Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-26
The Plague.

The Plague.
New YoRK, Feb. %. A letter from
st. Petersburg says Of the plague il
Russia: It has spread in the southern
pr vinees at rapid rate. Thousands
upon thousands have died with it with
in the last five days. The victims when
| taken live about two hours and turn
black all over as negro. All the
physicians ordered to care for the sick
have died within twenty-four hours az
ter their arrival. Corpses are burned
and so are houses in which the people
die. Whole towns have been laid
waste the past few days Government
has placed Gordon of soldiers around
the infected provinces, so that people
cannot get out and spread the disease.
Any who attempt to breakithrough the
Gordon are shot dead on the spot. The
people are beginning to feel uneasy all
over the Empire. The Government.
of course, does not allow tie news I'd
get out All reports are suppressed.
but the worst of all is that nobody can
get out of the Empire. The Austrian
and German Governments have placed
double Gordon Of soldiers along all
the froutiers, preventing ali persons
from entering their territory from Rus
sta. All persons from Russia by rail-
road are stepped at the frontier and
detained twenty days in quarantine,
their baggage aud clothing disinfected.
| and if they prove all right after lapss
of twenty days. they are permitted to
! cross the border.
DUR g the twenty days quaran-
tine the people are housed in large
sheds and barns, without any accemms-
dations or comforts. OF course, know
ledge of this fact keeps the people from
slipping out anywhere The govern
ment is doing all in its power to pre-
vent the disease from spreading, but
F., f it Is not stayed soon, the victims may
fall by the thousands daily. Il is much
worse than the yellow fever was in the
south last summer. 1t was brought bI
Tartar soldier month ago, who o.
leaving Turkish territory, pulled aI
from dead Turk Oh the battlefield a
handsome silk shawl, which he tied
around his body. On arriving in his
native town he presented to his sweet
heart, girl of 10 years She tied It
around her body and danced about for
JOY, in room in which were some
twenty-five people. In two hours she
died, and in five hours after the intre-
duction of the shawl into the room, the
whole party of rs had died. All turn
ed black. In three days the the e,whole
town, containing LOO people had died,
with the exception of forty-three per-
sous who had fed in time. From this
town the pest commenced spreading all
over the country.
The BANKRUPT CITY OF MEMPHIS.
There is trouble in the bankrupt city
of Memphis, Tenn. The Governor has
intlmated pretty strongly that he in.
tends to hold every officer to strict
accountability who turned over any ef.~
fects of the late city. no matter by
whom ordered. This indicates that the
State will appoint receiver. A bill
looking to that end is being prepared.
and will be Introduced in the Legisia,>
ture in day or two. 1t is thought
that this action of the Governor VIII
bring about clash of authority betweea
the receiver appointed by Judge Baz,~
ter, of the United States Circuit, ,Cour.,
and the receiver to be appointed by the,
Governor. Then conflict of authos>
ity must follow, with a regular delage.
of unpleasantness. Between yelios~
fever and debt, Memphis is doomed.
Citizens Of Wisconsin are petitions,
ing Congress for an amendment to the
constitution Of the United States pro-,
viding that after the year 1890 all males
citizensove the age of Fl shall be post-
sessed of certain educational quali6cap-
tons before being allowed the right.
suffrage.
SHE IS SIoK.-JANEsvILLE, Feka
22.-Mrs. Mack, the convicted mur--
deress, is quite sick, and is confined tsn
the cot in her cell in Jail, sad is receive.
ing the close attention of DR.. Coryetts
the county physician.