Evening journal., 1893-08-10
THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.
Italian Authorities Will Not
Admit its Existence.
REFHsE TO FORWARD DISPATCHES

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NEW YORK, Aug. 10-Speclal cable
depatches to the New York World say
The Italian an authorities do not admit the
existence of cholera. The United King
dom of Italy, from the government at
Rome to the small officials at Naples, is
engaged in a conspiracy to conceal the
truth. 1t has only beco1e known
through an Italian physician who asso
ciates with Americans.
This is the cable despatch which the
Italian authorities refused to forward
from Naples last Saturday:
NAPLES, Aug 6.-Deaths from cholera
have averaged thirty daily for more
than week past.
1t is impossible to learn the number
of sick because they hide themselves.
The number of patients in the hospital
is not published, either
No News About Cholera Transmitted.
No news concerning cholera is trans
mitted. Even telegram mentioning it,
sent by the agent of the North German
Lloyd Company, was stopped, although
he has every interest in minimising the
facts.
The great epidemic Of 1884 broke out
In April and was concealed until August
The government had hoped to conceal
the present epidemic entirely.
This, like all other outbreaks, had a
small beginning, but the ominous fact is
that 1t increases steadily. II it maintains
it's present rate of progress it will be
very serious by September.
How the Plague Broke Out.
Here is it's history:
A big feast occurred In the Carmine
district on July 10. The guests had
drawn lucky number in the lottery and
gorged themselves with bad fish and
bad fruit.
One man died Sunday night.
Two days later the United States
medical inspector of immigration, DR..
Young, heard of the result of bac.
THEOLOGICAL examination, which showed
plainly that this man died of cholera.
At this season Naples is deserted by
English and Americans, but swarms with
Italian visitors, who come to bathe.
The rumor os the truth got among
them, and, to allay all fears, the
authorities stated publicly that there
was no cholera.
On that very day, July %, Prince de
Torino died of the disease
Within twenty four hours visitors had
vanished almost entirely from Naples.
1t is now deserted by all who can live
elsewhere.
The great warship Re-Umberto Dame
came in on the 18th with twenty-three
cases and FIVE deaths. She was sent
away to the quarantine station in Sar-
dinia ostensibly to carry the Chief Sani-
tary Inspector of the kingdom, although
the despatch boat could have performed
that service equally well
Eight deaths have occurred in --the
usually very healthy island of Capri.
BY some it is attributed TO q German
woman who left Hamburg when the
plague was raging there last year and
died of cholera at Capri
Twenty-three deaths in three da 8
have occurred at Posiici, which adjoins
NAPLES.
The cases occurring on the Karamania
were no doubt Of rural origin, as the pas
sengers had not stopped in the city.
Naples Papers Won't Give the News.
Italians attribute them to Greek emf.
grants. Naples papers publish the news
OF cholera on the ship without admitting
It's existence here.
But one Of them, Ell Mattine, asks
Even If there is cholera, which there
is not, why talk about it and injure
Naples3'
The Karamania sailed two days before
the sanitary authorities here knew oi
the existence of cholera, and conse
quently before the United States medi
cal officers knew it.
Credit is due DR.. Young for discover
ing its existence as soon as he did, il
spite Of the determination to conceal it
The population of Italy this year ha.
shown a greater tendency than ever be
fore to move to America by way o.
Naples. Forty thousand had gone BY
June A thousand left since the out
break of cholera in July. They wer'
isolated for five days, bathed, vac
cinated and disinfected
The Massilia, Cachemire aud Wese
are now carrying these carefully pre-
pared emigrants TO New York.
The emigrants have been In mutinou
condition, at what they call outraxeou
conduct Of the American Government 4
quarantining them in their own coun
try.
The breeding places Of cholera 4
Naples are wells ia the Basso porto an
elsewhere in which refuse, food and sew
age is thrown. Serene water, supple
to Naples, is excellent, but people hav
to pay for using more than certai
quantity, and have no hesitation in usin
filthy well water.
Three persons died in house facin
the post Office. One was q woman calle
La Bella Futarola, or the beautiful frui
seller, one of the popular beauties {
Naples. The lower classes hide the
sick under the beds, believing that chol
era is the result of the upper class
trying to poison the lower, in order
reduce the population.
They even say that King Humbert is
the conspiracy, although he worked vii
his own hands among them when the
were dying at the rate Of 1, 500 day.
Bad food is thrown away as soon
discovered Infected bedding Is
stroyed, not disinfected The poll
watch the houses all right, but the idl
dirty Neapolitans are doing their best
defeat the efforts to save them.
Signs of fear are manifested ever
where. The last of those who can pc