The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-21

day the disease broke out I'm full fury. SO
new cases were reported, and Of these 81
died almost at once In the next ten days
York ana Brooklyn The epidemic lasted
through September, and In New York and
Brooklyn there we're 1. 600 deaths
Spreading the PestiIence.
From New York IL was distributed in
every direction over the United States by
railroads and steamboats, even Is far west
as the Smoky Fork River in kansas TO
Forts Riley and Harker. and to the new
town of Ellsworth. then only six weeks
old. because soldiers, railroad laborers.
and others from infected districts brought
the disease TO the now line of railroad then
building.
On the sth or 10th of July, 1892, the
steamer Sheldon Thompson arrived at
Chicago from Buffalo. having on board
Gen. Scott, his staff, and four companies
of troops With them came the Asiatic
pest The sojourners In the port fled In
haste and terror. The residents of the
village, AS far as possible, also went away,
some going to Crosse Point and others TO
Laughton's or Wentworths. BY the 12th
the village, was virtually depopulated, and
was given over TO the sick, dead and dy-
humanity urged to remain to minister to
them.
July is another steamer arrived with
another detachment of cholera stricken
soldiers The flight of the inhabitants
confined the ravages of the pest to the
soldiers, officers and their families. During
the ten days succeeding Gen. SCOTS ar
rival hundred dead soldiers were carried
out from the gates OF the garrison and laid
to rest I'm "a common grave, without coffin
or shroud They were buried at "a point
where is now the nori Invest corner of Lake
street and Wabash avenue. This attack
was ended about the Goth OF July.
America Must BE Prepared.
America dare not hope that no cases of
cholera will reach the shores of this con-
tinent from the frightful epidemic that is
raging in the East The only question is
as TO the ability of our health officers to
keep the cases quarantincd and So cXter-
inmate the disease.
There is always cholera i'm India. 1t be-
gan there before history, and has become a
very part OF the land and civilization. It's
seeds are in tho earth. and its breath is in
the air Its sway is undisputed by the
swarmng people, VINO lie down at its COM
ing and die without effort or protest against
their fate. The hot sun and the humid
reverlsh atmosphere have much to do with
its unchecked presence and occasional vio-
lent outbreaks, but the civilization OF the
land does more SuLerstition and unclean =
Illness prevail to an almost unbelievable
extent. The cities and towns of the In
dian hills are undrained, unwatered and
filthy. The people live in II state OF degra
dation which appeals more strongly 10 the
nose than to the eyes Under such condi-
tions the plague thrives and fattens upon
unnumbered victims
The Present Epidemic.
Ia diHicult IN follow tho nraSnnt ani-
demic in the East with anything like par
ticularity, owing TO the scanty report sent
by the cable There was an outbreak Of
more than usual violence i'm Syria last
summer. 1t devastated many small viii
lagos The reports made by Spiradon G.
Zavitziano, the government correspondent
at Constantinople. show that from June.
1891, to February, 1892, there were 6. 461
deaths in four provinces. This induced
the Turkish Government TO erect new
lazarettos, and the Russian Government
established strict guarantees on the ports
OF the Black Sea.
Meanwhile the plague appeared with un-
usual violence in the villages of Northern
India and with the impulse OF the Burdwar
festival soon became raging epidemic.
The pilgrims and the Provindahs scattered
IL broadcast We began 10 hear OF it In
May. At that time the district of Srinagar,
in the extreme north OF India. was the CEN
ter OF the plague. There were I. 800 deaths
there i'm one week All work i'm the coun-
try districts was suspended. The ignorant
and superstltous people felt that n judg-
ment WAS on them and made no attempt to
stay its ravages. Hundreds were taken
sick daily and lay down by the roadside or
in the fields to die The dead were left I'M
buried in the blazing sun, and the stencil
became horrible. The capital OF the dis
trict the city of Srinagar, took fire and
burned to the ground. 1he inhabitants,
without food or clothing, took to the coun-
try to increase the awful misery there An
attempt was made to help them from La
hore. but 1t resulted in carrying the chol-
era there, with HUNDREDS Of DEATHS Srira-
gar was one of the filthest cities OF India.
Between May ard June If 5000 OF its
population of $4,000 died OF cholera.
There were POS deaths May % The dead
were seldom buried.
In April the cholera began its westward
march from India to the Caspian sea. 1t
had aid waste IA large territory OF Northern
India. 1t crossed the Indus and invaded
Afghanistan. Cabul was attacked. with
frightful loss Of life. and then Herat, where.
in spite OF the abundant water in and
around the city, the camps OF the pilgrims
and traders gave mighty impetus to its
spread. The villages along the caravan
routes between these two cities were at
tackled. and the plague spread north and
south through the country districts, From
Meshed. the Mecca OF many Eastern prin-
cipalties. There its devastation was ter
rible. For weeks the deaths averaged over
100 daily. 1t is still raging there, the last
reports being that IL was on the decrease.
the daily death roll having dropped to
thirty-fivc. Still westward the cholera
travelled in the wake OF the caravans. 1t
attack ed SulvZabar and other towns. and In
Il few days il reached Asterabad, on the Cas-
plan sea- Its ravages here and In the
neighboring provinces were very great Its
appearance at Asterabad alarmed the Rus
sian authorities and all the Russian ports
on the Caspian were closely quarantine ed.
There Is a considerable trade between AS
terabad and Astrakhan, at the month of
the Volga.
It's Ravages i'm Russia.
In May the cholera crossed the Caspian.
In spite of all precautions, and invaded
Baku, a Russian seaport just south of the
Caucasus Mountains. IL Is the great pc
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