Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-09-10
AT HAM BURG.
Cholera Victims Dying on Like sheep
Number of New Cases Developing Up in
the Hundreds.


Number of New Cases Developing Up in
the Hundreds
HAMBuEG, Sept. 5.-Sund day was a
cool, antumnal day. The sky was cloud
less and the sun has tempered the air
agreeably. Ordinarily on such day
the streets are filled with promcnaders
and the harbor is dotted with small
The stiffness of the streets, however,
has been, as during the last five days,
almost unbrollen, and in the harbor
hardly dozen boats were to be seen
moving at 3 o'clock.
The fresh cases of cholera discovered
Sunday number ss9 the deaths num-
Der 271. Compared with Saturday, the
decrease of the number of cases is IS,
of the number of deaths 80. There is
much loose official talk to the effect
that the worst is over, that the plague
is abating, and that the people are re-
covering from their panic. This talk
is echoed by the newspapers. II would
be difficult to name any specific sign
Of returning confidence among the
people, and the mortality from
the plague in the last two days
certainly gives little basis for it. The
sudden rise of the mortality from POI
on Friday to 3l3 Saturday showed how
rain were the hopes aroused by the
slight abatement of the plague and the
fact that the average of fresh eases for
Saturday and Sunday is larger than at
my previous time shows conclusively
that the disease isat least not losing its
hold. Despite professions of confidence,
moreover, the authorities have been
busy providing increased facilities for
treating cholera patients, and an
orphanage, refitted as hospital, and
eight cholera barracks have been
opened
Physicians have been placed on duty
at all railway stations and orders for
more dead wagons have been sent out
by the health officials. The number of
interments Sunday have been 373, or
thirty-six more than Saturday. This
increase is due partly to the sudden
lengthening Of the death list Saturday
and partly to the extraordinary efforts
OF the authorities to get under ground
steadily at the hospitals. About 200
bodies were still unburied at . o'clock
Sunday evening. With the new dead
wagons, however, these bodies can be
inferred, together with those Of fresh
victims, within the next twenty-four
hours, unless the plague should spread
more rapidly than now seems probable.
The procession of dead wagons and
hearses through the streets has become
appalling. From any corner a dozen
may he seen in five minutes, and on the
roads to the cemeteries they pass in al
most continuous lines Places in which
one would look for signs of returning
confidence show none, Cafes, rcstau-
rants and hotels remain empty. Streets
are bare, shops are closed. The
cab stands are deserted. Most of the
houses look us if they had been shut
for the fall
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the city on Tuesday to proceed further
with his investigation of the course of
the plague, and to consult with the
municipal sanitary officials. 1t is un-
dcrstood that he will make an exhaust
i've report to the emperor on the con-
dition Of the city and the measures of
the authorities to combat the disease.
The inefliciency of the authorities
here is known to have produced a pain
full impression in Berlin, aud they are
considered at the capital to be Grimm
ally responsible for the spread of the
contagion to many north German
towns 1t is reported that Emperor
William has addressed to them Il
rcscript in which he reviews briefly the
course of the plague in this city. and in
uucquivocal terms lays the blame for
the city's suffering at their door.