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Show BUBONIC PLAGUE IN ' PERUVIAN CITIES Callao and Pico Both. Officially Declared De-clared to Bs Infected, and i - Ports Closed. w ,, : v GUAYAQUIL, May 11. Catlap and . Pico, Peru, have been officially declared Infected with the bubonic Dlaaue. The banks and business bouses of Guayaquil Guaya-quil are subscribing funds for the pur- pose. of cleaning the city. Three Cos- roos line steamers from Southern ports will be refused admittance here. Ecuadorean troeps have been .. sta-s sta-s tloned on the Peruvian frontier to stop communication. The board of health . at Payta, Peru, has closed that port to vessels from Callao. The municipal council and the board . of health at Guayaquil are In session to discuss steps against the lntroduc- tion of ths plague. - |