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Show CHOLERA. REACHES MOSCOW. The Dread Scourge Ravaging the ContinentDeath Conti-nentDeath Rate Appalling. St. Petersburg, July 9. It is reported that despite all precautions, cholera has reached Moscow, where the total absence of sewerage renders the situation mos,t dangerous. danger-ous. From June 28 to July 3 there were 505 deaths from cholera in Turkestan. Some cases are reported at Acre, Syria. Tho situation in Astrakhon is serious. Workmen have revolted. Five of them and two doctors were killed in conflicts with the police and 'SW were wounaea. The death rate along the Volga continues high. Doctors are scarce. The military is sending tents for the accommodation ac-commodation of patients. Fifteen deaths have occurred in Enseli, Persia, on Caspian sea. Twelve cases are reported in Samaria. DEATHS IJT PARIS. Paris, July 9. Seven deaths occurred from choleraine yesterday in this city. Five new cases and one death from cholera are reported today at Stouen, four miles from this elty. The mayor of Neuilly was stricken. Three deaths have occurred at Asnieres. it ia cholera. . Loudon, July 9. A Paris dispatch to the Lancet, a leading medical authority, says the record of 150 deaths and the prevalence of the disease in twenty-four communities near Paris proves the disease to be genuine cholera, and not choleraine as claimed. TRTIXG TO PREVENT IT. Madrid, July 9. Authorities are taking measures to prevent the introduction of cholera into this country. ' . m m i |