The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
fla S0IDANITE, GREAT AFRICAN DISEASE
The School Of Tropical Medicine Investigating the Strange Mental
AffCts the White Man in the Tropics

was that OF Captain Chanoine, the sen Of
General Chanoine, but both officers fell
just as other good men have fallen.
One of the most striking instances is
that OF Count Segonsac who was court
martialed ON the charge oil shooting a
comrade, Captain Quiquerez, who was en-.
gagged with him in exploring Western Af-
RIGA. When the count returned from the
| Dark Continent he reported that MS COM
panion had died of the fever but. Tor
some reason the relatives of the captain
became suspicious and even went so lar
as TO charge that the count had killed
their kinsman in order that he might
enjoy all the credit for their achieve
ments. At last the charges OF the cap
tain's relatives became so insistent that
the count was arrested and an expedition
was sent to recover the remains o: the
dead explorer. OF course it was found
that he had been killed by being shot in
the head and the count was then Charged
with his murder. He persisted. however.
that he was guiltless. that his companion
had shot himself while in druken fairy
and that he had concealed the truth out
of compassion for the family AS the
medical testimony showed that this might
has been true the court martial acquitted
him. bur the disgrace so affected him that
he lived but short time.
The case OF Sir Henry NJ. Stanley ia
the Scots Guards was the second in COM
mand of the expedition for the rescue of
Emin Pasba. He never returned from
Africa and Stanley was ominously silent
in regard to the manner OF his dea h. AS
IL was discovered. however. hat the
major had had bitter quarrel with his
chief the latter was called upon Tor an
explanation. In reply he proces led to
asperse not only the humanity but also
the honor OF Major Bartellot and as he
was unable TO substantiate the charges
there was an immediate cutlery against
him and his popularity has not been in
creased by the fact that a veil OF mystic
ry has always surrounded the manner OF
the majors death. In fact IT was due TO
this feeling against Stanley that the ex-
plorer was compelled to wait so many
years for the official recognition OF Ills
services, the order of the Bath beihg con-
ferred upon him only few months ago
II has always been customary TO look
upon these incidents as somewhat Ilac-
countable. 30 treat them as occasions en-
which otherwise great men haze stopped
over" and one has been inclined % ad-
NIT feeling OF pity for those whose n is
takes have proved fatal. In view OF our
present knowledge OF the existence of
this strange tropical disease. however, ia
II not possible that many OF the men who
have lost their good name in Africa may
have been suffering from the same mental
disorder? The French and English scien-
fists are confident that both Captain Cha
noine aud Captain Voulet We're irreSpon-
sibie for their acts OF demonism II they
were victims of In Soudanite might not
other explorers have suffered from sim
ilar attack OF insanity? And is I not
wrong 70 assign men TO duty In country
whore they are exposed 10 n mslady that
is epidemic and irresistible, q malsdy for