Millard County Chronicle | 1911-01-26 | Page 4 | Fleeing from Plague

Fleeing From Plague. Poking. The weekly express from Hankow on Tuesday was crowded with refugees. These included college ; professors, military officers, th" Hal- lan minister, minor diplomats and per. j "otis of means, who find the moment convenient for vacation or rotln nt. The bubonic plague, which had its llrst victim here several days ago, and. It Is believed, many since, is the prl- inary cause of the exodus. No new ' eases of bubonic plague were report-; report-; od here, but the opinion is held at tho I I. nations that the Chinese are not re-j re-j poring illness, anil are possibly secret se-cret ;ng the bodies. Kill Ton and a Hali of Geese. Willows, C:il.- Five hundred nnd I eighty gn so, weighing over 3,nin i pound, were shipped from tills city. I Tuesday, representing one day's kill of the Glenn county market hunters, j Five men, William llolanka, two Jo-; Jo-; soph brothers and two t'avier brotii-i brotii-i its, killed the whole lot. The recent storms have made Glenn county Holds ! a rneeca for thousands of geese, ami the five named hunters, by the use of decoys, had no trouble in baling them, using large bore guns. The game was shipped to southern and j northern markets.