Daily Public Ledger, 1892-09-15

Washington, Sept 15. At the state department It is stated that an impor important - tant important proclamation will issue from that department seen. In ether official quarters it is Intimated that the docu document - ment document will bear upon the cholera ques question. - tion. question. Inasmuch as the proclamation or stntement will issue from the stnte and net the treasury department, it may emanate from President Harrison. In Intimations - timations Intimations were eflicially made that the president had In mind a proclamation which would rcfuse a landing te all ships having en beard cholera Infected immigrants, and would turn back te their ports of embarkation the entire cargoes of human and ether freights. It has been a serious question In the minds of the president, the secretory el the treasury end ether officials, whether it would be either lawful or just te re refuse - fuse refuse a landing te American citizens simply because they sailed from ports infected with cholera or were passen passengers - gers passengers with theso who wcre suffering from or had died with cholera. And yet there was another side te this point at Issue. Te refuse a landing te heal healthy - thy healthy Immigrants simply because they sailed from Infected ports or wcre with infected passengers, and at the same time admit te landing our own citizens who were equally subjected te the dan

lates in cellars, nans or yarus, mm that the bedrooms nre properly venti ventilated. - lated. ventilated. . , The persenal cleanliness of every tenant Is the special care of the senti sentinel - nel sentinel doctor, under orders from headquar headquarters. - ters. headquarters. He must see te it that nene of them, net even the smallest child, sits down te his or her meal without first washing their hands with soap and cleaning the nails as well. It Is through the mouth that the germ of the contagion is always communicated.- He Is te teach the tenants te burn all garbage, vegetable refiibeand old boues in the range when the fire Is brisk, and let no offal be thrown In the street- Ne family must move out of the house- without a written permit.' Te that extent they are quarantined. Should new ceses dove-loped in the heuse these are his Instructions. AU dis discharges - charges discharges from bowels or vomit of slek persons te be received In vessels eon eon-ttilnliiL' een een-ttilnliiL' - ttilnliiL' een-ttilnliiL' disinfecting fluid before empty

this subject and that he will either Issue it Wednesday afternoon or give the steamship companies another warning1, which they can net mistake. There is no deuty that the president has determined te put an abrupt step te immigration from Infected ports at all hazards, and if net by appeals te the humanity of the steamship compan companies, - ies, companies, then by the enforcement of extreme powers nt the hand of the chief execu executive. - tive. executive. it is net impossible that the particu particular - lar particular statement or proclamation premised Wednesday afternoon at the depart department - ment department of state will relate te the Ven Venezuela - ezuela Venezuela trouble, and will be intended te allay fears of serious trouble, and the president defer his cholera ' proclama proclamation - tion proclamation for a day or two for that reason. Te show hew the people of the west are standing by the president in his position towards quarantine and the cholera, letters are coming daily te the White Heuse from mayors and ether

gers of Infection, would net only be a violation of the spirit of harmonious international relations, but an insult te the countries from which the Immi Immigrants - grants Immigrants come. It Is reported that President Harrison has contended for Bome days that we should treat our own citizens, under oil circumstances, upon the same ground that we treat foreigners, and that we must turn back the entire shipload, hu human - man human 'freight and all, and refuse quaran quarantine - tine quarantine accommodations or landing, that it was the only effectual" way te discipline the steamship companies which are dally disregarding their premises te cease im immigration - migration immigration traffic at infected ports till cholera has subsided. It is here be believed - lieved believed In official circles that the presi president - dent president has framed his proclamation upon

by various channels te the country at large. The health officials have been strict even te severity; but while all were looking hcaward, and while prepara preparations - tions preparations wcre made te ropel an ndvnnce fr6m across the water, It has quietly made its presence felt in our midst, and ilve corpses te-day mark Its advent. " Hew did It get In? is the question en every one's lips. The health officers' faces were puzzled expressions when asked te solve the problem. Disinfect Disinfectants - ants Disinfectants have been used with lnvlsh hand both nt Quarantine and In the city; baggage has been disinfected; passen passengers - gers passengers have been detained, even en healthy ships, and In the city stringent

from scattered centers ei contagion, but nene in the snine buildings. Thut Is the Wy the health officers propose te drlve the cholera from the city, new It has get in, and If the citizens will use reason and net get Inte o.feollsh und. needless panic, they ure sure, tlwy will Hueeecd, though they by no means undervalue- the danger. Ev Everything - erything Everything I ready for an attack. The floating hospital is In order,, and the proposed cholera camp, the slte of which U yet the department's becret, can be occupied en the briefest notice. There fa' Ne panle und no undue hurry at sanitary headquarters. Every possible feature of a cholern epidemic haB been discounted and pro provided - vided provided .ntful4Bti

the house, he is te keep the sharpest kind pf n lookout for the first symptoms of dierrluca trouble, and upon its ap ap-pcaranuo ap ap-pcaranue - pcaranue ap-pcaranue put the patient te bed, keep him there and prescrlbe for hhn while hurrying word nreund te the health beard office. The closets In the house or In the yard arote be his special care. The disinfecting corps will be en the go from house te heuse all day, and he is te direct their operations. All closets in the yard where a case of cholera has occurred must be disinfected twice daily. , . The doctor must search every room in the house every few hours te see that it Is kept in order, and that no refuse, garbage, slops or ether offal accumu

officials of large cities of the west, especially affected by the influx of im immigrants. - migrants. immigrants. Among these letters arc documents from the mayors of Detroit, Teledo, Cleveland and ether Ohie cities praising the president for his prompt action, and urging, if possible, mero stringent enforcement against immi immigration. - gration. immigration. They ene and all advise a total suspension or prohibition of immi immigration - gration immigration and ask him te act at once in the matter. Letters from mayors in far western towns especially ask for a temporary restriction of immigration. At tbe rcqucstef the president, Att'y Att'y-Gen. - Gen. Att'y-Gen. Miller has given the president an