The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-15
THE CHOLERA.
It's Ravages in Italy Worse Than
at First Supposed.
KING HUMBERT,S HEROHsM-HE
as EVERY WHERE PRESENT..

NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-The SUMS London cores
Dondent telegIaphs that the attack of cholera on
Italy is now admitted to be more severe than was
at first supposed, and the most incredible stories
told the rapidity with which it has carried off
its victims. Death. in many cases, has occurred
within tea minutes of the ii st symptoms, many
PERSONS have 0ied within three Ur four hours, and
fatal cases nave rarely lasted more than five or six
hours. The gambling sp rit has received great
impetus thus: One aay, ffty-tSo m jthers marched
10 a school, and took away hfty-ono children, and
ever body played these numbers IN The government
lottery, and ali On another day, Nos 3, 4
and % cOrresponded to current events in The
streets, and were played extensively, and all three
came out. The result was los OF 2,O00.O0Uf by
The government, general debauch BY the lucky
inhabitants and violelJ incfe ease of cholera.
Tho Zines London despatch SAYS, i'll reference to
the cholera in italy. Thete has been an enormous
revival OF righteous sentiment in Naples. Street
shTines when sailed up by GaribaIi in 1856 -,
have all been opened and @hitewsshed, and filled
with holy vi lures, aud Ids, wild with joy,
watch the work and hail with shouts each restOra-
tlUn. Pfoce sions are Continued in the poorer
Lfeets, Chi fly ny women The churches are throng
81 ana street affairs are erected Inc ponce do not
dare to interfere with The affairs The most extrAv
aganJ stories + miracles worked are received with
crsduilty by the popuiace. Hospitals aud aIhbu-
iances been OVerpowered by the awful increase
in Deaths ami tor day or Two IL has been necessa
ry 10 keep corpses SO lohg that they nave become
putriu thus adding vastly TO the conEagion. The
situation III this respect however, has 0een inprov
cd by the King ordering tho military to give their
assistance, anu scores OF ola 0mnlDuSoS, covered
with black, navo been converted into he rses Tue
herosm ol King HUMBER makes The most welcome
royal picture Europe has looked ON for years. The
King is accompanied always by his .other Anna
He has visited all the hospitals ana afflicted
quarters scattering money anu kind words rIgnt
and LETT. ne wlshel to explore FAndaci Contain
ing probably tn most hldeUus human habtati0n i'll
ChIlsie.dom, win lbs narrow cOurC-yards, lis
houses 81 feet high, ii, M which sunlis ht and air
arc excuiei, aud. the nj hiesG rooms, eacn Win
dozen or ifeen inmates OF both sexes There is no
water there TO wash with, anu Inc place Is alive
with vermIn. 1t Is a ll.eral den OF pestIience aLd
contains fully otourth of the whole population of
naples. An efforts dssuade the KING from GO
ing mad failed, when despAlrng official cried Uut
- on have right to mmil suicile nor have You
fortunate popu no will follow you III that hot
bad OF death. On this the King bowed am got into
Lis carriage ag alu.
All Classes are becoming demoralized as the hor-
ror grows, but there Can be no doubt that The
Kings exa-nples ha the effect of preventing what
would have Otherwise been fearful, pane The
ITALIANS are almost Crazy with enthusiasm for the
King and The Catholic papsrs vie win the Demo
cratic III lduuing his to the skies. The
King aud Archbishop have traternlZed from the
start and the feeling general thai rapprOchement
between tho church anu state Is nearer Today than
before III many years
The total number of deaths in Naples is now con-
considerably 1000 and all have occurred since
August. III Northeast Itaiy the disease about holds
its own. La SpezlA has had over AU0 deaths and is
still the Seat OF The epidemic Explanation of the
f1ghttuI rayages III La Spezla anu Cuneo ID found
ing The local custom vi preserving all refuse from
houses IVr put poses III great cltGurh
called '.rozzo" Inls rs connected with the street
gutter by overflow pipe which carries OFT the
su plus liquids. Whenever there is a sudden rain
water breaks into the pozzo aud then out again
sTeadln The cOutents oI the cstern with It's pestl-
lenJial vapors throughout the city 4nd finally into
drinking wells ana collars. An effort was made at
the outset have these clsterus cleaned, but the
people armed themselves TO protect their valuable
Contents and the officers shTank from fight over
The matter, The pest Is lowering about home. That
city is very clear and The weather is now so cool
that The capital may escape. AS elsewAeie lunatic
asy1ums prove TO De the choicest breeders Uf the
plague III Parma AMI Naples.