The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-12


Metropolis, and He Ought to
Know-Capt. Sam Van SAINT Says
Winona Suits Him Pretty Well,
but He Likes the SANITY City,
Too.
II. r. Moore, of San Francisco, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
East, where he will spend the next year
before returning to his home in Ma
Mia. Mr.. Moore Nchatted pleasantly
with a c o b e reporter yesterday af-
ternoon at the Ryan hotel about the
Philippine islands.
1T has been seven months since 1
left Manila" said Mr.. Moore, land at
that time the islands were under Span
ish control, with the exception of a
native outbreak in the inland OCCASION
ally, which made the island a rather
uncertain place to live In, as the insur-
gents seemed to have pretty general
control of the interior of the country.
Since then 1 know nothing of the
affairs on the islands with the eXcep-
ton of what have seen in the papers.
We'll 10. Manila is not a good place
previously lived in a warm country.
The weather is terrible in the summer
time. 1t would be certain death for an
American to walk for fifteen minutes
In the sun during the summer time.
Il don't suppose that I have walked
a block of the streets for weeks at a
time. The people there go in convey
ances everywhere. You have your car
rage come for you if it is only to go
few hundred PAGES. The sidewalks
are all canopie0 off, and people going
from their carriages into the business
houses do not expose themselves to the
sun at all
There is a peculiar disease, which at
tacks natives as; we'll as Europeans 1t
Is kind of a dysentery which is very
prevalent and many die from it every
season. There seems to be no remedy
for it, d"
During the rainy season it rains all
the time; you never see a clear day
Tor months, and generally speaking this
season of the year is almost as bad as
the hot weather. 1t is not a cold rain.
but a warm rain which breeds malaria
1t rarely gets below 20 during the rainy
season. After-a short residence on the
Islands ones blood becomes so thin that
with the thermometer at 20, they will
chill to the bone. | have experienced
1t many times during the rainy season
Ihere are many other drawbacks to
the country. The earthquakes are very
dlsagreeable and prevalent. They come
without the warning of second and
do all kinds of damage. In all there
are scarcely 10000 Europeans on the
islands, including the Spanish troons.
OF course l do not know how many
there may be there now, but when I
left this was considered a very con-
serVatlve estimate of the foreign popu-
lation.
Yes. I intend to go back in about
year; in that time I think affairs or,
the island will have assumed a more
settled state, and Americans will be
safe to carry on their business without
fear of being disturbed
L think without a doubt the Span
ish have lost control of the islands for
ever. as the insurgents will never con-
sent to again live under Spanish rule
unless they are forced to by a largely
increased number of Spanish troops"
Capt S. R. Van SAINT was among the
hotel arrivals yesterday He stopped
at the Windsor. To a G. b e man he
extended his hand and talked of the
weather, the crops and everything else
except politics.
rs it true, captain" inquired The
6 l o b e reporter, that you have with
drawn your name from the guber-
material race?"
The valiant captain Strengthened up
and took long breath and circulated:
We'll not so that you can see it,"
Capt Van SAINT further stated that
ne was in St Paul on business purely.