Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-24

THOUSANDS IF DEATHS PROM WANT AMI
DISEASE,

THOUSANDS ,F DEATHS PROM WANT AMI
DISEASE.
correspondent of the New York 7'rfbHne
M. rom SonStantinople, June 5th saws.
tNeM 10 the Russian question i'm importa6ce
- the refugee question MANY refugees hay,s
oSen sem away but others have come in de-
caring that there is no safety for MnSlemS in
the country districts where BulgarianS ara
YET uh>lalned by Russian supervision The
nne ~ 80 vi ~. sophia aud Sultan Ahmed and
smltlen tenants, but except those ~ Raya1it
ana Mahomet H., all the other large mrS"nas
III t1e cry are SUI! crowded with these poor
SletcEes, VINO are dying at the rate of 8O a
day. TyphUs fever with measles amony tba
children, are the most fatal diseases small
puN' "hlch was an epidemic here In February.
has lost Its force. The pressing importance,
OF the refugee question lies In the rand al
vance of the hot weather which Is already he
ginning TO turn the vast Accommodations of
nun INTO nests OF poison germs which all must
breaiher. The plague deCimated the pOpula
ton of this city forty years ago, and how To
avoid similar peStilence Il the question
Weighing on the minds of all foreign residents
just now. The consuls have formed a com
mlttee 10 devise sanitary measures since
government Is incapable, and an attempt will
teI> of the city.
The foreign intervention is necessary be-
eau e The meaSui eS taken by the governments
ale 80 Inadequate that one NAV look up1n
tn, IN as in the line of evidence 81 the dtSipte
grafton OF all things here The order goss
Ior Tor The refugees to be removed from Con
fh4R
matter. They are gathered ND by careless ana
irresponsible officers. turned out of The Shant.
eS ur Stables where they have been Sheltered
Con mupsN the eviction takes nj ace shortly ba
Lone sunset, so that the wTe,chpS cannot yet
shelter again before night. The long meIAn-
choN procession winds on 10 the whdryes or
the railway station, with its sick and diving i'm
caftS ana ITS women wdiling again. There
They md that transportation has been proyid-
ed Tor only half the number of refugees order
ed "ut and they must camp down i'm the muddy
Suttt until morning light Will allow some one
90 10 headquarters and repreSen mt their Dlight
lhel have been FED hitherto. but as soon As thew
move the supply system is diSlocated and they
begin 10 staTye. When, at last, they reach their
destination, they find every one turning them
the cold shoulder. There is no preliminary
arrangement for their accommodation or set
tlement, and there are no foreign benevolent
soClelleS which come in and make up for the
dthclencleS OF the government So the reSult
Is That the last case of the refugees is worse
Il an the first, and that fever center trans
lerTed from ConStantinople is eStabi sned i'm
some other town IL will be marvel il a pes
tllehce does not sweep through the whole
land this summer. The whole territory over
which troops have passed is putrid. and the
shlt'lng OF the population is carrying Infection
10 untalhted districts. | have lust seen some
OF the English doctors from ErZeTum TynhuS
was raging in The Russian camp, aud among
tie citizens. The Turkish army lost IL OH
men, mainly 10y typhuS fever, before the arm.
lStlce, and the russians have lost 2OOa in the
yicini of Erzerum since their arrival there,
Among The deaths in the city is that of Miss
Nicholson, OF Lincoln, Nebraska missionary
WHO has sacrificed her life TO relief work among
The SICK and starving poor. IL now looks as III
Ere rum must be abandoned 10y all who have
sutngth enough left for the flight