The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-13
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fore the country was placed unuder quar-
antfne, many visitors had fingered. Ihey
having ragged with great severity Il
Hong Kong from 1894 to 1896. Thence tht
epidemic spread to Bombay, where it has
reigned without cessation for the las
three years and whence it spread 10 al
the northern, western and southern prov
inces of India. It then made its appear
ance in Madagascar.
There seems to be no doubt that tht
importation Of the plague into Egypt was
brought about by some ship which called
at plague stricken ports either in India
or the Persian gulf"
DR.. Caimette pointed out, furthermore
that the bubonic plague proceeds by leaps
and bounds; skipping great stretches OF
territory. and that it is propogated par
ticularly by rats and feas
The ''bIack DEATH" as it is sometimes
called, is essentially a filth diseases. 1t Is
caused by a microbe, which can be de-
stroyed under certain conditions by 1e
use Of serum. The English authorities are
using the most strenuous efforts to pre-
vent it from extending its ravages beyond
Egypt, but it has been suggested that n
View Of Egypt's relation to Europe, the
stamping out the disease should be made
an international duty.
The unhappy woman who lies IN a
stupor in her plague stricken villa just
outside Alexandria was once Clara Ward,
daughter of Eber Ward, Of Detroit, ship
owner, shipbuilder, timber magnate,
spiritualist, miser and man of many love
affairs.
There was a faint that appeared in DIFF
ferent forms in various members of the
family. Clara Ward was extremely beau
tiful, but she had wild impulses, and she
encountered nothing in her home life TO
discourage them.
At the age of II, with S., 100000 of her
own, her mother engineered match be-
tween her and Prince Joseph de Chimay
and de Caraman, head Of the historic Bel
gian house of that name. The wedding
took place in Paris. Lord Lytton, the
English ambassador and Whitelaw Reid
the American minister, were the wit
nesses for the bride, who wore a dress
that had cost $4,000.
Marriage did not restrain Clara Wards
impulses; it merely enlarged her oppor-
tunities. Her husband was too cynical to
concern himself with his wife's amuse-
ments.
Prince Baldwin, the proiigate heir to
the Belgian throne, fell in love with her.
While the scandal was at its height he
died suddenly and mysteriously. Gossips
talked first about a jealous husband.
Later they talked about jealous king.
The Princess Chimay kept the scandal
mongers of Euripe busy by many ex-
ploits after that: but they all faded into
significance when she flung herself at
the head of the leader of a Hungarian
band in cafe chantant-Jancsi Rigo, the
gypsy.
She did not tire Of him, as might have
been expected. It was the passion Of her
life. She had already borne him one child
before this tragic double birth in Alex
andrit.
After finging away all the world for the
gypsy, Clara Ward abandoned herself TO
She seemed to study out
means to shock and offend society. This
was probably less innate wickedness than
a pitiful feminine way of hurting defiance
at the world, and it is needless to re-
capitulate the follies of one whom fate
has overtal1en so crushingly.