Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-01
nvIyG LIKE SHEEP.
-. Cholera s-Smltien People Of Ham
burg in Despair.
LONDON HAS THE PLAGUE.
,u.. Also at New York-An To-
''", s.c,sa vessel Eotor' the HaFo0r-
situation serious
..-......n cabIe o lhe Dlapaich.l

,,,,r,can cable to tho Dispatch.l
I" "'' cru August Si-EUentng.- -
HAN'' ~ onest,onine the fact that tho
ih"s ,rolcr epldcIoic is the worst that
y , Visited this city. ana every hour
l's ever ..,r becomes worse. The people
tae ~ like sheep and the plague Is
''e a' ,, .-- n was thought early yester-
~ %., NE epidemic was aba'ing IN V,ru,
Gay ''' ~. number Of new cases and OF
f'o.' '.o,ted for Monday being far be-
t'a'D' - the day preceding. Unfortu-
~ iN ,.ss not the case. IL was only
sa'e- .t,lt m the onward march OF
tl.i i-.' aud now il Is again marching
i1t a. a-'. ..'e.pe down It's victims by the
KIe ,,.g,In TAXES HOLD.
... f.,nnc Of apprehension hangs
qb,ic clty. and the behet tnat
ever g.. ,r. helpless 70 fight the scourge
!.-a0-', .,qrcth. The people feel that
r.F' '.' ..I..I .ss 10 the face OF the terrible
tr' AZ has come upon them, and
''-'' f..u have gwen up nope OF
ra-' t.c disease. ihls IN itsei Is
cA'' f3r courage IS one OF the essen
ta''...'. p, ir nghting the epidemic. Inc
i' '...,t.yc Vi the Associated ffess bere
i'i ...r IA the military drili-shed the
.a' ..f ul victims awaiting burial.
r1riBLE BED-TAPElsM.
o.. red tape it Is impossible to
u'A- t lead under the usual regula-
ll.i .,t. law requires the production
u' 0t modification before the
i i'.. Consigned 10 the grave. Now,
b''. ,t.l. families have been car
a- .g the scOurge, the great
T,' l4.rty Is experienced in get
e d. miners. Unless the irightful
ti. ''.. ,.tes. II will be necessary TO
p ..'' -. aside the law and bury the VIC
'-'' t,s,Iy as possible. IL Is believed
s.r.. infection has been spread by the
u- L-f.r mpreCations are heaped
.i'- en-. authorities for their pig-headed-
o. is,f.p. the victims lI0 unburled TO
.,.- t.s couiagIon among the living
~. ,s., hunted for papers 10 show the
-. --cuualuu. etc, OF tue dead persons.
ARtI4S OF TERROR.
-.gn Of terror prevails, and every
,s,.., who can possibly 90 SO Is heeins
g'..r. Exception must be maoe, now
'- d.. ttt. assertion. those whose duty
'. -.m to attend the sufterers-tne
'.--.....r- mad those who have nObly vol
.,.-i t.r.r services doing work
. ..-y,r.. the extreme of herOism.
20, ,-' f,. hospitals they take thor lives
lAI,.',, ,xg hands without hope Of fame
y. ..sgq,d aud 10 their utmost TO alleyi-
ts. .xal sufterngs OF the plague
s,ncse1 ycin7. ,,, III ...
have g. be- abandoned, and trenches h!iea
.,,,t 91lt s..Ine Wall have TO be resOrted TO.
Israly parts of the city the shops OF
.r.-.-. bakers. and butchers have been
s...,i ly tLe police, the owners and their
.,....-..u having been stricken down while
ail.uG.Ag to business.
THE Dread RECORD.
Durrg the twouty-four hours ended at
,'tY...t last night the ambuiances con-
v.r.J fo tua hospital sos cholera patients.
0f,s.. number 26S have since died.
In B.rhu there are reported 3 new cases
All death, in Magdeourg, 2 new cases
sd death.
The Russian Report.
ST. pr1TRssURG. August 31.-The official
.In..r. returns show tnat since the last
-plri there have been 6, l44 new cases and
.iH deaths IN Russia.
IN ST.. Petersburg Yesterday 155 new
.b,ss w,rs reported aud 81 deaths, a de-
Tease ol case aId an Increase Of 10
4;., u.s. compared with tbs returns for
gmas to the fact that the cholera cpl
-m,c IS lessening III SaratoH and VorO-
-ll. several of the laZarettOes IN those
,.rlments have been closed.
Decrease at HAyre.
HtvKF. FRANCE. August 3l.-The number
( lev cases reported here yesterday was
.-a decrease Of 6 compared with Monday.
LIE I.Aths were 33-an increase Of Is.
Iu passenger steamers between Havre
,l IroIulle. the well-known French
have stopped running
g..s % the prevalence of cholera.
The Persian Epidemic.
TEHpRAx, August 3l.-The cholera in this
has az present apparently run its
u.s.. and the epidemic IS now decreas-
.- The deaths yesterday numbered 80.
..I,a high mortality, but decrease of
I. con pared with the number OF deaths
.pred ten days ago.
The Paris Report.
p,B.,. August 81.-Official returns show
,a. during the past four days 81 per-
..s s!dtring from choleTine have been
iaaD 90 tue hospitals here. Deaths du-
a same period. u. Number OF patients
81. ulIer treatment here. l22.