The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-29
Cholera's Victims Rapidly Increasing at
the Great German Seaport.
Five Hundred Fresh Cases There Yesterday
andFOriy Seven at Altona, While "Choler-
inc" Is Playing Havoc Elsewhere.
One Death from the Disease and Several
Cases Among Sailors in England.
Paris and Other Places in France Attacked
Detroit Determined to Let No infected Emf.
grams Pass the Line from Canada
FIVE HUNDRED FRESH CASES.

FIVE HUNDRED FRESH CASES.
ChoIera Increasing In Hamburg 'ChoIer-
Inc" at Other Points I'm Germany.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BERLIN, Aug. 28.-The number of fresh
cases of cholera at Hamburg on Saturday
were 469; the number of deaths. i55. In
complete returns for day show that there
are, at the fewcst, 500 fresh cases. The num-
Der of deaths has not been ascertained.
The mortality from cholera has raised the
number of funerals daily from an average
OF S5 TO one of 800. In Altoona thore have
been AZ fresh cases to-day and19 deaths.
Hamburg is not y ct panic-str1cken. but the
presence of the plague is apparent every
where. The streets to-day have been de-
serted tor the first time since the disease
became prevalent. The usual Sunday ex-
cursions were also abandoned. No Noexcursion
trains were run. and the steamers. which
usually take out parties. lay idle at the
docks. The clrcuses and music-halls were
empty. Most merchants and shop-keepers
still stick to their business but o-morrow
or Tuesday may see trade practically sus-
pended. and the men who consti-
tute the business world at Hamburg
leaving with their families for other parts
of Germany. The persons of wealth and
no regular occupation have gone already
to Rostock. Lubbock and Flensberg. and
other seaside resorts. Dissatisf action with
the measures adopted by the sanitary an.
thorities, and with their policy of trying
to hold back the worst news. 10 largely re-
sponsible for the growing unrest, which
may culminate almost any hour In panic.
The sale of fruit in Ham burg has become
dead branch of trade Dealers who handle
southern fruits find their sto cks practical
ly total loss. The funerals, which take
pla CO constantly, are conducted without
the usual ostentation. No moro than two
or three carriages follow q hearse. and in
many cases the body is taken to the grave
without friend or relative to accompany
it. The services are limited to a prayer. or,
at most, a prayer and hymn. This simpllc-
lty OF ceremony is the result of the repeated
warnings of the sanitary officers and phys
iciaus. The Hamburg Senate has requested
an extra credit of 5000. 900 marks for med
ical purposes.
At a conference of the Ministry of the
Interior IL Berlin yesterday IL was decided
to pnblisli daily the number of cases of
SDpIat1, IcpOItcu O6Tuauys
Ebis fact became known this evening. and
will be made public officially tomorrow.
The Ministry OF the Interior took this 40.
tion at the suggestion of the Emperor, who
believes that the plague can be fought
more advantageousiy If the people under
which they are exposed. In Berlin.
esneclally, such q course Is regarded rs AL
yisable because panic can be averted by
the publication of all the facts The city
al h -
with proper preventive measures 1t proba-
bly, can be kept comparatively free from
the infection. A general order will be given
out to replace all general orders to railway
officials in the matter of disinfectlOn.
Emperor William has had presented to him
exhaustive reports on the progress of chOl-
era, and the measures taken to combat II.
He devotee several hours daily to studying
the epidemic. He has ordered that vigor-
Gus measures be taken to insure the safety
The sanitary officials tonight re,terate
their assertion that there is no Asiatic
cholera IN berlin. However. q suspicious
case was reported yesterday, that Of .
woman who had Just arrived from Ham,
burg, and who was seized with choleraic
symptoms. The woman and her husband
were sent to the Moabit Hospital, where
they are still detained. Frequent cases of
chOlerine are reported. Professor Koch de-
thai there ts Is for fssn s1as
the sanitary condition of the city Is inoom-
parably better than that of Hamburg.
Great surprise 10 expressed 1t the action of
the Hamburg authorities in giving the
cholera figures mp to Thursday as 57S oases
and 1914 deaths, whereas the Reichsap ze ger
gives the figures mp to Friday as LOIS cases
and sos deaths.
From other parts of Germany reports of
isolated cases of cholera and oholerine have
been received to-day, but there is appar-
ant lu "A. Zf
of the disease. A regiment at Motz is suf-
'fering from cholerine. The principal cause
of apprehension now is that a panic may
develop In Hamburg. and the partial SCAT
tering of the city's population to other
parts OF Germany may produce Infection
In districts hitherto untouched.
.lt Is reported that the steamer Sylvia,
bound from Hsmburg to New York, has
landed at Cuxhaven two Of her crew sus-
fering from cholera.
burg physician. making the gravest charges
of neglect against the authorities. Not
even the excreta of cholera PATIENTS he
says, are rendered innoeuous. A sailor
attacked with cholera was left for two
hours lying on pontoon near the Baum
wall before he was removed. The cholera
hospital is crowded and is in an unsanitary
condition. The streets are swarmlng with
the poorest and dlrtiest people. The Elbe.
with its partly-dried banks. Is recepta-
able for much r0ttlng refuse. 1t is
the duty of the empire To remedy il 1t
once" The national Zeitung also COM
ments strongly upon the attitude of the
Hamburgers in ignoring the precautions
ordered by Prussia In July and expresses
the hope that the present state of affairs
will lead to bill that will enable the
labOrers at the imperial sanitary Office to
benefit the whole nation. These comments
voice the popular feeling that the time has
arrived to- abolish tts special privileges
guaranteed 10 single states and to extend
the central power of the empire.