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Show 10,000 DIED IN A WEEK. Frightful Ravage or the Grip In tha Chinese Chi-nese Empire. Chicago. June Id. W. A. Thompson, Thomp-son, an American in tho Chinese customs cus-toms service at Whampon, China, is now in this city, lie says the grip swept over the Chinese Empire in February Feb-ruary last and many thousands of natives na-tives died of the disease. It prevailed for over thirty days and the. death rate increased frightfully. During one week in Canton ful'y 10,000 people wore buried. |