Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

The CHDLERA IN SPAIN AND FhANCE'
MADRID, Aug. 3.-In the whole of
Spain on Saturday there were re-
ported 1920 new cases of cholera and
AGA deaths from that disease. In this
city 36 new cases and % deaths were
recorded. The Military Governor of
Granada has succumbed to the pes
thence. Cholera is raging in the con-
vict settlement at Carthagena.
The Correspondence Espana re-
ports that five persons were sutfo-
Gated while house was being fumi-
gated at Jaen. Cholera continues to
spread to other provinces.
The number of new cases of chol-
era throughout Spain Sunday was
3,S07, and of deaths from the disease
1864. In this city 81 new cases and
90 deaths were recorded.
MADRID, Aug 4.-Cholera has for
some time existed in the Jail at Car
tegena, but every effort has been
made to suppress outside knowledge
of the fact. Yesterday it leaked out
that no less than 200 of the criminals
imprisoned within the Jail were down
with the scourge. This discovery
produced a fearful panic among
the other convicts and they rose in
revolt and made the most desperate
efforts to break away from the pris-
on. They were, however, finally
overpowered by the soldiers and COM
PEELED to resume their quarters. Sew
eral inmates of the Jail at Grenada
are also i'll with cholera.
There were reported yesterday
3,7lS new cases of cholera through.
out Spain and l,50l deaths from the
disease occurred.
The number of new cases of cholera
throughout Spain Sunday was 1907,
and of deaths from the disease 1864.
In this city 81 new cases and %
deaths were recorded.
PARIS, Aug. 3.-The existence of
cholera in Marseilles is now officially
admitted, and % deaths have been
recorded in the last twelve hours.
Horror prevails over the prospect of
repetition of last years experience.
NARsEILLEs, Aug. 4.-The cases of
cholera here are mostly among the
upper classes. The Portuguese Con-
sui has succumbed to the disease.
Minister LIE Grand and Dr. Bronard-
ell have arrived here, incognito, to
organize a system Of sanitation. The
municipal authorities have conferred
with the foreign Consuls here res
pecting the establishment of Marseil-
les quarantine.
The cholera panic is increasing.
Many persons are fleeing the city in
dread. The local press has been Or
dered to preserve silence respecting
the existence and ravages of the
scourge. 1t is reported that no less
than eighty persons have died from
cholera in Marseilles within the past
few days.
Thirty persons died of cholera here
yesterday. Death follows soon after
the victims are attacked. The NUM-
cipal authorities are inactive.
PARIS, Aug. 4.-There are several
cases of cholera in the Paris hospitals
and a number of other patients with
the disease are undergoing private
treatment. The city authorities of
this city and all the newspapers ex-
cept the Cri Du Peuble and the radi-
cal organs refrain from mentioning
the appearance of the disease in Par
is, fearing that the announcement
would brighten away the English
tourists, who are thronging the city.
The Americans, who have been
warned, are going either to England
or to Switzerland. The hospitals
are actively preparing to combat the
epidemic.
MADRID, Aug. 5.-Throughout
Spain yesterday 1882 new cases of
cholera were reported, and 1870
deaths from that disease. In the city
of Teruel on Monday last 81 new
cases and 20 deaths were reported,
and in the province of Teruel, out
side the city, 376 new cases and al
deaths. In the city of Madrid the
cholera is confined now to the popu-
lous districts inhabited by the poor.
The populace in Granada to-day
brutally assaulted several doctors
who decline to give more attention
to patients. The hostility TO the
doctors has resulted in an alarming
spread of the disease among the lower
classes, by whom the doctors are
always compelled to taste the medi-
cines they wish to administer. The
Commander of the province, and
many officers, priests and nuns have
succumbed to the disease, the attacks
of which are most fatal at nightfall
and during storms.
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