New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-07
CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
IT'S RAyAGES AT BAKU AND IT'S MAhoii
MORE NORTHERN CITIES.

| ,bo ravoOes of an Epidemic discasc-lniuen~"
rrrone Is now Threatened with an advance OF "
more terrible scouTge-Asiatic cholera an" A.
| sanitary authorities are already on 'ie "'
discussing the necessary measures tor ,he
90 its snread DIR. Koch who is the greatest
authority on Asiatic cholera, says OF IL tna' ~
the most deadly and violent of all diseases AV
o,cIocl, vou goo your child as blithe DO a bra az
il is seized with vomiting; at IL Is q"'.'
nro.tratcd and almost roiceess; at you lan "
recoQnze it, 20 startlingly is It's counteha'cc III
tered. nj : Il ,s mute in death. Aslatlc cholcr'
| is fifty called malignant" ,,,
Fortunately it is not this kind OF cholera "i'i'n
has led during the past few weeks 10 COUP, rr
hundred deaths in tie suburbs OF faris'
eases in question are officially described ny VIC
authorities as a very mild form OF plague su'n
~ is known to the physicians as cholera hos'raS
a molady induced by drinking polluted wafer OF
| br eating oyer-riDe fruit Scarcely year lnueeu
rossos without a few such cases being reported
in the various Western capitals of Europe
Rnt i. is the Asiatic cholera in It's most vrnlen'
| form which has been raging for the past ie" "ee"'
AZ Baku and other popuous cities ID southern
Russia and which has now made its way lof'"-
ward 10 NiinNovgorod and TO Moscow. par
vatc letter received here from Baku declares 'ha'
| the cholera is carrying of more than 300 persons
daily At first it was only IN the Asauc Ut
| ,rorkinomcn's quarter of the town, bnt IL sooh
spread 10 the district Inhabited by me oe'ei
| classes which led 70 the adoption OF pr'c"u-
tionary measures Quarantine has oecn e''ao-
| lished by land and sea, and naphtha Is ooins
sprinklcd on the streets. Scarcely any 'hiie
70 te had in the market, hardly anything fresh
arrives. and that little is very dear. Inc large
grocers' shops and stores have closed for month
All who can are leaving the neghboring villages
prIpcipally for Moscow. The city Is deserted
dreary and empty and presents most woeoe2onc
Spectace Business is at a standstil. and f'c-
| tories are closed Us the work people have been
| decimated Even the life Insurance agents occu-
| patton is gone, he WAS forbidden by telegram
from ST Petersburg to insure any more lives
| during the epidemic.
BalSu may be described as nothing else than
| gigantic institution for experimental medicine oy
| the breeding OF cholera bacillus. Even in the
| best parts Of the town there Is stencil when Is
Iinsupportabl" when the north wind drives the
| water back into the sea and leaves the parts near
the shore exposed where all The sewage of the Town
| il dcposited In the Asiatic town all the houses
are crowded together without streets Separs"u
only by narrow, crooked passages in which two
mules can scarcely pass one antoher Inc dlrt
and garbage from the houses are. according 70
themselves consist Of or two reception rooms
for receiving quests and another room In which the
whole family -it and sleep. In the middle of the
| ward there is small fountain filed with water,
which Is fetched in pitchers. In this water the
people wash themselves, battle their children ana
wash their clothes, and they also drink 1t. IN
the European town things look somewhat better
hut in the midst of IL Is the Asiatic bazaar, where
all sorts Of wares bought and sold, among oiR'r
| things fruit and vegetables. which are usually oy
no means fresh The rotting fruit is scarcely ever
carried away, but remains lying In the bazaar
In this manner the European town becomes favor
able breeding place for cholera The working
classes, among whom are Russians, Persians and
Tartars. of course know nothing about cleanliness
In view Of the outbreak Of the epidemic at
Nini-Novgorod the authorities are widely blamed
for having taken no steps 10 prohibit the holding
Of the great international fair which takes place
| there every year, and which Is one of the great
popular institutions OF Russia. IL Is attended by
merchants and visitors from oil parts Of Europe
and America a. well 10 by nondeScript crowd
If Eastern TRADERS from Transcauca>a, Iranscas-
pia and from those central As.tic Governments
and Khanatcs in which the cholera has been more
| or l,,s rife since the summer Of 1890. The fair
opens a few days hence. and gloomy foreboiingS
prevail both with regard 90 its financial success
and 70 The loss # life which IS predicted "a certain
At Moscow Il perfect fever of excitement has got
hold Of the authorities since the appearance of
cholera in the city. The mistakes and negligence
Of many years standing have now 10 be made good,
I'm "A time SO short that 1t is impossible Ia do any
good nj ALL Moscow being without sewers. each
house has it, own ccsSpo6l, the cleaning Of which
| has ~ far been left 10 the landlords How fear
| fully this was neglected the police sec viii,
| horror The orders given that every ccsSpool
slonld be cleared by the 18th of JUN only re-
suited in raising the price of the barrels in which
the refuse il cartcd away from rdblc to twelve
rnbles Otherwise the dirt is still left TO take
| care OF itself.
At ST. Petersburg elaborate but tarly precau-
| tions are being taken against tho spread of the
| plague and few days ago Dr. Rcmmcnt. the
Cars Physician in Ordinary, teleeraphed 10
Me,srs Gche & CO., of Dresden, asking IL they
could at once supply 10000 pounds of carbolc
acid The question answered in the aflirma-
tive. bnt there was some delay in sending an
order Since then the Russian physician has in
oulrcd whether instead of 5000, he could have
| zoe 900 pounds OF the material, hut the firm had
| had I'm the meantime such a rapid sale that they
replied that they would not even be able TO
deliver the 10000 pounds first asked for until
after il had been manufactured.
Like oil the other cpdemcs Of Asiatic cholera
in Europe, the present visitation has been traced
| 10 the Delta of the Ganges in India The latter
is the hotbed Of cholera epidemicS, the disease
! generally finding It's way from Bombay by means
Of the Mecca pilgrims TO Western Asia and Europe.
From 1884 till 1890 64,s2s pilgrims left Bombay,
Of whom only $4,000 returned. The pilgrimagcs
TO Mecca are an international danger for which
! the English, who almost monopolize the transport
Of the pilgrims 10 Mecca, largely responsible.
The dyase has probably existed in India for a
long time, perhaps ages, and there are records of
cholera attacking the English troops in India dur
ing the latter part of the last century. The first