The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
THE CHOLERA sCoURaE.

The Plague Holding Relentless Stcdy Ore'
Naptes-ALarmi,1 Increase Ia tho Dca0
Rate.
A London dispatch rays: The exodus from
Naples during the past week has been so great
that lodgings in mel ghboring villages are OBJ
tanned only at fabulous prices. Sometimes al
high as 500 francs month for a single room
is demanded. The better sections of the town
are deserted, and the shops in Toledo are
closed at o'clock in the afternoon. The
theatres are all shut and many Of the poorer
streets are as silent as death. Even the cafes
are closed, and the only sign OF life is the
joiners hammering rough collins together.
In some of these streets absolutely everybody
is either dead or sick. In one street, The Via
Duchesse, thirty cases occurred in single
house. The smell of burned sulphur Is every
where, and the wretcped people OF he poorer
classes are either stupef1ed or frantic. Mean
while the devotion and daring of the king and
the archbishop have had the effect somewhat
of dispelling the superstitions about per
ragged at first. But the public morale
is st IL worse than t is possible to describe. A
mob attacked, in the Yea Del Purgatorio a
man whom they suspected OF throwing
poisonous powder over some cake exposed Tor
sale on the piazza They dragged him back
and made him eat the cakes until the owner
interfered in self defense. Out OF sheer per-
versity the people eat more fruit and vege-
tables than usual. In the piazza in front OF
the municipal palace, two loafers got big
basket of figs, and in the presence of large
crowd began to eat them on wager. The po-
lice marched them off to jail. woman who
was selling fruit on the corner fell over dying
of her stand and fruit, and then left her to die.
Nobody would carry her to hospital.
Although the disease is generally or mild
character, compared with the number OF
cases, there are many instances like the fore
going of its startling suddenness. Several per-
sons have already fallen down in the streets
and been taken off dead. A woman who was
taken with vomiting during mass died before
she reached home. The terrors of the plague
have been intensified by the scoundrelly ac-
ton of the butchers, who raised the price OF
meat as soon as the panic began, but the king
was followed in his carriage by mob Of
women shrieking to have the price of meat re-
duced, and the officials accordingly TOOK steps
to import beef cattle and reduced prices. the
people in the slums still defy the law boldly.
Yesterday the body of a woman was buried
in the little garden of her home, and when the
threatened to rescue him. Under the
inspiration of the archbishop the
priests are now exerting every eff
fort to discourage professions and the like,
though with little success. There has been
an enormous revival of religious sentiment in
Naples, the street shrines which were walled
up by Garibaldi in 1880. have all been opened
lures. Crowds, wild with Joy, watch the
work, and hail with shouts each restoration.
The professions are continued in the poorer
streets, chiefly by women. Churches are
thronged and street affairs are erected. The
police do not dare to interfere with the affairs.
The most extravagant stories of miracles
worked are received with great credulity by
the populace. The hospital aid and ambu-
lance systems have been overpowered by the
awful increase in deaths, and for day or two
1t has been necessary to leave corpses waiting
80 long that they become putrid, thus aiding
vastly to contagion. The situation in this re-
spect. however, has been improved by the
king ordering the military to give assistance.
SG0rp9 a OmnihnSga9- GOvara6 black
have been converted into hearses The hero
ism Of King Humbert makes the most well
come royal picture Europe has looked on Tor
years. The king is accompanied always by
his brother Amadeus. He has visited hos
pitfalls and afflicted quarters, scattering money
and kind words right and left. fhe total
number of deaths in Naples is now consider
ably over two thousand. All have occurred
since August Goth.