The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-08-15
in OHOLERA'S GRIP.
MarseiIles in Il State of Panic--The de- |
stroyer's Harvest in Spain

stroyer's Harvest in Spain
MARsEILLEs, August 12-The cholera
panic increases daily. The average OF
departures from Marselles by railway
alone has already increased two thousand
per day. AS an instance of the laxness
with which the Marseilles sanitary au
thorities perform their duties, the case
of the captain of an English vessel ly-
ing in this port may be mentioned. The
captains daughter died of cholera aboard
the ship. He at once notified the au-
thorities and req uested disinfection of
the vessel. Although at MONDAY thirty
hours had elapsed since the girls death,
no official action has as yet been taken
concerning the event by the MarseilJes
authorities. The death from cholera
here to-day number twelve. Twenty
two new cases were admitted to the
Pharo Hospital.
PARIS, August 12.-Gen. de Courcey
telegraphs as follows: "We have fixed
our headquarters at Haiphong during
the prevalence of cholera. There were
seventeen deaths from cholera yesterday
in Haiphong, and sixty-six persons are
down with the disease to-day. We have
a large number of volunteer nurses to
care for the sick. There is an excellent
feeling among the troops"
A telegram from Odessa, Russia, says
there are ten cases of cholera in the
suburbs of that city.
MADRID, August 12.-Thirty-five new
cases of cholera and nineteen deaths
from the disease were reported in this
city yesterday. Fifteen of the new
cases exist in one street. This discovery
has caused disinfecting the thoroughfare.
There were 4, 567 new cases of cholera
and 1929 deaths from the disease re-
ported yesterday throughout Spain. The
Spanish authorities to-day removed the
land Gordon which they established yes,
terday against Gibraltar because of the
death there of a person from illness re-
sembling cholera. The inhabitants of
Gibraltar are demanding the establish
ment of an English Gordon against Span
ish ports have all been ordered to estab-
lish guarantees against arrivals from
Gibraltar.
The number of cholera cases has
greatly increased. In this city so new
cases and IS deaths, and in the province
II new cases and IS deaths, were re-
ported to-day. Travellers in many dis
tricts are quarantined for periods of from
five to twenty days, and undergo great
hardships, being lodged in barns or in
the open air, and suffering. from lack of
food. Some villages are strictly cordoned,
trenches have been cut to stop travel on
the roads, and the villagers threatening
strangers and mpelling them to leave.
The government has ordered the COVER
nors of provinces to suppress lazarettos,
but the governors are in many instances
powerless to carry out the orders.
The Gazette to-day says that in the
past twenty-rour hours I, AGA new cases
of cholera and 2, 100 deaths have been re-
ported from SIC towns in 36 provinces
in Spain. This is the highest number of
victims yet reported.
The press calls upon the government
and higher classes to combine in efforts
to alleviate the national calamity. The
King and Queen have sent large dona-
tions to Saragossa and Granda. The cpl
demic is visiting all the fashionable sea-
side resorts. At each place visited a
panic ensues. and the place is deserted
in forty-eight hours.
To day six cases were reported in one
house in Madrid. Senior Silvela, brother
of Minister Silvela, was seized, but has
recovered.
GIBRALTAR, August PA British
steamship lies quarantined off Mers-el-
Kebir, in Algeria, with four cases of
cholera on board. One person has died
of the disease on the same vessel.