The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-23
FAMINE FIGURES BOILED DOWN
Terribly Suggestive Report OF Star
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Copyright, 1900. by the Associated Press-)
London, May 1.-THE secretary OF state
for India, Lord George Hamilton. has
granted the Associated Press permission
to inspect the publisher official CORE
spondence received up to date in his de-
partment dealing with the Indian fam
ine The mass of reports that came in in
the last mail alone almost battles con-
densation. Yet now and again there Is
revealed by reason of the very strength
of terse verbiage and official reticence
wealth of pathos and a world OF suffer
ing which columns of vivid description
could scarcely convey. What for in
stance, could better tell the tale Of sor-
row than the following report Of the
commissioner of KherWera in Rajpotana?
With careful regard for the regulations
governing communications. he abruptly
commences: 'Kherwera-Crops, practical
ly nil; water, hardly any; cattle, all
dead; fodder, nil; people, thriftless class
dead; people with small means at end of
their resources and either on relief works
or dying; crime, abnormal"
With athletic frankness found in few
tinues: 81 have tried to keep the Kher-
vera bazaar open to all. but as 1 have
only 5000 rupees. lent me by the Mer-
war at Daoarl with which to purchase
grain, I have miserably failed and hun
dreds come to me daily for permission TO
buy and have to be refused"
From ali the commissioners Of the ma
tive states the same cry goes up There
the distress and suffering is more severe
than in any other part of India, yet the
native states, by virtue of the constitu-
ton, are dependent on the relief system
and are not eneitled to a share of the
government charity as they pay no taxes
for imperial support.
However. Charles Bernart. head Of the
Indian Office bureau of revenue tells the
Associated Press that the British are adj
vancing to those states leans wherever
feasible and says they will come in for
their full share Of the relief sent from
the United States. From those commits
sioners of native states who are only
able TO advise instead OF ordering the
native officials, comes most distressing
reports as to the conditions of their ter
ritories, not yet limited at in the English
newspapers. One resident % Rajpootana
reports that the Dewan of Sirhoi state
with population OF $4,000. tells him
that only 1873 persons died Of starvation
in March. In the course OF a CHEEKY re-
port the resident Of western Rajpootana
expresses regrets that he IS obliged to re-
cord 1857 deaths as occurring in the fam
inc camps. hospitals and pcor-houses in
the comparatively small state Of Merwar
during March, while another resident
supplements this ghastly record Of whole
sale mortality by remarking that at
Dhaulera. out OF 1900 persons congre-
gated around the relief works, I,71s have
died between February q and March q.
and this has no bearing on the Inroads Of
the plague or cholera From the latter
cause 81 died az Naghooore during
March. Captain Grant. on famine duty
at Merwar. reports that the majority OF
fatalities were not preceded by any acute
Illness
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few days is the presidency with which
the Express has kept up a campaign
against Mr. Richard Croker os New
York. Unlike the Duke OF Orleans. Mr.
Croker remains serenely passive. neither
showing any signs Of giving Up his resi-
denoe IN England Nor writing self-excus-
Ing lettsrs. A correspondent wired him
asking II he had anything 20 say IN reply
20 the Express. whereup0a Mr.. Croks-
wired back; I Goa't know what you refer
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nothing more ssrfoys could come % ,h4n
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