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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1892
Page
1
New York Senator David B Hill campaigns in Brooklyn denouncing tariff protection as a fraud and arguing for revenue only with incidental protection. He warns against the force bill and urges unity for the Democratic ticket Cleveland and Stevenson.
Health officers rushed to a 250-boarder Extra Place residence after Louis Weinhagen 35 years old contracted a suspected cholera. The house was quarantined as experts assess Asiatic cholera risks while Camp Low Swinburne Island reports separate fatalities and isolation efforts amid a wider outbreak scare.
New York Health Board reports no cholera cases in the city since prior bulletin and disclaims Asiatic cholera in the Knox case aboard the State of Nevada. Autopsy pending. ship quarantined. Public complaints about nuisances fall, with notices to abate and possible legal action.
General Hamilton plans swift action if the missing woman fails to appear. He telegraphed for details and would use the revenue cutter Grant to seize her from state authorities if she is in quarantine. He also requested two steam launches from Captain Henry Erben and has the Nantucket ordered as a guardship expected Wednesday.
A Hamburg correspondent describes corpse carriers loading 200 to 300 bodies daily, six carriers per litters, night burials brisk, day slow. Temporary quarters, numbered victims, and disinfection practices mark the grim operations as cholera cases near 15,063 with 6,764 deaths.
Loox Lane New York Sept 19 President Herrixon and Secretary Poster Decile decide no new immigration limitations are needed given current cholera risks. A quarantine station will be set on part of Stouse Island in Portland Bay for ships from Europe and Canada. Secretary Jester departs for Washington saying no foreign relation dangers.
A Treasury Department issued circular aims to prevent the entrance of infected vessels or steamships from infected ports into smaller US ports lacking strict quarantine. West Virginia’s Outposts reports Huytincross, noting the state board activity in Charleston and surrounding areas on September 19.
Health has established a quarantine station at Harper's Ferry where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad enters the State and at Clifton Forge Virginia on the Chesapeake and Ohio system where westbound immigrants are examined before they are allowed to pass through West Virginia.
At East Palestine Ohio Dr. A Conklin of the Ohio State Board of Health appointed Dr S A McCasker as quarantine officer to inspect immigrants crossing into Ohio over the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad If cholera is found patients will be left at the state line Adjutant Peck has provided hospital tents Governor McKinley allocated 10000 for the board
Prof Koch writes that cholera cannot be spread through mail or printed matter. A potential Asiatic cholera case is reported in Salem Massachusetts at a Polish boarding house and is under investigation.
In New York a Pittsburg businessman named Henry A. Potter is named in a matter involving a $15,000 check that fell into the hands of gamblers at a notorious gambling house. Dell Chandler and Seymour, Potter's lawyers, say Potter lent $15,000 to a friend in trouble and had no gambling ties. The others in the party are married men and wish to remain unidentified.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwest express derailed near Thornton six miles east of Grafton at 4 50 this morning. Six coaches and the engine left the tracks tearing up the rails for over 100 feet. McPhee of the Cincinnati Baseball Club was the only person injured, receiving a light cut. A Grafton train later brought everyone to safety.
Daisy Billings of Louisville enters the State Deaf and Dumb Institution in Danville as a blind deaf pupil. She is of age with sound mind, and officials plan an education strategy. The case is considered highly interesting in light of Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller.
The Nile's rapid rise causes widespread concern with multiple breaches flooding banks and submerging railway lines. Provincial governors warn locals to contribute to river protection efforts amid mounting disruption.
Anarchist Alexander Berkman begins a 22 year term at the Western Penitentiary after a jury found him guilty post trial. He defied guards in his cell and cursed officials as he departed, insisting he would have killed Frick if given the chance.
The prisoner testifies to reading his defense to the Chairman, denying an attempted assault on Leishmann, and stating he opened fire on Frick after swearing at him. He claims Frick lied about the second shot, admits a third shot, and describes the knife and revolver shown by McElroy. He says he did not hear from Emma Goldman and that letters to New York were anonymous and money from friends was small.
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