The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-19
PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
Order Being Brought Out of Chaotic
Conditions at Manila


Manila, Sept. S.-An immense amount of
administrative work has fallen upon Gen
eraI Otis, for when General Merritt left
here only the general scheme of govern
ment had been mapped out and officials
designated. Some of the departments
have been conducted without serious fric-
ton, but others have not Jared so We'll
The provost marshals and the provost
courts have done an immense amount OF
work and the latter is one of the few
American institutions set up here that has
won the praise of the Spanish. Aided by
Colonels Smith, Overshine and Summers,
General Macarthur, as provost marshal
Checking theft and keeping the saloons
and resorts in fair order He mas Deen
succeeded by General Hughes, inspector
general and the latter IS to have the
wenty-third infantry, United States army
volunteers and the Second Oregon United
States volunteers, under his lrnTneqiate
command. Part of the provost guard mas
been given distinctive police uniform,
and Colonel Reeve of the Thirteenth Min
neSOta performs the ordinary functions OF
The provost court, over which Colonel
Chas- Jewett presides, dispenSes SPEEDY
justice and, as the judge himself expresses
it, without cost to the htigants. The first
ished by the audacity of a wealthy Chi
nese, who offered $40 as bribe for the re-
lease OF 1eLoW countryfnans VINO nag nag
committed some petty onense- JeWett
refrained from sending the would-be brtber
up for contempt, put gave MN a ~lectuIe ~
that he will remember for years to come
The court and its officers are Just now
engaged on a case OF WhoIeSaie coQnler-
feiting that has some remarkable features
Ten days ago a native who gave the name
of Mariana Santos presented himself at
the headquarters of the First South Da-
kota regiment and astonished the officers
with propositlon 70 sen the14 d ses5 laLs
amount of counterfeit money He offered
it at very low figures and was willing to
sell the secret of making the bogus coin
He was at once arrested and taken before
the provost court on the charge of having
counterfeit money IN ms possession. lie
denied that he was the principal in the
coming or the money, ana asSerIed lhat
the man who gave him the money was IN
TOndO. The case was postponed, and in
of the other Onender would necesSiIate lne
sending of an armed force INTO the lnsur-
gent lines. That was deemed lnd1screet
at this critical Junction and, II was the
intention to send Santos to jail alone when
the WlIe oL lne ldISeI suS,Cteee4eqa II ~ Icy
out of TOndo and into the hands of the
American oIIlcers. He was lle man an VINO VINO
pose Of and Mrs. Santos knew it. She To-
Gated Cruz in TOndO, and told him story
suspicious until placed under arrest. She
marched him into the headquarters of the
Minnesota troops on police duty and gave
the officer in charge an expressive wink
Cruz was seized and his pockets were
found to be full of counterfeit coin.
The prospects for general trade are bet
tbe end end Of fhe siege. Activity In in Ship
ping grows every day and the Manila-Da-
gupan railway is reSuming train service
The entire line of the latter railway IS in
the hands of the insurgents but they have
as it not used for the transportation of
troops. The northern provinces through
which it runs are in fairly orderly con-
dition, and there will be at least partial
resumption of business. The railway taps
the great rice producing districts and their
products will be welcomed by the poor
people Of Manila
A squad of five men on outpost duty. IN
der command of Captain Jensen, caught
five natives lOOting a wreck in the harbOr.
they went ahead without paying the
slightest attention to him. He secured
boat, and, with five men, rOwed out to
the wreck. He hailed again, and no atten-
tiOn was paid to him. He ordered his five
men to fire, and they did some remarkable
shooting. There were five natives. and
everyone was hit. One died instantly, an
other win probably die of his wounds, and
the other three we're slightly wounded.
The shooting was done in the dark and
fairly long range.