Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-05
GROWING WORSE
In HAMBURG
The Black Death Shows Little
Sign of Abating Its
Virulence.
NUMBER OF FRESH CASES STEADILY
INCREASING.

The Authorities Say that the Worst Is
Over, but the Panic-Stricken People Put
No Faith In the Utterances Official
Statistics of Deaths in Russia Precau-
lions Abroad and in the United states.
HAMBURG, Sep. 5.-This has been a cool
autumnal day, but the stiffness of the
Streets however, is as during the last
five days, almost unbroken, and in the
harbor hardly a dozen boats are to be
seen moving.
The fresh cases of cholera discovered
to-day number S89; the number of deaths
number PIT. Compared with yesterday,
the decrease of the number of cases is 7S;
of the number of deaths, &c. There is
much loose official talk to the effect that
the worst is over, that the plague is
abating, and that the people are recover
ing from their panic.
1t would be difficult to name any speci-
fc sign of returning confidence among
the people, and the mortality from the
plague in the last two days certainly
gives little basis for it. The sudden rise
of the mortality from 201 on Saturday to
3l3 yesterday showed how vain were the
hopes aroused by the slight abatement
of the plague, and the fact that the aver
age of fresh cases for yesterday and to-
day is larger than at any previous time
shows conClusively that the disease is, at
least, not losing it's hold.
Despite professions of confidence, more
over, the authorities have been busy pro-
viding increased facilities for treating
cholera patients, and to-day an orphan
age, refitted as hospital, and eight
cholera barracks have been opened. Ply
sicians have been placed on duty at all
railway stations, and orders for more
dead wagons have been sent out by the
health officials.
The number of interments to-day has
been 373, or 81 more than yesterday. This
increase is due partly to the sudden
lengthening of the death list yesterday,
| and partly to the extraordinary efforts of
the authorities to get under ground the
bodies which have been collecting stea d.
lily at the hospitals.
The procession of dead wagons and
hearses through the streets has become
| appalling. From any. corner almost a
dozen may be seen in five minutes, and
| ON the roads to the cemeteries they pass in
| almost continuous lines.
Places where one would look for signs
| of returning confidence show none
| Cafes, restaurants and hotels remain
| empty. Streets are bare, and shops are
| closed. The cab stands are deserted.
| Most of the houses look as if they had
been shut for the fall.
Prof. Koch is expected to return to the
city tomorrow to proceed further with his
investigation Of the course of the disease
and to consult with the municipal sani-
| tary officials. 1t is understood that he
| will make an exhaustive report to the
Emperor on the condition of the city and
the measures of the authorities to combat
| the disease.
BERLIN, Sep. 5.-There were ten deaths
from cholera in this city yesterday, but no
new cases, however, are reported. The
victims have all come from Hamburg
In all the churches services of prayer fol
the abatement of the plague were held
They were attended by crowds which
filled the buildings.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sep. 5.-The officia
cholera statistics have just been published
with the sanction of the Government and
it is shown that since the outbreak Of
the epidemic in the Spring of this year,
1O7, CAT people have died in Russia of the
plague.