Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03
THE CHOLERA n EUROPE.
spread Of the Disease tn the Eerssgs
Capitals.

thE ShotERA IN EtkofE.
Spread OF the Disease sn tire Fsrssgs
Capitals.
LosDoS. Sept. s.-The following in the Daily
Ne,es from Vienna NAV be taken rs giving the
Austrian officials side regarding the report thas
the cholera is raging in Ga,icia: 'seversl
alarms Of cholera have been started in Austria.
but all have proved upon investigation 60 b.
unfounded IL NAV be safely said that the
pestilence has not vet appeared In Austria
Hungary. except slong the Galcian frontier.
where facts about the disease cannot he -
easily ascertained."
Regarding Rnssian-roiand the dispatch sayst
The authorities Of Cracow are prepa-ine TO
grapple with possible outbreak Of the .conrss
IN that place. The city has been divided into
twenty sanitary districts in order 80 faciiitats
the medical control"
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
The Daily Netrs saws Of the American pre.is
dents proclamation: "This proclamation 10
producing the utmost CONSERVATION. Tho
spirit Of panic which instiga,ed il is forcibly
pointed out by the alleged order 10 the police 20
shoot persons detected in trying TO evade .
Quarantine restriction. IL NAV be that tho
proclamation errs on the right -ide. Some
medical authorities regard our system rs too
lax. bat II has defended us before and viii
again. Even taking the extreme view that in
:cction may be twenty DAYS Developing. thres
weeks detention after a ten days passage is
absolutely long. and it is unlikely. on mature
consideration, that this needless restriction viii
be retained"
NURSES WILL REMAIy AT THEIR POSTS.
The Daily Nelrs has the following from ParisI
The lay nurses in the various hospitals in this
city have refused 10 avail themselves OF the
order Of the board Of health releasing them
from compulsory attendance on cholera cases
They had meeting today and passed resolu-
tion declaring that it would be inhuman and
occasions.
The municipal authorities and the board of
health. in consideration OF this most praise
worthy action. will probably pass q vote Of
thanks to these brave nurses.
ALARMING CONDITION OF THINos IL oERxAxr.
A dispatch to the Times from Berlin ssys
that an idea OF the cholera epidemic can be
gained from the fact that the number OF csses
ard deaths for the past fortnight already ex-
ceed those recorded during any Of the nineteen
previous outbreaks in Hamburg since 1881,
aud there is only too much reason TO fear that
the official returns are far from revealing the
true extent OF the scourge
IL is not Improbable that the German govern
ment will take immediate steps TO cloee the east
ern frontier absolutely against the Russian refu-
gees. The action OF foreign countries and
materially increased the danger 10 which Ger
many is exposed
Medical papers are agitating for the compul-
sorry cremation Of the corpses Of cholera VIC
tins. The Deusche Kedixsnal Zeitrng sfhrms
the belief that this mode OF disposinv Of the
dead would avert the frequent recurrence OF
such an epidemic in the following year
The Ndndard has the following from HAM
burg: mo cases of cholera occurred in wands-
beck Yesterday. The epidemic seems 20 be
abating in the suburbs and increasing In the
center of the CITY. There have been sl5 inter
ments of victims and several hundred bodies
are still awaiting burial. A storm from tho
southwest is raging in this city. Torrents Of
rain are falling and the Thermometer does not
Indicate over % degrees. A tumultuous crowd
assembled today in front of the residence Of
the president Of police, in the suburb Of st.
Panl's and began rioting The police were
summoned and succeeded in dispensing the
mob"
40 FRESH CASES IN BERLIN.
There are no fresh cases Of Asiatic cholera in
Berlin. although twenty -four cases pronounced
by the physicians to be nothing more than ex-
trerne diarrhGa have been reported. At Char
lottenburg two more deaths from cholera are
reported aud one new case. that Of nurse who
contracted the disease while attending patients.
The Reichdnzeigsy. states that a ball dealing
with the suppression and prevention Of epi-
denies Is in course OF preparation
A dispatch to the DAILY AeUs from Berlin
says: On an average Of twenty cases are
taken daily. but none of them have disclosed
the symptoms OF Asiatic type Of the disease.
Sad stories Of misery resulting from the epi-
demic are reported In Hamburg a man who
had lost his whole family by cholera became
greatly despondent and tried TO commit
suicide. and a servant attempted 10 drown her
self after the death of her employer from the
malady.
Deaths from cholera are announced today
from Hanover, Holdesheim, Madgeburg.
straizund, Rostock and neighboring small
towns.
RUSSIANS BARRED oUr OF GEnxASY.
II is officially announced in Berlin that
Russian emigrsnts would no longer be per-
mitted to enter Germany.
The number Of deaths in the Russian empire
up to the 22d OF August from the present
cholera visitation is reported at l07.647.
The North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany has given notice that. commencing with
the Aller, on Sunday, no steerage passengers
viii be carried.
The directors OF the state railways Of Austria
have voted not 70 allow railway carriages from
Austria to cross the frontier into Germany or
Russia, and also TO impose a similar prohibition
upon trains coming from those countries At
Lemberg. the capital of Austrian Poland trains
from the frontier were not allowed 10 pass lAss
night.