The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-10
SITUATION IN MANILA.
Scarcity Of Food Affects Even the
Richest Glass. "
sLAUGHTERING DOGS AND HORSES

Decreo Issued Authorizing Entry o
Private Premises For Seizure O
Horses and CattleMuch Indigna'
tion Expressed. ,.,.,N.
Manila, via Hong Hong, Aug. 10.-The
scarcity of food now affects even the
richest class in Manila. There is nc
meat. bread or flour, except very
small reserve. chiefly laid under requi-
stion for the Spanish troops. The
newspapers. though rigidly censored,
admit that the famine and the un-
precedented rains are causing on epi-
demic. They pretend that the disorders
are trivial intestinal ailments, but 1t
is believed most Of them are dysentery,
due to wretched food and the dangerous
character Of the water. A number Of
persons are i'll.
An abattoir has been established for
slaughtering horses and dogs The
newspapers admit that the military
bakers are reduced to the necessity Of
using rice, the stock of which will
shortly be exhausted. The stock Of
fuel, too, is exhausted, and the bakers
are burning doors and window frames.
1t Is impossible to eat uncooked rice.
A decree has been issued authorizing
the entry of private premises and the
seizure Of cattle and horses there for
a nominal payment, made In worthless
drafts. Several animals belonging to
British owners have been taken. though
there were plenty belonging to Span
fch hok boI
An attempt was made to seize the In
dispensable pony of the consular physi-
clan, and considerable indignation has
been expressed. There may possibly be
some trouble over 1t. ,. -..-.
The British consul, who has been
almost constantly i'll of late, has been
absent for week, but the vice consul
is unwearying in the energy and tact
with which he smoothes away anti
British friction.
There has been some desultory fight
ing. The insurgents deny that they
have offered to join the Spaniards
against the Americans, insisting that
their offer was only to avoid blood
shed, in the hope of reconciling some Of
the Spaniards to renouncing their al
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Americans not to lombard the city.
1t is alleged in dispatch officially
published here that Germany is COM
bining with Russia to prevent the cap
ture Of Manila and that, therefore,
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt
will refrain from attacking the city,
that the American resources are ex-
hausted; that Admiral Cervera, on is
suing from Santiago harbor, was VIC
torious and captured Admiral Samp-
son, afterward bombarding American
ports; that the Cherokees and the ne
groes in the United States have re-
belled; that President Mckinley has
been mobbed: that Admiral Camara
is at Singapore. that he Is going to land
in the south Philippines; that the allied
Spanish fleets will annihilate Admiral
Dewey. and. finally, that the climate Is
decimating the American soldiers.
The rumor is current here that tho
insurgents. fearful that peace will be
concluded between Washington and
Madrid, and that the Americans will
from the Philippines, are
the more strenuous in their
desire and efforts. to capture Manila.
Sunday night there was heavy bonn
with heavy modern shells.
1t Is generally believed in the city
that the Americans assisted and the
papers publish lists of Americans al
legged to have been killed, including
some names of rank.
On Sunday many shots entered the
town. Several reached the citadel It.
self and 1t Is reported that some ladies
were killed There was frightful panic
inside the walls. women and children
shrieklng and praying In their terror
the whole night through. One shot
caused 20 casualties at the Luneta bat
terry. another exploded at the Malate
barracks, killing five. The troops
turned out just in time to save Malate
fort and the magazine. The insurgents |
showered large and small shots with |
such precision that the garrison be-
ieved the whole American army and |
feet were concentrating their fire.
The British consul here died of dys-
entery yesterday, but his remains cam
not be buried in the Protestant ceme-
cry on account of the insurgents.
For four days typhoon has ragged.
The suburbs have been flooded, the
trenches swamped and the sandbags
dissolved. Disease is raging. Mere in-
Fants of 13 years of age are enlisting;
hey become officers and fight in the
trenches. The newspapers applaud
What they should condemn as a crime.