Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-07-07
THE DREADED sCOuRGE.

Inc Piague sweeping Toward Ciyiiiza-
tion-Moscow Threatened by the Pes.i-
lence Hts Advance Rapid and Alarming.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 6.-Cholera ap-
pears to be advancing toward Moscow.
1t is privately reported that the disease
has appeared on the other side of the
Volga in Samara. The mortality is in
creasing in Baku and its suburbs.
Reports from Elizabethport and Fri
van and other cholera infested towns
in the Caucasus all testify to the in
capacity of the authorities to cope with
the situation and 10 the filthy condition
of the places. The food used is de-
scribed as injurious, while the non-ex-
istence of any system of drainage is de-
plored. Saratoff is apparently the only
threatened Russian town where eifici-
cnt preventive measures have been
taken. The risk of contagion is great
ly increased by the inhabitants eating
putrid fish. which constitute their
habitual food
1t is rumored that the cholera has APP
peared at Romanoff and the medical de-
partment has received disquieting news
from RybinslS.
The Russian Steam Navigation Co.
and the Austrian Lloyds have with
drawn their steamers which have been
plying in the Batonm route on account
of the cholera epidemic.
Only four doctors at Bal1u have vol
unteercd to attend the patients in the
cholera hospitals. The other doctors
only assist in the work when they are
compelled to give their services by the
very strict rules To that effect which
the government has issued.
The hospitals of Balzu are entirely
inadequate for the heavy demands
which are being made upon them, and
medicines and disinfectants are only 10
be obtained by the payment of cxorbi-
tant prices The municipal authorities
have commenced the work of disinfect-
ing the streets of the town by sprinll-
ling large quantities of petroleum
through each thoroughfare. The in.
habitants OF Baku complain that a tenn
porary hospital for the reception of
cholera patients has been erected in the
most populous district of the town.
The officials of the trans-Caucasian
railway have decided to construct tenn
porary hospitals ut seven of the sta
tions between Balxu and Tifiis. Pend
ing the construction of these hospitals
patients viii he lodged in disuscd rail-
way carriages.
Nobody from the cholera infected dis
tricts is allowed TO approach any trains
and the Russian frontier has been closed
against Russian goods coming by way
of ouzamanda with the exception of
cotton which has been subjected to a
months quarantine. All persons
travelling are also compelled to undergo
quarantine for the same time.
The Tifiis police have received the
strictest orders TO closely watch all ar
rivals from the suspected districts.
Official advices from Saratov, capital
OF the Russian government of that
name, state that in the past few days
twenty new cases of cholera have been
reported there and that i. the same
time eight deaths from the disease have
occurred. Only one of the persons at
tackled had been known TO have had
any communication with places where
the disease existed or w h persons suf-
fering from It.
The disease is spreading at Astrallan.
On Sunday there Were nineteen cases
in the town and forty-five in the Rho
desta