Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-05

from the city proper into. the Binondo
| suburb. where a street, called the Es-
| Gotta, runs to the right and to the left.
! 1t Is lined with innumerable shops,
stores and stalls, and is usually crowd
| ed With people CT various races.
/ Beyond the Escoita is a colony OF
| Chinese, Indians and half-castes, who
| 90 business as goldsniths and jewell
| ers painters and enamelers. oil and
soap merchants, coufectioners, and
| keepers OF gambling houses and cook
| shops. The other suburbs have each
| It's special character Fer instance,
san Fernando is the seat of the great
| cigar manufactures and Santo Mesa
IS the centre of the cordage manufac
/ tory. At the Alcaicerfa suburbs the
| Chinese sampans discharge their car
+, gees; the fishermen and weavers in
| habit the suburb CT Tondo and its
| gardens supply the market with fruit
and vegetables. The suburb of Malate
| is famous for its embroideries: Pace
! Is where the artisans and artists live,
and health seekers flock to Santa Ana
and San Pedro Macati.
The principal buildings Of Manila are
! the cathedral, the palace of the COVER
nor, the palace of the archbishop, the
| town hall, a beautiful building; ten
churches, belonging to different relig-
| ious orders; several monasteries, a
number of converts, the arsenal, three
colleges for young men. two colleges
for young women the Supreme Court
| building, the prison, the civil hospital.
| hn mo rip 20
commercial school, the theatre, a large
| building; the custom house and the
barracks. There are several large
squares in Manila. the largest Of which
is the Prado, in which is a bronze sta
tue Of Charles "
A NATIONAL TRADE CENTRE.
I Manila's principal history dates from
the year 1871. when the city was found
, ed by Legaspi. 1t is splendid natural
trade center, and ranks with Calcutta
and Batavia. Being the chief port in
| the Philippines islands, all their pro-
auctions flow there, and it's harbor is
/ visited by a very great number of YES
sells OF all nations. It's principal eX
ports consists of sugar, tobacco, in
diago, manila hemp and cordage, gold
dust, birds nests, coffee, mats, hats.
hides, tortoise shell, cigars, cotton ard
| rice.
| Its manufactures are chiefly cigars
and cheroots, a government monopoly;
cordage from the filaments of the aba
ca, beautiful fabrics, known as pinas
woven from the fibres of the pineapple
! leaf and afterward exquisitely embroid-
cred various other cloths made of the
4 a. E1o,,
| fabrics, mats and cigar cases.
| In 1915 Manila was nearly destroyed
| by an earthquake and several others
/ have visited the place since then. A
British fleet captured Manila in 1852,
/ ard held it for fifteen months, when it
was restored TO Spain by treaty. The
population of Manila with its suburbs,
| is about 10000.
| The Philippines islands belong to
| the Malay archipelago. Next to Cuba.
| they are the most valuable colonial
possession of Spain. In ali, there are
about 1900 islands in the Philippine
group, the principal Of which are Lu-
zon. Mandanae and Palawan Their
/ total area is estimated at about 115.52S
F., square miles, and the total population
is estimated to be about 100000.
| CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ISL
| ANDS
| The islands are of volcanic forma-
ton, ard are trayersed by chain of
mountains from north to south, rising
| in some of them to an altitude of 5000
| feet. The coasts OF most of the islands
| are deeply indented by the sea, and the
greater islands are watered by large
streams, with estuaries, which form
excellent har0ors.
| The Philippine group is within the
range of the monsoons, and violent hur
/ ricanes are of frequent occurrence.
From May to September the west coasts
of the Philippine islands are deluged
| with rain while the October monsoon
| bring rain to the east coasts, which are
| dry at other seasons. The high tenn
+ perature and the abundance of moist
I ure produce luxurious vegetation.
| The mineral products are gold, cop
| per. iron, lead, mercury, sulphur and
| coal
| The exports amount to about S15,-
| 600 900 annually, and the imports, con-
| sisting mainly of cottons, machinery.
| linens, coal, iron. earthenware, hard
| ware and woolens, amount to about
| SIS, 000, Geo annually.
| The islands were discovered by Ma
gellan in 1921, and were settled by the
| Spaniards in the reign of Philip H.,
| after whom they were named