Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-24
Tic Terrible Progress or Death From
Asia TO Various European
Ports.
PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT iTs
CROSSING piE ATLANTIC.
Alarming Report. OF It's Progress Ia
Europe.

WAsiitNGTONi ID, C., Aug. I8.-Ibc
Department Of state h. la receipt Of
official reports Of the alarming spread
OF cholera from Asia 20 Europe. some
days since the Nicg.Consul GoueIal Ut
IehuNn, Persia, reported that the
deaths daily reached the large nuyi
bur " 800 persons. He aays that 800
CaEe1 are being treated by the Ameri-
uau Mission Hospital, and made "A
strong appeal Tor funds from the Unit
Cd 7tAtos.
Tho government having no funds for
such purpose, incGc this appeal 10 the
public.
Watson r. Speury, tho newly up.
pointed Minister 10 Persia, rendered
the tcrvicc7 of IN paper, the Whining
ton AOytHg AaCa 10 secure such
iu"dH. Secretary u state Foster glad
ly cunsca'rd so thu arrangement anu
gave MIR. Spyrty copies OF tho cores
poniunce regarding the epidemic.
Folio Sitg the report from Toheran
comes information "
THE SAME ALAVaugu CHARACTER
from Europe. United States Consul
johnson 90 Hamburg reports that he T.
advised officially by tile government
/ y
oucu oi Asi.tic cholera there. and he
accordingly refused tp issue bills u.
health 10 departing vesfols.
Consul Williams at fsvre reports an
| epidemic OF AHRtic ch0lom al tho
| place with many deaths. aut advises
I iu.lu lion ~ the iast liner "La Iuu-
rain"
The facts have been promptly com.
inundated ll tho health officer ht
! Staten island and every UrccJution
I viii uc taken In the matter, especially
1 iu Wow OF the fact that the epidemic
| las reached lhg uust important ports
! IN Europe with which tlu United
states has direct and rapid communi.
| cation.
Although there g. no real fcag that
the cholera viii rr0ch''hc shores Of
the United Satu-, expressed hy the
Authuritic1 oi the Treasury Depart
Inout, they are taking al PRECAUTIONS
deemed necessary 10 prevent It, IN
PRODUCTION.
HAoiNd ~ lrAMuvE0.
= IIa sssv,.s.s 4Asg. ss.---,,lIhaIara- q
chiefly prevalent % lie Oh portion o
the city, cUmphrltivgly Tow ug5"s oc'
curing In the new portion. Every
JrtCaution possible IA being iaEcu by
tho authorities % locales tns disease.
| a number Of new cases are reported
today. lhu ambdluuCps in tins CIty
are irsuillViput In I7imber 20 meet the
demands mRdu upon them through
the OulhieHk u chulcrg, Yesterday
fuyouty ordnance carriages wetu
utilized IUr the conveyance Of cholera
ratiputs. Thrty.iivc pcHOn5 died OF
cholera. Samv digU within "a hour
aaer being struck with tho disease aud
all others died within ak hUIrs.
NcwsIalpr reports d!iicE widely re.
gardiug tie number oi case5 OF cholera
ia the city. The NoctuchiaH says 50
far there have boon 300 Cu,es and l-l
deaths. SEty-ivc deaths occurring
today. The paiIoLls, aa sor' Us &c..
ported, arr quickly taken by q prc,al
conveyance tU the hospital cholera
wards. People living uu the streets
through which the cyuveyauCus pass
shut the doors and windows Of their
houses until they ihink the danger OF
cJntGgion Is past, The dead arc takon
10 public mOTiuRriUs uud ths houses iu
which the patients were found arc
carefully dislufeutol. Regulations
and Instructions for theprople are puu-
Mcly placaTdud throughout the city.
Several deaths occurred at Alt0na. A
thunderstorm passed over tho city to.
night, making the weather cooler.
AT KOuEN,