The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-17
DEATH FEvERS
IN THOSE PLACES
Railroads In Africa are Said
To Be None Too
Good

Hon. Winston snencsr Churchill
minister II colonies of bis expedi-
non III British East AFRICA he traces al.
lmost stop by step The route 10 be fol
lowed Dy the Roosevelt party During
Tie rip Mr. churchllls Engli1h ser
lv9nt sueormhef.to a mysterious lna.
lswiftly fstal fever prt the minister
anil the other Two white men who ac
comnanied him suffefed no III effects
from thl equatorial journey
According 10 Mr. chnrchIlls obser
yaicns 4 would seem that by far thc
most Int resting portion 81 the Roos
yelt trip WIN be through the Uganda
rlclectorute whore travel is By iool
bicycles, Of caravan unless one elects
10 tide upon sent b0rl.e on theghoula
era OF natives The Uganda RAILROAD
contrary &c the suggestion Of ils name
does nos penetrate Uganda. but oaly
caches 70 It. iis inland terminus be
al Port Florence. ON Lake Victoria
Not until the railroad has been lcfi
! behind aud the party reaches lgandn
proper. the land Of flowers and hu,
1 icrflles, Will the suplemest possibilities
Of the expedition be realized. Sinister
beasts there are without number, bu
the forests that conceal them are o
lsnrpaaslig grandeur and the foliage 0
understandable beauty. The natives arr
ldiendly. gentle of manner and Of GO
siderable intelligence. The air is sol
an cuul YET the contrast between
appearance and reality is atriking 70
this enchanted land Is cursed with nal
lgnant attributes Every white mii
seems to feel n ensp Of undunable on
lnreaglon, and Mr. Churchill says tha
lit win never be white mans couu
lny "a cul viii not heal, seratcl
Testers. in ihe third year of residence
even small wound becomes running
sore. One Ia man feel3 perfect
we'll. tho next. for no apparent cauHe
he rs piosirata with malaria. and with
malaria Of i peculiarly persistent kind
turning sitan IN the third OF fohan
attack q blaehwaler fever A daily
dose Of ten grains Of qulnine served
TO ward oa malaila IA the case Of thf
/ Churchill party
Ihe impression gained from Mr.
/ Churchili's writings Is that the travel
ar has less to fear from the fel0clou
beasts that lnhablt the ailuringiy beau
tlfu fasluesees thu u from the feyef
transmitted by .ihe tseise.ny, which
when nfCete IN manner yet undo
iermlned rs selentlsts. becomes dead
| " assassin, But the zone Of the lsetse
81 Us known. his home Is IN the tree
and bushes and near the water. and
Ne may be avoided Thus the danger
frlm this source. broadly speaking
may be said TO be proportIonste with
the rlsk which the explorer vomnlnr
ny assumes IN the pursuit of his ex
rlcRIioas. allowance being made Al
WAYS for bad Judgment ard the uneN
pcoted fortunes u the hunt
But. however handicapped the tseise
fy may be In the future pursuit OF
Tits nefatlnua calling his sassinatlons
III the plstaro worthy Of record. Ac
c0talng 70 asr Churchill this deadly
insect flfst appeared IN the Kingdom
of Uganda III the summer Of 1901, and
slthil five years had killed two oul
ol three Of ali the Inhabitants. no les
than 2a0 200 persons dying from the
poison which he spread IT might
have been expected" wrote Sir n
Hesketh nell, governor of Uganda. q
Mr. Churchill. IN ropiy b query d
the SUBJECT that, even though lhs
negroes showed inibilily 10 grasp IN,
theory Of the transmission Of diselc,
BY the aeency Of insects the undenla
BE deedlineas OF The countries borde
ng on The lake shore would have In
uccd them to ilec tom the siflckel
land anil a have sought III The heath
ler Districts lniahd a afnge ffois tn,
Destllenee that was sliylng them bl
houian An ettlsgof lnafy faEallsm
Owegef eeems 20 have palFlyzed thl
natives. and white deplo1ng the 1ad
ness Of their fate they appear p hays
atcopted dasIh aluiQsG with apathy
rll lIswiI slih SOME tna before tl'
party teaches EaaiG and for ih'
lrat SIS lnonlla slnae 4eaflesa kul n
~ NaaoalG lapIl. y III 4 llalIil nhl heg
less excursions vii be made Nalr9b
Iek,S,s i n mi ! N laaiIsa I'm m" Nom rso
fhAn by rail-. hl8Is built of luwland
and is tot particularly healshful. Ans
OF its llan0 residents less than 6pl
ora white. There are ten lhOusanl
natives md the rest are Indians
Hore Is egaiIoned brigade of lh'
Kings Afllean Rifles. and the lvwl
q The he lQuarters Of the admlnlslra
ltion ani lhH central ollice Il The usan
"a Rnlifnad
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