The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18


sight II was. Two men bringing the
nude bodies Of a man and woman, tied,
neck and feet, to a pole, the long matted
hair Of the woman dragging on the
ground. Following them was a man
with a bundle wrapped in a dirty cloth,
which, when opened, disclosed the bod
les of two little children. Nearby was
building formerly used as dog ken
mel. My informant started to see 1t,
but woman shut the door. Opening 1t
36 nude bodies-of men, Of women and
of children, waiting to be buried. So,
instead of four or five bodies, there
were 40 before him.
INHUMAN COURSE OF RULER.
How dreadful the condition of these
poor people and how inhuman of the
ruler to try to conceal their real condi-
tion.
From Amjere we boarded the evening
train for Niemuch, where we arrived at
o'clock a. M, and found Miss Camp
bell of the Canadian mission waiting to
receive us. While eating our breakfast
we learned that the missionaries there
had from the 18th Of September to the
31st Of December given bread to 59,912
people. The people had been gathered
together on the compound and had been
given the bread Of life" as well as food
for the physical man-but, owing to the
fact that there is q large contonment
nearby, the commanding offer, afraid
that infectious diseases might be
brought to the British soldiers, gave an
order for 1t all to be stopped. Since
January about 5000 have been fed from
the cart by the lady doctor as she went
to and from her dispensations.
We visited the poorhouses. In one,
about mile from the city, there were
1,700 people; in another on the other side
were 1,600-men, women and children,
in every stage Of starvation. In morn
ing these people receive wheat porridge
and in the evening bread and pulse
the equivalent Of a pound OF food day.
I was we'll pleased with what / saw
there. This raja Is one Of the wealth.
lest men in the world and seems to be
trying to help the people all he can.
In these two poorhouses about 10000
have been fed. AS soon as they are
strong enough the men and women are
sent to the relief works, making roads,
clearing tanks, etc. These tanks are
great reservoirs that have to be clear
ed Of sand and clay every few years.
During the rains they fill with water
and are like little lakes. They are all
dry now and the cleaning Of them helps
to furnish work for the starving. Men,
women and children work, each receiv-
ing about two cents a day-rather a
small allowance for a man with five or
six to support, but the people are all
glad for the work.
Next we visited the receiving homes,
where the missionaries take in wild
ows and little children and clan them
up, keep them awhile. then put them in
to regular schools. DR.. McKeller then
took us for drive. taking along a bas-
ket of chipatis or wheaton cakes to dis
tribute to the hungry by the wayside.
In the evening we went In another di-
rection and gave out 200 more chipatis.
1t was SO sad to see the poor things
stagger to their feet and try to follow
the cart to get the bread. Often the
stronger ones would snatch the food
away from the weaker ones, and the
way they quarreled over 1t would make
your heart sick and you could not help
but weep.
CHILDREN BORN ON THE ROAD
SIDES.
Many a poor starving mother has
dropped down by the roadside and given
birth to child. I saw scores of tiny
infants, weighing not more than two
pounds, If that much-their little faces
so drawn and wrinkled that they look
ed more like the faces Of persons so or
100 years old than of children a few
hours or days.
Thousands of little ones now in a
condition and those crowed in
to poorhouses, If taken at once and car
ed for, could be saved.
Will not every reader Of this report do