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Show CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. Asiatic Scourge Finds Many Victims Among Lowr Claeseu St. Petersburg. Tho Asiatic cholera chol-era In St. Petersburg hns awninled tho proportions of tho epidemic of 1S9I. Up to noon of Saturday, September 12, twe'nty-lhreo deaths nnd 109 now rases havo been officially reported at tho hospitals. Tho scourge continues to find Its victims nlmost universally among tho lower classos, who oxlst in conditions Ideal for tho propogatloti of tho cholera. chol-era. In ono qunrter, for oxamplo, thoro reside 10,000 workmen who havo tho services of but one single doctor, Thoro aro no water mains In this section, and tho peoplo drink tho polluted water of tho cnnnl. |