Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-13
GEOGRAPHIC.
IHE PLAGUE IN ASIA
IA Thai Which Visited London
10 Tho Sixteenth Century
.,rprons or THE DISEASE.
,..l,,i, Of People DyIng.-Bnsincss
p.r,lylcd.-The Deities in'
toked for Aid.

v,ycouvrR B. O., June la.-rho
-,almporant news brought by the
-, Of Japan Is Of the alarming
'1,soiylrulent plague that frat APP
,.d In Canton at the end OF April.
~ plague IL similar to the great
I,,us 10 London In the sixteenth
'.,p,y sud is carrying Oh large num-
AZ Victims. II soon spread to
y g'otops, appearing there in May. II
a,,l,ay confined to Chinese, but a
Portuguese have been afflicted.
- ,l.yue has paralyzsd business ~ a
i.,,ssStsni, hsmany leading steamship
- refuse 10 take either passengers ur
go from HongkOng. Tue symptoms
~, dlYesso are ~ follow:
Wnhout pfsmonitory warning In the
,,sof A ch..l, there IA a sudden on
W ~, aver. rising 10 los degrees or
There is mucn headache, accom-.
.,.t by slupOr. In twelve or
ssSir.four hours n glandulat swell
oseurs In the neck or arm pit,
ss,.,.lup 10 the sizs Of fowls egg,
..,n,b afi aud tender. With or VITA
,,ibs decline OF the fever, tho pa
,i.,t sinks into condition Of coma
nd jies nj the end OF - or - hourf'
N ,x days IL reached, recovery Ia poe
mi. Tne Canton correspondent Of a
H5ngkoug paper, under date OF May
scarcely house has not some one
hsL The plague commenced In the
VJ.smmsdan quarter aud one hun
i,,d cases are reported daily. One man
,i,iloned OF the west gate began nj
s5ielock In the morning 10 drop "A
as.,hD Ia tho boz each time com n
ss,,sl him, At 4 y. m. he
s,i counted 40 cash. Children
v,fr 5ut ia baskets or were wrapped In
tieccs VI mating aud buried. From
I'M, district, where tho dirt IL ihickest
md the houses most crowded, II spread
b the country portions and has now
raebed the country and the people
Who led there from the city know not
shat way TO fly. Idols are being wor.
ihipped In an uXtravagaut anu frenzlod
manurr. The past few months people
,fe forbidden to reckon AM the new
year wac begun last Saturday. All
night new year sounds were kept up,
ani amid 10 much ghastllness an at
itmpt at outward adOrnment ana
galtty was apparent. IL II impossible 10
Nceftain the numOer OF deaths Olli'
Gals lfy 10 suppress the facts. Al Tue
afgett charitable (native) dispensary,
a notice ut tue doors states that up 10
la.s 1000 collins have been given
issy. This Is far below the actual
fumOcr used. Sixty thousand Is
Erarcf.
A foreign DOCTORS assistant went
though a number Of streets aud said
he was surprised 10 eee Within open
oofs a dead body, while outside there
v,fe no white aud blue lanterns. Many
made no attempt at the usual noisy
The dead were silently
aftled out with not n follower. In
one house all lay dead-ien. Ga May
IN II was found that tho disease had
reached Hongkongi and energetic sleps
were ut once take 10 cleanse the In
itstcd localities. However, hospitals
were opened for the sick and the ship
Hygrn was moorsd In the hatbor for
Tue accommodation Of patients.
The Chinese appeared at nrst 10 DO
Inclined 10 cooperate with the authorl.
lies 10 bringing to light known cases OF
the plague, but probably because Of tue
heavy mortality, the attitude became
more aud more dislrustlul. The first
determined stand against the authorl'
ties was made on May 10, when houses
we're FABRICATED and stones were
thrown nj officers making house "a
house valuations, Up TO the latest re-
ports 1908 cases occurred and $40 deaths
The schools have been closed and q
panic exists among the Chinese, many
VI whom are fleeing TO the mainland.