The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1902-10-30

and the persons who rent the
stalls sells bread, bino, beer, cl-
garss, tuba, etc. One woman will
sell bread, and native will come
to the stall and will have to hand
lie it all, lookink for the largest
piece and one that suits him; he
eats that and may get cholera in
that manner; another native is
selling tuba, some one comes up
for a cup of tuba, he tastes it and
if he don't want it pours the re-
mainder back in the pae. Boying
bananas, oranges, mangoe, etc. is
another way of getting cholera.
They have all been told how chole-
ra is gotten, but rather than close
the markets they are allowed to be
kept open. The first report of it
made here IN Cebu city was eight
cases and five deaths; it was re-
ported to the City Authorities,
and they said that was not bad
and don't do anything for while,
vet, in weeks time the report
was IS cases and 60 deaths for "a
hours, and went up as high as 90
cases and 80 deaths for "a hours.
That was the natives report, but
they reported only about one-third
of the actual number. The rains
began'about two weeks ago, and
now the report is about three
cases and two deaths for "a hours.
Cold rains are about the only
thing that kills the cholera germ.
1t RAINS here; never saw it rain
harder any place in my life than
it does here. The hardest rain l
ever saw in the States is only "a
shower as compared to some of the
storms here; it just seems to come
down in buckets full. Another
funny thing in this country, is,
you may be in Cebu City and look
up in the mountains, and see it
raining, and not drop of water
will be falling in Cebu, and may
be in the mountains only raining
on a space of two or three miles,
and only that on cloud in sight ;
when in half an hour rain every
where. 1 have been working on
the line, tying IN the wires, when
it would be raining till you could
not see the man on the next pole,
100 feet away. That sounds pref
ty bad, but if you get chance
just ask some one who has been
over here and you will find out.
These people are so superstitious
they think that having their
, "sacred pnrades' in the streets
| has scared the cholera germs
away. One, padre or medicine
man said he would prove this, and
after going through some of his
slight of hand performances ate 9
D few mangoes to show them that
Q what he said was true. Next
evening he died of cholera. The
natives then formed the idea that
the Americans were putting poi
, son in their wells, and some Of
g them proceeded to do the same tt
t the Americans. Two were caught
e in the act of placing poison in {
g Lieutenant's drinking water, mex
door to the Signal Corps quarters
| four were caught trying to poison
: the frozen beef down at the dock
} The natives in the small towns
, just out of Cebu have built higf
, bamboo fences around their wells
4 and are standing guard over then
, day and night. If about two
, thirds of these people would di,
with cholera the remaining nigh
| change their minds in regard t,
| Americans poisoning the water
e But I suppose then they woulc
D say the man guarding the wei
0 went to sleep on post and then tn
Y poison was put in.
! My poor old friend Pedro diet
t with the cholera about four week
t ago. l had not seen him since
o was in the hospital, and asked on
il of the constabulary where he wa
and he said he was dead. / say
him a few days before 1 went t,
the hospital, and asked him hov
he was, he said he felt chilly an,
had a little stomach trouble, bu
thought he would be all right il
few day. Poor Pedro, I knew
right aWay that was bad sign