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MANILA UNHEALTHY.
FlAfnte nd Small-pox Are Common
Diseases in Spite of All Efforts
of the Authorities.
MANILA, March (Correspondence
of the Associated Press). The census
of Manila Just completed by the health
department gives the city an unpleas
antly high rank amng the unhealth
ful cities of the world. It establishes
a death rate of somthins over forty
per cent at a conservative estimate.
Former estimates and censuses had
always Riven Manila 300.000 population.
Thii census was a careful count of na
tives and Chinese living in buildings
and boats in the police districts of Ma
nila and It gave a total of 190.719 of
whom 30.000 were Chinamen. There
are ' to be added the inhabitants of
several villages within ihe city limits.
Americans and Europeans and 1400
persists In the monasteries. From re
liable Information the officials estimate
sixty thousand.
The deaths in Manila officially re
ported during the six months from
July 1 to December 21 last year were
6.M3. Of these 2.941 were children.
Some of the principal causes were beri
beri 5T0; tuberculosis 3S3; bronchitis
314; dysentery 229; fevers 287; while
stomach trouble ranked high. Manila
now has three diseases epidemic which
would throw the average community
Into a panic, bubonic plague, berl-berl
and smalipox. Berl-berl results from
a diet of fish and rice so that whiles do
not fear it
Smallpox and leprosy, the Philip
pines always have and the people look
upon them as a metter of course, avoid
direct contact but hardly giving a sec
ond thought to their presence in the
neighborhood. Smallpox flourishes in
some parts of Luzon constantly. Half
of the natives in the country districts
are pitted with it and mothers try to
get their children Infected with It un
der the belief that it Is less dangerous
to the young. :
The towns along the northern coast
and on the railroad between Manila
and Pagupan are ffill of smallpox now.
General Bell's famous volunteer regi
ment. Is suffering from an epidemic,
Lieutenant Toncray and Lieutenant
Wing, both of whom were Tennessee
aus, the former holding a commission
as captain In the Tennessee volunteers
and several soldiers have died and
there are other case In the regiment.
The easy-going natives and Spaniards
paid so little attention to leprosy that
the Philippines have never been noted
for that direase, but there are mors
than a hundred lepers in the Manila
hospital.
Bubonic plague is a visitor to which
distance lends terror. Two months
ago the first case was discovered in
Manila. Since that time there have
been 200 cases, according to the estimate-)
of the health officers, and at least
JO per cent of them have resulted fatal
ly. Yet there has been no panic, no
families have lied from the citr. nor
has the usual routine of life in the made of everything movable, a yel
clty been disturbed. low placard announcing "Bubonic
The repressive measures of the j Pest," appears on the door, while a
health officers have been comparative- , sentry stands guard to keep people
ly simple, but have proven remarkably ! away.
effective considering conditions they
had to fight. The aim has been to
make the city clean and keep it clean.
This Is the last thing the masses of
Filipinos and Chinamen propose to do
unless driven to it.
'They don't understand It, they con
sider it only a form of persecution,"
explained Surgeon Major Ira C. D.
NOT A POISONOUS FACE BLEACH
But a true beautiCer, being the only prep
aration sold under a positive guarantee of
$1,000 that it contains not a grain or
(raniinn thrpnf rf noisinnouA or deleteri
ous substances. Indorsed by the most
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celebrated artistes of the lyric and dra- says:
matic stage ; recommended by eminent The democratic national committee
physicians, and pronounced harmless by j has Issued a circular urging that all
leading chemi-is ! oVlogafes to the Kansas City conven-
. WISDOM'S FAMOUS ROBERTINE. j tlon be "Instructed for the reafflrma
It Is thr only preparation bow used by fashionable ton 0f the Chicago platform and the
kdit to perpetuate beautiful complexion Ask , ., , ,, , . ......
your druiiifist for A and do not be induced to takf selection of candidates loyal to it In
Mvtainx else. Price 50 cents per bostia. 1833 and loyal to it DOW.
Selt Buckles
Gilt, Oxidised, Gun Metal, enameled
and Old Rose; each
l!Vi and Wc
Belts
Ladles' Plack Satin Pulley Bolts, the
latest; each
15c and 23c.
Brown, when asked If the natives were
disposed to co-operate In this work.
The Filipinos are one of the most
scrupulous people In the world about
personal cleanliness. Their knowledge
of sanitation, however, was gained en
ttrely from the Spaniards and Is de
fectlve.
The lower classes of Chinese are
worse, as th-? fact that two-thirds of
the plague cases have been among
them, although they number but
small minority of the population, tetl
fles. White people have escaped alto
gether. ManlU Is practically without
sewerage and because of Its low level
the cost of a system of modern lines
would be almost prohibitive. As an
offset is the character of the Plpa
huts, inhabited by most of the natives,
which stands upon posts above the
ground free from rats and well ventl
la ted.
Th plague Is supposed to have be
gun In Cavite. It first visit arpeared
In Manila In the walled city only
stone's throw from the palace, where
army headquarters are, and three per
sons were dead before the nature of
their disease was suspected. Most of
the later cases have been in the same
section of the walled city or in the
Chinese Quarter, near the water
front.
Immediately Surgeon Major Edle, the
health officer, organised a force of
inspectors to enforce rigid sanitary
measures on everybody and the plague
work was put In charge of Major
Brown. It was necessary to have men
who could speak the language of the
people, explain to them what the In
spectlons meant, and direct them how
to keep their premises clean, so Fill
pinos had to be enlisted.
The race question created compllca
tions Immediately. Between Filipinos
and Chinamen there .exists an Inveter
ate hatred. The Filipino Inspectors de
lighted In the chance to square grudges
against their traditional enemies. They
porceeded to file a batch of warrants
for maintaining nuisances at police
headquarter and most of them were
against Chinamen who proved on In
vestisation to be the most prominent
and least offending of their race.
Kelp came from an unexpected quar
ter. for rich Chinese merchants un
der the leadership of Palanka, the for
mer consul general and chief magnate
among them, offered to furnish thirty
inspectors to work among their coun
trymen and keep the Chinese reason
ably clean.
There are now 100 inspectors at work
in Manila, 30 of them Chinamen and
the others Phlllpinos. They are sent
out in squads, usually two Flliplons
and a Chinaman with a soldier to
boss them, and see that they do their
work and abstain from blackmailing.
Major Brown and the officers of the
health department boss the soldiers
and the Inspectors. Whenever a plague
victim is discovered he Is sent to the
Chinese or the Filipino hospital If It
is possible to move him. The house
Is thoroughly disinfected, a bonfire Is
Four days the house Is kept closed
and the Inmates are Isolated. When
two or three cases develop In one
street, the street is barred against
business. The dead Chinamen are bur
ied In a grave eight feet deep in the
Chinese cemetery and covered with
lime. The bodies of Filipinos are burn-
ed when the relatives will consent.
I Cremation Is desirable for all, but the
Chinese superstition against burning
! their dead is so strong that any at
j tempt to compel It would result In con
, cealment of the cases, and possibly
' riots.
; The estimate of 200 death Includes
. the probable number of cases which
. have been kept from the knowledge of
the authorities. .-."
The officials have hoped that when
the rainy season gets fairly under way,
with a few six Inch showers it will
j wash up the town so thoroughly that
j plague will be Impossible. Even at Its
j worst the surgeons who had exper
' lenoe dealing with yellow fever In
Cuba consider the bubonic plague eas
' ier to control than Its South American
j rival. Already the number of cases
! weekly reported Is decreasing.
IN THE INTEREST OF BRYAN.
CHICAGO,
April 2. The Tribune
0gSSmmmuii ii ii ggg
JOHANNESBURG IS PKAIV
Business of all Kinds Suspended and
the Streets Are IVserted.
NEW YORK, April S.-The Herald
today 'publishes the following corre
spondence from Pretoria under date of
February 9. j
"Johannesburg, of which It has been 1
said that she supports all South Africa '
Is a ft-arfully dead city at present. :
The hulk of Its white population has '
deserted the Rand, and also many of
the Kaffir. j
The sttvets are deserted, the tram- j
cn do not run and the hundred of j
rickshaws have dwindled to half a t
doicn A few decrepit looking cabs j
stand Idly about the square. Most i
of the shop are rhisrd and the windows j
are bonrdd. The countless chimneys ',
which twor above the mine are cold, 1
except th few being worked by the
government. The enormous gold out- I
put has stopped.
This vast mint, which before the war
was grinding out money at the rate
of million dollar a day ha cloned
down Indefinitely. But one hotel and
a few small restaurants are open.
Millionaires no longer loaf In the lux
tirlons rooms of the Rand club. Thanks
to the special police, principally com
posed of Americans, perfect order Is
maintained and ample protection af
forded. No saloons are permlt'ed to keep
open. The same wise precaution Is
enforced In Pretoria.
A strlkina feature of Johannesburg
at present I the lane number of
I'nitod State flacrs dNplaved. The
star and stripes wave everywhere.
evn abov many Kaffir kraal In the
suburb. Apparently I'ncle Sam has
a few black cltlxens In Smith Africa
hf ha never heard of.
More than 30O0 British prisoners ar-
now In Pretoria. They are well and
humanely treated, a they themselves
glvlly tetstlfv. The officer, of whom
ov.r a nun-ireil nave txx'n capturea.
are quartered In theStaat ModeJ school.
a fine new. well ventilated building.
People In Kngland who have friends
irr prisoned by the Boers need ha'e no
unaslnes on their account.
The problem of what to do with the
prisoner of war Is becoming- a serious
on. Althmttrh there I at present no
scarcity of food, the government feels
that It can 111 afford to feed so many
hungry mouth for an indefinite per
iod. cene Incidental to the perpetual
skirmishing about theTugela and Lady
smith Illustrate the seeming hap
hazard flsrhtlng method of the Boers.
Just as dawn wa breaking one morn
ing a patrol of about two hundred
British cavalry crossed Klein Tugela,
neir the Pont Prlft and rode rap'dly
toward where a mall herd of cattle
which had strayed from the Boer lines
during the night was grazing. The
had advanced some distance before
they were observed by a Boer picket
stationed on an Isolated Roolkopje.
Four burghers composed the picket.
They mounted Instantly and rode to
Intercept the British, first firing sev
eral shots to Rive the alarm It was a
Ight to stir th blood to se? those
Boors dashing at a swinging gallop over
the rocks and gullies, which rough
ened the plain. The pale blue mist
rising from the river and veiling the
hills beyond made a pretty background
to the spirited fight which followed.
The four Boers reached a Roolkopje
In the path of the British, sprang from
their horses, sought cover and began
peppering away. By this time a dozen
other burghers, drawn from neighbor
ing pickets by the first shots fired,
wre galloping abross the flats to aid
the original four, making a total force
of sixteen. Then ensued a pretty skir
mish. The British dismounted and
pushed ahead to dislodge the Boers and
i-jcuro the ceattle. For half an hour
there was a splatter of rifle firing, then
the British concluded the game was not
worth the candle and retired. They
left li dead on the ground and carried
away a number of wounded. The Bo
ers did not have a man scratched.
By the time the fight was over fully
:M Boers were hurrying to get Into It.
No orders had been given to a single
man.. The standing order for Boers is
to hasten to where there Ib fighting.
It Is Moltke's principle, "march to the
sounds of the firing," on a reduced
scale. .
The Boer generals determinedly ad
here, wherever possible, to their defen
sive tactics. This policy accounts for
their small loses, which have not yet
me nose eaten into
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CATARRH 1$ A CONSTITUTIONAL OR
and far beyond the reach of mere local remedies. Those who rely upon them for a cure lose valuable time, meet with disap
pointment and allow the disease to take firmer hold. Only a real blood remedy can reach this troublesome and dangerous disease.
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pnta new life into the sluggish worn-out
Mr.. Josephine Polhill, of Due West, 8. C,
seated that I waa antlrt ly deaf in one tar, and all Inside of my noac, including part of the rone,
sloughed off. When the disease had gone this far the physician gave me up a. Incurable. I
eittermioed to try g. a 8. as a last resort, and begsn to Improve at once. It seemed to get at the
eat of the disease, and after s few week' treatment I was entirely cured, and for more than
even year, hare had no sign of the disease."
8. S. S. is mada of roots, herbs and
properties. It is the only vegetable blood purifier known, and a certain and safe
cure for all blood troubles. Bend for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases, and at
tie tame time writ our physicians about
any information or advice wanted. We
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Cleaning Silver
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reached a total disability of 500 for the
! entire war. They have no reserves.
! The army consists of the male popula
tion of the two republics between the
a-s of 12 and SO. Every man or boy
put out of action Is permanently lost.
Men are precious, especially the
burghers, for even If the Transvaal had
Europe for a recruiting ground, such
men. once lost, could not be replaced.
A Boer rifleman is equal to half a
dozen ordinary soldiers. Then the Boer
government regards the lives of Its clt
Ivns as too precious to be thrown
away. It Is not lack of courage that
Induces a Boer to seek cover. Let no
erroneous Impression get abroad about
this.
At night the scenes about the Inag, rs
are Intensely picturesque. The burgh
en sit about smoking and chatting
Jovially, generally about mntters of
the honi and farm. Nine o'clock Is
the hour for retiring. there Is no
bugle to sound "taps" but here and
there a cow horn Is blown as a signal
of the hour. The chatter ceases, and
within five minutes the moon (if It Is
shining) will reveal scattered groups
of burghtrs on their knees, offering up
the evening prayer.
BISHOP IRELAND'S LENIAL.
Says There Is No Truth In the Report
That He Has Been Summoned
To Home.
NEW YORK, April 2.-A report cur
rent In Roman Catholic circles In this
city that Archbishop Ireland had been
summoned to Rome, because It was
feared that the old controversy be
tween the Catholic factions In that
country would break out, is emphati
cally denied by Archbishop Ireland
Mmself In a special to the World from
St. Paul.
He say there Is absolutely no foun
dation for the report.
BRYAN AT SEATTLE.
Tones Down His Speeches to Suit the
Better Informed Audience
of That City.
. SEATTLE, April 2. William J. Bry
an spoke here this afternoon to a
crowd variously estimated at from U,
000 to 20,000 people.
Colonel Bryan arrived from his tour
o FORERUNUER OF
o CONSUMPTION.
Pew realize what a deep-seated, obstinate disease Catarrh is, regarding it as a simple inflammation of
the nose and throat, little or no attention is given it But, however insignificant it may Mem at first, it
is serious and far-reaching in its results.
The foul secretions entering the circulation poison the entire system. The stomach, kidneys in
fact all the orrans feel the effect of this catarrhal poison, and when the lungs are reached its progress
is rapid and destructive, and finally ends in consumption.
It frequently happens that the senses of hearing and smell are in part or entirely lout, the soft bones of
ana aesiroyea, causing intense auucuiig oiiugicBw uiaiiguiiuu lucisH-c. num npv'i
may give temporary relief, no permanent benefit can be expected from such treatment.
organs, and thus relieves the system of all
write. : " I had Catarrh, which became so deep-
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of the northern counties of the Hate
at 3:30 o'clock, making a speech at the
suburban town of Dallurd. He was
taken direct to the Y. M. 0. A. park,
where, under a huge canvass, he spoke.
Ills speech was along he same lines
as those delivered elsewhere In the
state, but more conservative and
marked by a greater moderation. He
talked largely against Imperialism
and expansion.
In the evening at the same park
he addressed a much smaller crowd
and later waa the guest of honor at a
dollar dinner, at which plates were
laid for 1.000. After dinner he left on
the bout for Olymplu, where he speaks
tomorrow.
Colonel Bryan looks worn and shows
evidences of the severe strain to which
he is subjecting himself In his present
tour.
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