasury confirmation dated September 1, 1892, taking immediate effect. Dr Henry Lefsman resigns after disagreements over the British Princess steamship quarantining.
New York reports two cases at 92 Orchard street diagnosed as virulent cholerine now described as acute diarrhea by health officers. Both men show improvement and progress toward recovery. Joseph Etnaniz attributed illness to overfeeding after starvation in Russia, with a large dinner including two pounds of corned beef cabbage and watermelons noted by his sister.
In Harrisburg's Steelton six Hungarians arrived aboard the British Princess quarantined on a Delaware River voyage. Borough authorities probe potential cholera risk and consider returning the travelers to Philadelphia. The scene stirs local concern amid the screening.
Dr John B Hamilton former Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service was sent from Chicago to Washington by 8 am train after a dispatch from Secretary Foster ordering him to report for duty at once. He has dealt with cholera and fever epidemics and helped draft acts for strict quarantine at ports of entry.
State Department reports two consul cables from September letters. Stettin notes cholera in Greinfelda first case in Pomerania from a sailor in Hamburg. Bremen reports no cholera there and says precautions are in place for all passengers.
In Columbus Ohio a State Board of Health meeting is set for tomorrow evening to prepare against cholera. Governor McKinley will meet the board after returning today. Efforts focus on lake ports and rail hubs. circulation warns water works to protect streams from which cities draw supplies. rags from Boston shipyard prompt searches and possible burning if found. officials fear city cleanups may drive garbage into waterways.
A Denver message reports Henry B. Oren a fare dealer killed his mistress Dolly Reed, who resided in Youngstown. The incident occurred near Denver and the woman was found dead at once.
Thirty men from Birmingham Alabama were taken to the Homestead Steel Works today. The article notes they are pledged to a pension plan. A political headquarters piece by Cheries T. Murray and Ruofus BR. Wilson is illustrated by de Grim in The Dispatch tomorrow.
Foreign lines in New York halt booking steerage passengers for now and institute 20 day quarantines. Italian Fabre line challenges the rule while Inman Red Star and American lines switch to first and second cabin travel or send special steamer transports for booked steerage passengers.
Ships depart from Liverpool with steerage aboard while authorities decide fate of remaining immigrants. Quarantine rules order 20 days aboard arriving vessels, aiming to protect crack boats from delays. Boats like Bohemia await inspection after Hamburg line halted steerage bookings.
Washington Sept 2 Officials at the State Department indicate no action will be taken against Charles H Burke Vice Consul at Hamburg who issued a clean bill of health to the steamer Moravia The department believes Burke acted without knowledge of cholera prevalence and cannot be charged with improper conduct while the local authorities held the same view Consul General Johnson was in Berlin and Deputy Burke ran the office at the time
Paris dispatch says General Transatlantic Steamship Company reports no excitement among passengers. French agents for North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American agree lists are full and travelers show no agitation. London reports Harrison proclamation not affecting first or second class bound for America. Anglo-American lines booked solid to mid October.
Philadelphia Sept 2 The Reading Railroad plans to issue a circular refusing joint coal rates with the Pennsylvania Railway. The move is viewed as open war following Pennsylvania’s refusal to raise coal tolls to the West. Pennsylvania officials claim tolls are already sufficient and no reason exists to raise them.
Pittsburg Sept 2 Special Bids opened for a large supply of 12 inch steel projectiles. Sterling Steel Company of Erogen? offered 490 apiece, Midvale Steel Company bid 500 each. Government needs them, Sterling likely to win contract.
Lizzie Borden arrived by the 2:10 train and was calmly escorted to Taunton jail after a crowd gathered at the station. In probate court Emma J. Borden was named administratrix of Andrew J. Borden estate with a $50,000 bond.
William N. Dunn, private secretary and bookkeeper for N. A. Watson, hanged himself this morning in Erie. Officials report no prolonged illness last winter and say all accounts were correct on examination. He leaves a wife and four children.
Sept 2 The steamer Maritana sailed with John D Rockafeller H O Frick H Pickands and J G Morse among the passengers bound for Lake Superior. A major iron ore land deal is said to be projected. Cholera in Resin by Frank G Carpenter in THE DISFATCA tomorrow. He was there when it first broke out.
Europe reports ongoing cholera with variants across London Liverpool Antwerp Paris Hamburg and Dieppe. Immigrant arrivals stir fear while Britain acts to isolate cases stockpiles hospitals and discuss international cholera commission amid public confidence and cautious measures.
In England, President Harrison's immigration circular gains mixed praise and envy as British officials question the legality of quarantining foreign ships. Proposals seek a legal framework to bar landing of infected aliens, while steamship firms complain the measure is too harsh and may disrupt emigration.
Berlin cholera reaches historic levels with fortnightly cases and deaths exceeding any Hamburg outbreak since 1831. Officials may suppress figures as medical journals push for compulsory corpse cremation to curb recurrence. Austrian railways ban German trains from entering Austria starting September.
Historic cholera report notes Dieppe with two cases and one death, Rouen 26 new cases and three deaths, Havre 50 cases and 15 deaths, and Dunkirk with one case. Paris shows 15 cases and 15 deaths, down from prior day. Also mentions Russian Hebrews planning a brief Canadian stop before entering the United States.
Hamburg marks Sedan day under gloom as cholera spreads with 623 new cases and 116 deaths reported there. Altona sees 26 cases and 3 deaths while Wilhelmsburg reports 16 cases and 3 deaths. Schleswig and other regions report multiple cases and fatalities, with Berlin recording 1 case and 1 death.
The August 30 official Russian Empire returns show 275 new cases and 2322 deaths, an increase of 414 cases and 193 deaths from August 29. The figures are official but incomplete due to many smaller villages not reporting. ART work of Japan by El Perkins is to appear in the disfatoe tomorrow.
John L Sullivan and party arrived late in Scranton after a long rail journey to New Orleans. The voyage featured crowded aging cars and rough conditions for 250 nonreserved passengers while Sullivan enjoyed better space. He remained in good spirits and impressed observers with his memory and boxing anecdotes amid travel delays and unexpected mishaps.
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