New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
THE PASSING THRONG.

John Barrett, ex-Minister to SIAM who spent
considerable time in the Philippines. where he
JOHN and their inhabitants. in speaking
BARRETT of the outbreak of bubonic
AND THE plague Manila, said yesterday
PLAGUE. at the Wadorf-Astoria; II do not
think the bubonc plague in Ma
Mia will became widespread that those having
charge OF such matters viii fail in their efforts TO
keep il within bounds. I happened 10 be in Hong
Kong when the authorities there were cleaning the
city thoroughly and putting it in as good a SAM
tary condition as possible. As they are likely to
follow similar plan in Manila il may not be
pie did First the cyy was so divided and sub
divided into districts that it became house to
house affair All buildings so old and in such PAD PAD
of cleaning them were burned and the others
were clealeu rom EooLtIee 70 -,
would have been if there had been any cellars ai5
that had accumulated beneath them were carefully
removed. The houses were Thoroughly cleaned
and special attention was given 70 holes IN me
walls and similar places where Nth could nnd
disinfected A thorough and relentless ", var was
minated, for they DO more tha1 anythlhs eise 10
spread and disseminate the bacllh OF the plague.
form Of procedure. and they have already made
good start in the destruction OF the s 0ia ma Manla
when the days sales were over, 70 throw INTO a
ever it was that was left which were allowed to
decay and breed pestlence
.Of course continued Mr.. Barrett. "the turn
ing over Of the heaps Of refuse IS bound 10 stir UP
the baciIt within and TO scatter
MANILA them about but this will be a tenn
A HEALTHY porarv evil that must be endured
PLACE. the that the city may ulti-
mateIy be clean. But in Manila
they will experience great difficulty in freeing
themselves from the plague, for 1t is very clean
and extraordinarily healthy place, well being
. very beautiful one There are some congested
districts which be carefully looked after and
the canals should be thoroughly cleaned and
flushed out but in the main the city Is IN GOOD
condition and it has one tremendous advantage IN
+tat il has water in abundance being blessed with
the best system of waterworks to be found any
where in the East In the eighteenth century d
spanard who had had to do With and TOOK grea
civ 10 construct a waterworks system. Under the
accumulate until it reached sum sufficient to sup
Ply a thorough and compre[henslre Sg lem o.
touched and for some occult reason the Spaniiard5
only allowed the money 10 accumulate Wlthout
pilfering but honestly and ABLY constrVctso ne
really a wonderful system. The water itself, caught
Bumped into two great reservoirs with capacity
Of nine million ga!ons .eU a g a. o2 If the rock
and lined with me cement As d result III S
inhabtants of Manila"
John 4. Graves. of St Louis said Yesterday, at
the Hotel Manhattan: Some years ago 1 spent
winter in Cairo Egypt, and while
A RICH was there a young New-YorSer
MANS CARA arrived who was the talk OF the
VAN TRIP. place long he stayed he
had nothing but money, was not
afraid TO burn it. and exceedingly fond OF the
smell Of the smoke II made. diverting series or
balls dinners and stunning parties followed MS
advent and he finally announced his intention OF
bringing his pyrOtechnic career IT the country o.
rhe Pharaohs 10 a fitting close ny making me
Journey 10 the second cataract OF the Nile. 10
dahabeah being available TO make the TRIP IN 10y
warer-they all having been engaged by more Iar
sighted Cravellers-the young CrDeSuS peILoEce
% make his by caravan, and straight
way started out 10 make IL the most gorgeous ana
complete caravan that had ever crossed The desert
ana ne succeeded. For days all Cairo talked aDouL
il and the morning for the leaVeJaKlng ali caro-
turned out on outskirts of the city 10 see the
stance. and. as the camels disappeared over the
desert made our way back 10 Shep-
hcard's Hotel.
ION account of the great heat of the middle OF
the day Egypt a caravan Journeys IN the early
morning and in the evening. During the heat OF
the noon hours tents pitched and men ana
beasts through ii as best they can. Judge OF
our surprise that evening when that gorgeous cara
van again appeared in Cairo. and announcement
was made that the trip mad been definitely given
seemed that when luncheon was served, the host
drank off a glass of champagne, ana jumped TO his
feet in a rage Where's the ice" he demanded OF
his terrified valet, who acting butler. Ice,
sir; you get ice IN such place as this!
replied the servant.
- DO you mean 10 say I've got TO drink hot cham
payne for two months? his irate master demanded.
And upon being informed that ne had, he promptly
ordered the caravan back TO Cairo, despite the
protests of his guests and that by doing he had
expended 1000 for nothing.
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