The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-17
cH0LERA'S SWIFT STROKES.
QUICK DEATH TO WHICH PEOPLE
IN INDIA ARE EXPOSED.


in Few Hours--NIemOriaI of
Physician-Wipins out of 1t Whole
Family in a Single Day.
From the New York Sun.
Jhansi, India. oct 1.-THE plague this
season is striking us roots into raw soil
Bangalore, a city IN The Madras presl-
dency, Is now plague center, ard other
parts of South India are affected. Kara
chi. on the western seaboard, where year
ago the plague RACED. Is now almost en-
tirely free from The scourge but 1t sth
clings 10 Bombay. one feature Of the
plague a present is the number of Euro
peans attacked, while in the beginning Eu-
ropeans were almost entirely exempt
Hitherto nurses in charge of plague pa
tents have enjoyed such immunity from
the disease that it has sometimes been
said that no place seemed so safe from IN
lection as the immediate vicinity Of a
plague-stricken patient. Within recent
months several nurses and others as
sisling in the care Of the sick have fallen
victims to it,
In the immunity which Europeans have
until recently enjoyed the plague has fur
nished a striking contrast to cholera.
Cholera Strikes down a victim here and
there in The most favored sections of a
community, so far as regards sanitary
conditions. One of our neighbors several
| years ago was a judge one Of the rising
men Of India, who coupled a large house
| in the midst of a fine compound, all the
! surroundings being salubrous. A friend
| had been spending a few days with him,
! and on the return of the visitor 10 his
| home the judge accompanied MIN TO a
neighboring town, intending to spend The
| Gay with friends. He was stricken with
cholera soon after his arrival and died in
few hours. The guest of the judge
| reached his home, was also stricken with
| cholera, and died about the same time as
| mis- late host. When an examination was
made of the house il was found that the
cooking utensils, which, in India, are US
ually copper and are timed every three or
four weeks, were in a very pad condition.
The wife was absent in England and the
judge had trusted his servants with the
result thar two lives were sacrificed
Stepping from the railway train at the
central station in this city, and passing
through a spacious han to the place of
exit, the traveller sees before him a fine
drinking fountain. This was recently
erected in memory of the civil surgeon, a
man greatly beloved, who fell victim to
cholera more than year ago. The dis
ease had been very prevalent in the city
and the doctor had been frequently sum-
moned to attend the sick. He was asked
the day before his death to go to an ad-
joining city to treat a brother physician
who had been stricken with cholera He
returned by an early morning train, took
his usual refreshment of tea and toast
after reaching his bungalow, then visited
the city hospital the railway hospital, the
jail, and, lastly, his private patients. His
round of visits made, the doctor returned
home, and at l o'clock sat down TO his
breakfast, complaining of great WEAKNESS
During the afternoon he was attacked
with cholera and died at 10 o'clock in The
evening. He was buried the following
morning with fun military honors. HI
had been ir attendance on q patient il
my family, and the echo of his retreaUne
footsteps seemed scarcely to have dice
away when on the still morning air tn,
mournful strains of the Dead March
were borne to me as The doctor was ear
i. ried to his burial
A young English chaplain asked of
friend whose house was set in the mids
of a beautiful park on the banks of thu
river Jumna the privilege of coming t
his house for few days for a change o
air. as he was not well. He came, bu
only to die of cholera, with which he ha,
doubtless been smitten before leaving hi
own bungalow.
t During the famine which so recent!
desolated India many of the European
servants of government in charge of fam
inc relief works were victims of cholera
One young civilian, very Jealous in tn
discharge of his duties, came in one da,
from his work saying that he was no
WELL There was nothing in his condition
= to excite alarm. The following morning
F, his companion, a brother civilian, befor
going out; looked in at the door of hi
hut to make Inquiries, but found hin
sleeping, and, therefore, concluded tina
he was as well as usual.
Returning to the camp at a late hou
in the morning, he was startled to fin
\ his friend lying unconscious on the groun
i not far from the tent. The young ma
had risen dressed and attempted t
mount his horse, but had fallen to tn
ground in the attempt Medical assistanc
from the nearest town was at once sum
moned but he was dead of cholera be
; fore help could reach him. 1t was a sa
; procession which made its way back t
the home which the young man had % re
, Gently left in health and fine spirits, hi
horse led by his groom and carrying tn
Q empty saddle, his folded tent, and all tina
had been his, ana the body prepared 70
burial.
But perhaps in all India there is no sad
) der memorial OF the ravages of chOler
: than the Deserted House "a Seringapatan
: a city in South India, built on an islam
II in the channel of the Kaveri river. Thi
: island was for a time the seat of govern
ment of IIyder Ali, a noted Mohammeda
:, ruler. The place was taken by the BIRTHS
i in 1899 anG a detachment of BIRTHS
g troops were quartered there, commando
by Col. Bruce. The commandant built
n very English looking house on the bank
- of the river. with terraces TO the water
edge a charming spot in the midst of
lovely garden When the house was read
for occupancy Mrs. Bruce came out froI
England TO join her husband, bringin
with her their two little boys, ana yeal
of age. 1t was the beginning of the d.
lightful cool season, the time of flowers
and through the garden bright with blooi
coveys of birds in brilliant plumage hitte'
a.r.