The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-31
THE BtJBONlc PLAGUE.
Manchester (Enry c;uardIan.

| c,r,,,, a. 80, W WV ""e"'.""c vi thc
,y that has bcfaiien tho west coast or
| India for nary yn,r. On, -.
,,mc hss,nrn a"a may a any
of which very serious account win have
| 10 no tatucn ,rhn a., 80.
break Of nlaruc a, nn,,''. wy o"
end OF September A few days later wc
wcrc assured tb,, .bo s,.,,,,r,,,, 49,
very mild and ,h,, ,h,,r. 49, -, 49,
| -. 90" '""' ''eNe was no serious
| cause Tor alarm; and on October & came
the first figures. showing that there had
been nlncty-six oases Of wh,c, aav.rt,,'
| SIX hau proved fatal. Since that date the
| figures have been steadily mounting. In
| November ,,..r, ,,.,r., .,,.. a..
| 49,, .,',.1 wefe' ACCORDING 10 oIh-
ei", STATEMENTS. SsS cases and c6s deaths;
IN December there were l6t6 cases and lIeo
| A., ,,.. ~ wy e'' Va 'he hts' week
az 'e"uai! 'he total number of attacks
VI to that time was given at ESQ and the
deaths at aOsS Along with ,hia hoS,v ,,,o,,-
,ols,v fro,, ~ 80, 80, '''s .s~'' W.
49, rum '"e plague mas gone u rapidly
increasing mortality from other causes.
| and the total mortaltty for tha nrSt .,ooL
| n, ~. -. - - ~ ''e .is' NeeN
Va '"'s se"r was esumaHd 10 be at the
Yearly rase OF no less than 200 per 1000.
| With the mounting of these figures hogan
n s,c,dv ,xoa,,s -. s''es .es''
| ress,va rsnn,,,s , TON me CITY ana que
| .co,.NS,o lssP".1s ptousht UP the fgnros by
| 1b ~ ~, Vi 'nousnhns, till ON January Z.
MI u,,s on winch the plague attacked tho
iig,ircr Stood ~ qd w aho the nrst Tine. the
| large ,iiscn,,n a. SS.ow". i.Vcn II we take
| tai 4, i 'ntt rom tnis astonishing to-
| In, ,,,,sb ~ 'y IN hi.t,atateincnt of
| habl,ants N.Y. ~ aya M ono ,hird OF the IN
ar h,' H. nave ncd from the city by sea
| riei In "a yiranr, utsStNe mas been car
| whore sli nnrsn,,.. ,V'nh 70 huflHchec,
attacked ~. ,on,, nay" u,cu out OF ~
| 10 core u.,,h ~. '"t,MNNs are haruly able
| richcr a ",,n ~ anul'5svd trathc Tho
one or other OF tho ,nY,r Nainanlcs az
to ret clear away ,"q Sr, orrS panks are ablo
plague The a co,,y, from ne scene OF the
| city md a. mo v LII 10 the lortn or the
The poorer furl, ii u,s Is crowded with
der homeless over ,he nnide VI , whn,u,hi wen-
a hone 'P =, "uia hastliN thrown NJ or INA
Many who havn es s., ,yhoun u,. villages
viii probably d,sv y,oi ,,, .n' Iamne. which
TO The civ " M srcai numbers back
ieft unt Si ' .,e Guy whole streets are
nre ,hnrn..5'eu' Except by yeImin. which
breeding fresS in,oeaei win me pest and
long bcen 80 W. a Sons,nsEion' Business has
panic Ia has at ssre sanao'' ana row tlat the
| iahor ,,rs, ~ eau 70 me mn operatives
| mfun Thc nt,n., ny ,rllu ~ hlsn pre-
liz 70 ~, o,,ur's on me m'sical authorl-
Eastern fafaiis c oases nrs hn,mpered BY
| kInsis OF S,,a,,, yasts uiihtuit,s, and an
| circulated as 10 ,hn ,s,o wm,om nave becn
pocted IN The boe an leu!r ih TO be eN-
cessful curative tfe,,ment "h" ass no SIC SIC
nrs r r,,, ~ uuctptS nave worked hard
| the neStiIsnc.' ~" H. NY ,, nelily character OF
| InNt1, " NN'b
| nsan do",nr a,I vi a,,aShs, one EURO
.', ,,r uJsg' WY hutse nave themselves
Ihern San ~ T.. ~ iss p,aEne;
,,o,s,,s., can pe htI. dvuht. IN spite OF the
| lra - ~. ,i ~, lue ,,omnhv 'iazette In call
piehp,ie MAJ S,,h nc ,te FEVER and not the
other ,,'nn t jme n ,,oao' ~ Sombay ~ none
hng 49, '' , ~ grit h..lNtcih pest. which
ni,h I'M ln.ut 'hin amy single agency
| down fbn , n,r,, oAeep''oh OF war TO Keep
is the pIasue %hl 'Re n snmns rom rom
! connStls.Ioi,n, tue s,Ntn century, spread us
sand - DIV 70 gor a ihron weat Mled zen tho,-
tiLnople, and, as Glbbon paid, dlsgraccl
W.. we rem o. Justnian by u Visible de.
| nn,,r ho1 - ' ,,e human specios which has
s W",'i ar n pa ''s gionc which IN laM
amSP. III naii me population OF Europe.
S,Si; I,o t ever to En&iand In iSiD re-
Hons. freed ire ssrrs. and icpi its sp mark ii.
~ ,tinnSs -" nnnousnt LOT a couple or gen
70 nuni,r, !nire eenturles loter ), came
| h, ,i, lh,an". INV swept on pVV or thc In
~ - "a ., r'pnoon, sine tha' elne, II
nI,Ss ~, 10, on hI ihe popuiaGlon OF Mar
I in ,ss IN , ~, VISITED Knssa several times
,iakhan as late as iMs Corfu and Ma1ta
WV sWn, su n,,i a, uill.rent times and
| .il"i Selt OF ,uhe disease, u specially liable
o,o .s m,,achT; ~ iS2D ! carried or its
s" ea q gay az naf i ana II has appeared
~ ~ Isr e'st Us ttong Kong ana canton
| u" iiany phfuS or me nnst, such as Mecca.
IT, ~ p's sa.,i,iy eiiaemlc. ana Il fosterd
Ky ~" i,'iIs,n an Ehorancc OF inc Mo.
| nhii'imcuhll RoNurnnrhl' Inc Symphonic OF
one d nse1i, are iamilinr from more than
| one ue5criptlon Wnch mas become clas-
rIca', IN US nafleS' stage they ara hard
| ~ m,ssl.Rulsi,laple rom those OF any Sc
| tious icver, bWt wlthin q Few hours OF the
ntsck ths he.i plaguc declares itself NJ
niSIlthbIy ny glahdular dwellings, hui
| noes or ,afnuncles' or by mass OF erupt-
| Nt purple spClH, anu IN 40 per cent of the
sttacNs trfIrlnntca ra,ally within i've
| ndss ine 'inpofllat point 70 be observed
Is ,hht me ,pnEuc Is strictly contagious
| ma hot hi,Ttions. " ". according TO
ne great bulk OF medical evidence pro-
uucca ohiy ny specltic contugion. aud COM
inpnicnp" onlv ny .eont,ct or close ap-
prvSiin'atioi' WIN iniect"n persons or ma
ierltis ~ attempts al really curative
, sar,, %, ,ne piaEue nave hitmnlo
ialici, ana ti.a oniiy incthoI ny which the
rrosrens OF me d'sciso nos ever hecn
s,,oIpcu n;ss ne"h ny me strict isolation
o, me sumerern Whoh mo plague iirst
n ,,i IL, w app,a'al.,n y, bufnpay tne iuu-
nlcsPuuiny set 70 WORK eieanslng the strco,s
mo iiiue Washing Wills WIN a zeal that
would ray" re- = eNenpl,ry at any other
tiln'' ~, wien lghored Inc contagious
ma p.tictiy hcn.nlleoio',s nature or the
uis",sc, J., Whn 700 ,ate 10 mend mo IN
tiIHlAiy bl inc CITY WntH me