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Show IT IS THE FAULT OF THE CLIMATE. Sierra Leone not Bolted to Faith-Car Crank Missionaries. Washington, Oct. 16. The British minister has transmitted to the department depart-ment of state a letter from the governor of Sierra Leone, enclosing a report flora Colonial Surgeon Ross at Freetown, Free-town, regarding the case of the American Ameri-can missionaries about whom various stories have been told. A party consisting con-sisting of Mr. Kingman and wife. Miss Dick, and Messrs. Hilmick, Jaderquist. Codding, Tryce (colored), Gates and Harries arrived last February. They began at once to live in the native fashion, fash-ion, hoping thus to gain the confidence of the natives. In July Kingman informed in-formed Surgeon Ross that Gates and Harries had died. No doctor had been summoned because the whole party were strong believers in the faith cure. Dr. Ross, on investigation, found the deaths were caused by tropical fever, an extremely malignant disease. Mrs. Kingman he ' found to be in the last stages and she died despito his efforts to save her. He removed Tryce to the hospital where he eventually recovered. Kingman came down himself, but refused re-fused to receive medical aid until the fever threatened to isolate the house and send the rest of the party back to America on the ground that they were a danger to the community. Ho then consented to be treated, and recovered. Dr. Ross informed the remainder of these missionaries that another party of of missionaries is cxpectod. The Governor of Sierra Leone calls attention to the matter. As this climate cli-mate is not suited to those who trust alone to "faith healings" and ignore the means placed by Providence at their disposal for the rolief of suffering humanity, and as such they are a "danger "dan-ger to the community. |