Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-13
PLAGUE ENTERS RUSSIA.
Cholera Makes It's Appearance in the
Famine District.

Famine District.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 5.-CholeTa has
invaded Russia, despite the efforts OF
the authorities to prevent it, and from
many points on the frontier
come reports of the spread of the
scourge. 1t now seems certain that the
provinces that have suffered from the
famine are to be swept by the plague.
1t cannot be halted, and the victims are
certain to number hundreds of thou
sands.
Reports from Elizabethport and Fri
van and other cholera-infested towns in
the Caucasus all testify to the incapacity
OF the authorities to cope with the stu
alton and to the filthy condition Of the
towns. The food used is described as
Injurious, while the non-eXistence ofany
system of drainage is deplored. Sara
tott is apparently the only threatened
Russian town where efficient preve Mt.
i've measures have been taken. The
risk of contagion in AstrakhaD is great
iy increased by the inhabitants eating
putrid fish, which constitute their
habitual food. 1t is rumored that the
cholera has appeared in Romanof, and
the medical department has received
disquieting news from Rybinsk.
The Russian Steam Navigation
Company and the Austrian Lloyds
have Withdrawn their steamers
which have been plying in the
Batoun route on account of the cholera
epidemic. Only four doctors at Baku
have volunteered to attend the patients
IN the cholera hospitals. The other
doctors only assist in the work when
they are compelled to give their serv-
ices by the very strict rules to that eff
feet which the government has issued.
The hospitals in Baku are entirely in
adequate for the heavy demands which
are being made on them, and medi-
cines and disinfectants are only to be
obtained by the payment of eXorDitant
prices. The municipal authorities have
commenced the work of disinfecting
the streets of the town by sprinkling
large quantities of petroleum in each
thorough1are. The inhabitants Of Baku
complain that a temporary hospital for
the reception of cholera patients has
been erected In the most populous dis
trict Of the town.
The officials of the Trans Caucasian
Railway have decided to construct tenn
pOT3ry nOSpllalB dI seven OF the StaLO0S
between Baku and Tifis. Pending the
construction of these hospitals, patients
will be lodged in disused railway car
riages. Nobody from tie cholera-in-
tested district is allowed to approach
any trains, and the Russian frontier mas
been closed against Russian goods COM
ing by way Of Ouzamanda with the ex-
ception OF cotton which has been SUBJ
jected to months quarantine. All per-
sons travelling are also compelled to I'M
dergo quarantine for the same time.
The Iifiis police have received the
strlctest orders to closely watch ali ar
rivals from the suspected districts.
Official advices from Saratov, capital OF
the Russian government of that name,
state that in the past few DAYS twenty
new cases OF cholera have been reported
there, and that in the same time eight
deaths from the disease have occurred.
Only one Of the persons attacked had
been known to have had any communi-
cation with places where the disease ex-
listed or with persons suffering from it..
The disease is spreadingat Astrak han.
On Sunday there were nineteen cases in
the town and forty-fve in the Rho
desta.
PARIS, July 5.-Fresh deaths from
cholerine have occurred in the suburbs.
DR.. German Zee describes the condi-
ton of the barracks Of Paris as scan
dalous. He says they are perfect hot
beds of infection, and that some of them
have not been cleaned, Whitewashed or
reDaired in e century,