The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-05-20


cipline. In the villages near Ma
Mia large numbers of women are
in making hats which are
somewhat similar TO the celebrated
panama has, and cigarette holders.
The young women generally have
long, slender, delicate fingers, ard
many of them make exquisite en-
broidery, for which Manila is ia
nous and which commands high
prices.
The bay of Manila, one of the
finest in the world, is about 12Ol
miles in circumference The city of
Manila is located at the mouth OF
the river Pasig, which enters the
bay on its eastern side, where it is
prolonged into the bay by two piers
which terminate, the one in small
fort or guardhouse and the other in
light house. The city stands on
the lett bank Of the river; it is a
typical oldfashioned Spanish town,
surrounded by ramparts, and las
seen very little alteration or i'm
provement for the last 200 years; it
contains seventeen streets laid out
at right angles. The governors
palace, the cathedral, arch-episco-
pal residence and barracks for the
military forces are all located in this
old town, but as there is very little
business transacted there, it is in
tensely dull, and life in it must be
very monotonous. IL is connected
by several bridges with the suburb
of Binondo, on the opposite side of
the river, which is the commercial
metropolis and is full of activity
and business. Two-thirds of the
houses are OF brick and stone, with
tiled roofs; the remainder are of
wood, and the indian houses have
thatched roofs of the leaves of the
Nipa palm.
4 The population of Manila and
lis suburbs is about $50, 900. Many
of the suburban villages are very
populous; Tondo, short distance
from Binondo, has upward of 3d.
600 inhabitants; Santa Cruz has
II, 900, and Santa Ana, pretty
village where many of the wealthy
citizens Of Manila have their coun-
try residences, contains about
1000 people.
About eight miles southwest OF
Manila is the city of Cavite, on 9
tongue of land stretching into the
, bay, at the termination of which i:
fort. Here the Spaniards have ;
naval establishment, marine rail
, road capable of taking from the wa
ter vessels Of 1900 tons displace
ment, an arsenal and hospital. i
was up to a few years since quite ar
! important town and had large
!, cigar mandatory, but it has suf
. fered cor siderably by attacks iron
, insurgents during the recent insur'
, rection and counter attacks from
, the Spanish forces, who only sue
ceeded in obtaining permanent pos
session Of it after the arrival Of con
, siderable re-inforcemerts fro II
Spain.
) The ad ministration of the Span
! ish government i'm the Philippin,
! archipelago has for its head an'
chief a governor-general who re
> sides in the city Of Manila. Mex
to the governor generalship OF Cub
this is the most important and lu
: crative post at the disposal OF tn
e home government, and like tn
: Sp" nish officials in Cuba, the gov
: elnors have generally made up 70
e the uncertainty Of their tenure O
4 Office by ruthless plunder of tn
Q public finances. 1t is currently re
e ported that when Gen. Weyler hel'
: the Office he succeeded in amassin,
e several millions, although his salar.
!, was but $4,000 per annum AM
/, his expenses were large. There |
. also lieutenant governor win
: takes the place Of the captain-gen
e eral in case Of his death. The is
: lands are divided into province
/. subject to politico-military govern
ors or alcades mayores, who ar
1 generally civilians. For the impo
r sition and collection of taxes Span
a ish ingenuity has been exercised I
v the utmost. Everthing in sight
y taxed, and the natives have to pa
# poll tax, which even the womel
e do not escape, and woe be to tn
e unhappy native who fails to NEE
d the demands of the tax-gatherel
} He is arrested and imprisoned {
d deported to penal settlement, an
Is his family, if he has one, is left
1t shift for itself. The foregoing sligl
le sketch will indicate the immenl
t. value Of the prize that the fortur
b. Of war has given into our possession
A. TIE question as to the dispositio
10 n Ia no made Of IL becomes one {,