The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-06
MoNTEREYs TRIP TO MANILA
Found Residents of Ladrone island
Friendly and Glad to Welcome "Ameri
can Governor"

San Francisco, September 5.-Advices
brought to this city by the transport
Colon from Manila are as follows: The
United States coast defence vessel Monte
rev and the United States collier Brutus
occupied rs days in their trip from oar
Francisco to Manila without even break
in the delightful weather all the way
across.
Our entry into Guam was very peace
able one, as the Charleston had preceded
us and carried away the governor and thu
few soldiers that had been on the island
The effect of the Charleston's short visi
was such that when the second expedition
on the China, Colon, Senator and Zeal
anGia passed by the island end looked II
without stopping, almost every man
woman and child, it is said, took to thu
Guam with its 70, 900 native chamorros
was an agreeable surprise. The biscuit
colored, not impossible citizens OF the
United States, are a comely, cleanly lot
and as far as could be learned are un.
usually moral for jewellers Of a tropica
island. friendly and honest, though fol
wars have been handicapped by the name
sI,adrones," given they by some early
nayigators. All of them appeared to be
eager for the arrival of the American
From Ponto Pill. the landing place in
the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, where
both vessels anchored, to Agana, the
prinoinai town of the islands, there Is Q
road leading through wondrouslJ
beautiful tropical country, where grow
great tossing cocoanut trees with their
towering plumes on high and at their
feet carpet of vines about which the I'M
derbrush runs riot Many queer looking
travellers on foot and on COW backs, IL
bullock carts and on bullocks were seer
on that drive from the wee dog cart OF
oaleohe, in which the writer bumped
along drawn by little native pony and
driven by youngster.
Hers would be native carrying water
in long, hollow, bamboo pole held up
right; there a woman pounding maize
tour Indian corn) with wooden pound
er, four feet long; fine, we'll built fellows
on but breech clout; natives under
broad brimmed hats. in their white
trousers and white shirt unconfined. One
family party of three was mounted on a
fat ambling bullock and the small boy OF
the marty, W hose seat was aft, grasped
firmly in his left hand the bullock's tail,
SO that there was no danger that the land
improperly hazarded, steered both from
forward and aft. Every native passed
touched his hat or took 1t off. and the
spirit of friendliness was everywhere
marked.
In olden times Guam was a great stop
ping place for Spanish galleons bound
from Acapulco to Manila and later be-
came a rendezvous for the American
whalers. When the ports of Japan were
opened Guam was abandoned, but today
many natives of the islands are doing
duty on board of whalers in the Pacific,
1t will probably be many long Gays De
fore the Monterey, once such a familiar
sight there. will be again seen on th'
Pacific coast Whatever disposition ma.
be made of the Philippines, the monito
will doubtless remain on the Asiati'
station for some time to come, and wheI
she reaches the United States IL VIII II
all probability be after q trip made By
tho Suez canal ana straits OF Gibraltar
In the Orient she will be novel sight.
even for officers of other nayfes, for nc
fighting machine like her has ever been
seen In these waters.