The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-02
Disease virulent,

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Disease Virulent
When icper nurses are stie ken they
invariably arc afflicted with tho dis
case in its most yirulent form
death following very shortly after.
ward Like Pore Dupuy one solace
is held out to them that during
their period of exile from ciyiliza-
ton, so long as their strength via
allow, they are permitted to say
mass in their crude huts which
served as death chambers to them.
symptoms Of the disease were
noted last February and after being
put under observation for a short
time, Pere Dupuy was pronounced a
leper He is the tenth priest ac-
tually engaged In foreign missionary
work during the last half century to
be stricken with the malady. Many
lay brothers have met like fate.
The list of the leper dead is headed
by Father Damien, whose death after
a life of almost inhuman snffering
among the lepers in Molokai, arrest
cd the worlds attention. Others
We're Father Conrady, Brother Sero-
pin and Father Gregory
Brother Dutton a Veteran,
Brother Dutton. or Captain Ira
Barnes Duttou, as he was known be
fore entering the missionary fields,
is a Civil War Veteran. In his let
ter to Father Wynne. one of the best
known Jes:iits in this country. he an
nounces that the G. A. r. has Just
sent him large bronze medal He
began work at an early age at the
printing trade and was librarian in
Methodist and Baptist Sunday
schools. Enlisting as a member OF
the GAINESVILLE City, VT. Zouave Ca
diets, he worked his way through tho
ranks to the position of Captain,
doing duty at New Orleans in 1891
until the final muster out. year
later fIc was afterward chief clerk
Of the Louisville & Nashville r. r.,
and Investigating agent Of the war
department in adjustment of war
claims In Tennessee, Kentucky and
Ohio, Later he joined the Domini-
can Fathers at Memphis. He was
afterwards in a Traplst monastery
and with the Rcdemptist Fathers,
until hearing Of Father Damien's
work, he set out to join him at KaIa-
wac in Molokai Here he has since
remained ministering to the needs
of the lepers, having succeeded
Father Damien upon his death in
1889.
Three Die; Two Stricken
1t Is peculiar fact that. Father
Damien and two other lepeffpriests
died, and that Pcre Dupuy and one
other brother were stricken# In the
month of April Brother Dutton's
letter comes in the Same menth.
Molokai is one of the group Of
islands formerly known as the Sand
wich Islands. or as the Kingdom Of
Hawaii. and since its annexation by
the United States, as the Territory
Of Hawaii. 1t is one Of the most
picturesque Of all islands and world.
wide attention has been attra <.ed to
1t since Father Damiens' heroic sac
riflce. 1t is about thirty-eight miles
in length and seven miles wide. 1t
was larger in its original Volcanic
formation, The mountain backbone
was split Or displaced, the northern
part being submerged In the ocean;
and there now remains line of ma
jeHtic cliffs and noble headlands that
or unique grandeur can hardly be
surpassed. the ocean beating at their
base, except where a few valleys or
gulches form open spaces and where
the cliffs recede.
Description of Island.
This somewhat irregular line OF
bold mountain face varies In height
from 1900 feet in the central part
Of the island to $500 feet toward the
east. Some higher peaks lie further
back in the eastern part. the high
est being almost 5000 feet. All OF
these highlands are strangely seam