The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-29
ROUNDABOUT REPORTS.

What Correspondents of London Newspapers
at Paris, Hamburg and Vienna Say.
LONDON, Aug, 2s-The Paris correspond
ent of the News says: "a lady called at
the Marie. at Montmartre, to register the
death of her child from cholera. The per-
sons in the offices drew away in terror,
when suddenly the lady fell to the floor,
writhing with pain. She was at once re-
moved to the cholera barracks, where her
husband had been taken on the previous
day. A woman who lived alone was strick-
en- last night with disease which she
thought was cholera. To-day she decided
to walk to her sons house to get proper
care. She fell in the street. and
died while being conveyed to the hospital.
Two deaths from cholera arc reported from
st. Louie Hospital. Three deaths from
cholera are reported from Lemans. The
English liners are loading ut Havre as
usual. 1t is said that If the cholera con-
tinues to spread in Havre and other French
cities through which there Is much travel
to tho United States, the steamships run
ming bet ween the United States and French
ports will cease running to France and
touch at some English port instead"
The Standards Hamburg dispatch says
the epidemic 10 alarming in proportions.
ALI Sunday excursions have been stopped.
There were 800 lnterments during the half
part of the day, the number normally be-
ing eighty-five. The disease is increasi n g.
rapidly in the suburbs.
The Standards correspondent at Berlin
says that the death-rate hardly exceeds
the normal, and that none of the numerous
cases OF cholera reported In the newspapers
have proved TO be Asiatic cholera;
The Vienna correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says tbat trouble between the
Russian and Roumanian governments is
likely to result from the attempt of
Russian steamboat captain TO defy the
health authorities at Port Sulina. The
captains vessel was suspected of carrying
men infected with cholera and was sig-
nailed to stop at quarantine. The captain
ignored the order and began steamIpg
away. The Roumanian gunboats at Port
Sulina thereupon prepared TO fire on the
Russian. The captain then yielded and
submitted under protest to the examlna-
tion Of his ship. No cholera was found on
board.
that the Hambnrg- American Packet Com
pany b1s stopped its steamship service be-
tween Havre and New forl.
A Lucerne dispatch TO The Times says
that Switzerland is boing invaded by Ger
mans fleeing from their homo to escape
cholera. but that the Swiss authorities
have decided that special measures against
cholera are not yet needed.
Spreading in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. %. Twenty eight
cases of cholera have occurred in char
liable asylum here. the outbreak being
due to bad food. Cholera continues to
spread In several towns in central Russia
and Lublin. though the mortality is not
alarming. The official returns show that
throughout Russia. on Thursday, there
were reported 5757 new cases of cholera
and 2S69 deaths. In ST. Petersburg yester-
day IS new cases and 81 deaths were re-
ported DR.. Obermueller. body physician
of tho Gear. is dead, at the age of fifty
eight. 1t is said he died of cholera.
At Havre and Paris.