The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-17

The Most Reverend Bishop Winyon,
the philanthropist, who has devoted the
last thirty years to the care and treat
ment of the lepers on the Pacific Isles,
was a. visitor in Salt Lake yesterday.
The bishop came in from the east unan-
nounced and only a few people knew
that the city had SO distinguished a
guest until after he had departed for
the coast. Bishop Winyon comes from
New Zealand. In company with the he
rolc rather Damon, he was the first
10 lnaugurate the great labor in behalf
or the unfortunate lepers of the Pacific
Islands The loathsome disease robbed
him OF his faithful companion, Father
Damon who died despite all the at
IeInpts to Keep down the advances of the
alsease. The labor has now assumed
large proportions and extends all over
the many isles that dot the Pacific There
are now forty-nine priests and sisters de-
voting their lives to the labor under the
ulrectlon or bishop Winyon- The benign
work really began on the Sandwich is
lands, where a small isle belonging to the
group was set apart as home for those
VINO We're deemed incurables. The labor
Wnlcn mad this humble beginning has
grown rapidly and now takes in ali parts
or the world where the dread disease
prevails. The headquarters are at Mon
oca, one OF the isles of the New Zealand
group, where a magnificent hospital is
being operated under the superintend-
ence of Bishop Winyon.
In answer to question as to what sue
cess Is attained in curing the disease,
and the mode of treatment, the bishop
gave an interesting description of what
IS being done on the far-off islands.
Many Are Cured.
ION Monoca." he said land neighbor-
ing isle, two hospitals have been estab-
lished, one for males and the other ex-
clusively for females, and the number
of these institutions established by the
church is increasing rapidly. OF the fe-
charge and in 1894 the number of cures
there amounted to $780, At the male hos
pltal for the same year, 30 lepers were
restored to health. As yet there is no
Der OF lepers found on the isles, but as
the number of nurses and the record of
cures increase, there will soon be an APP
parent d1minution in this worst of all
affiictions. People who have once had
leproSy and are cured never contract the |
disease second time.
'Leprosy makes S temperance in the |
tips of the fingers, where the sensati !
is described by the sufferers as resemb- |
ling the continual pricking of needles. |
Dark spots then mark the insidious adj |
vance of the disease and if neglected the |
flesh goes gradually into decay. AS soon |
as a patient arrives at hospital, the |
diseased parts are cauteriZed with hot |
stones and then dressed in serum, which |
is made ready for use in the labora tories. |
The extreme burning sensation which al |
ways accompanies the disease is relieved |
cold cloths"
How far advanced must the disease
be before it is incurable?"
IncurabIe Cases.
ANY case can be cured if the finger
nails are still on the hands. AS soon as
ease is usually incurable and all we can
do is to afford temporary relief. Risk in
attending patients? Well, yes, there is
tact but the danger of this ' has been Ss 1g re
duced to minimum by the use of pre-
yentatives and antidotes The lamented
En1eF Damon raonivsd meyer EVE recovered
one of his patients but on account OF the
excessive use of serum and antidotes
beforehand the remedies seemed to have
no effect after leprosy had set in.
France, My Native Country.
II left New Zealand continued the
bishop, 4" in order to look after the edu-
cational interests of the Catholic church
in France, my native country. There a
number of colleges for the training of
Catholic boys for the ministry are eStab-
lished. Recently the republic has decided
to draft in a number of the students as
soldiers, and this will make it necessary
for the church to change its school SyS-
tenn. The church is strongly opposed to
these boys who are being prepared for
the ministry being placed where contact
round army life Will be unavoida BILE. AL
ready college of this nature has been
in the United States. 1t is in
Hartford county, Mass. Forty-four of the
students at the French college accom-
panied me to the United States, and
SiXty-two more are to follow shortly.
Eleven Catholic priests have been Sc
lected to act as instructors in the new
college. My labors in this line are now
over and L am on my return TO New
Zealand"
Speaks Highly of Salt Lake.
Bishop Winyon seemed to be greatly
pleased with his visit to Salt Lake and
said to a Herald reporter that it was
one of the prettieSt cities he had seen in
his travels. During his short stay,
Bishop Winyon visited the French fathers
of the local Catholic schools and also
paid his respects to Bishop Seaman.
Since leaving New Zealand, Bishop Win
yon has travelled over half around the
world and upon his return to the island.
will have entirely circled the globe. The
bishop left for the northwest last even
ing, and after spending few days in
Spokane will go on to San Francisco,
where he will board a. steamer for the
scene of his philanthropic labor.
DETROIT. July 16.--W'iliam Aol usseau
the accomplice of Mrs. Nellie Pope, in
the murder of DIR. Horace y. Pope, Feb
ruary ?, was sentenced to twenty-five
years Imprisonment. Brusseau pleaded
guilty to murder in the second degree.