Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18

and their families at Belgrade and
Nish. The porte asks for an in
quiry by the consuls Of the powers.
The Spread Of Cholera.
Constantinople, Nov. 18.--There are
more than 1000 cases Of cholera daily
in and around Constantinople and the
death rate has reached SO per cent
The authorities are powerless to cope
with the situation.
On Thursday last 5000 cholera pa
tients arrived by train at San Stefano.
They would have been brought here
but for the protests Of the railway COM
pany and the Austrian ambassador, who
asked that they be sent to the lazaret-,
tos at Becos and Ismidt.
For "a hours the patients remained
in the train on siding at San Stefano
without water, food or medical atten-
ton. Then they were shipped to the
quarantine station; II they had been
lower animals they could not have been
more neglected.
A foreign doctor. assisting in the mil
itary hospital. discovered that Ave SOL
diers dying OF cholera had been placed
among the wounded. He ordered their
removal. Bearers took up the dying
men on their shoulders. but their con-
dition was such that the doctor ordered
the bearers to drop them.
This they did and the unfortunates
were left lying on the floor an hour,
groaning and in commissions. before they
were removed on stretchers.
An extraordinary feature OF condi-
lions behind the Turkish lines at
Tchatalja is the indifference to foreign
ers wearing either a fez or an European
hat who may hire vehicle and drive
to the Turkish entertainments and in
spect the troops. There appears to be
no Gordon to prevent fugitives from en-
tering Constantinople. 1t Is reported
that the situation in the lines is hope
less A huge pile of barbed wire is
stacked near the endangered northern
wing, never having been put to use.
The troops for the most part are unable
to work because cholera infected SOL
diers are keeping watch in the earth
works.
Innumerable sick lie grooming in the
fields to the rear, some OF them in their
last agonies. Countless cholera infected
fugitives are struggling on the fan
shaped road ccnverging on Hademekeui
from the outer forts Thousands of pa
tents and hundreds of dead lie on the
ground near Hademekeui.
At Derkos lake, the chief source of
Constantinople's water supply, there
was guard Of soldiers, but IL of them
died and Is others were stricken with
cholera Thursday night. There Is great
fear that the whole watershed will be
contaminated, involving Constantinoplc
in the greatest danger
The three physicians at Derkos have
been unable to do more than bury the
dead. Turkish officers regard further
resistance at Tchatalja as impossible
out think 1t Is equally impossible for the
Bulgarians to occupy the Turkish posi-
lions without endangering the whole
Bulgarian army through cholera.
6ulsarians Consider Terms.
Sofia, Nov. 1S.-The cabinet held two
special sittings yesterday to discuss the
Turkish peace overtures. So far only
Montenegro has been communicated
with with reference to the proposed
conditions. The Bulgarian cabinet de-
sires the fullest discussion among the
allies of the terms to be demanded, in
order to be in position to formulate
precise conditions for. Turkeys accept
ance or rejection, thus insuring a final
settlement.
A report through Bulgarian channels
says number of Turkish officers and
soldiers on duty at the palace of Vildiz
Kiosk. when ordered to proceed to Ia
hatalja, refused declaring that further
fighting was useless. Several officers
were arrested but the mutinous conduct
of the troops continues. The official
Mir. referring to the peace overtures,
says:
Provided Turkey shows the neces-
sary spirit Of Cancellation in consenting
to the concessions Immediately, she may
make her conquerors at once her best
friends, even her future allies"
The news of the spread of cholera at
the Tchatalja lines has caused great
anxiety here.