The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-26
DeplOrable Condition Of Affairs in the City
of Aries, Where People Die Unattended
and Are Buried by Drunken Men.
Sisters Of Charity in a Cholera Hospital
Assaulted by intoxicated Men.
A Death on Mississippi Steamer Attributed
to the Disease Precautionary Meas
ures Along the River.
THE As1AT1o CHOLERA.
Pitifnl Stories of Suffering and Death in
Towns and Cities of France.

Towns and Cities of France.
PARIS, July 25.-Isolated cases of cholera
continue to be reported from various parts Of
France some widely distant from the infected
district A woman living at Courbevoie, a vii
lage only few miles from Paris, was seized by
sporadic cholera on Thursday. She was con
veyed to the hospital, and her lodgings thorough
ly disinfected. No further cases are believed to
exist in the community.
Two cases of cholera occurred at Narbonne,
and at st. Nasirie, village not far from Toulon,
two deaths occurred One was of an especially
pathetic character. An unknown woman was
seized, while passing along street, fell pros
trate, and expired Immediately.
A pitiable case is reported from Marseilles A
woman seventy years of age was missing for
several days, and the police at last forced an en-
trance her lodgings and found her body on the
floor in condition showing that she must have
been dead some days Examination proved that
she was victim of cholera. She had lived al
most exclusively on fruit.
The corvette Argentina, which was recently at
Marseilles, desired to take on coal at Gibraltar
The English authorities forbade this, and threat
ened to fire unless the vessel departed. The
Portugal and began coaling, but the inhabitants
became panic-stricken, and compelled the au-
thorities to order the immediate departure of
the unfortunate vessel. Where the Argentina
is to find fuel enough to enable her to return to
LaPlata appears an unsolvable problem.
The large number Of those who recover from
the cholera shows that the disease is not of the
same deadly character which some previous out
breaks displayed There Is a considerable exc
dus of people from Paris who are apprehensive
that the epidemic will reach the capital but
nothing in the nature of panic has yet ap-
+Deared. PARIS has never been so deserted as at
present. English and American tourists give
the city wide berth Such scare is altogether
unjustifed as the capital is better cleaned, more
abundantly ywa+ered and healthier than any other
city in Europe.
The condition of affairs at Aries is deplorable
The water supply is entirely cut off, owing to an
accident to the hydraulic apparatus Numerous
funerals Of cholera victims have been conducted
by men who were generally drunk. These fu-
nerals have been greatly retarded by the fact
that carpenters refuse tosmake eoffns for those
who die Of cholera. Nearly all the bakers and
butchers have left the city, and food, in conse-
quence is scarce and difficult to obtain The
panic throughout the city is simply indescriba-
BILE, and the epidemic appears to be extending
One death occurred at Sainte Marie del Mer
The inhabitants of that town want to expel all
refugees from Aries. In six different villages Of
of the department. of Beuches du Rhone from
one to two deaths occurred. In Vintimiglia
Italy, there have been ten deaths.
At Toulon two foolish youths made bet as to
which could drink the most seltzer water One
drank nine siphons land the other eight, and
both died shortly of cholera
In the debate in the Deputies, yesterday, in
regard to the French law relating to epidemics,
M. Bert described France as after Spain and
Turkey, the most backward country in Europe
in regard to sanitary matters
There were fifteen deaths at Toulon last right;
five in the hospital, three in the town. and seven
in the suburbs. 1t is feared the stormy weather
will increase the violence of the epidemic. Six
hundred people have left Toulon within two days
for the Pyrenees.
There were sixteen deaths in Marseilles.
last night Up to 650 this evening, seven
teen deaths from cholera had occurred since II
o'clock this morning. The weather is cooler.
At Toulon thirteen deaths from cholera oc-
CURED during the day, up to 6 6P.M
-Four deaths from cholera occurred at Lasicon
to day; one at Dragnignan, and one in Lelroque
Brussanes.
Complaint is being made at Marseilles that
the measures OF precaution against spread
Of the cholera have been slaekened, and
that the work of disinfection is not
sufficiently thorough. The police have arrested
. number OF undertakers for selling clothing and
bedding belonging to victims Of the epidemic
Only 3, 900 persons are at work in the arsenal
at Toulon; 1000 workmen are usually employed
At the lasaret in Lugano Italy, the attend
ants secreted the keys TO the wine cellars, and
on Wednesday night, at midnight after having
got at the spirits and becoming drunk, assaulted
the Sisters Of Charity and inmates of the institu-
tion, but fierce resistance was offered them
Soldiers were called, and they suppressed the
outbreak. Several Travellers who were under
quarantine regulation, were wounded during the
disturbance
An order has been published at Metz that all
persons arriving from France in Alsace and
Lorraine, without having certificates of health,
be expelled from the country
At Mourillon. near Toulon, fifty cases of chol-
era were reported yesterday While the disease
is decreasing in Toulon and Marseilles, it is in
creasing in the surrounding villages.