The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-07

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% PstfovsE. bali way betSeen B Bse and As.
trakhan, and from there II reached Kstrakhan
sy SR q traiilG INTO , SentrsI Russia. 'V
at shssn so s the s'f rss death sna y Mas
complete. Only afew days after Its appear
h hnSe there c ,s We're reported AZ ssratoy
most Efforts Of the government authorities to
not only apRESssfa'' but at Arf ES
rope It meant that eyery European
medately established d a tls STATIONS All
along 1ng the Russian frontier, and England,
saS o4s S Se tan
a a9; almost 10 constellation. The
been the centre q the great famine of the year
worst fears were realized; The cholera, went
there serssd sooe
railroad ,,i lines in al drections. The Russians
SPIRIT 70 The pss sps had left them
vigorous measures. Many towns and eities
It was almost impossible to gain admittance
to them others ,n mere Thoroughly clsansed and
ct s Ss ss sh0T theE ns a to
prer,arS, the town for the pestllence The
Be- GSld: Many Thousands from all parts q
and disinfectcd in tho most thorough
gy s LIT the chOisra got there late
and schedules Of OBLIGATORY sanitary meas:
hs sent tate aSosy In
the Russians are too demoralized to carry out
tho requirements OF these schedules About
saratoS BY the REPORT that The doetops 10 the
hr3pspltals were buIying cholera patients alive;
away; Disorder was suppressed BY the troops:
Been By Tsose
snd Ser Gy
Is Car
q council. at which was discussed q, PROPOSE;
time the Goyernment is pnbliciy belittling the
Petersburg newspaper which published true
reports Of It. During two days Of the third
in 5q the o NJ PSeS9 sh9wfd ID
q. aSoS Isaths are reported These rsports
During the latter part 81 July the plague has
been moving slowly westward. following rail-
many man Spain has been making extensive
tilence during the past three weeks, All yes
On July. II four deaths from cholera &C.
snne Ind held out Til then. The e"be am
n9unccs thnt the greatest apprehensions are
the Can had st.
surrounded by troops. with cannon trained on
the various hiEhways to the city to keep out
alter ali. This year a, auarantne not 50
has been estabIisRed around i the e0' city =.
During the last week it hns been ANNOUNCED
tine tsprsary has Re sa a
Danube. the highway into Austria. emrty into
but an enormous trade finds its way from the
ports of this water out throug h the Mediter-
70 n% S%f pcrt Of Asa
Thus the cholera threatens to invade, the
countries % EuI0ns by TIE southern
1t lacks confirmation, It is through these
Enst como to the United States.
Meantime western Europe has been thro wn
iamie in Paris. The Partisan authoritie s de- de-
clare that it is not Asiatic cholera which has
past few weeks. but local disease termed
eholerine occassioned by tho use Of polluted
Sy St s se pd STsh nn sG decSpo ba
the disease is Asiaiic cholera. They accuse
the Partisan authorities OF endeavorng to
creasing daily. and the situation is becoming
grave. 4 special commission has been APP
| POINTED to take measures for its suppression.
and Pasteur has been called in consultation.
The same disease has lately appeared at
nsn +" t Dapn a has ns
German physicians arc reported to have ex-
Pressed the opinion thnt it is really Asiatie
by ship and has come up the Danube out Of
the lilack Sea to Vienna. Time alone will set
In any event. it is scarcely probable that
cholera will not cross the Atlantic.
THE E11pEM1c OF 1882.
Those who remember visitatons OF cholera
TO this country trcmbe at the prospect, Of its
return. We never saw the. dis.aso until 1882.
when it RACED here with frighttul violence. II,
came to us over precisely tho course, followed
then no railroads to aid it: 1t reached Quebec
first by ship. aud travelled down Lake Cham
It 3r %s Hn Albany is Now r He and
ens:tiady; slraease. and buffalo i raw:
WarninE in most OF the towns and Vi lagos.
In New York city it Srestsa panic It
locality. far more filthy than any section OF
the city ,o-dny. and spread like fire in every
dirset"n For long peripdd the dsafh rate
that day did not understand it's nature. and
attributed its spread to contaSion in the air.
Tho people left town by thousands. and took
refuge III ncighberipg country Villages. Dur.
ing that year 4.74O persons died OF ch0lcrn
throughout the country. and the, year follow
ing 1000 more. Boston. Newark. phlndel-
pha. and New Orleans also suffered greatly.
In Philadelphia the panic was. 80 great that
the dead were eft unburied by hundreds until
n committee OF citizens volunteered TO gather
pp the ho iie< and place them under d Xxx ground M,
100000 Inhabitants died Of it in n year:
In 1874 the cholera came again, TINS time
to Now Orleans. 1t reached New York. but did
not amount 10 much here. 1t cooycrcd the on
tire West. II was worst ut New Orleans.
where l.GlG died in ls4s. 3. rs in ls4o, and
l.44S in 1850 1t fingered in various parts
OF tho country. with occasional outbreaks
until 1854.
THE EPIDEMIC OF 1866
Then came the epidemic OF 1886. This also
originated in India. and reached us IRON
Europe by shin. In that year he New York
Board of Health was orgnnized and it was
due t. its efforts that the city ESCAPED repetl'
ton 81 the awful scenes OF 1872. An active
quarantine was established. but rs there WA
no quarantine hospital. incomlns. vessels
| having ina liSeaSe pDmIpIlpl to 10 IOt