The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-11
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
At LEAST 100000 DEATHS THUS ri
FROM III PLAQUE.

At LEAST 900, 900 DEATHS Thus FAR
FROM 1HE PLAQUE.
Cholsra 10 Now on tho Decline and the
Crisis 10 Believed to Have Heen Passed
Or this Year-The Danger Now Centres
Ia Fsris-Passeugers from Hamburg
. Eater Eariand without Any Dinnculty-
fasteurs Vaccination Remedy-AGitat.
tag d. Favor OF Cremating Choier" Vic
Hns-Great Discoveries OF Oriental schoi.
Archie Reign OF Coercion In IRELAND
faded-An Absurd Strike In France
British Sports Rejoice In John L.'s De.
fsat-Jack son Anxious to Fight CorSett.
LONDON. Sept. 1O.-While still alarminely
serious, tho general cholera situation Is By no
means as black as q week ago. The deaths by
the scourRe. according to the figures furnished
the press in the last seven days. number rather
more than $4,000 for Russia and western
Europe. Revised official figures have come
from Russia. which show the death roll In the
Kingdom from the outbreak of tho epidemic to
Sept to b. about 100 900. Beyond tho Cars
dominion We have heard of 30. 600 victims.
Adding Hamburg's 5000 and several hundred
more In France. and the grim total Of human
lives sacrificed to the Unsuitable plague mon
stsr amounts to about 100000. Two hundred
and nifty thousand would be nearer the truth.
But the crisis for this season ut least has
passed. At every point whore the epidemic
has bsen raging. save one. It IL on the decline.
Tit exception is Paris. That IL whore ankle
~ and danger now centre. 1t Is Paris. not
Hamburg. that England fears. It Is because
the truth has been long concealed in the
French capital that that fear is probably ex-
Asgsrated. Tho authorities still keen up the
criminal folly Of describing as cholerine the
disease which kills in q few hours 40 per cent.
OF those whom 1t attacks. The doctors in the
hospitals long ago abandoned the base subter-
iugA At the hospitals 1t 10 readily admitted that
they have many cholera patients In their wards.
AZ the Bureau Of Vital Statistics the presence
OF the pestilence under that name IL denied
with ane scorn. II the epidemic can be con-
fined to its present scope Paris will be able to
congratulate herself on a practical escape
from tho scourEe. for 500 deaths. which Is
about the number up to date. Is q very small
mortality in . population Of :. 100000: but the
only encouraging feature OF the situation is
the approach Of cooler weather. The disease
= Of q very ~virulent type. The mortality in the
number OF cases returned Is terrific. Thus on
Thursday the number OF new ca ses In Paris
VA ~ and the deaths 80. Yesterday these
were 90 and 40 respectively. This proportion
Is hardly credible. We have probably been
Vo0ASoN S0Ses s"o VI - Soooos II
We may be sure the deaths have not been ex-
aggerated.
It 10 known. also. that the disease is not con-
fined to one locality Of Paris. Some Of the pa
ttents have come from the best quarters Of the
city. some from the worst, and the impure
water supply from the flthy Seine is the great
est menace Of all. Many strange stories come
ACROSS the Channel about the progrsss Of the
disease in the gay French capital Some Of
"a - --.--- 10 ~-.Altk1
Eome OF Thorn arc full Of pathos and heroism.
Here is ono which may be relied upon:
When IL became necessary. more than a
month AGO. to create special cholera wards in
the hospitals. volunteer nurses were called
for. Ono OF the first to respond WAS Nine.
xiederlander
Let me have the hardest post" was her
request .
She was assigned to night duty. and she
often had as many as sixty patients in her
charge. She was a small. active woman. deli
cate in appearance. but ~tireless. and wonder
fully efficient in her work. Tho strain told
upon her. and she seemed about to break
down.. The house physician noticed how
feeble she seemed. and sent for her one morn
ing. He begged her to take a few days rest.
and insisted that at least she should leave
the cholera ward. She thought the doctor had
taken q polite way Of telling her that she was
not efficient, and she burst into tears.
DR.. LesaRe. in immediate charge OF tho
cholera patients. declared that he could not
spare her. and she insisted on returning to
her post. She went on working wonders
amid the agonies Of the cholera until last
Tuesday. Then. as she was following the
doctor on his rounds note book in hand. she
was suddenly taken by tho dreadful pains Of
tho plague. Collapse came quickly. and it
was proposed to revive her by q TRANSMISSION Of
blood. A hospital attendant offered himselffo for
the purpose. and moro than q pint OF his blood
was transiusod into her arm. She revived
temporarily. but the next day death came
IN earnest. Her funeral yesterday was as
quiet and simple as possible. but many Of the
hospital staff followed her to the grave. The
Chairman Of the Hospital Board wrote to her
husband. saying that the mnrtyred woman
would be buried at the expense OF tho city.
and that her name would be written in what Is
known as the Golden Book at tho Hotel de Vile.
All England has been congratulating herself
this week over the escape from the plague.
which is now popularity regarded US assured.
London has even been talking for q day or two
about ''our friend the cholera" In q cold.
commercial sense The epidemic has indeed
been a friend to England thus far. and it will
be even moro so in tho future II the present
immunity continues. The financial loss to
Hamburg. Paris. Antwerp. Berlin. and other
Continental points on account OF tho epidemic
can hardly be estimated. Hundreds of Ameri-
can tourists alone who had planned to spend
September on the Continent hnve fled precipi-
lately to England. The capacity OF the Chan
mel boats bound B~ritainward has boon So
verely taxed for more than a week. except. OF
course. the routes via Dieppe or points under
cholera suspicion.
England's escape from an Invasion OF the
plague up to date Is d matter for wonder. Not
even tho boosted policy OF inspection and
registration as a substitute for quarantine
has been strictly followed. Some doors
have been guarded: others. and those tho
widest and most used. have bean left
wide open. Within my personal knowledge
three men have come from Hamburger London
this week by tho more frequented and direct
route via Flushing and Greensboro, aud not a
question was asked thom on the English side
OF the Channel Neither was there any repre-