Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-23
Asiatic Plague Attacks Upper
Glasses in st. Petersburg.
IN THE PALACE OF A PRINCE
Court Chancellor Stricken While En-
tertaining Guests.
ACCUMULATION OF C0RPSES
23S Unburied Bodies at Cemetery
Sections Are Able to Inter Only
100 a Day.

ST. PETERSBURG. September 23.-Asi-
attic cholera is spreading day by day. II
is now appearing in the upper classes OF
society. which up to the present time had
considered themselves immune. Twenty
four cases have been reported in the town
of Peterhof The imperial family is ex-
pected soon to return to the Peterhof
palace from its cruise in Finnish waters
One case has been discovered In the
palace of Prince Alexander Oldenburg, a
cousin of the emperor.
Among the cases reported in ST. Peters
burg today is that Of Court Councillor
Nechiporenker, who was stricken while
entertaining party Of guests. TWO
prominent merchants, several officials In
the various ministries and members OF
the better classes in the capital are today
down with the dread malady.
The accumulation of corpSes at the
graveyards continues. There were 81 UNI
buried bodies at the Preobrazhenskoe
mortuary train brought down LAG more.
The sections are able to inter only IN
bodies day.
Authorities Are Active.
The authorities have stopped navigation
In the marine canal. winding and stag
nant ditch that runs several miles into
the heart of the city. The municipal au-
thorities. realizing that there undoubtedly
will be a renewal of the outbreak in the
spring, have appropriated SIPS. 600 for the
construction of four cholera hospitals
with a capacity of 1000 beds. The re-
port for the twenty-four hours ending at
noon today shows 1856 cases and 15s
deaths in ST. Petersburg. an increase OF
nineteen cases and decrease of eighteen
deaths as compared with Tuesdays stat
iSticS.
The disease has broken out among the
cadets at the Pavlovsk Military Academy
one of the most important higher mill
tary schools in the empire. Forty stu
dents have been sent to hospital and two
deaths already have been announced. Sew
eral attendants at the academy have been
stricken. The academy has been closed
and the remaining cadets sent into camp
at Kresnoe-Selo.
A servant in the second military school
has developed the cholera and measures
are being taken to prevent an outbreak
in this institution.
Russians Detained at Hamburg.
HAMBURG, September 23.-All Russian
emigrants bound for American ports are
now detained here for fifteen days before
embarkation. and as a further precautior
against the spread OF the cnOlela tnell
baggage Is thoroughly dsinfected. These
measures are being taken in response t
requests from the State Department a
Washington.
No Developments at Berlin.
BERLIN, September 23.-Up to noon to-
day none of the seven cholera suspects il
the Virchow hospital had developed thu
malady, nor had meteorological examina
ton demonstrated the presence Of the dis
ease among the persons being detained
along the Russian frontier.
Cholera conditions in Manila are ma
terially improving, according to Gov
Gen. Smiths dispatch to the War De-
partment today. For the twenty four
hours ended at s o'clock this morning
there were 80 new cases, as against g.
for the preceding twenty-four hours. Gov
Gen. Smiths dispatch follows:
"Twenty-four hours, ending s am.
September %: Observation-Disclosures, Z
Meisic, 3; Sampaloc, 6; Tondo, 10; Pace
4; Malate. =; Santa Cruz, 1. Total, 30
Tonight at & o'clock, q cases, as opposed
to II yesterday at same hour. These re-
suits seem to indicate that the great in.
crease September 20, September p and
September % was due to completeness OF
house-to-house inspection and discovery
of cases which otherwise might not have
been reported at all or delayed two OF
more days"