Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-19
PLAQUES FEARFUL RAVAGES
Death Roll Daily Increases in the Stricken
City of Bombay.
TERRIBLE PANIC AND HAVOC AT KATUl
Authorities ut Wnshington Take stcpr
to Prevent Infected Persons
from Entering Ports of
the United states.

LONDON, Jan. 1S.--A dispatch from Bonn
bay says:
The government announces that any pub
lie servant resigning or quitting his post on
account of the plague will lose his pension
and will never be re-engagcd.
All infected houses are being washed with
the FIRE hose charged with strong phenyl
Numbers of men have left the gas works
and it is feared the city will be left in dark
ness unless the panic is checked.
The latest outbreak of the disease has oc-
CURED at Belgaum. There is terrible
panic and havoc from the plague also at
Katui which is also suffering severely from
famine.
BOMBAY, Jan. 1S.-The situation is grow
ing rapidly worse and the exodus from the
city on account of the bubonic plague con
tinucs. The official returns issued today
show that there have been 1868 cases of
the plague recorded and 2592 deaths from
the pestilence. The Times of India com
plains that the sanitary condition OF Bonn
bay has been allowed to deteriorate for ten
years past. II adds that the whole future
trade of the city is involved and that nc
expense upon the part of the government to
stamp out the plague can be too costly.
VALETTA, Island of Malta, Jan. 1S.-
Twenty days quarantine has been declared
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The great cpl
demic of the bubonc plague in Bombay hao
mpelled the authorities of the marine hos
pital service to take steps to secure the ut
most possible vigilance by all officials o;
the United States to prevent its introduc-
tion in this country. although no fears are
felt al present. Today Surgeon General Wy
man of the Marine Hospital bureau, after
consultation with Secretary Carlisle. issued
circular calling the attention Of the United
states consular officers, masters and owners
of vessels, collectors of customs, national,
state and local quarantine officers and 9TH
ers to the United States quarantine regula-
tions to prevent the spread of epidemics
Speaking of the plague, DR.. Wyman said:
mo great apprehension is felt of it's in
PRODUCTION into the United States, though
special measures to prevent 1t have been in
operation for more than a year. The pres
ent outbreak may be traced to China in
1894, and two years ago the quarantine Off
GERS on the Pacific coast were instructed to
be especially vigilant, and have inspected
and fumigated the baggage of all Chinese
and japanese landing and an understanding
was had with the Canadian government by
which they agreed to do the same thing,
so that omigrants landed at Vancouver and
coming thence into the United States would
be equally safe with those coming to United
States ports direct.
Gold weather is not a protection against
the plague, as il brings about. the crowdng
together OF more people in houses. The
bacillus was discovered in 1894 by Japanese
scientist. The germ is easy to kill and can
be Killed by sulphur fumigation. The
thermal death rate is 176 degrees Fahrenheit
When this plague prevailed in Russia in 1873
1t was found necessary to burn a large viii
lage which was its stronghold in order to
stamp it out"