The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-30
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
A Garrett countian Writes Interestingly,


DEAR SIR:-Perhaps a letter from
two of Garrett county's ''colonials"
will be of interest to you.
Ny wife and / were rolled quickly
away from Oakland and after few
hours stop in Chicago, crossing the
plains, climbing the Rockies and
breathing the dust of the Desert, in
five days we arrived in San Francisco.
June weather there was a surprise,
an overcoat being necessary at night.
June 10th we went aboard the u.
s. A. Transport Meade and began
our long voyage
Mrs. Hoye had the usual sea sick
ness but escaped The weather was
unusually cool, foggy and sometimes
stormy, but nothing of note happened
until we reached Japan, except an
enthusiastic Independence Day cele-
bration and the falling overheard of
a sailor which made it necessary to
stop the ship in order to pick him up.
Wespent two days at Nagaski, Japan,
visiting the city and surrounding
country while the ship was coaling.
The most striking thing to me in
Japan is the industry of the people:
the steep hillsides are terraced into
little gardens, every little valley is ir-
rigated end made to produce two
crops each year.
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ing of baskets of coal from flat boats
to the decks of ships is done by wo-
mem the business people are alert,
and all are patriotic and anxious for
their country to take a high rank
among the nations.
We had AZ first class passengers and
about 100 soldiers and transfers; also
a heavy cargo of supplies for the
Army. Some mention of the passen-
gers may be of interest as showing
the class of Americans that are com
ing to the Islands now.
Eleven of the first class were women
going to join their husbands or rela-
tives; ten children; five Army officers;
twelve employees of the civil govern
ment and eight of the army and navy;
one ex-soldier returning to seek his
fortune and one New York lawyer
travelling around the world.
Judge Powell, of Georgia, a former
volunteer captain, with his wife and
seven children was a passenger, he
having been named Judge of courts
of first instance.
Twelve of the twenty-five men had
been in the Islands before during the
war.
July 10th we landed in Manila; the
rainy season had begun and the wea-
ther was rather pleasant.
Cholera was still raging in the city
and provinces. A very sad case was
brought forcibly to our attention.
Miss Williams, one of our fellow pas
sengers, who came to marry a teacher,
was met on the ship by her betroth-
ed; they went ashore and were to be
married in the afternoon next day but
next morning he was i'll and a minis
ter was hastily called to perform the
ceremony. Five hours later he died
of cholera. The wife of five hours is
now teaching in the same town in
which her husband taught.
Nine of my pupils of last year died
of this disease while | was in America.
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in food or drink. These germs create
apoison in the intestines which passes
into the blood and causes the water
in the blood to pass into the intes-
tines. The blood deprived of water
ceases to circulate and death ensues.
The germs are killed by heat, and
people who cook their food and boil
their drinking water seldom catch the
disease
| visited several towns and in some
of them the people instead of clean
ing their houses were haying each
evening religious professions in which
the images of the saints were carried
about the town while the people
chanted prayers to st. Rogue, the
patron saint of the sick.
was assigned to teach in the town
of San Mateo where the American
teacher had recently died; this is in
the same province in which / former
ly taught. Perhaps you will remem-
Der this town as the one where the
gallant General Lawton was killed
when it was captured in 1899. was
stationed here for three weeks. and
my regiment, the 27th, garrisoned the
place until it returned to the States.
The town is thirteen miles from Ma
Mia. in the midst of a fertile valley
covered with rice fields, with high
mountains rising abruptly few miles
east.
The population is 5000, engaged
chiefly raising rice and sugar cane.
There are no public buildings except
stone church and priests house so
our school is held temporarily in the