The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-21
NEW CASES OF CHOLERA
AND MANY DEATHS
Continued from Pace 1

Saturday prohibited the sale of liquor
throughout the city, including the gov
eminent vodka shops, until September
22 and he has further ordered that here
after the sale of the liqaor shall be
suspended at D. m. on Saturday I'M
til 10 a. m. Monday. This action has
been taken in order to diminish alco-
hol excuses. which very materially in
crease the liability to cholera infection
and the general spread of the disease.
A beginning was made today, when
public schools We're transformed into
hospital wards. A number of the gram
mar schools were closed and 1900 stu
dents sent to their homes. The depart
ment of war has opened stores to sup
ply immediate needs and army field
kitchens have been dispatched to the
poorer quarters to dispense free food.
Died in Fifteen Minutes.
The situation assumes a graver as
pect from the appearance today of
vegy virulent type of the disease, in
two cases of which death followed
within fifteen minutes of the first
symptoms. AS announced by the Of
fetal bulletins, the cases numbered 349
and the deaths 12S during the twenty
four hours between Friday noon and
Saturday noon. This was a considera-
but there is doubt of the accuracy of
the official statement. The record for
the same twenty-four hours ascertained
from unofficial but reliable sources
shows the actual number to have been
far in excess of that. Whether or rot,
however, there was no actual decrease,
the disease resumed its march on Sat-
urday, the statistics posted showing
that from Saturday noon until Sunday
noon there were 1913 cases and 191
deaths. this being the largest number
so far
It is feared that the cholera will last
another fortnight, being figured on the
basis of former epidemics. ALI Vari-
cites of Asiatic cholera have now de-
veloped here, there being numerous
cases of the Algid type. which is ac-
companied by the greatest suffering.
The Metropolitan of st. Petersburg
caused prayers for deliVerance &c he
read throughout the diocese today, in
which the pestilence is described as
a punishment for the peoples lawless-
ness.
Premier Stolypin has sharply repri-
manded the municipal officials for the
conditions. At Obuchcff hos
pital. which he visited on Saturday, he
found that three bathrooms We're do
ing service for 300 patients. The physi-
clans We're powerless to carry out the
proper course of treatment, and the
at this hospital has been three
times that of other hospitals. Three of
the nurses at this institution were
stricken with the disease yesterday
making a total of nine nurses now I'M
Ger treatment for cholera.
Filthy Markets.
Practically nothing has been done up
to the present to put the city's market
places in a sanitary condition: they are
mosphere rocking with foul odors One
hundred carloads OF fruit have been auc-
toned off and forwarded to Warsaw.
Wilma and other towns, which the chol-
era has not invaded, and the possibility
of infection from this source is very
great.
AS a city st. Petersburg is woefully
unsanitary, and the dread disease finds
here the conditions most suitable for its
1t first made its appear
ance among the poor people herded in
wretched tenements. but 1t is now
spreading TO the better classes, and IL
has broken out in the barracks among
the troops.
Authorities Had Warning.
The authorities had every warning of
the coming of the disease and the utter
inability TO take proper precautions to
prevent it's spread has brought out a
storm of indignant criticism. As an ex-
ample of the inefficiency and negligence
IL is sufficient to cite the fact
that many cholera cases have been con-
veyed to the hospitals in city cabs. which
are very numerous in St. Petersburg. aft
er which these same cabs were permit
ted. without disinfection. to return to
their work on the streets.
The cholera was first reported this year
about the end of July. II was of a viru-
lent type and the percentage of mortal
Ws~wt1 n 4
idly into the provinces along the Volga,
down both coasts of the Caspian and in
the territory of the Don Cossacks; in
other words. in the eastern and south
the end of August there was an average
of LOO cases reported each week. with
a mortality OF more than 80 per cent.
Disease Spread Rapidly.
On Aug. Il it was announced that St.
was threatened with the
scourge. and on Sept. s. 1t was definitely
established that the disease was in the
capital. On Sept. 10 there were fifty
cases there. and the disease was preva-
lent in all quarters of the city The
record of cases and deaths from that
date until the present showed alarming
increases, and it is the general belief
here that the health authorities in a
desire TO prevent the people from becom-
ing panic-stricken. are holding their Of
fetal reports down to minimum.
Alarm Is General.
Advices from all parts of Russia show
that the alarm is very general and that
there is good reason for it. At Moscow
a quarantine has been established at all
stations and passengers are
placed under the strictest surveillance.
Up to the present Moscow has been i'm
mune. A death has occurred at Helsing-
for from the disease and the Russian
steamers have been denied entrance to
Vihorg harhor for eVading quarantine nj