The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
NEARLY HALF DIE.
Cholera Is Making Fearful Raw
ages in Russia.
Deaths in One Week Run Over
Ten Thousand.
NEW CASES REPORTED.
Are More Than Double the Num-
ber of Fatalities.
The Scourge Is Spreading
Rapidly in Italy.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-One
weeks cholera record for Russia
shows 23,944 new cases of cholera and
1923 deaths, bringing the total num-
Der of cases in Russia this year to
112,9S5. OF these, 50,2S7 have died,
the mortality percentage being 44.5.
The figures are those furnished by
the sanitary bureau, covering the week
from August to August 13, inclusive.
and therefore are fully official. Re
ports from Red Cross sources indicate
that the actual figures are somewhat
greater, as it is a practical impossi-
bility to register every case in an
i epidemic of such proportions.
OF the deaths last week. 1,67S were
reported from the district OF the Don
Cossacks; 1867 from the district of
Kuban Cossacks; 1,01S in Yeksterin-
oslav province; 759 in Samara prov
ince; 416 in Uronezh; All in the
| Terek Cossack district; 352 in Kher-
slams resort for the summer months;
| 33 in Lambo province, and S25 in
Stavropol province.
| The epidemic in st. Petersburg
shows a decrease, only 265 cases and
1888 deaths having been reported for
| the six days ending yesterday at noon,
| compared to the SIT cases and 233
| deaths reported the previous week.
The sanitary authorities of the city
| believe that from now on the epidemic
| will continue its natural decrease. The
total figures for ST. Petersburg since
the first cases were reported, June 20,
show 2,079 cases and 730 deaths. The
mortality here in the capital, 35 per
cent, is much less than in the south
ern province, owing to the better hos
pital facilities and the experience
gained in handling the first big out
break two wears ago.
| Spreading i'm Italy.
| Bari, Italy, Aug. 19.-The epidemic
| of cholera which has broken out in
southern Italy, is steadily showing an
ticularly in the town of Trani, where
the number of deaths already is more
than thirty.
The latest official reports last night
gave twenty deaths at Tram, showing g
1.-THE rapidity with which the disease is
increasing there. The epidemic is of a
virulent type and the death rate is
thigh.
1 Even graver danger is anticipated
from the fleeing population of the in
germs of the disease to regions not yet
| involved. Trani seems almost desert
ed as a result of the panic. 10000 of
the residents, fully one-half of the
population, having fled the town
Fully many have escaped from the
| island town of Barletta.
Rome Has Escaped So Far.
| Rome Aug. 19.-Rumors that the
epidemic of cholera, which has broken
out in -Apula had spread to Rome, are
emphatically denied. There have been
no cases here. The general health con-
ditions here are excellent better than
at any time during the last ten years.
Although the danger of infection is not
felt here, the pope today ordered the
Larazetto of Santa Marta. built inside
the vatican by Pope Leo in 1885. dur
| ing the great cholera epidemic at
Naples. but never used because of the
absence of cholera patients, made
ready for emergency.
! The Influence of the church is to be
used to assist the civil authorities in
fighting the epidemic, the clergy hav-
ing been urged to use all means to
force compliance with the sanitary
regulations on the part of their par
ishioners. No final decision has been
taken regarding the proposed depar-
ture of King Victor for the cholera
region The king, it is said. has de-
| termined to proceed personally to the
scene if conditions become more seri-
Gus in which case Queen Helena, it is
feared, would insist on accompanying
him