Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-23
HEAT BEATS CHOLERA
In Making the Old World Miserable
for More Than a Week Fast.
MILITARY MANEUVERs STOPPED.
Old Soils Rays Loossns Glacier and De-
stroys Whole Village.
THE PLAGUE IN PERSIA AND RUSSIA

VIENNA, Aug 22.-The action of the
Emperor in postponing the proposed army
maneuvers was due to the reports that have
been received from Carnieta, where
maneuvers have been held, notwithstand-
ing the extremely hot weather. The
soldiers were I'M heavy marching order, and
were compelled to take the field in the
broiling sun and march and counter
march, charge and recharge with all their
accoutrements.
The result was that 200 of them were sun
struck. These were all placed in the care
of the physicians in charge of the field hos
pitfalls, and it speaks well for their services
that only IL men out of the 200 died.
But there is feeling of indignation that
the military authorities should have forced
the men to maneuver in such weather, the
general civilian opinion being that the
operations could easily have been post
poned until cooler weather set in without in
any way impairing the service.
When the Emperor learned of the fatali-
ties attending the maneuvers in Carnieta,
he at once countermanded the orders tor the
other maneuYers
Heat Loosens Swiss Glaciers.
The ravages of the heat on the Continent
are still terrible. The whole of Northern
Italy is especially afflicted. The most
peculiar result of the suns rays was
in the Swiss Valley of the Wisp, where
a fall of ice from glacier almost
destroyed the village of Tasch, near
Zermatt. A torrent has destroyed por-
tions of the Viege-Zermatt Railway, and
travellers are now transported by mules.
There are various indications of the ex-
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heat.
Since the hot spell set in numerous cases
of cholera have occurred in various parts
of Germany, and several persons have died
of the disease in Hamburg. But no cases of
Asiatic cholera have been reported.
Cholera continues to claim fearfully
large number of victims in Teheran. Sani-
tary regulations are almost unknown there,
and the fatalistic tendencies of the people
make it almost impossible to combat the
disease. 1t is not known exactly how many
persons have died from cholera since it
first made its appearance short time ago,
but its fatal effect can be imagined when it
is stated that 800 persons died yesterday.
P'rsian Arf,tocracy Flee the Country.
The city is estimated to have a population
of lao, 900, but it is SO unhealthy in the
summer that the Shah, his court and the
upper classes invariably leave it during
that season and encamp on the plains of
Sultaneeyah, $50 miles north of Teheran.
The poorer classes are compelled to remain
within the unhealthy precincts of the city,
and the fearful mortality is entirely among
them Several Europeans have also died in
the city.
The official cholera report issued this
morning at St Petersburg shows an in
crease yesterday of 381 new cases and an
increase OF 236 deaths, as compared with
Saturdays figures. The total number of
new cases reported yesterday were 6,S91,
and the deaths numbered 1913 The chol-
era returns for all Russia show that 6,510
new cases and 3,077 deaths have been re-
ported in the last "a hours
An epidemic of cholera prevails in the
town of Jumet, three miles from Charleroi.
Many persons have been attacked since yes
terday morning and two have died with the
disease.