Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-11
This Dreadful Disease Again Rag
ing in the Philippines.
FIFTY DEATHS A DAY IN PLACES
An Interesting Letter From John
Wrisht-says the Lack Of Good
Labor is a Great Obstacle to Over
come.


ippine Islands and no one can esti-
mate the actual number of deaths that
have occurred from this dreadful dis
ease. In some places in the island
the death rate has been at the rate
of fifty Per day for the last ten days, ;"
says John H. Wright, formerly of this
city but now of Manila, in a letter to
his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Matt Wright,
31S South Vine street. The letter is
very interesting one and is as follows:
Manila, P. l., July 20, 1902.
Dear folks at home:-Just receiv-
ed two letters from you on the Meade
dated June 2 and s respectively, and
also four packages of the Courier for
Che month of May. Ii is needless for
>pe to state the great pleasure it gave
Ae to receive both the letters and the
Sapers.
81 am still working in the A. G. O.,
put have been sent up to the inspector
generals Office for twoor three months
in order to assist him in clearing up
the records of his Office preparatory to
going to the United States. General
Chaffee and his staff will leave for
the United States on the transport
.McClelland,' by way of the Suez canal
a. 49, 49, ,,rbt ~ -, Vii Ia.Hn ~, Of tho
,,roeo,t finea IN +l,o danorture of
panonaI,, Ghnffaa cana,al navis win
sss,,,,, oonn,,,an5 If tbs division of
t.s ph;,;,sai,,a WIZ hi, nol;n,, viii
iae - n - 80 a,,asswori, a. II i,
W . e.. aff 49, ~ ~ ~ s ven tha re,ootest
o 10, pr ~ na - Iii ~ -, ~
iusa ~. piesu 4l4 ~ ~ W.. rbaff .n
e'ii'e iiies 10 t'i''' - y -
Cholera Raging.
.cholor. y, +ba is,onds ;s .eai, roo
H., ~ 80, ~ nc, o.,ti,,,ato ,aa go,
81 , ,, of Sc deatbc that h.yn ooo,,r
raa frnn, tl,is draadad disease The 10
+ei nnnnhar of oases ma daaths va
,or+aa 81 tr,i, ,,,it;no ;,. Gases ~
IA. deaths II os4 ne ,ortalifv q,
~ ner cent bnt as have stated s no.
,ora :. largo ne,. oer+ of ,be da.ths
Fron, tbis diseaso arc rot rannrtad and
q is only Nv tn stroneest afrorts th .a
avan the eases ranorfed arc bro,,aht
tn 1ieht. + think II ;s cate IN saw tbat
90 ner cen4 of tba deotbs renorted orc
discovered by the sanitary inspectors
a., pi ;nsnae+ . aL 1ar aaou. IL, soo SAM
a,,;sa1 - ,,is,ia da;l, s ea, VIZ aie
auan,ino ~. nran,i:.o e thor i,Uuh anu
.nor+ipp auvthino found II, On ,,ro,;
ta,v oondit;on and CO. th.4 ~ i, So, So,
dias ir,n,adi.teIv NV IN +hot 4I, 10 -
seaso-, has startad in - ;s s a.s
IN tba sod !, fs,I u ~ l,t
fhe failing off bas moi baan az na+;a t' p so
far In some nlaces in tba ;s n,dso ~ ~
Heath has been At tba rat L nf iist., ny, ra.s
sav for tha last ten dave - MY pet
.4Things are nrantica1i,. o,;at .,,on
tbe Moros aItbonob a snail s1, f.,,G
occ,rs occasionally bnt tha oasua 'Iti,on
Arc very small + SEEM n ha tbs
oninion Of the military s,,tbor;+ios +hat
I'll is hest to 1eavo q soos thi,,s, 49, nc
but to be prepared to down the good
thing If it turns out to be bad thing
hence the military are not doing very
much in that territory at present.
while on the subject of the Moros
and Mindanao. will give you a little in
formation which | have picked I'm
here. there and everywhere. hut prin.
cipally from an old Spanish gentle
man who lives close to where I room
n;.o ~,
sgu,ho ;,l,aa % =,