Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-07
THE DEADLY PLAGUE.
THE DYING LEFT ALONE IN HOMES.
European Physicians WORKING under Diff
cuIties to Subdue the Horrible Rayages
Of the Cholesa-The Air Literally
Poisoned by Foul Gases.

| CAIRO, July 6.-The situation between
here and Port Said IN one direction, and
Alexandria in the other, is deplorsble and
can scarcely be exaggerated. The exten,
of the cholera plague, ewing to Govern
ment precautions, is not actually known
but the statements of thoee who have es-
capped from the infected districts, and
whose very presence is summed by almost
every one, reveal terrible state Of Affairs.
There are scarcely enough we'll natives to
bury the dead in some of the comparative.
ly isolated villages along the, Mediterra.
mean, and in the low Nile delta districts
between Lake Menzaleh and Lake Boorlos.
| Deaths are Announced
| at Fl Burg, Shirhin and other new points,
| lieved to be Q single foreigner in the dis
| triet except few self sacrificing physicians,
! English, French and Greek, who, beside
| risking their lives, stay under very discour-
| aging circumstances, as they can secure
remedies only with difficulty, and are met
by 'underhanded opposition by the native
doctors so.called, who are the only ones
everywhere resented by local officials, since
they alone are likely to give any informa.
ton Of the extent Of the epidemic, while
the government by the most strenuous
efforts is trying to keep every fact out OF
sight. Two foreign physicians have al
ready
Sacrificed Their Lives,
| Dr. Laird, a Scotchpan, who had been
thoroughly acclimated, and DR.. Ernst, a
German from Cobelentz. The intelligent
natives were anxious to retain the English
doctors, but, influenced by danger and OPP
position. most OF them have left the infec
| ted districts, and many Of them have even
| left the country or are at Alexandria await.
| ing sn opportunity to do so.
Many terrified English and French fam
| lilies, q greater part Of whom have had
clerical or other government employment,
| are also there waiting for remlttances to
| enable them to return home. Several Eng
Ish soldiers have died at Damietta, fact
| which English officials have tried TO hide.
| The natives blame the whole matter on the
| English for having failed, in the presence
| of abundant warning, to prevent the out
| break OF the disease in the first place.
uThe Continuance Of the Infection
| is due, however, to the habits OF the peo-
| pie. the filthy condition OF the villages, the
| dense ignorance OF the natives and the pref
| udices of the local practitioners. The at.
mosphere at Wansora where HamOnyi,the
| famous Arab physician, died, is said to be
absolutely fetid. The dying have been left
alone in their houses, friends and relatives
| fleeing, and their bodies have remained in
| some cases unburied for days. Dead bodies
have rotted in the sunshine in the streets
of the village deserted Dy all except the dy::
| ing and the convalescent, while many OF
| the latter were helpless and starving. Any
| thing like graves has been unthought OF for
| a fortnight, and in the low delta ground,
| where water is formed at depth Of two or
| three feet the trenches have been dug so
| shallow and filled so full that the first wind
blew away the covering Of sand, or the first
rain washed away the earth. Even where
| the
Rotiing Bodies
were not uncovered and exposed they were
| so near the surface as TO rot under bot
| sun and allow the gases to filter TO the sur
| face and poison the air. The health coun.
| ell to day ordered the removal OF the whole
| population from the infected districts in
and about Damietta, but it is too late to
| serve its purpose. The soldiery under
| strict orders are supervising the natives,
whom they are compelling to bury their
dead. Fire is the only disinfectant, and
| the port Of DaInietta and the whole OF
several small villages have been burned.
| At the former place the sick and those sub
| iected to the infection have been placed in
| tents. The hospital camp has been sur
| rounded by strong guard. death line
| has been liked, and the troops have been
| ordered 10 fire upon all persons attempting
to pass the sanitary Gordon. Despite the
strictest quarantine regulations, there IS
great danger OF the spread OF the disease in
| European ports.
The American Ride Team at Wimbie-
| dom.
| III DiIa
| Team has been offered the use OF tents dur
ipg their stay at Wimbledon, but declined
preferring private lodgings.
A Report About James Carey. the In.
| The Times correspondent at Dublin re-
wives the report that James Carey, the IN
former. has left Ireland in Disguise.
| Hosting the French Flag.
| SYDNEY. y. s. w, July Ga French
| man OF war has hOisted the French lag on
the New IiebriGrs Islands.
Heavy Floods
| CALCUTTA, July G-lIeavy Hoods have
| prevailed in Surat, causing great damage
to property and some loss OF life. The wa
ters are now subsidiDg. Traffic on railroads
has been interrupted.
An Important Confession.
IoSrox, July GA dispatch from Colen-
bsgen saws: A prisoner named Nelson,
who is charged with committing arsen
| here. hae confessed that he set fire TO the
! Victoria Docks, London, in ISL, With the
view to obtaining. plunder. Inc opinion
| heretofore entertained regarding the orr
gin OF the fire wa that il was the work oi
| Fenians.
Crtmnttsn i'm Rene.
RoNE. July G.-The remains OF Senator
Cipriana have been created here. This Is
the first case OF cremation in Rome.
striking Italians.
M,R-FrLLEs, July S-Fonr HUNDRED ltal
ians employ ed in an oil factory here struck
Yesterday and endeavored to wreck the FAC
iorv. They were dispersed by the police.
men who charged them with drawn swords.
II is feared there will be O renewal oi the
rioting.
waste kaads ~ IresanA.
| DrRIIS. July 6.-At meeting OF the
Catholic Hierarchy here motions were
sdopted oondemning the State AIDED eni'
grafton and pointing out thas there are
large tracts of lands IN irelann "hcn; !
cultivated, would maintain the surplus
population.
Damage ~ St.iksrs.
Io,,os IpIy G.-The striking iron work
e,, NJ Wedresbury, County OF Stafford
shire, entered the toundEies there last
night. daassed machinery and iorced the
employees to qrit work.
French Kings aHA E0perors.
PARIS July 6-Gonte De Paris 10 o
Vienna awaiting adyiess from Frohsdori
I where Count Cham bosd Is lying i'll. Primes
Jerome Napoleon Is in Paris bnsiiy cor
sulting With friends, and il il said severs
private meetings have been held at hi
| residence
Psyesty's Pangs-
BERLIN. July "a terrible tragedy oc
curred st Reksdorff, near Berlin: Tn
wife of 8 small shop. keeper cut the throat
| of her tso children, fired the house an
| then cut her own throat. Poverty was III
! cause.
The HaREaFy HoEraF.
IoSDox, July Elm the trisiof the Jew
at Nyregbszi, Hungary, the prisoners a.
] cused Of having plsosd corps IN the rive
, With view q passing 1t oil
! Esther Salomassy, whom the prisoners al
charged with numbering, declared the
| cont fe,sions had bfen obtained by threat