Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-06

, while Others are fine houses. The gen
erai was In a large house, anu ~ .he
foot Of the stairs were soldiers anu
large number Of people. who seemed "
have some sort Of connection Win w
big gunship. we were shown w
wide. Tiled staircase. past the oilus, ~
10 wide hniLand invited 20 Ht uoT1
enter al hrine Official interpreter. w,
we're presented 10 del i'iiar anu iouhe
him TO be small man. but hscrt illn,'
nom HE ndiutani. y holf-hreed span
iarI that hf Il MAN ~ much valance!
Ie rsrtsinlv appeared 20 be man o.
good ability. if1 told ~ there were ~.
900 troops In Manila, OF whom ls'vyV
were SnanIatds. the rest being ha.'Ns
allies. and that they had many cannon
about 20. he offered ~ cigars ana
some ale. made In London. and cap
urod from the spanlards. The adlu-
tant kindly consented to take ~ 10 th9
Ion OF the church, hut the keys were
not obtainahle. and 20 We could no
reach the point. lie volunteered TO 90
with ~ To the insurgent earthworks
about mile distant
We went over, there through rice
noldH. to-wii. mud and water closed In
with little banks Here We found an.
other insurTant fort. about 20 teet
square, the walls ~ earth being about
seven feet high There was a matched
r,iof and hunks Tor the mon. General
Greene afterwards Informed me mat u
was vacated only two days before ny
the spanish. on down In "A little nat
below the hin. about 100 yards away
was spanish work " similar COM
strurtion. our friends. the lnaufgtuts,
10 ~ smart. opened niHllhdc ON IN.
spaniah. which was answered IN guun
style, and Tor a few minutes the bul.
lets cana tunhiing around IN hplendld
fashion. hitting the outside " the tort
aud the roof quite frequently.
After u was all over, apparently !
g1t up TO look around with my helu
glasses. but had not been there long
wb.n mimi came a bullet within eight
or ten Inches N my head and struck
the rDof behind me with a vicious snap
ginre then am looking more eau.
ununiy. ~ must be- that Mr Spanihtd
was close In somewhere, possibly IN
an English cemetery not TAT distant.
The natives laughed nt me NJ TO kll
themselves.
When We returned, several o. the
native soldiers came along with W..
They were returning from Tuni
10 Pasta. We found our Camarata
waiting and rode home, fcarfully tired,
wet and HUNGRY ate few bananas,
however. A. a substitute for midday
meal
Thls IL the wcttesi country I ever
saw. u has ralnod now Tor nearly
three days without stopping. Ana how
Il does come down. Right now OUT ~
the camping street. are n number ~
IN. mon III the battery, stark naked.
tnklna a rain bath. They are using
soap. and the warm rain u washins
them In true shower bath style. Nel-
son II a. happy a. bug IN n rug
would not have missed 70 for anythins-
Ife 10 perfectly well and has not hAu
sick day. He seems 90 be very mu'h
liked By his companions.
Yesterday Lieutenant Gibbs ana
visited paranaque, native village De
law about two miles. We were attcr
some parholled corn with grated cocoa.
nut mot nWrrtCusdl. and ! found "
excellent but We were All AFRAID 70
touch any 81 these things. lAeutcant
olbha says 1 am about n shades darker
than l was In san Francisco.
II seems nice 90 have our guns
around ~ again We have two heavy
guns. loaned hy the admiral Thry
ar thrfo.iph guns and are much
Fighter than ours, This " the worst
country TO nght IN on earth. Imagine
few narrow roads and the banboo
swamp and the inundated rice helda.
can see no Instance In any direction.
0
| and dry ground In tie country. over
| hy San Pedro de Macaiv. the view y.
/ ex.oisni lndeed-open plancca here ana
! there, elumua 81 trees aiid many
churches rearing their picturcHquc
fronts above the trees,
Yesterday was the 2ith OF July We
had neither religious services nor
celebration. but about noon the foreign
fleet up by Manila fred salutea galore
In celebration Of some national tspan-
ish) fete.
Oh. yes; our trip to Parsnaaue There
W. called on another general. but he
was absent. Near his residence was a
| ehurch--caih0iio. Of course. There was
/ no priest present The people have no
use Tor the priests. u seems. and they
have an taken refuge In Manila. The
/ church has a gallery. The windows
| are 0f stained glass. II II four times
| az long nH the Catholic church In Salt
Lake and much higher, ana more ele-
giant. Their altar II Fraced with the
Images ~ an the Apostles, the Savior,
too The nnnrs are all polished hN the
knpeling HupplicanH. In thu church al
tho lime ~ our visit wrrr numerous
groups " girls, with white vests. pray.
Ing. counting their beads, or rradlng
devotional works In the center OF
the aisle was a caskct containing The
remains OF an 0ldish woman, Near the
woman aud number ~ little Elrls,
an with black vests 1.-The deceased =
family. no doubt A. We were about
tu leave m. church. an organ pcaied
forth aud boys choir chnnted a
catholic hymn. The bis bell tollcd. and
the remains M the dead one were borne
out on the shoulders of -four mon.
To-day Captain Grant Lleutenanii
Gibbs. Mayor and drow went up ur
10 the lines again, looklng for good
position Tor our guns when the acfar
comes on This tlmc W. We're honorcd
with few Mauaer bullets and one can
non hall. The later came along about
hundred feet away ana crashed
through the timber into the earth
They don't seem 20 he able TO hit any
thing. A Fllipono was showing ~ how
the spanish do n-hy raising theli
guns up overhead at arms length and
letting her Eo-ahout rlght, shoult
say,
Just heard that General Merritt hal
arrived. and W. may expect some mail
also more soldiers. possibly some NOR
artillery.
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