The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-01
THE DOOMED CITY.

From the New York Times. June7
recent advices from Montevideo rep.
| resent the condition of affairs in the
stflcken capital of the Argentine Re
Puollc as not onl y not having improved.
out 1 having grown alarmingly worse.
Inc last advice from Buenog Avres by
brazilian steamer to Lisbon, and tele-
Srapied here, as already published.
report the number of deaths at 700 per
day. \ gentleman by the North Amer
lea, direct from Buenos Avres. estima-
ted that at least %, 900 had died of the
loa ans disease out of population
OF 25O, 900, and that there were Is. oOO
SICK, most OF whom would never recov-
er- A more deplorable picture could
scarcely nave been conceived than is
gwen OF the misery and suffering en-
dured by all, both by young and old,
high and low, within the fatal limits
OF one OF the most beautiful cities on
the Southern Continent Since the re-
oeptlon of the above sad information.
the arrival of the steamer Humboldt
brings, if anything, still sadder news.
About the LIST of May the fever seemed
as though 1T was gradually but slowly
abating.
HOPE AT LAST.
1t was not SO violent in its attacks,
the deaths were less frequent, and san
gulne hopes were expressed that the
city was about shaking oft it's grave
clothes and beginning a new life. Slowly
those who had fled to the villages in the
interior, at the first advent of the de-
stroyer, began to return to their once
happy homes IN the city, hardly one of
which had not been robbed of some
fond treasure-some dear brother, or
some fond father, who had braved death
IN it's most loathsome form, among his
bales and his books. The machinery
OF government again commenced to
move, the hum-drum of trade and traf-
tic was again heard on the auays and
on Change, the breeze that swaved
among the palm trees once more bore
health on It's wings, and all seemed in
vlgorated and reiuvenated. From
struggling few, the returning inhabi-
tants increased day by day until almost
all once more occupied their homes.
ALL HOPE BANISHED.
Like the mysterious war kings of
the dread cyclone at sea, an ominous
lull, succeeded by a low moaning
sound, as if the very ocean bewailed its
flashing, the wind waved through the
graceful branches of the stately palm
and bore on it's bosom, surcharge of
Infection. In the night the fell DESTROY
er was among them again, more merci-
less than ever. One by one those who
had lately considered themselves SO
fortunate IL escaping the disease were
stricken down, and IN a few hours were
borne to their last resting place A
panic seized all, and IN the terror eff the
moment little was thought of the
means SO that the flight was made Sc
cure from death which IN its horrible
attendants can never be euualed. The
fever ragged and the fight continued.
Business was again suspended, and the
Government was again about being
moved to the City of Rosatio when the
gentlemen who brought the above in
formation left for Montevideo
BUENos AYREs ISOLATED.
Advices by the Humboldt which
left Rio de Janelro on the 18th of Nav.
with Montevideo dates to the 9th, state
that all communication between the
tever-rldden city of Buenos Ayres and
Monteyldeo had been positively pro-
hlblted. Another account gives q very
graphic picture of the effects of the
expidemie IN Ruenos Ayreg. II saws
that the city was truly silent in death
Here and there pitiful objects, sallowed
and saffroned by fever and long suffer
ing, who would look at Won with a wild
vacant stare as they passed. were seen
ct,a csnlipCr tbr,,,,rb h. - I'll Il 49,
the once beautiful Gale da la Victoria.
some doubtless on errands of mercy,
others wandering hstlessly by, seem
lngly knowing not whittier they went
PICTURE OF GLOOM
In the grand old cathedrals and
churches, the organ peals were stuffed
by the heavy, dark atmosphere Of the
fevered precincts, and instead of the
melodious swell of sympathy, a low,
dull moan, in striking consorance with
the wall of the dying, resounded upon
the ear as requiem upon requiem was
chanted for the dead A veritable pail
seemed to have been thrown over
the once lovely capital Of the Argen-
tine Republic, and the Imagination
could easily ascribe the intense feeling
of oppression which prevailed to a uni
versal death doom to all within The
air, loaded with contagIon. had suffo-
eating effect, which even extended to
the remarkably deep-toned bells so pc
culiar to the churches of all Spanish
American cities. The chimes. once SO
sonorous, gave forth cracked, death
like clank as they tolled cortege
after cortege from the sanctu-
airy to the cemetery. In the CONNER
clal quarter, the marts were deserted
and the busy hum silenced; for the
merchant, with all his eagerness to ac-
cumulate wealth, had long since fed
before the fatal march OF the malady
with those much dearer to him than all
his gold. The gloom, the sadness was
all-pervading; even the shipping that
lay in the CLASSY stream in INIT Of the
city, though not infected with the dis
ease, looked dull, motionless and life
less as they rode idly at anchor, with
their huge sails dangling languidly
against the masts, giving evidence of
the panic and wholesale assertions from
on board.
In the suburbs, recently EMPOWERED
In bloom and floral loveliness, the
shrubbery and plants appeared TO have
partaken of the surrounding ghastli-
ness, and languished and died where
once they grew in such rank luxuriauce.
ALL IN DOUBT.
As stated above, all communication
has ceased between Buenos Avres and