Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-07-07
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Tho Plague sweeping on Toward 'iNiiifa"
tion- MOSCOW Threatened by the festi-
1ence lis Advance Rapid aud Alarming
Sr PErERspURa, July 6,-Cholera APP
pears to be advancing toward Moscow
II Is privately reported that the disease
has appeared on the other side Of the
Volgu in Samarn. The mortality is in
crcasing In BalSu and its suburbs
Reports from Eizabethport and Eri-
van and other cholera infested towns
in the Caucasus all testify 10 the in
capacity Of the authorities TO cope with
the situation and TO the Filthy condition
Of the places. The food used is de-
scribed as injurious, while the non-ex-
istcnce Of any system of drainage is de-
plorcd Saratoff is apparently the only
threatened Russian town where eiiici-
ent preventive measures have been
taken The risk Of contagion is great
ly increased by the inhabitants eating
putrid fish, which constitute their
habitual food
II is rumored that the cholera has APP
peared at Romanoif 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 Baku have vol
untcered 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 BalM are entirely
inadequate for the heavy demands
which are being made upon them, and
medicines and disinfectants are only to
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 sprinls-
ling large quantities Of petroleum
through each thoroughiare. The in.
habitants OF BalSu complain that 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 10 construct tenn
porary hospitals at seven of the sta
tions between BalSu and Titiis. Pend
ing the construction OF these hospitals
patients viii be lodged in disused 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 10y 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 Tihis police have received the
strictest orders to closely watch ali 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 il 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 wi h persons suf-
fering from 1t.
The disease is spreading at AstraSan
On Sunday there were nineteen cAsus
in the town and forty-iye IN the Rho
dcsta.