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Show BURNING ALL HOUSES - INFECTED WITH PLAQUE. Mexican Authorities Take Strong Measures to Stop Spread. MAZATLAN. Mex., Jan. 22. There were six deaths from the plague here, yesterday. yester-day. The house of the Chi f of Police, with its furniture, has been burned, owing to contamination by the plague. There are forty-three serious case In the lazaretto. The number of houses burned is 141. Money Is coming In freely from the City of Mexico Mex-ico and interior cities, and a deep sense of gratitude is felt by the entire community. commu-nity. Great numbers of poor people are without work, owing to the closing of business concerns and factories. Four quarantine stations have been established es-tablished in Jalisco by the State government. govern-ment. They are at Amaca. 8an Marcos, Zapatlan and Tuxpan. All these cities are on roads that communicate with Mazatlan and other places where the bubonic plague is reported to exist. Each of the stations has a medical director and a corps of assistants. as-sistants. , |