, 1879-02-04
THE DEADLY PLAGUE.
ITS ORIGIN.


ITS ORIGIN.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-Tho origin Of tho p1aguo
in Russia is thus given: 4 Cossack returning
from tho war TO Wctt;snka brought his lady
lore shawl, which slip wore two days md
then a'ckaned, with alt Tho symptoms Of tho
plague, and died. Tho following fonr days
other members Of her family died, Tho
disease spread rapidly, tho local authorities
not paying any attention to It It'll
half Of tho inhabitants died, aud The
remainder wero unable to bury tho
victims. Then, when tho epidemic hnd u.s.
sumed serious Idimensions, energetic means
vero taken for preventing Its spreading, and
strict quarantines wore established, firstly. in
towns and Villages, shutting OF tho strcata
whera the plagua reigns from tho rest Of tho
place; mud secondly. by surrounding tho
Villages with sroops, 60 that nobody ia a.
lowed to pass in or ont.
rIrE PANIC In RUSSIA
ia almost incredible. Every c1asa and station
In life have poIitioned for tho entire cessation
Of all intercourse, even postal communication,
botwoan the rest Of Russia and the vo1ga.
Lottors sont from Aslrakhan md Zaritzin
aro not received by tl1e persons to whom
they aro addressed. Soma people oven re-
fuse to take paper money, fearing tho germ
Of infection might bo communicated through
It, It Is almost impossible to describe tho
terror which Inns taken possession Of tho
people.
TIE RUSSIAN RANITAnY COMMISSION
has proposet! to Ahut off tho Volgn limo from
nil IntorcourHs with Western Russia, and
permit communication only undor quaran-
tine. Russian railway cars aro not admitted
to German territory. Tho export Of grain
from Poland will suffer severely from this
restriction. Tho Roumanian Government "
discussing tho expodioncy Of prohibiting the
transit Of Rnssian provls1ons sent TO victual
the Dufkan army.
PASSPORT REGULATIONS.
Drn11x, Feb. 3.-An Imperial decroe has
been published. establishing strict passport
regulations between Russia and Germany
after Feb. 10. Evcry traveller befors enter.
Ing Germany must proyo that he has not
been In suspected or infected dfssrict with
In twenty days, AL clothes mud baggage
inust DO llsinfcoted.
DghtED.
1T. PETERSBURG, Fob. ';.-The Official
4Mtssengtr says tho Goyeruor-Geueralo Of Mos.
cow contrndIcta tlle reports Of tic appearance
OF the plague in a village near that city.
SPREADING.
LONDON. Fob. "a Vionna correspondent
aaya thu German Ambassador at st. Petera-
burg hos advised his Government that the
plague il apsuadiug rapidly. 1t hna pasaed
tho limits where, according to Official ac-
counta, the last cases were reportel. I1o
urges that Germany tako Immediate and
energetic measures to rope1 It.
Nog.IsTERcounsE.
vienna, Feb. B.-Ths Prtsae saya Austria
ia about to iaaus m or,ler forbidding travellers
from Nussia to cross tho frontier unless
provided With paasea from tho sanitary
uthorities.
QUARANTINE.
The Porte announces that RtisAia1 ports
will be qAaraat1nod against all Turkish
ports On the European coast Of tho black
Sea.
The East 1toumslian Commission has pro-
posed the aasne msasura along the. coast from.
Kuatcnle TO lionsgas.
Rouulania l.ns Lecrcod d similar course in
the deltn Of the Danube and coaat Of tho
Dobtulscha, md has Issued regulations
identical With tAuso put iu force by Austria
| in Eegarl 10 the traffic and importation OF
gooda across tue lt,ianian frontier.
AolsK, PRECAUTIONS.
1ospos, Fob. "A dispatch from paris