New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-23

TIES OF ENORMOUS WEALTH
From The London Times
Manila Sept. Am opportunity o, visit.
| Ing the interior Of this ISLAND IL. indeed
| during these trOublOus times, 20 rare that
| accepted with eagerness an invitation from
| Horace l.. Higgins. the manager 81 the Manila
| Dag1pan Railway, to make on" Of small
! party in run over the l2' miles Of line
to inspect the condition u the same previous
| 10 the re-estabiishment ~ The train service
The line had been cut by Tn" insurgents In the
! month OF May. and during the frequent con-
Hicts with the Spanlards the station AZ Daghpan
had been burned. long stretch or the road near
by had been ruined by ~Tenching ne rails from
| the ties the contents OF several stations had
| been destroyed stationmaster here and there
had been Killed or Kidnapped siege guns had
! been posted on the roadbed near Manila. and. In
general terms the railway had been large
sufferer during the last few weeks 81 m" revolu
| tion For some time Mr. Higgins had been in
! communication with Agulnaldo In regard to
| opening the line for traffic. and only after
| good deal of trouble had succeeded IN getiin<
| from the willy leader an order 10 his subordinate
| generals COMMANDING the insurrectionary forces
| in the northern provinces to permit the neces-
sary repairs to he made and the trains to be run
from the Manila station The ORDER is worth
| quoting because II indicates IN significant
manner the attitude Of the insurgents toward
| the American forces. whom they no" practically
besiege In the town and IT'S suburbs
Of IF ns fDSPSns
A, the request OF the director Of the Manila.
DngPan ,b RsM Ns into the station Of Manila Under
tbe condition that no foreign troops Including
tnssop ~ this Government and that forces
shall Re permitted TO hold under guard the station
yir,me Of This permission you will give proper
orders TO the forces under your command tnat tney
shall place no impeachment in the way OF repaiir,ns
the line and shall abstain. under severe penalties.
from interfering with II for any reason @Hcspt ID
the case of Transportation OF io'''s" "'oP'
bacoor' aug ''' The Secretary Of War.
BALDOMERA AGtTNALDo.
To the military commanders OF the FOURTH zone
Of Manila and the other provinces UaNersea oy
the railway.
The order is signed by the brother ~ Don
Emilio Aguinaldo He holds the most impor.
tant position in the gift OF the president OF the
Revolutionary Government - -,
We left Manila station at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning with a small train consisting OF an
engine a goods van and the Inspection coacn,
very comfortable and ingeniously arranged car
riage with room enough for the six people oil
our party to dine comfortably in the small sa-
loon The road is three feet SIX lnches gauge
and the carriages are proportonatciy smaieg
than those Of the British standard size.
THE FIRST TRAIN SINCE MAY
The fact that this was the first train out ~
Manila since the railway was cut IN May ere
ated no stir at the statio3 probably beca So the
cont was not advertised, and the guard OF
United States Regulars on the platform ana
few station hands were the only spectators VI
cur departure. The station is at the extreme
northern limit of the town. ana Deyonn IL ie"
~ no habitations are seen except native nuts
and an occasional twO-story house or the usuai
lvpe with corrugated iron roof ana sheli VIM
COWS About two miles out OF t0wh lhe nre
enters trace OF country identically the same
in general character as that which was occu-
pied by the opposing forces south OF me .oSn
small swamps with bamboo thlcKets anu heuS'
and frequent impossible tanges OF uiiu'I
growth Here close alongside the railway
stands bockhOuse No. |, plank STRUCTURE ~
the regular type. about twenty Feet squdIr'
With an embankment around the lower s,otS.
! -ipch h..l. pf
upper story and a small cupola for sharpshoo.-
ers above the iron roof The Whole u SUR ~
ed by admirably constructed earth~orh' W."
traverses and covered ways. and makes an AZ
most inpregnable position against infantry.
Not over two hundred yards away the insur-
gents had large smoothbore ships gun IN po-
sition on the line near a large native nous
and they said themselves that they mad hred
this piece two hundred times without hlttlns
the Spanish blockhOuse once Their earthWorhs
extended right and left through the paHn"'
thickets we'll hidden by the dense vegetatioh
the position marked only by the ragged pdHi
boo cumps which have been fairly mowh on
by Mauser bullets about dozen leel iloIn tn'
ground once past the Jugh ground 'dlVU-
can the village where the railway company
shops are situated IS soon reached ana peyVilu
this point a more open ana ferthe counI! Do-
gins The insurgents were out In 1ull iot.o
along their lines in the old Spanish intrencn-
ments and the blockhouse The guard pre-
scented arms we passed. While mere an" 'ne'e
whiteclad native with a Mauser rlhe aho
bag Of cartridges would pop out or the unue'.
growth near the track and watch us as we wen,
along apparently uncertain whether ne shouio
challenge us or not.
Beyond Caloocan the country opens out INTO
wide valley bounded on either SIDE ny hlEn
mountain ranges. the Mariveles' or "est coas'
range forming Jagged barrier not unlike ''l7
DoIonites in outline. while in the east a success
sion of grand SUBMITS Of the Caraballo rahse
large and bold in line. rise high above the io"et
stratum Of cumuus clouds which always orl'
along their TANKS in fine weather inc Gay "as
NOS Ghi N
was as soft and clear as in midsummer in Eng
land The temperature moreover, was NOT mort
oppressive than an average warm August uas 49, .,
the Midands. and the landscape III gem"
character gave little suggestion OF the tropics
Immense broad rice fields of rich. sort green
shimmered like young corn in the warm sun
light and the rounded forms OF mango trS's' &C.
centuating with their dense, dark foliage IN;
lighter masses Of the cultivated ground gave an
the appearance Of a pleasant farming country ~
England. The mountains alone. and particular
the long extinct volcano Arayat whlcVNise'
from the plain a solitary, Isolated cone o's
turbed the impression Of home Landscape d.
seen from the distance at least
UNMIsTAKABLY TROPICAL scENn
Close at hand the native habitations. fc<tne
! most part bamboo and nipa huts raised on posi-
five or six feet from the ground. the DuSy ma
| tives working in the rice fields in the scahues'
| Of garb and the uncouth water bunaloes e'''s
| where walowing in the muddy pools maIe "a
| realize that were in the tropics. ne 'pa
| iards fearing they did I'm Cuba, the asslsss
| ance the natives would give 10 the rebels, -
| tuted system OF recommendation ahohtS
peasants and Obliged them In certain pro'.nn.I
| where the rebels were most active 10 leave th'p
| huts which were scattered all over the couh1ls
| and to assemble in large villages IN the VpS'
areas where they could be under easy inst4es,
| fIon and control Therefore. there are founoa
/ long intervals from one another immense oon
| gregations OF small huts Of the cheapest cor
struction crowded together N The open le''s
| where the peasants. unable ms YET 20 re, ,1n,
| their old habitations. still live in some dls'o'"
| fort and far away from their tillage grounds
The stations on the line. always OF the saI
! size and construction following the oppressN
| Spanish regulations. are tidy enough puluIls,
| of brick and wood, having comfortable s"'vu.
! story with shell windows and wooden inslu'