The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-29

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and the streets are narrow. For thu
| metropolis of a big country, for a cit,
OF quarter of a million inhabitants
rich and prosperous mart, a center
( OF education and luxury, as the build
| ings in the walled city indicate, it i:
a disreputable, ill-arranged and un-
! slightly town. The principal business
! street, the Escotta, is narrow, wretch
! edly paved, crooked and filed with the
most commonplace, mean looking
structures. So are the other streets
| out further from the center there are
I trees to hide the ugliness. In excuse
! the Manila people say earthquakes,
typhoons, thunderstorms and floods are
The reasons for not having a present
, able town, but Manila is not the only
! place with earthquakes and all the
rest. Toxic is infinitely worse, but is
/ handsomer- and the roads are better
paved.
The Pasig is a river 60 or 20 yards
wide, and perhaps u feet deep, yet
the bridging of it has never gone be
yond primitive stages. There is one
narrow bridge, the Puenta d'Espana,
connecting Binenbo with the city, but
this bridge is far too narrow for the
traffic and would never be considered
sufficient in a civilized country. There
is another bridge near it, but it is sell
dom il ever used for vessel traffic, and
the Puento d'Espana is constantly
chOked. There are tramways running
into outlying parts of the town and
a steam tramway to the northern
suburbs of Manila. There is also a
railway from Manila to Dagipan. about
12O miles north. run by an English
company.
In the rural township of Santa Mesa,
about three or four miles out. is a big
powder magazine or "polverin," close
nv ha .ier,t Of he ,.;x-
Pasig. On the opposite side of the
river is the village of Santa Ana, a
mile or two away. 1t was about there
that the first shots were fired in the
insurrection of 1896. and several Eng
lish people having villas in these parts
had = lively time
Another 'polverin" is at Malate, on
the seashore south of the walled city.
[ understand that these are the only
powder magazines the Spaniards have
in the immediate neighDOrhood of the
city, excluding, of course, the forts
own stores. Malate is reached from
BinOnbo by a drive from Manila Be
yond the city is the esplanade called
the Tuneta where the band plays ev-
cry evening in peace times.
At the far end of the Tuneta is the
battery of two big guns, which fired
on the American ships until Admiral
Dewey talked seriously of replying. A
little beyond this battery is the Eng
fish club, surrounded by q number of
pleasant residences-English Spanish
and others. Furthest of all, quite near
the fort and powder magazines, is the
Eastern Extension Telegraph COM
pany's establishment (British). A lit !
tie way back from the sea is the Jesuit |
which does excellent serv- !
ice and is, indeed, the JeSuits' best an :
5wer to those who say they do harm in /
the Philippines.
FOR GUERILLA WARFARE.
Outside the populous suburbs there |
are many rural and less settled dis
-ricts dotted with handsome residences
scattered remotely among the rice |
fields and tropical woodlands, where a
guerilla warfare would be well nigh in
-erminable.
In such country, with hedgerows
hat have in the course of ages grown
nto respectable little thickets, with
almost impenetraDie patches of sombre
greenery, a stationary force might
heck an advancing force with the
greatest ease.
There are plenty of open fields, yet
he country cannot be called open, for
t is luKuriously wooded between the
ields. Artillery would be of little use,
lothing but skirmishing under the
hick covering of any effect in this
ind of ground and the victory would
est with the side best fitted for jun
lie warfare. Not that this is jungle;
t is simply fertile, pastoral land. with
lot of trees everywhere. But it is the
asst place in the world for plain peas
mt lads, newly recruited and without
ny target practice, to meet semi-sav-
ge woodsmen, and that is what Spain
depending ON, for her sons are raw
ecruits and her enemies are trained
Orest rovers.
AGUINALDO'S DECLARATION. /
The following is rough translation
{ the declaration of independence is
ued by Aguinaldo on June u:
ITO the district head men and viii !
Ige head men of the province of HUI g,
Lcan, from the politico military gov-14
nor of this province, whose head
uarterS are now transferred to the ..
,wn of San Francisco de Amalabon, )
nd combined with the sections under
'ders at Bacero, Binacayen, linus, No :
aleta, Salinas and CaVite Viojo. :
They only require to be combined +.
it'll the other forces in Indang and :
lang, nearby, and then our troops will :,
: sent forward and within a few days =
i'll be found il possession of almost
e whole province, which will be found :,
position to proclaim effectively our
dependence. This proclamation will
IT be long deferred. because the ulti-
ate object of this government will :.
us be best attained, Notwithstanding !,
e suggestions of some of our princi- :,
i associates. 1t is more glorious and 9
ore convenient to select as the place =
account of its being near the sea q
e township of Cavite Viojo, which is e
old port, originally the town of Ca n
te. Therefore, 1 decree as follows: \
The 18th day of this month is fixed h
r the declaration of independence of .
is, our beloved country, in the town :.
ip of Cavire Viojo, for the due and -
oper solemnization of which auspi- g
)us event there should be on the day f.
med an assemblage of all district .,
ad men and commanders of our .,
rces, and through the proper repre-
natives there should be a notifica-
N issued for the purpose of inviting G,
2 attendance of all who have in any n
" assisted in the good work, such. RI
: example, as the distinguished ad- a,
raj OF the American squadron and in
commanders and officers, to all of o.
lom, as having lent invaluable aid in u,
: glorious work, a courteous invita- 10
n will be sent, and after the formal ".
lding of the declaration the same W
Il be signed by all who wish to give co
Dport thereto. in
EMILIO AGUINALDO. ~, -,
Dictator of the Philippines" he
ssued by General Delipinar in the nc
me of General Aguinaldo, on the 18th m
Y of June, 1898.
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AT Saltair. w..
'abernacle choir in songs of gladness liz
ay. WI