The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-26
MISS MORSE AT HOME.
Returns to Worcester After
a Visit to China
and Japan.

Miss Frances c. Morse of Chatham
street, who has been travelling the past
five months in Japan and China, is at
her home in Worcester. She arrived
Monday, and received a hearty well
come home.
Miss Morse Travelled with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Hardness Flagler Of New
York. From San Francisco the party
went to Honolulu, then to Japan for
the cherry season of two weeks. They
crossed to China and Visited Hong
Kong and Shanghai, and then went
back to Japan, where they stayed for
two months and half, coming home
from Yokohama by steamer to Van
couver, and across the continent by the
vancouver and Canadian Pacific line
In Japan, Miss Morse had a chance
10 meet many people from Manila, men
of the army and navy on their way
nome or recruiting their health by a
stay in the more healthy Japan and
also wealthy Filipinos. The hospital
ship, the Relief, came into the harbor
loaded with Manila soldiers. On the
steamer coming home, Miss Morse had
as fellow passengers Capt. Barker and
Flag Lieut.. Eberle of the Oregon, who
We're coming home on leave of absence,
and Senator and Mrs. Beveridge of In
,, dianapolis, Ind, who had been five
weeks in Manila, investigating the con-
condition of affairs. These were found
to be quite hopeful.
All through that part of the east the
burning topic with everybody is the
Manila question. There are a number
OF the more wealthy Filipinos staying
at present in Japan. These are most
interesting to meet. One of the
wealthiest Mr.. Ossorio, who speaks
English f1uently, having been educated
in England, says that the present war
could be easily put to an end by send
ing out more troops. The policy which
the United States government is now
pursuing to starve the natives out will
not succeed. The natives live on so
little that they cannot be starved out
| They can live on a bowl of rice a day,
so that as long as they can get hold OF
any rice they will live to fight
Mr.. Ossorio has one of the most beau.
| tiful homes in Manila. 1t is now occu.
| pied by the peace commission. HI
| speaks for the wealthy Filipinos ant
| for the better class generally, when ht
| says that they are more than eager tt
/ have the islands annexed to our coun,
try and the United States put thing:
| into running order as soon as possible
Miss Morse has met a number of Fill
/ pinos who all express the same wish.
| The climate is a hard one, like al
! eastern climates. 1t is hot and damn
! most of the time. Almost all the time
she was gone, Miss Morse had to SCRAP,
| the rust off black pins with an emery
before she could use them. Boots anC
! shoes mould over night But worse thar
the climate, is the bubonic plague
| There are from 140 to $50 deaths ever,
day in Hong Kong from this plague
1t has been declared an infected port
and no ship entering there can stop a
! singapore. There are two plague ship!
In the harbor. Up to this year. it ha,
seldom attacked foreigners but quit,
! a number Of English, this time. hay,
already died of it. In some OF tn,
eastern countries foreigners as we'll as
natives are rigidly examined. A friend
OF Miss Morse's, who has been travelinf
IN India, said that she should thinI
/ that she had been examined no les,
: than rs times. At Vancouver the Chi
nese on board were carefully examinad
! and given a disinfectant bath. Theil
| baggage was also disinfected Thi!
took six hours, during which time tn,
| passengers We're not allowed to discern
bark. These Chinese, too, had lef
CHINA three weeks before. But III,
oihcials were going to make doubl,
| sure.
| She dined with a member of th,
4 japanese nobility, but did not see tn,
\ emperor. She saw Lafcadio Hear,
I often. and could have met him If sh,
had desired. He has become natu
| rallied Japanese. Almost Immediate
ly after he was naturalized his salar,
as professor at Toxic university wal
cut down nearly one-half, to meet tn,