







rth- 



is first put 



of pfjotfe i'harilv ha 

 nee, altt>- 



t, the coolies, and landleas labor- 

 > ltd u villa*** sl> 



. ' 



ri*l off a 



MMM lit lK ftfMlMjMMI 







. 

 ' 



la* though relief WAN at 



of a i 



money at the <J 



Imlf n- 



w 





I.IM r aluindaiit rniiiM tirgaii 

 ride an a in India, securing in t 

 Mions, uul i<Mi larly in the north we- 



uuttinm harvest, and nmkit 

 - rAi a*un<. nal reports 



- .vern- 

 nt wa> 



'ions from all sources were nearly 



arilinii.ikrH. on Jim,, is the province of 

 nun and the whole of northeastern It< n k -nl Mt 

 ere earthquake shock 

 fan residence was leveled to the ground, and 







I destroyed. The mad* and railroad* were badly 



The li- n plant, -rs and 



nnfacturcr*. Trn m India and Cey- 



: r;-.- Ill whirh 1*35.000.060 

 Bnglifth apita! i- iim-t.-d. I.iir^- 



am and northeastern Bengal were totallv de- 



yyed wuh th.-ir ma M.I the villages 



t.-.i i.\ ! tat . ompanfc - !a:.i :n ndna, la 

 lly Assam railroexl. whirl) 



1 fr the development of tin- m.lu-- 



the pnil-ti of th.' friemU and 



lians, was srr 



aged. The tea companies have earned an aver- 



i net profit of 7| | M .r ivnt. iiT annum. Th.- 



f the highly cultivated 



- with their inatur. ly isu- 



rl.l. 

 ii- Pliffja, The bubonic plague, which 



Copulation of whole 



> Honf>Koaf in 1 HIM, appeared in liom- 

 . and was offlci.i 



rrwl upon th, 



A large sum was voted > 



In iKNu-mU-r it apjwan^i 

 f |H.rt on th.- w.-t . 



broke 

 * he nariortcd sanitation of 1 



". It was first attributed to dates from Syria, 



thru t-> c.-r:) f: 



-prvnd among tho j>onple great 



t-r>* of rats liwl. an 1 afterward it f 



1 (toultrv. Tin* I'uU-ni, pl.-^- . 

 ticnl with the t>|>i.lcinic that ravaged London in 

 VOL. xxxvii. 36 A 



lion easily finds kid 

 or the respiratory organ 

 rtally when the> 



sils. The microbe rerxignisad by baetarioloi 

 the cans* of ill.- j.lagne die* at a temptrat 



i. 

 tiafp- 



Dr. Versin. of the Pastrur InM it uto of Paru. dia* 



bjn t with a mild form of the plague. Ir. Half- 

 n siifr.-tiiifl a . uratn. M-rum to be used oti |* 

 nts in the early stages. Both methods vert tnJ 



1 1 'parent SOOCCM in 

 rnishes complete i 



tnbav laliorad 



effortji to segregate and to treat < 



; im hail a horror of nospttak. 



and none of any pretensions to caste would allow 



any one connected with him to g.> into one if by 



ceit or concealment it could be avoided. The 



Mohammedans were not much more tractable, for 



had no faith in European medicine, but be> 



ered in monster prayer meetingi to supplicate the 



'i th,- --,... 

 sees, too, wen r the hospitals, 



iy deathbed and funeral 

 nies would not be permitted. 



The commerce of Bombay 

 stopped. The cotton mill* were closed, 

 neat men left then 

 ;:-,'.. IKNI ] , , ; .. 

 taliti vw I.:-.- 



had been brought under control by the burning of 

 the worst bouses and all contaminated hnnarfcoM 

 artii-les. the thorough disinfection and fumigation 

 of alM.uildinc* that could be freed from germs in 

 .-i> . ami a complete sanitary cleansing of the 



In January, altboufh oftly 

 ie remained in tl 

 .750. In the sui n the plagva 



sread 



towns and 



of the 



among many 



Bombay presidency where it had not vet 

 Outbreaks occurred m th.- 1'unjak toe troops be- 

 gan to be affected. It reap|v*ml also at Karachi. 

 and at I'oona took on a more virulent form and 



na is the focus of Hindu disaffection against 



h rule. In that city, where are many of the 



descendants of the Mahratta warrior caste that in 



-ginning of the century held a great j 

 India in MbjietioB. the authorities had great d.ffl- 

 abating the plague. In this ancient 

 center of Brahman culture and ca.- 



partiss of British soldiers, 

 re accompanied by ~ 



h ladies, invade thoir booses, intrude on the 

 y of women and the sanctr 

 , and forcibly carry off their wives and 

 ter* to a public hospital seemed worse than 



' 



, ;'.. *,:. ' r , - 



and the proba^ 



from the Sine that the plague fir* broke onL Sol- 



