Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-27
CHOLERA'S WOEFUL WORK
A MERCANTILE PANIC THREAT
ENED AT MARSEILIiES.

| Consul Mason Adds Another to His Gal
Iery of Gloomy Pen Pictures-The
Death Rate in the Villages s till Civ
ing No Promise of an Early Abate-
ment.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The eState De-
| partment has received from Frank II. Ma
son, United States Consul at MarseiIles.
report, dated July 81, upon theisituation
at that place and Toulon since the abate-
ment of the cholera epidemic. HE saws:
1t will be two or three months before the
danger of a new outbreak of the pestf Hence will
De past, and much longer period NJ ust elapse
before the ordinary prospects of bus mess can
De r. stored The b nances of
TOulon and Marseilles have been 81 aimed to
the utmost in cleansing the streetsS nd tene-
ments and caring for the sick and buI wing the
dead. Many thousands of their wea fthy and
benevolent citizens are absent. Il he pres
ence of impending fnanc1a ruin
weighs upon the business commu-
nifty, and even the ordinary resO urces Of
charity are seriously curtaied. S ubscrip-
tlons have been raised in Marseilles and con-
trlDutlOns sent from neighboring towns to
meet the most pressing and Immediate needs,
Dut the measures of relief have beS IN meagre.
The French Government has with u the past
Few days sent commissioners of inquiry to
measure the probable deficit, and a consider
aDle sum mas been voted for the relief Of the
turning fugitives has just set in, and no de-
scriptlon can picture the wretchedness and
destitution that already exists.
The Consul suggests that this is an
occasion which offers to the traditional
hDeralltv OF the American people a ready
and fitting opportunity.
Charles NJ. Wood, United States Deputy
Consul General at Rome, writes to the
Department of State, under date of Aug.
., as follows:
The cholera which appeared in a small viii
lage IN PIEDMONT, near Turin, and in the
province OF Genoa, gained but slight head
way, and is now under control. Owing to
the quarantine precautions, the only railway
now freely open into Italy is through the
frontier station from Austria at Carlnens, be-
tween Trieste and Undine.
since the date of these reports the
cholera has increased rapidly both in
France and Italy.
PARIS, Aug. 26.-IThere were deaths
from cholera at Marseilles last night, and
2 at Toulon.
The cholera is increasing in Corsica.
-Four deaths occurred near AjacciO. 1t is
stated that several persons have been
nearly killed from oyerfumigatiOI at the
Italian frontier.
The deaths from cholera IN the soalthern
departments of France during the "a
hours ended tonight were as follows:
ryrennees Orienteles, 10; HeraIllt, 6;
Gard, 2; Aude, 5.
There was one death from cho iera in
Toulon to-day. The hospital record is as
follows: New cases admitted 4, dis
charged II, deaths ,, under treatm ent 81.
No fresh cases of cholera have ap peared
at Geneva, Switzerland.
The daily bulletin of the progress; of the
cholera in Italy is as follows: AAt Ber-
gamo, 6 deaths and Is fresh cases; Cam
pooasso, deaths and fresh cases;
Cuneo, 20 deaths and SO fresh cases; Mas
sacarara, 3 deaths and fresh cases Par
ma, deaths and 6 fresh cases; Turin,
deaths and fresh cases; La Spe zzia,
deaths; Porto Manrizio. deaths.
Twelve deaths from cholera occurred at
Marseilles to-day.
Great fear is expressed for the safety of
the Catholic missionaries in China.
A Foo Chow dispatch dated to-day says:
"There has been a heavy bombardm ent of
the Mingan forts by the French fleet since
daybreak this morning. The forts are be-
lieyed to have been silenced. No attack
has been made on the Kinpai forts"
The French outward mail boat stopped
at Hong Kong to-day and transferre her
mail to neutral steamers. An immediate
attack is probable upon Woo Sung in
order to clear the entrance to the port of
Shanghai.