National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-09
PICTURED LEPR0SY.
DR.. O'DOSSELL PRODUCES PHOTOGRAPHS
INSTEAD OF THE LIVING LEPEBs.
He Also Donounces Henry Ward Beecher-The
Chinese Curse of California Graphically De-
Scribed-A Prediction Of Disaster TO America
-Lepers TO he Left in Washington.

Dr. Charles Carroll O'Donnell marched
up the city hall steps, upon which four
reporters were seated, at i;30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. lie was accompanied
by his brother and an unhealthy y-looking
little man, and all carried pictures. large
sun photographs aud grouped cabinet
sized portraits. There was no one else
present, but when the trio had placed
one of the framed faces, each showing =
now and more horrible phase Of loprosy,
against every pillar In the portico, people
began TO collect to see what kind Of .
show was going TO open mp. Many were
the conjectures as to the purpose OF this
parade Of human deformity aud dread
disease, q majority of tho slowly-collect-
ing crowd inolining to the belief that St.
Jacobs oil or Browns iron bittors was
to be advertised presently. Ono man
in the crowd, . resident OF San
Francisco, but employed Mt tho capi-
tol, gave an explanation which sp-
peared fully sustained by the speakers
own utterances when he commenced his
harangue. He said that 0'Donnell
was physician with a fair practice in
San Francisco, but with m official bee
for tho coronership of San Francisco for
three terms as an Independent" coming
within 700 votes of being elected the last
time. He then snnpunced that hc would
keep on running until elected.
The pictures were duly admired, though
not without n sbuddor of disgust OF the
frghtful suffering they depicted. A num-
Der Of the photographs were full length
and in tho nude, showing particularly
disgusting details Of the disease. The
lecturer opened with savage attack upon
Beecher, whom he characterized as "a
dirty, miserable liar and internal wreck"
In referring to the dreadful nature of lep-
rosy he said that Christ had never
delegated power to his disciples TO heal
sufferers by 1t. They had l47,009 China
men In San Francisco, and 10000 on the
Pacific coast. There were not less than .
thousand Of tho miserable outcasts In
Washington this might be
those who did not know the
coolie as he did, but 1t would be found
that for every celestial that was seen in
the washhouses there were three or four
lying in the hunks waiting to come TO
| tho front whom the workers were ready
to retire. The method they adopt for
getting possession of whole block of
property st a nominal rent was described
in detail, the plan being based upon
the fact that after O Chinaman has
once lived in a house no member Of an
other race eau do 80, and that the adjoin-
ing property inevitably depreciates in
value and falls in the hands Of other
pariahs.
Thirty-fve years ago, when he lived in
this city, which he said was now the most
beautiful in the world, there were no
Cinnamon in 1t, but now he found John
in the kitchen. dining room, and bedroom.
cts about time you stopped John from
going into the bedroom" added DR..
O'Donnell, and then proceeded to give
some pointed illustrations unfit for pub
lication. Tho outcasts had monopolized
half dozen Of previously thriving indus
tries in California, and would continue in
their march. with living expenses reduced
to from to cents day, until the 500,-
900, 900 of China wiped out the $4,000, 900
OF this country. 1t had been estimated
that they sent some $39, 9,000,0 to China
every year. The results of their residence
In San Francisco was to be seen in the
daily press Of that place, which chronicled
Ave to six suicides daily. Bankruptcy
was general, and grass grown streets be.
coming common. The city officials were
subsidized and owned by the Chinese Six
companies, who collected dollar month
from each man for protecting" them
Those cursed English vessels that brought
tho coolies over would find that thost
who were opposed to the trade would soor
introduce dynamite into their bottomi
and blow them to hell, whore they be
longed.
DR.. ODonnell gave q graphic descrip
tion of tho difficulties he had met with
on his trip here, aud cursed the mayor o
New York both loud and deeply for re
fusing him leave to lecture in front o
the city hall. Closing after discourse o
some two hours and half, the doctor sais
that he should not let loose his leper
until he had let himself loose from tn
city. He bespoke kind treatment for hi
unfortunate friends, who, he said. woul,
require little but some nice tea, will
some dried duck and opium. With thi
parting joke, with his invisible lepers 70
point, tho doctor gathered up his pic
lures and left. BY the timo he close
there were probably 150 persons in hi
audience.