Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — Pestilence Devastates Java Province. [ARTICLE]

Pestilence Devastates Java Province.

The Hague cable: Famine, flood and pestilence are destroying life sc rapidly in the province nf Demak, Java, that in come districts there are not enough survivors to bury the dead. One thousand deaths have been recorded wJfchin a few weeks. It is officially reported that cholera is developing in various places, and it is feared it will spread to Samaray.