Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1891 — THE DREAD CHOLERA. [ARTICLE]

THE DREAD CHOLERA.

It is Spreading in District* of Asia—A Warning. The latest advices from Turkey, in Asia, to the health officer at Boston state that the cholera is spreading in the stricken districts. In one day, July 7, Mecca and Mina lost 405 of their population by the epidemic. The Turkish government has established regulations for the inspection of vessels from those places by physicians. The English steamer Drewton from Alexandria recently took on board sixtyeight bales of washed wool bound for New York, and 1,680 bales aboard at Tripoli, Syria, places affected by tho contagion, which latter merchandise,though reported not contaminated, originally came from the districts where the cholera is con' fined. The merchandise Is thought to be bound for America, and the health officer has been notified of the facts.