Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-24
FOREIGN GLEANINGS.
TERRIBLE RAvAGES OF THE PLAGUE.
Whole Towns Laid Wasts-South African
Nsws-Papal Affair-The Ameer
Reported 0ead-General
Foreign Notes.
The Plague Spreading.

hOih Dhs iNNtiop"S W N'> I-~eN~N
in Russia: 1t has spread in the south
ern provinces at rapid rate, thousands
upon thousands have died with it with
in the last five days. The victims when
taken with it live only about two hours
and turn black all over As a negro. All
the physicians ordered Ia take care Of
the sick have died within twenty-four
hours after their arrival. The corpses
are burned and 81 are the houses IN
which the people die. Whole towns
have been laid waste the past few days.
The government has placed a GORDON OF
soldiers around infected provinces So
the people cannot get out aud spread
the disease. Any who attempt TO
break through the Gordon are shot dead
on the spot. The people are beginning
to feel uneasy all over the the empire.
The government, OF course, don't allow
the news to get ont and all reports are
suppressed, but the worst ef all il that
nobody can get out OF the empire.
The Austrian and German governments
have placed double Gordon oi soldiers
along all the frontiers, thus preventing
all persons from entering their territory
from Russia. All persons from Russia
hy railroad are stopped at the frontier
and detained twenty days in quarantine,
their baggage and clothing disiniectcd,
and if they prove all right, after a lapse
of twenty days they are permitted 10
cross the border During the twenty
DAYS Of quarantine, the people are
housed in large sheds and barns with
out any accommodations or comforts.
OF course, the knowledge of this TACT
keeps people from travelling; there is
no possibility of slipping out anywhere.
The government is doing all IN lis power
Ia prevent the disease from spreading,
but il il is not STAYED soon, victims may
fall bv the thousands daily. Ii is much
worse than the yellow fever was
in the South last summer. Ii
was brought hy Tartar soldier
about a month ago, who, on leaving
Turkish territory pulled oil, from dead
Turk on battle field, handsome silk
shawl, which ho tied around his body
and on arriving in his native town he
presented the shawl Ia his sweetheart, n
girl of nineteen years. She tied it around
her body and danced about ior joy ia a
room in which were some twenty-five
people. In ,wo hours she die and IN
five hours after the introduction Oi the
shawl into the room the whole party al
twenty five had died. They all turned
black. In three days the whole town,
containing eleven hundred people, hrd
died, with the exception OF lorty-threc
persons who had iie,l in time. From thl,
town the pest.lrnce commenced spread
ing all over the country.
LoSDoN, February 1.-The British
W0iic0I Jo"rHoi prints the following let
ter, with which we arc favored Nv iT,
u. DcManer, court physician Ia the
Car. lie states that the plague II nov
extinct. GA the nth instant there re-
manned only one ease at NclitrcnoN. VI
though the epidemic MAS purely local
and did not 90 beyond the villages ul
Wctlianaka, SclltrcnuN and Michael
uwka, vet the mortality was over eighty
per cent. The Government feels there
fore called upon 10 enforce the strIclcst
quarantine and other sanitary mcas-
ures.
From South Africa.
CAFE TowN, February 22.--The latest
information from Marilhburg states that
the total loss in the attack un Col.
Glynn's camp, 22d infantry, II nov
estimated at only from 80 IT, 800
whites. Cot Wood's column has been
victorious in all it, encounters with the
enemy. Col. Pearson still Uccuplc, an
entrenchcd posilion at Ekomc. Lord
Chelmsford and the headquarters stall
intend to Join Col. Pearson.
The reiniOTCemcnts uf the British
troops have arrived ut iielpmarkcr.
Citywsys il reported discouraged, the
fearful havoc among his finest troops
having counteractcd the effect "i their
victory. Every confidence il now iclt
by the public in prompt fepaation loT
tho recent disaster. The native con.
tiugcut have been furcibly dlssrmcd
and dishandcd. Col. Pearson, with
! 100 British troops, Is cntrench,d al
Ekowe, thirty mikes within The ccncmy'.
territory. Ills communications have
been interrupted some lays. The bush
surrounding the post il infested with
Xulus, hut Pearson hs, two months.
provisions.
Probable Death OF tho Ameer.
TAsHEENp, Tt-kEgT,S, Fcbrury -. .
A letter from the Russian military sur.
geon in attendance nn shere Ali, WAS
received here this afternoon. II j. dated
TaskOurgan, February 18Th, AMI con
tains news Of great Importance. The
surgeon writes that the Aneer's life is
despaired of, gangrcne having attacked
his whole lett side. II is therefore con.
sidered probable that he i- already deal.
The Afghan ambassadors are expected
b. arrive at Tashkend tomorrow.
Pspal Affairs.
Rows, February 23.-1he Pore, To-
day, received the Representatives Ui
number of Catholic publications is,ue'l
in Europe and America, and a,hln'rsfi
them ON the influence anl mission ~
the press. H., incidentally statel iha,
temporal pu~eT Wa. Indispensable 10
the Holy S,s. Tue Pope very cordially
revived Marquis de Gabriac, the French
Ambassador, whn pIe.rnl,,l tie Oihcial
notification Oi Greyy's election to ths
Presidency Of france.
Not Dead. tut Severely Inoured-
CoxsAxuxOPE, February -. The
Archbishop of AdTiaDol'le is n"; des'P
but severely injured. lie Was assaulted