Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-06-09

since the year 1872 between the months
of December and June. In 1878 and
1879 it broke out in the Cities of Bag
dad and Hiilah, and during the present
year it made its first appearance in
Dshara, near Nedjeif. In Nedjef, or
Medsched Ali, is the grave of Ali, the
son-in-law of the Prophet Mahomet.
From there leads 4 desert road. marked
out by the bleached bones of camels
and human beings. to the so-called
Lake Euphrates, which receives
lis water through the Hintieh Canal.
To the northwest of this lake is
situated the CITY of kerbela. where is
TO be found the golden mosque and the
grave of Husscin, the son o Caliph Ali
and the daughter OF the Prophet. These
two cities are the real breeding-paces
of the dreadful disease. To Ne lief
and kerbela the Shiites. or relig Gus
followers of Ali and Hussein, chiefly
Persians. send the dead bodies of their
friends and relatives, because they be-
lieye that to be buried near Hus>eins
or Ais grave will assure their souls GER
tain admission To Paradise. Caravan
after caravan, each camel loaded with
two ieit-covered collins on each side.
arrive there daily and deposit their
ghastly freight for interment, which
during months of travel from the
Persian highlands has been decompos-
ing and is filling the air with its pesli-
lential odor. The collins are placed in
shallow trenches and covered with
about an inch or two of earth. But
this is not all. The whole country
around Nedieff has become one vast
graveyard, and in consequence OF the
frequent foods occurring in the En-
pirates all he lands on both sides OF
the river are inundated. the light COW
ering of earth is swept from the collins.
which, being made OF light material,
fall to pieces, and thousands upOu thou
sands of corpseS are left rotting under
the RAYS of AZ Oriental sun. TIE wa
tiers finally recede, or are gradually
absorbed by the soil, poisoning all the
wells in that country. From 1900
to 10000 corpses are sent there
annually for interment by the Shiites.
The Jews send annually several thou
sands of their dead to be buried near
the grave of their prophet Ezekiel,
which is also near kerbela. Besides
these caravans. there arrive fotillas of
pilgrim boats loaded with corpses on
the Euphrates by way of the Semawat
branch and the Bar-i-Nedjeff. Not
only are they filled with this pestifer-
Gus freight, but the collins are even
hung outside of the boats, loading them
down 10 the waters edge. The con-
slant arrival of these caravans and
fiotillas with their freight of decaying
human corpses, and added to this the
careless burial. must be regarded As the
cause of the outbreak OF the plague,
and the fatalistic negligence of the Per-
sian and Turkish Governments, which
do not interfere until the disease has
become epidemic, explains why il has
not been suppressed during the last ten
wears. For long time special treaty
has been in existence between these
two Governments relative to the trans
portation of these corpses. bu. so far it
has remained a treaty on paper ouly.
The people of America are in as much
danger as the rest of the world. 1t is
about time that the civilized nations of
the earth should make this question of
the transportation of corpse> under an
Oriental sun an international question.
and force the two Governments directly
interested TO execute the provisions of
their treaty in good faith. Caicago
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