Salt Lake Herald | 1899-12-31 | Page 3 | Great Distress in India

I V GREAT DISTRESS IN INDIA I Famine and Plague Creating Havoc i Among Nattlves I Boston bee 3The American board of commissioners for foreign ml1510ll has received d from tlIe Rev R A Humc D D at Ahnredntgar India a letter dated Dec 2 in Which he says tWe present famine in WffJtcrn India i9 sure to be far more distressing than even the awful famln cf two rearJ ago as severe drouht already has begun in the Alsmadnogar ztridt and no rain can be expected until the middle of June The writE rays that Ahmednagar has suffered also from the plague and I is not yet free from it Siiotapur Is now In a revere ldemfc and Bombay Is peI11aps in the be6imung of another plague experience In iew of It all nays tile correspondent correspon-dent rue government as always 19 acting most nobly but official relief never can meet the multitude of neces cities f