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Show Epidemic of Cholera In the Philippines. When R, G. Case, a stationery Scaler in ho city of Manila, loft that city for Scnttle, tho averago number of deaths from cholera was thirty a day. Cholera Is raging In tho Philippines Philip-pines In a moro aggravated form than at any other time slnco American occupation oc-cupation occurred. Mr. Case says of tho opldomlc: "Thero has not bcon such an epidemic epi-demic of tho disease In tho Islands, tho natives say. In many years. In 1887 thoy had their worst siege, and then, thoy tell you, when the death rate reached ten a day thoy wore fearful. However, for a week or ten days It did reach forty a day In Manila, and what It was in tho other parts of tho Island thoy are unable to say." |