The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-14
THE GREAT sCoURGE.
Thrilling and Heartrending Scenes
In the City Of Hamburg.
Hundreds Of Dead Bodies Piled up and
Awaiting Burial Owing to the Lack
OF Cofhns-Thousands Of Unem-
ployed Men Who May BE
Inoited to Riot by
Famine.

HAMBURG, Sept. 9.-Yesterday after
noon the temperature varied between
IS and 90 degrees f., and there was
strong breeze. There were S97 fresh
cases in the city yesterday, or 10 less
than Wednesday, so less than Tuesday
and 80 less than Monday. This steady
decrease has raised hopes that by the
end OF the week the authorities can
truthfully report that the cholera is
losing its hold. The number of deaths
has been 29s, or four less than Wednes-
day, 10 less than on Tuesday and 80 less
than on Monday. There were 49S buri-
ais Wednesday. The dead wagons and
grave diggers are still far behind the
requirements of the city and 45O bodies
are piled up in mortuaries and hos
pitals. In fact all the burials Thursday
were made from the harbor district and
the rest of the city has been left to
keep its dead as best it can.
The inadequacy of the dead wagon
service, despite the hiring of fifty fur
niture vans by the authorities, is due
to the constant desertion of drivers.
After few days service many Of the
men refuse to remain on duty for any
wages. The fresh recruits barely suf-
fee to replace the old drivers. In the
Ohlsdorf cemetery graves cannot be
dug as fast as the bodies are brought in,
so that Wednesday night thirty coffins
were left stacked up in the open air.
The stock of coffins at undertakers
shops was exhausted on Monday and
families in prosperous circumstances
have been obliged to bury their dead in
rough board boxes. Yesterday 5000
coffins were brought to the city from
Berlin and Frankfort.
Great unrest prevails among the
poorer class Of people. This is largely
due to the closing of factories and shops
which has thrown half Of the working
population of the city out of employ
ment. Thirty thousand men, who usu-
ally work as factory hands, 'longshore-
men and porters in business houses, are
said TO be idle. They are without
means of earning living and are con-
demned TO wait at home for the plague
to abate before they can work Their
families, according to the reports Of the
relief committee, are in want, living
only on black bread or schnapps or in
ferior beer. In few days they will not
have money enough to buy even this
fare. Even where the cholera is COM
paratively mild the mortality among
children is growing alarmingly in con-
sequence of the lack Of proper food for
them. Two weeks from now the famine
will be among the families Of the un-
employed and riot is likely to be added
TO pestilence.
The bitterness OF the working people
against the authorities is intensified by
the reports from hospitals and mortu-
aries. The heaping Of dead bodies in
these institutions, the loading OF coffins
In drays and vans and the burial Of the
poor like so many sheep, without mark
ing or head-stone TO indicate their
names, have excited such horror and
hatred against the city government that
only few demagogues are needed 10
bring out formidable mob. The social
democrats are active here, as In Berlin,
and on posters and in circulars tell the
worl1ingmen that the authorities do not
care whether the poor live or die.
They let you die like sheep" said
poster in the harbor district, "and cart
you off like animals by the load. You
are good enough 10 pile up money for
them when all goes we'll, but when the
cholera came they left you and your
wives and your children TO die"
BERLIN, Sept 9.-Prof. Virchow, who
has returned from visit TO Russia,
speaks In terms Of praise Of the Rus
sian officials who, In some respects, he
says, are in advance Of those Of Ger
many. He excepts from these express
sions Of approval the officials Of the
Volga region whom Prof Virchow evil
IDENTIFY considers not as trustworthy as
those whom he has met In other parts
of the empire. He says that Russian
statistics can be relied upon, although
their value would always be relative.
West Russia, Prof. Virchow reports to
be free from cholera plague, and al
though the cholera Is present In Mos
COW, yet the fact that 600 beds are
empty In the hospitals, bears evidence
both that IL Is not raging to such an ex-
tent as TO tax the resources Of that city.
In regard to the probable duration of
the cholera epidemic Prof. virchow
says that the belief that the arrival Of
winter will stop the cholera Is errone-
Gus, as there have teen epidemics of
the disease in winter. In regard to the
symptoms and nature OF cholera, Prof.
Virchow gives his opinion that even
When there are symptoms Of Asiatic
cholera, the fact that the comma bacil-
lus, peculiar TO the disease, Is not
found, proves that II is not Asiatic
cholera
TOLEDO, Sept "a quarantine sta
ton has been established at Presque
Isle, at the mouth Of the bay, about five
miles from the city. Health Officer
Fisher has placed crew at the station
10 inspect all vessels arriving from Ca
madam ports-
WASHINGTON, Sept. o-The state de-
partment has advised the treasury de-
partment that Vice Consul Wiser at
Rotterdam had cabled the presence Of
, case OF cholera In that port