The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-04
r.,,, Cause Of Its Presence in
llarseiiles.
lights OF LABOR MEETING.
..7l-A Notable Race-Anofher
of the Gang-Frost Already
-Miscellsreous.
cuoDERA AT MARsEILLEs.
, .,otoninr Account of the Sanitary
Conditions.

w,sarysroy, September 3.-The
..,-etary. of State has received a de-
.,;Ied report from Consul Mason in re-
,-d 10 the cholera at Marseilles: lie
amnenis on the false policy of the
.oiborities in endeavoring to suppress
no +rnth as to the existence OF tEe
jsease. and speaks OF the sensation
1agsed by a rude awakening on
,se 18th ulto., when the COM
unity WAS shocked by the an
- -1onncenent that an epidemic prevailed
y their midst. He says, further, that
,Sen the city realized that 1t was IN the
;-st stage of an epidemic OF real
lsiatic cnolera, which had not been i'm
oorfed from Spain or elsewhere. The
most elementary principles of sanitary
sIeonliress are unknown in MarSeill es.
i5utters and stress flow with
,bs yeriest filth. Canals and sewers
70 infected. On the eIstern side
Il the old port is one building which
Contains 700 inhabitants. whose excre-
ments are thrown in the recesscS of
sfoirways. Behind the Marie is a
,chool for young girls, poisoned by ex-
boIatons from vaults and filth-bearlng
sIosets. and aired only by windows
Snening upon the dark, closed court,
gLich has veritable sink. From the
lst to the 18th Of August there were
-2t deaths. or an average of eighty
three per day. The disease has also ap-
peared seriously in the suburbs OF the
city. The malady has been in reality
more fatal to the sailors of vessels
n port, and has been particularly seri-
Gus with seemen from England and
Scandinavia. The disease maniiests its
characteristic preference for the DIS
sinated. insane and unclean. The
present situation and the record OF the
0ast secondary epidemics indicate the
icOurge has perhaps reached its max
mum fatality and will gradually sub
ide to the finish in October and No
'ember.
LONDON, September 3.-Three deaths
rom cholera are reported from Male
uort. France, six from M0ntagnac, and
ieversl from other places in the depart
uent o. HeTauit. One death from
Cholera has been reported from Brenn-
iOrf, Pennsylvania. Cholera has also
appeared at Aigiers.
MiDRID, September 3.-Throughout
Spain yesterday there were 29f1 new
.ases of cholera and J. 600 deaths.
TOULoE, September g. Fourteen
DerSOns died from cholera in this city
ilring the past night.
NAPLES, September Sits officially
,enied that there is any cholera in this
ity.
MADRID, September 3.-Cholera has
,1Oken out at Cadiz. The official report
howS IS cases aud 2S deaths in that
'ity.
MAEsuIB.s, September 3.-The stu
.tion sere now is more hopeful. ONLY u
ieaths were reported in this city to-day. |
No deaths at the Pharo hospital. No !
Ease admitted. No patients discharged |
cured, and five remaining under treat |
aent.
PARIS, September S.-Nearly all the
aeaths registered at TouIon are from |
cholera 1t is feared the period of in
3lbation has not yet passed. Four
ieaIhs from cholera were reported in !
SCION to-day. An exciting incident &C.
cured at st. Ohamas. A decree had
leen issued forbidding the holding of
.Ineral services in church over the
Cod'eS of cholera victims. In spite of |
MS decree, the relatives and friends of |
glrl who had died of cholera forcibly
'arrled the remains into the church |
m t0uS 10 the interment. |