Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-30 | Page 1 | Famine in India

IS IN ISI Condition Till TIIs Mire Arul than that or 1807 Doston Dec American board I ot of commissioners for foreign missions has received from Rev It H A Hume D DD DD D at India II a letter dated Dec 2 In III which lie says tilt the pres present present ent amine In western India I Iii lure euro to be tar far more distressing ham oven een tile the awful famine ot of two years ago ns as se severe vere ero drought already has begun In the ho district and no rain cnn can be expected until the tho mIddle ot of June The writer says MS that has hils suffered also from the plague and It not yet tt tree from It Is now In n a severe epidemic rind find Bombay Is perhaps In the begInning ot of another plague experience In YIew ot of It nil says sas the dent the government fiS as always Is net act acting Ing most nobly but official relief relle never can meet the lie multitude ot of necessIties I