The sun., 1892-09-06
CHOLERA STILL MASTER.
APPALLING INCREASE OF NEW CASES
IN POOR HdMBURG.

Nine Hundred and S.xty.nins fersons
Strieken on sunday-Oniy Tea New
Guests at the Hotels In Two Days-Trade
Is Dead Except In Food. Driak, aud Mes-
icine-The Loss 10 Merchants Thus Far
Estivsnted at soo.Ooo,oOo Mnrks-Mor-
tally Heaviest Among Female Fatieats--
British Steamships anA the Emigraat
TrnMe-The Plague In Other Places.
HAMBURG Sept 5.-The cholera Ia making
steady and rapid progress in this city. and the
TRANSPARENT denials OF the authorities only do
ceve those who wish to be deceived.
Tho appalling increase In the number OF
fresh cases and deaths last Saturday left the
people almost without hope. Tho abatement
OF the disease yesterday was too slight to en-
courage them. To-day another heavy increase
OF the sick list and the death ratio has con-
summated their hopelessness and despair.
Tho number OF fresh cases to-day has been
$50. or 80 more than Yesterday: tho number Of
deaths $50. or 73 more than yesterday: the
number OF interments $50 or 152 more than
yesterday.
Tho newspapers are virtually dumb As to
this increase. and most Of the sanitary officials
open their mouths only to falsify the facts.
But few mon connected with the city
Government can he induced to acknowledge
the truth. and they sneak only on the condi-
tion that what they say shall not be published
inthe city. Their fears OF creating panic
here. however. are apparently superfuous. as
the real state OF affairs is revealed by the In
creasing efforts OF the authorities to meet the
emergency.
The number OF inspectors and physicians
employed by tho city has been doubled. and
one cannot walk the streets without meeting
half dozen agents Of the Health Department.
The new dead wagons which were i'm
pressed into tho service yesterday appeared
in tho street to-day The increase in the num-
Dor Of the interments also was too great to
pass unnoticed. even among people who for
ten days have seen or heard the dead carried
by every hour in the twenty-four.
Only ten strangers have registered at the
principal hotels in tho last two days. Trade In
everything except food. drink. and medicine.
Is dead. The total losses Of merchants and
shopkeepers since the beginning OF the plague
is estimated at 2OO.OOO.OO0 marks Debtors
through loss OF business have been unable to
meet their obligations. although creditors By
the same circumstances have been compelled
to press them for payment
Fenrs OF financial crash have become gen.
eral within the last few days. In view Of this
perious state OF affairs banks to-day an
nounced they would give thirty days moro
time on payments due them. This announce
-ment has relieved tho strain somewhat. a.
though should tho epidemic continue to
spread few debtors will be in better condition
to pay In October.
Services OF prayer are held daily BY the
clergy. They are woll attended. Just before
aad after the services there Is semblance OF
life in the streets; at other hours only servants
going to market or officials OF the Health De-
partment are seen.
= Late reports show that the disease is gain
In L. notk <kokk ~ko1ik
10 disproportionately heavy among female
patients. Many deaths are occurring in
asylums and prisons. Up to this evening the
interments since Aug. 20 number 5.23a
Tho inability Of tho city to care properly for
the patients in the overcrowded hospitals has
led to the organization Of relief committees.
which are now at work in almost every hos
pital ward in the city. Many OF the commit
tee~ will devote themselves exclusively to
caring for the poor. who are dying by dozens
In the tenement houses. without having even
seen physician or nurse.
They also will try to aid the interments service
in getting the dead bodies under ground moro
rapidly than has been done in the last week.
1t Is largely due to volunteers that the inter-
ments to-day have been SO numerous that
now hardly a hundred bodies await burial.
Prof. Koch is expected to arrive here to-
morrow. He will come as Imperial Commits
sionor and will report to the Government in
Berlin on tho progress OF the plague.
LONDON. Sept. 5.-The Anchor line has given
up carrying steeraRe passengers The Cunard.
Guion. and White Star lines. together. will
carry steerage passengers only on the steam
ships Marathon. samaria. Atlas. Nevada. and
Adriatic. Tho Inman and the American line
will send their emigrants on the steamship |
Indiana on Saturday.
The Times contains the following despatch |
from Simla. India: Cholera has appeared at |
Gharial and Murree. DR.. Allen and Dr. Kenny |
have died from tho disease"
The Madrid correspondent OF the Times tele- |
graphs that the report that case OF cholera |
had developed in the town OF Irun like all the |
other reports Of the cholera in Spain. proved |
to be without foundation. He adds that the |
death rate Of the country Is exceptionally |
light, and the public health has seldom been !
so good rs at present |
The chief engineer OF the steamer Ebe who |
arrived in the River Tyne from Hamburg. was |
transferred to the floating hospital. sick with |
o disease supposed to be Asiatic cholera. He |
died to-day.
Ameeting Of the Royal College Of Physicians |
was summoned hastily yesterday to consider |
the imminence Of the cholera epidemic Sir |
Andrew Clark presided. He said that the |
meeting had been called in respect to re-
.
who believed that prevention was better |
than cure. statement Of the best means |
for treating cholera was approved. and will be |
A despatch to the Standard from Hamburg
says that the temperature OF the water OF the |
River Elbs is 4 higher than that Of the air.
y, While is the total @ nHmber @ Of deaths in Hamburg
already i 800 deaths In that city
The B2urse helief Committee of Hamburg
has provided an asylum for 400 orphans. and
2Ho children are already waiting for adlnis-
sion. Eight more barrack hospitals for chol-
era patients have been opened in the city.
berlin. Sent. 5:-The municipal authorities
have determined to close all the public and
swimming baths. Of tho city. in order to pre-
won't the spread OF cholera.
A young women's school was closed In the
pupils foil i'll of a choleraic disease.
The soldiers In Potsdam and tho I.iebter-
felde Cadets have been forbidden to come to
this city while on leave OF absence
Complaints pour In from all parts OF the
country. esnec tally from the Austrian frontier.
about the wholesale destructi on OF luggage on |
the plea OF disinfection., 1t is said that bag
being subjected to degree OF heat calculated