The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-16
MANILA is QUITE A TOWN
CITY OF ABOUT 100000 Pop
ULATION

| The Adjacent Suburbs Have Ahout
"o'ooo More-Located at the
mouth of River-Its Aspect
Spanish and OrientaI-The Uni
versfty of St. Thomas Has 800
Students.
LONDON, May 15.-ManiIa- the can
ital Of the island Of Luzon and of All
the Philippine islands. is a civ of
about 100000 population. not including
the adjacent suburbs, which have a
Total population of about $4,000 addi-
tlonal. The name of the CITY is nro-
| nounced by the Spaniards as though
| IT were spelled Mah-nee-la. with the
accent on the middle syllable. IT is the
see OF the Roman Catholic archbishop
and one Of the great emporiums NJ the
east. 1t Is located on the bay OF the
same name at the mouth of the river
Fas1g, latitude IA degrees SO minutes
north; longitude 121 degrees east.
The city proper forms the segment OF
a circle between the river and the sea
and It's suburbs extend over numerous
islets formed by the river and ito
branches. The Pasig is prolonged into
the bay by two piers, terminating. the
one In small fort, the other in a
lighthouse. Vessels of some hundred
tons may come up as far as the bridge
On the south side stands the CITY hav-
ing dilapidated look, but strongly
fortified. On the north is situated ths
Blonde suburb, more popuIous than
the city Itself. 1t is the residence of
the foreign merchants and the great
center Of trade.
HAS ORIENTAL ASPECT.
The aspect Of the whole is at once
| Spanish and Oriental. Long lines Of
heavily mounted batteries, somber
churches, ungainly towers and massive
houses of solid masonry mingle with
airy cottages in groves OF tropical
trees, raised on posts to permit the
free passage Of the waters in the rainy
season, and 30 constructed as by their
elasticity to stand the shocks of an
| earthquake. The streets are straight.
out FOR the most part unpaved, and
| during the rains almost impossible. In
the city the houses are two stories
| high, and each has its central court
yard. Here reside the heads of the
state, the church and army, and all
who would be thought to be of the
| aristocracy.
A bridge leads across the river into
the Blonde suburb, where a street.
called the Escolta, runs to the right
and the left. lined with innumerable
shops and stalls and crowded with a.
| strange and motley population of vari-
Gus races. Beyond the Escolta a
swarm of Chinese, Indians and half
/
elers, painters and enamelers, oil and
soap merchants, confectioners and
keepers Of gambling houses and cook
shops.
| Other suburbs have each its special
character. San Fernando is the seat
of great cigar manufactures At the
Alcaiceria the Chinese sampans dis
charge their cargoes. Fishermen and
weavers inhabit the division of Tondo
and It's gardens supply the markets
with fruit and vegetables. Malate is
famous for it's embroideries. Paco is
| inhabited by artisans and artists. Con-
valescents resort for health to Santa
Anna and San Pedro Macati.
The principal public buildings are the
cathedral, the palaces Of the governor
and the archbishop, a beautiful town
ferent religious orders. several monas-
teries and converts the arsenal, three
colleges for young men and two for
young women, the supreme court, pris-
on, civil hospital, university, a ma
rine and commercial school, a large
! theater, the custom-house and bar
racks. The city has several squares,
In the largest of which, the Prado,
;, 6 I'll L
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
The Royal and Pontifical University
! of st. Thomas is in the hands of the
Dominicans, and has an attendance Of
about 500 students. The College of ST.
Joseph belongs TO the Jesuits; that of
st. John Lateran gives a plain educa-
ton to Indians and half-breeds. The
! Escuela Pia belongs to the city and
is for Spanish children alone. A royal
marine school was established in 1920
and a commercial school in 1910. The
colleges of st. Potentiana and st. Isa-
bella are for girls, the latter for or
phans. Manila is the seat of govern
ment and Of the supreme courts. The
| municipality dates from 1911.
Manila, which formerly occupied a
rank Of comparative obscurity, Is now
regarded as commercially equal to CAL
cutta and Batavia. This change has
been wrought by legislative and po-
| litical changes during the nineteenth
century. Being the chief port of the
Philippines, all their productions flow
to and through it, and 1t is the resort
| of a great number of colonial vessels
Of all sizes. 1t exports sugar. tobacco,
indigo, manila hemp and cordage, gold
| dust birds nests, coffee, sapan wood.
mats, hats, hides, trepang, tortoise
shell, cigars cotton and rice. The
manufactures of Manila consist chiefly
|; of cigars and cheroots. a government
monopoly which gives employment 20
several thousand men and women;
| cordage from the filaments of the aba
| ca and the beautiful fabrics called pi-
mas, woven from the fibers of the pine
apple leaf and afterward beautifully
embroidered.
Manila was founded by Legaspi in
| 1871. In 1915 it was nearly destroyed
by an earthquake, In 1862 1t was taken
| by a British fleet and held for fifteen
| months.
Mrs. windows Soothing syrup
| Hns bcen used for over fifty years by millions
their children while teethtng. with