New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
FEVER AND PLAGUE N THE EAST.
THE UNITED STATES CONSUL AT bN'''" N''N""
AuApRowING PICTURE or THE CoNDi
TON OF THE FEI.fAHs.


A NARROWING PICTURE or THE CoN"i-
TIoN or TIE FELLAHs
1,.a.,,,c,o, lu,v 2s-Tne United States Consul
., parAad reports to the State Department unier
date OF June ~ that malignant ana ia'a' i'Fe'
has followed the great Hood OF the iaSt Sp'"S
among the fellahs tillers OF the SOIL VINO. nav
ing lost ali their crops. Will soon siarve II they
survive the fever The vicissitudes IN inc ~" VI a
consul who represents his country for the sake OF
small fees aggregating less than so year ana
the terrible ravages OF Asiatic scourses' A'e -"
scribed in the report az follows:
learned only yesterday. OF this san s,h,e
affairs ana this morning before sunsise nrk
in a knffah "a circular boat made OF "icker 49, wD
and coated with b!iumtn5 arne1 no % and Epson
sails for a rcconnoitering tour amon6 ue ~ si1ea
-. 80, riyer for thirty or forty niles down, ar
thjckly dotted About four miles Gown -. So,
anu !" i'7 ~ and mixed up win donkeys. buna,
loes dogs and chickens. heaps OF hithy r1sH' "e+n
w ~hnn i 'n'r disclosed each human beng
sa Iaancd and inquired about thef h'a''i "a a. ,hat
was physIcian ard had come to s!ye thein ,t
cine upon which they set up Gry O ,ch ~ pay
TvS ,i the word physician was 70 ,nrr
synonymous with highway I9Dnrr :" hem not for
money. but for Alah's sake, ne souhd %. MT
voices changed to shouts 81 rSSonnrs should be 50
p1 elI The fever OF p.luda orign a. cpn c
,'d We though in some cases lniermi''G
AZ soon as the purpose Of my visit Wa hH
crowds began to gather rom hekhoo,ne T con.
,'ns re 10 come and see their SICK ana ovn
tlnnei my visits. giving eaGh aaual Irr 70 nneds
OF quI,.D' oe nv stock OF drugs held out FROM
what could sathsI the many dying after only
W. ,a,'e illness others holding out from mr. a,
I'VE days Th .ser m the sa Gfen' the
P,rng enidemlcs can have any cohsep''o' .h w. rycr
| was told that hat. i was the same a. la
oIhx waked home again and evorywhere were ss
a'nois ~ green. Shiny water, emitting, Il 81,
when even l. who have been tousn're ~ persian
matters could hardly stand CARY nT AZ WeUef HOLY
pSi' Generated by the Shah sect OF MAhOhe,aIis,
was Just arriving, and many OF ene ,hat had been
Ioduet ~ nonths some perhaps for years. , me ~
migration OF dcfunct Persians hayY 3ns through
WporS,d his summer for their ma resting p'"0e
source Of boin reT nIndaon most Of the
,,ns e,hch completely surround Bag1lq' Mr,'
nrr water and the dead had to De DuG G w' n
,or a enc, OF elevated ground cou.d De loiii' no.,
eide the walls and am toid ma e.. ~ ibe sake of IN,
aran opened at night by robbeIs ior 1ns 20 The poo
i@thes the corpses had The graves "a ~, o
are always thus pundered Inn nm ,nr ,dor@tooI I,u
Pa fear Of having the graves punderei lea oi
than other times TO nbe1sesa common prac
the cellars OF the DWELLING -"o'9'
| During, ne % ,he IAN inst the 9th OF the month
OF zIIJah. the last month OF me nrsh and cndc
on the I'm dsth ZHjah,. probably nor ess mn
~ 90 sheen were sacrificed besides p ui s dam
c,m This WhOltsdc nj
w,ih barbarous cruelty. will not improve me s'.,
,arv conditions Last year II was l9i.VS"eu
endemic Of homicdes. which preceded the o"'o'e"
OF the cholera. 49,. .t,,ossed ,h,s wear
ore usuay so the health Inspector as wen az on
od citizens inform me. followed by thr pla n5;nd ney
visitation OF this dreaded scourse Is eNpe'"' '''
winter, II not sooner . ,,.o and other RENE
II had a large supply OF qunine ana ot OF I'm.
| 1tas I ,nIght be able save the llVes ol s"ino ~.
inc fever sufferers; but with no salary anu p ~
riding income from fees what can j 90 az az.
i,nn iva ounces OF quinine to-day to about ~ - -,
patien,s but who win giye tomorrow Hd Da that
aaTter and who will help the many huhuIe'S ..'' :,
cannot reach? Shall shut our eyes anu t h, a
| hsaris and Jet fellow beings perish "i'"o" "
eff save?