Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
Observation-Disclosures u,6

yet average forty or nifty day. Of
whom tw0.thirds die. To the terrible
conditions of the place II added poverty
20 ahJcci that the people 20 hungry
from birth TO dcath-and generally
make "a short trip of u. Becaus. OF
physical weakness. owing to insufficient
rourlshmont. they fall an easy prey TO
the nrat disease that takes hold Of
them. Some sny that the plague oriri-
mated In the entire nsh diet OF the peo-
pie, others that II developed apontane-
oualy. from the same conditions OF life
that produced
THE GREAT EPfpEMfcs
Of the middle ages. Meanwhile, quar-
entined by Gordon OF police. tho
wrctched dcnizcns Of the Infested quar-
ter, cut on from employment. are hour
~ growing hungricr and rendering
themselves better subjects for disease.
Doubtless the lrrcgularity OF the cil-
mate contributes some thing to the UNI
hcalthfulnoss OF Opofto. There Is often
a difference OF twelve degrees cent?
grade between sun and sun. \ sco-fog
comes un the DOuro every nlHht at the
turn Of the tide. aud at rs best. the ell
mate II damp and chilly. The plague
made It's FIRST appearance early In June,
IN fontc Tauflne street, down near ;h-
river. The first victim was "A spanish
porter, named UrcHofJl Blanco. Hc was
% years old. unmarried and vcty poor.
lie had long been In feeble health. and
his nclKhbors were ~ used To see him
come tottcnng home faint and mclnn-
choly, after his days work. that they
paid no attention when he returned ono
night slckor than usual Next morning
he was dead. and at his funerai--whlch.
according to Portuguese custom, oc-
CURED the same day one Of the coffin
bearers was seized with q NJ OF shivor-
lng, which presently ran into y raging
FOYER, ana In a few hours he followed
his friend. grcgorin. Thus. within thir-
ty-FlN hours nineteen others, who had
all slept In one crowded tenement. went
by the same swift route 10 the Campo
Santo. by this time. people began 10
be alarmed. DR.. Ricardo Jorge. ian
English physician In Oporto. whose
name is properly Richard Oeorge),
made ARCHAEOLOGICAL analysis. and dis
covered bacillus of kitusato- Yersin In
the pus ~ suppuratlon. The Junta Con-
sultiva de Saudc, ~ t.lsbon-a unique
Institution ~ Portugal. whose business
" TO look after the public hcalth-sat
In solemn cunclave. discussing qunran-
tine regulations with a view to keeping
the plague out ~ the capital; but no.
body thought ~ lighting II In Oporto.
with sulphur fumes and carbolic acid.
When u was given out that quarantine
was 10 be- established. upwards " tw-n-
~ thousand people He'd from Oporto.
fearing not 30 much the plague. as the
scarcity OF food sure 10 follow. and
some of the refugees carried the deadly
bacillus along with them 10 other parts
| ~ the peninsula. Factories and COM
mcrcial establishments were closed. and
| for
THREE AWFUL MONTHS
the only activity In the city was among
| graye-diTgcrs and dead.cart drivers
| With the approach Of cold weather, the
plague seems to have spent itself In
| pporto. except In the poorest quarter,
| known ar Ia Sc, wherc every house IL
"a ccsrpool and the dark and noiEome
alleys rocking with the contamination
! ~ centuries. aru v"ritnblo breeding
! places Of disease. Strict quarantine IL
maintained over this section. In conse-
| quencc of which as many people arc
now dying OF starvation as from any
| other cause. II II said that rats and
| fipns carry the plague about. and that
| u any small animal II prickcd with a
needle. dipped In the blood Of u plague
| patient. II IL Immediately seized with
the deadly chill and dies In convulaion-,
! ! need not add that your correspondent
VIII give Ia Sc wide berth. and that
her hospital Investigations In Portugal
viii be- confined 20 the outside. from re-
| spectful distance. Although a great
deal Of blustor " made about quaran-
tine. II II well known fact that few
dollars. juilclously expended. will on
able the foreigner In apparent health.
TO break through It's regulations any
| where In Euru.-.
In spite ~ ~ cankorcd heart, whar.
| death Turks Ike the worm on the bud,
oporto ~ beautiful city. It's newer
| poftlon-to which IN. traveller should
connne his Nplorailons-belng built
nearer 10 the principles OF modern
| science and thanks To- the English resl-
dents, kept comparatively clean. Pub
| llr squares are as numerous NJ In our
national capital. score Of them being
adorned with statues and fountains.
! The finest ~ these N the prncn de Sac
| ONidlo, high up on the hillside. sur.
rounded by handsome residences. II IN
shaded by magnificent oaks and faced
by terrace. which affords wide sea-
ward Views. Next In popularity as %
promenade II the great botanical Oar
den, which, however cannot
COMPARE IN BEAUTY
with lts uanesake In Rio de Janelro--
'hc world-famcd 1nrdin liotnnlcni with
It's avenue NJ royal palms. In the bot
ter portion NJ Oporto most Of the houses
have gardens attached. In which olives.
fgH.grapca and pomcgrnnates are grow-
ing, amid carefully tended towurbcls.
hut there N no water works system. cN-
ccpt the public fountains. TO which the
servants 20 FOR all the household sup
piles. Happily. there are hundreds OF
fountnina. and each Is n work Of art,
~ stone basin and facade carved IN
/ nTnhpsuur designs.
NN ~ NI'.NN NhHNHN'.H AfNNN
is named Rue Npva inH lnslsses, C'N,w
Street NJ the EuFllrh'D. on account OF
the many british mercantile firms cs-
tablishod In %. The greater part u
the foreign trade OF Oporto IN conducted
hy Engllshmon. whose warehouses line
both banks Of the Douro.
Tie Run do sac ioa. "tNcw street Ut
st John'D. h"lng nearly on level. run
ming parallel with the shore, In the fnHh-
ionnblc afternoon driveway, II " lined
with handsome houses, an faced with
pany painted ana gilded balconies.
Many nf tho front wills are covered
with blue and yellow tiles lnlald In
uunint devices. precisely like those OF
the beautiful Prain da Botnfogo, OF RIO.
the finest refllencr street Of the branch-
city across the sou.
The Rue dus Flores, Street Of the
Flowers. probably so called becauFs
there are no flowers IN lt-is interesting
ON account ~ ~ display Of the gold
work Tor which Oporto IN famous. II
appears not only In the Windows OF
every shop, hut on the persons OF the
brawny and haWllng hsh-women, This
fnntnsticully CARRIED class NJ Portuguese
citizens are everywhere greatly In eVi-
dence. They may often so dlnnerlcss
and aupprrlcss to bed. but mono are 50
poor a. To lack enormous golden ear
rings. and flagrec necklace, and heavy
rings on every Dist, 90 say nothing OF
pins and bracelets and buttons galore.
FANNIE u, WARD.