S;.r f - .ci General Wyman wired l>r. God
fr« x, in < ’large of the marine hospital at
Sun Francisco, g vi;.g him an abstnn-t
ot th*- press dispatches and *lir«-**ting him
t" invt'stfgato th- in. A reply was r»* '-dv-'il
I loin Mr. ik-dfr- v today stating tiiat til- s*-
< did not <1I" from chol-ra. No evi
d< i' ■ has bi .'ii adduced t-viding t > show
that th-re was ei 01-ra on the Hellie at
any tan-- eitln r liefoi" or nft-T leaving
Ci eia. but tin- marine hospital s.-rviee,
t '-.i iq th-- worst v,*'w and aetinj; upon th**
supposition that -holt ra did exist, is look
in;'. into the whole matter thorouKhly, and
within a f- w days nil the steerage pas
s’ will b<* located.
the sanitary inspection nt San Francisco,
the port where the Belglc lan-le-l. Is un
der Ibe supervision of local health arid
boanlltiir officials who disinfect an-l other
wise care for v- ss< Is after they have bei n
s- nt there by local authorities.
The Pacific coast appears to he w-11
truat-l-d an-l it docs not seem probable
that a cholera ship could make any entry
anywhere on the coast without detection.
