The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-10
AT HAMBURG,
Cholera victims Dying on Like sheep
Number of Sew Cases Developing Up in
the Hundreds

Al HAMBURG.
Cholera victims Dying on Like sheep
Number of Sew Cases Developing Up in
the Hundreds.
HAMBURG, Sept 5-Sunduy was
cool, autumnal day. The Sky was cloud
less and the sun has tempered the air
agreeably Ordinarily on such day
the streets are filed with promenaders
and the harbor is dotted with small
pleasure beats and excursion steamers.
The stiffness of the streets, however,
has been, as during the la st five days,
almost unbrollcn. and in the harbor
hardly dozen boats were to be seen
moving at 3 o'clock
The fresh cases of cholera discovered
Sunday number $50, the deaths num-
Der 277. Compared with Saturday, the
decrease OF the number of cases is rs,
of the number of deaths 3G. There is
much loose official talk to the effect
that the worst is over, that the plague
is abating, and that the people are re-
covering from their panic This talk
is echoed by the newspapers. 1t would
be difficult to name any specific sign
of returning confidence among the
people, and the mortality from
the plague in the last two days
certainly gives little basis for it. The
sudden rise of the mortality from 201
on Friday to 313 Saturday showed how
vain were the hopes aroused by the
slight abatement of the plague and the
fact that the average of fresh cases for
Saturday and Sunday is larger than at
my previous time shows conclusively
| that the disease isat least not losing its
| hold. Despite professions of confidence,
moreover the authorities have been
| busy providing incrcas ed facilities for
| treating cholera patients, and an
| orphanage, reftted as hospital, and
eight cholera barracks have been
| opened.
Physicians have been placed on duty
ut all railway stations and orders for
more dead wagons have been sent out
| by the health officials. The number OF
interments Sunday have been 373, OF
thirty-siX more than Saturday This
| increase is due partly to the sudden
lengthening of the death list Saturday
and partly to the extraordinary efforts
of the authorities to get under ground
the bodies which have been collecting
steadily at the hospitals. About 20t
bodies were still unburied at o'clocl
Sunday evening With the new deac
wagons, however, these bodies can bt
inferred, together with those of fresf
Victims within the next twentyfoul
hours, unless the plague should spread
more rapidly than now seems probable
The procession of dead wagons anC
hearses through the streets has become
appalling. From any corner n doze1
! may be seen in five minutes, and on th
roads to the cemeteries they pass in al
most continuous lines. Places in whicl
one would look for signs of returning
confidence show none Cafes, restau
rants and hotels remain empty. Streets
are bare, shops are closed Th
cab stands are deserted. Most of tn
houses look as if they had been shu
for the fall.
Prof. Koch is expected to return t.
the city on Tuesday to proceed furthe
with his investigation of the course o
the plague, and to consult with tn
municipal sanitary officials 1t is un
derstood that he will make an exhaust
i've report to the emperor on the con
dition of the city and the measures o
the authorities to combat the disease.
The inefficiency of the authoritie
here is known to have produced a pain
full impression in Berlin, and they ar
considered at the capital to be Grimm
ally responsible for the spread of tn
contagion to many north German
towns. 1t is reported that Empero
William has addressed to them
rescript in which he reviews briefly tn
course of the plague in this city, and il
unequivocal terms lays the blame 70
| the city's suffering at their door,