The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-07

mado b BY srradon zayitziano, the Gevern
that from June, 1891. to February. ls9a. there
were y. ttl deaths in four PROVINCES This in
inzarcttos. and the Russian Government es.
tahlished strict quarantines on the rorts Of
Meanwhile the plague appeared with unus-
ua violence in the villages OF northern India.
and with the impulse Of the Hurdwar festival.
grims and the Proviniahs scattered it broad
cast. We began to hear OF 1t IN May. At that
no sf fe w S IF. Of sS pas"
There were 1000 deaths there in one week.
All work IL tho country districts was sus.
pie felt that Il judgment was on them and
made no attempt to stay, its rnvaGeS. Hun
the OK tn e hs dea
were left unburied in the hlnzing sun. and the
stencil became horrible. Tho CAPITAL Of the
burned to tho ground The Inhabitants. with
out food or clothing. took to the country to in
was made to help them from Lahore. but it
in shn there Win
q cholcra. There we're 2.'s deaths On May
Meantime tho cholera ia Turkey was In:
creasing: The Government report Of May ~
said that "a trChtful outbreak Of the plague;
from Mesopotnmia." the country lying be-
tween tho Tigris and tho Euphrates. Thus
moved. one east OF Persia in India. and the
other west of Persia in Turkey, but both tend
ing north t. the Caspian Sea, and thence into
cannot now be determined. 1t is othe Indian
outbreak, however. that the European cpl
demic Is due.
TIE WESTWARD MARCH OF THE PLAGUE.
In April the cholera began it's westward
march from India to thr Caspian Sea. II had
laid waste large torrnOry ni northern lndln
i crossed the Indus ami Nod AfGhaniistan
Cabu! WAS attacked with iriShtful loss of l!fe
dant water in and around the city. the camps
pesn the to s ssr sna @ Gnsss ns
| caravan routes between these twn cities were
attacked. and tho plague ,snrgad north l and m
| rat it went northwest 10 Tho holy city OF Me.
shed. the Mecca OF many enNtcrn prinsipalitics.
weeks eek the t deaths averaged over 100 daily.
| II Is still raging there. tho last reports being
that it was on the d"Grs"s Nh TIE da,y dr ahh
cholera travelled in the WAKE Of the caravans.
II attacked sulyzabnr and "thsr towns and in
Sea Its ravagos here and in til" noEhboring
! provinces were very great. It's appearance ut
Asternbad alarmed tna E IN th nItnorIti, $;
closely quarantinrd. There IL considerable
trade between As,eTabud and Astrakhan. at
M Meantime the h cholera had also been spread
ing north from No. he'd. following Lines ., car
tTas NOV Of Ga a on n
northern frontier Of rersin; From here its
Fpffad along tho lGS Of the im TsaniinssniIn
ately appeared eeycral hundred miles west at
Usun- Ada. railroad city on tho east shore OF
ho nA trmHs ii M "cn s Rsa
reaches Russia by water. This news created
great alarm st teFiSnrG and ne eatnip%en mt
CASPIAN wer" r"douDled. The cholera also ran
eastward ulong the railroad to its terminus AT
II 4. fnu "a
Turkestan AMI Russian Asia Tho great Rus.
50. Asiatic city OF lsokhnrai with Its extensive
was tho entire State Of zamarkand e tho east
The reports from these centres OF trade and
TRomas {. Hssnan, United States Consul al
very claan f i,GT Asatc ev and
my surprise to the Russian residents, was
informed that the Russians had compellei thG
Going even to the extent Of oGlIGinG the pions
Mnssulmen to kin their sheep outside the cit,
ished by tho natives. who prefer to do thoil
killing on tho streets fronting their shops"
INTO EUROPEAN RUSSIA
In May the cholera crossed the Caspian. ir
spite OF all precautions. and invaded Baku. 4
Russian seaport Just south Of the Caucasus
the 0 Caspian. and iiithy beyond description
fRa Mnif s" e'
size Of the city, and thare was never nm NJ
TEMPT a. The saEasSs Of t the
Tspects Of ,d she deaths
is still undated. From I,aku It sprea,
M Caucasus Mountain ain sn Tias. EIi4s abe.
sssn es srS
sss sPd r.. Nass sss fSqntf d ss.
| The cholera was poW In Europe, and II sprea(