The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

| trictS OF India, accompanying the Offlcla
| mission engaged in the same work. hd:
arrived here. An exhaustive inspection
was made Of the vast relief work known
! as the Jhylum canal, about which no less
| than 10000 coolies are congregated. OF
| this number, 1900 persons, either infirm
aged. or blind. are classed as non-work-
ers. The preponderance OF women and
| children was noticeable. After visiting
| the tents. the officials OF the mission
tTaversed the bazaar. or market, along
| double lire OF mat huts, matched with
| grass.
The market was flied with grain deal
| ers, and heaps Of wheat, barley, maize
| ard mile; were in front OF the huts.
| Prices, ii was remarked, had fallen
| slightly since the recent rains, which
have caused slight change for the BET
| ter in the stricken districts, but in spite
of this. the prices asked for grain were
| terribly high, the cheapest kind being
double the nominal price.
The regular traders are furnished with
huts free Of charge. and from one hi.
tea. steved goats flesh, and other such
iuXuries were dispensed to the custom
ers, such as minor officials of the gov
eminent, etc. who were rich enough TO
indulge in them. Hospital tents have
been erected for the care Of the sick, but
up to the prsen. time there has been no
necessity 10 use them.
The officials of The mission next made
an inspection of the coolie quarters, con-
s.sting Of long rows of mat huts thirty
feet apart. They were ranged on both
sides of a broad sandy street, and are
kept scrupulously clean. Each hut is
built to accommodate fifty persons. who
are constantly under the supervision Of
different officials.
The canal works have been visited and
a marvellous scene Witnessed About Is
JC0 men and women were busily at work.
Some were digging and others We're car
rying away the eXcavated earth in bask
cts upon their heads. The workers were
a healthy, vigorous cheerful lot OF peo-
pie. many OF them singing as they pro-
gressed with the tasks allotted to them
and now and then glancing at the child
rem who were playing about them in the
vicinity, apparently quite as healthy and
strong as their parents.
AT the registering department the Wis
iting officers had another interesting ex-
perience. Four clerks, seated on a high
bamboo platform, were giving the new
arrivals in search of relief work. the
ployment on the works. On these slips
were inscribed the names caste, descrip
ton, and amount of wages to be paid TO
the workers, who were in turn sent off TO
the different sections of the canal. The
greatest order and discipline prevailed
on all sides and there was a cheerful
ness and regularity about the whole pro-
Ceedings which reflected credit upon all
concerned.
Finally, the mission officers visited the
nuts set apart for the helpless non-work-
ers. There again was evidence Of good
work upon the part of the government
officials The same extreme cleanliness
prevailed in and about the huts and ev-
cry medical care possible was bestowed
upon those needing attention.
Many babies have been born at the ca
nal works. and the mothers Of these in
fants are maintained free of charge, re-
ceiving extra pay While they are incapa-
citated from doing hard wark, and are
given an additional sum of money for the
maintenance of their babies. Deserted
babies. or babies whose mothers are un-
able to suckle them, are fed on condens-
ed milk by the medical staff.
THE PLAGUE.
Calcutta. Jan. 22.-The government has
ordered the stoppage on February Of all
vilgriln traffic from Bombay to Karachi
on account of the plague. There are now
over 1750000 persons employed on the
relief work. and about 10000 are re-
caiving erstuitous relief. The principal
increase in f,n number Of persons re-
lleved is in Bengal and in the northwest.
st. Petersburg. Jan. 22.-Two cases of
the bubonic plague. which is now raging
in Bombay, are reported from Kamaran.
Kamaran is an island off the west coast
of Arabia in the Red sea 1t Is a Brit
ish possession and one OF the landing
stations near to the city of Mecca. A
severe quarantine has been esta blished
by the Russian authorities. Committees
in aid of the Indian famine, have been in
stituted by the governors of s.. Peters
burg. Moscow and Odessa.
London. Jan. 22.-The Chronicles cor
respondent al Vienna reports that Con-
stsLtinople dispatch says that the Porte
has ordered the Persian border to be cor
doaed in order to exclude the plague.
London. Jan. 22-The Calcutta CORES
pendent Of the Times. after expressing
the hope that parliament will induce the
government TO deal in a practical way
With the problem, prints an unusually
outspoken article from the Pi0neer. de-
claring that only q. 900 Of the whole Brit
ease in some shape or other, and that
k22 in each thousand are actually inca
pacitated. TIE disease il IS said. IS be-
coming more destructive than ever. and
even the bubOnic plague cannot compare
as a human afffiction. A squeamish re-
serve. yelled by dubious hints. says the
Pioneer, i no longer appropriate TO the
emergency.
London. Jan. 22.-Iu the house OF COM
mons today. Lord George Hamilton. sec
retSry OF state for India. made a long
statement on the subject Of the measures
taken by the Indian government TO cope
with the plague. He pointed out that
there was TO epidemic except in Bombay.
karachi and Poona- EXeprts. he admit
ted. predicted some increase Of the
ment was hopeful that the measures
adopted were beginning 10 make a real
impression upon the plague
CECIL RHODES LANDS.
Plymouth. Jan. 22.-Coionel Cecil
ony. arrived here today from South A.
r'ca- He has returned 20 England 10 be
present az the parliamentary investiga-
ton 70 be made Of the Transvaal raid.
GUINEA COAST WARFARE.
Brass. Guinea Coast. Jan. 22.-News
has just been received here that the ex-
petition sent by the Royal Niger COM
pany against the Emir az Nupe from Lo-
kOja. found the Foulah army dispersed
and in fight when Il arrived al Kabba.
The expedition consisted Of 500 Haussa
troops, six Maxim rapi5-f1ring guns.
twenJy-six mounted European officers
and 500 carriers. X was headed by the
governor. Sir George Goldie. and vas
accompanied by the Royal Niger COM
Pany's fict.lla OF armored stern-wheel
steamers. The quarrel between the DOW