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Early  Journal  Content  on  JSTOR,  Free  to  Anyone  in  the  World   This  article  is  one  of  nearly  500,000  scholarly  works  digitized  and  made  freely  available  to  everyone  in   the  world  by  JSTOR.     Known  as  the  Early  Journal  Content,  this  set  of  works  include  research  articles,  news,  letters,  and  other   writings  published  in  more  than  200  of  the  oldest  leading  academic  journals.  The  works  date  from  the   mid-­‐seventeenth  to  the  early  twentieth  centuries.      We  encourage  people  to  read  and  share  the  Early  Journal  Content  openly  and  to  tell  others  that  this   resource  exists.    People  may  post  this  content  online  or  redistribute  in  any  way  for  non-­‐commercial   purposes.   Read  more  about  Early  Journal  Content  at  http://about.jstor.org/participate-­‐jstor/individuals/early-­‐ journal-­‐content.                     JSTOR  is  a  digital  library  of  academic  journals,  books,  and  primary  source  objects.  JSTOR  helps  people   discover,  use,  and  build  upon  a  wide  range  of  content  through  a  powerful  research  and  teaching   platform,  and  preserves  this  content  for  future  generations.  JSTOR  is  part  of  ITHAKA,  a  not-­‐for-­‐profit   organization  that  also  includes  Ithaka  S+R  and  Portico.  For  more  information  about  JSTOR,  please   contact  support@jstor.org.   June 16, 1899 926 At the suggestion of Surgeon H. R. Carter, all baggage of non-immunes going from this place to Baracoa, Gibara, and Nue vitas, on the north coast, will be disinfected here. Guantanamo. - Sanitary Inspector Fernando Mn y Caballero reports that for the week ended May 20 there was a total of 9 deaths at Guanta- namo. The causes of death were as follows : Malarial diseases, 3 ; tuberculosis, 2 ; enteritis, 1 ; apoplexy, 1 ; chronic diarrhea, 1 ; rickets, 1; total, 9. Eight vessels were inspected- 7 on arrival and 1 on departure. Daiquiri . - Sanitary Inspector Juan J. de Jongh reports for the week ended May 27 a total of 1 death - cause, icteria grava. There was 1 vessel inspected, both on arrival and departure. Respectfully, yours, Herman B. Parker, Assistant Surgeon , U. S. M. li. S. The Supervising Surgeon- General, 17. S . Marine- Hospital Service . DANISH WEST INDIES. Quarantine restrictions against Island of Marguerite revoked . Legation of the United States, Copenhagen , May 23 , 1899. Sir : I have the honor to report that the quarantine imposed by the Government of the Danish West Indies on ships arriving from the Island of Marguerite, off the coast of Venezuela, was revoked March 23 last. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Laurits S. Swenson. The honorable the Secretary of State. EGYPT. Plague in Alexandria . Alexandria, Egypt, May 27, 1899 . Sir : Herewith I inclose the translation of the report of Rogers Pasha, respecting the outbreak of plague in Alexandria, I have only to add 3 cases that were discovered, yesterday, the 26th, all of whom are doing well, and up to to-day not a single case of death. That makes in all 7 cases ; none of the cases seem to take a virulent form. I will inform you immediately if the plague takes a serious form. Yours, respectfully, J. F. Love. The Supervising Surgeon-General, TJ. S. Marine- Hospital Service . [Inclosure.] Alexandria, Egypt, May 26, 1899. The following is a translation of the report addressed by his excellency Sir John Rogers Pasha, K. C. M. G., to the minister of the interior on the outbreak of plague in Alexandria : A Greek, of about 19 years of age, was admitted to the Greek Hospital at Alexandria on May 2 ; he had a high fever and an inguinal bubo. The case was isolated and treated as suspicious. This man had not been out of Alexandria for three years. He was employed in a grocery, but lived in a house a part of which was used as an hotel fre-