Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1893 — THE CHOLERA. [ARTICLE]

THE CHOLERA.

Terrible Ravages of the Disease In Russia. j' The cholera returns for the past week Show that in 21 provinces of Russia 4,32.1 new cases were reported and 1.692 deaths occurred. The returns from the province of Orel show the most alarming figures, 820 new cases and 325 deaths being reported. Kieff comes next with 227 deaths. Tula had 653 cases and 139 deaths, and Moscow 119 cases and 67 deaths. In St. Petersburg there are nine suspected cases of cholera. No fresh cases of cholera were reported in Rotterdam Sunday. Two new cases were reported at Hansweert. Therb were eight deaths from cholera in Naples Saturday. The report that cholera has become epidemic in Rom* and that seven persons had died of ft was erroneous. Nine new case and five deaths from cholera were reported from Palermo. Sunday. In Kerteh, in the Crimea, then have been forty-four new cases and twen-ty-four deaths. In the city of Moscow 119 new cases and sixty i seven deaths fiavi been reported. In Sebastopol the new cases have numbered nine and the deaths six in the last week. One new case o’ cholera and one death were reported ai Antwerp, Saturday. The horse and cattle show at the World’s Fair is growing in popular favor. ,