The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-01-07
q LETTER FROM lvlAlllI..A .A,
Bert JDneA. 4 Ek.ms,ail Roy, Tells
= Z Els sExperience. In The
Pnlslsplls.s.

Bert Jones. 4 K.mbaiI hoy, reli.
VI Els lsExperience ln The
4 PnaslipiMss.
Editor Of The GRAnprc: -Being at leisure 10
day. and a.iAg lllEe .fltanR. 1,ss l.sIl. An.
the GRApAiO's many readers would like 10 hea
from this far-oT country. i9si5 II
Perhaps lmay as we'll start at the beginning
and tell YOU about Our voyage acrUsst the pselte
! We 4 It San francisco July ", escorted cut u
4 the hay ny numerous uKs miu the vnistllug u
every guubat and etram craft III the iiHi bur ali,
tie cfiee,s OF ussenhleo thousands OH tho dockh
4 Az We steamed out to ssn it WIS u tne sight i,
we'll As novel one Z, US lanu lnbbe III. For
! timv one never tired OF the o.ean anu the we've,
fwhicilrOilsd against the eide " The ship mi
thss dlsapprsrea awasl usters. but it was no
long before thlDgs uesan to change. Tue se.
soon t~gan to give tne ship tiAt ioiling molio,
| winch 0ngu felt, at tne stUmnell--i IL never fUl.
gotten. Sick! a sicAsr lot Vi fellows yon ,ley.
OF saw, and more ,haii ons wisL.d tbs ktsi Gios.
lad,es bud Lot fitted them quite 20 full, Il
sll,, worde, The tises reA ped all tue bes q
the; graAd work OF the ksil GIoss, Sons Ut t.,s
boys mover got ovsr 1t until we landedat A2s,
y sASA 0AAS N0y oAiA 0kt0t tsuutscu
joysd 3lLs trip very much. Bu, it was NV fl
while u tastet-the seasicknsss. anu wished !,
was Dacx On the farm with Pa. We met a3. ii.
boys went bAvk on her. HeWas takun from tA
hospital when we started, thlnkilg he c0ui,
staud Tue tup, but Ito s',on changed his mln.
when onco ~. seu.
" #sr-ac;isd Honolulu seven days sut and H.,
IN Md tf,.A.
treated us rDyuliy. For .ne tn.ns they gave ue
Dig banquet auu t,id ue t., he outsrlvss T.,
ANY thing We waited, III tact. tuero was uotinn,
t"o goou for ns. llosoluln is very pet.
piac. ot about 40, ,CUO people, rs situated ou
low lying territory surrounded b, mountain
There Is stietcn Of sixty miles of rAilruh,
running up ole OF tne valleys from the TOW.
and etresI car llbes. 1ne cars un the slree,s a.
hauled By little ,nulee. There are some lars,
cncuanat grove, close 10 town und several lai.
fruit iaisnb. Add not nave tue oppoItunll, t,
go ur'und as much NJ l would have Iik.u, IL
we We're only PASSED cut for u few hours al :.
tame. August Ut sunrlse fuuLu us htenmln.
IN our Way 10 tllv fliiiIillncs, accompanied
tue rPehns.lvania. Shu cur,led tue Munlun
boys anu lett San tiHnciscu three day y Defu.u
VT DID, waiting for us ut Tho lstanue. She IL
slow going shir and We had " cut out spe.,
from 10 KNOTS to to aliuw her to keep com puL.
With 10 Meweio SON eettieu down Tor u lul
voyage. We spent our uuys reuding, payln.
cards and drilling, IL seemed ut first us tnt,ut-,
'eveiy day WIS u week, but TINS wQre Uff ant.
We eUon uegan hot to notic" tins tlme. We r..
several boats hoine~ard bound ON wllcn
sent mali to lhe folks ut l.Unle. We never su.
any lanu until i've days out of Mani u, when "
came in sigllt Uf tho Ladrone asiands. Tu
boys nearly Yelled their heads off, 80 please,.
they wrre t. SEQ laud again. We did not stup.
the islands, but steamed riglt ahead for Manila
reaching There on the mornins ot Aug. rs. VI.
dropped anchor and waited t.r oruers-
about An nuur out came a tug WIN Aum.r
Dewey un boaid, wneu We were Ii, formed, mu,.
to our disgust, Jl.aL Manila h.u already SURF n.
cred, We expected to iave q hanh Ill tilu tu4
and were considerably disappointed to lear
,hat tue cit, Ii d been taksn. After remaiuln.
on board ut anchor for two days u tug transport
nj us To Cavlte, where We took up quarters IN a.
tdd chprcn built IN 1910. CavIte has 4 p4iulH.
tio1 Vi 000, mostly natives, with slr.Ilklln.s
U spanlurds. The buildings ns,de 4ruui the fo.t
are constructed OF banboo. We were c..ll,,
out tho very first nlght BY one of our sentti,,
uring on prisoner Attelnptlns to escupe. a.
We had been looking tor ali attack, YOU eau W..
imaxlha h'.w We got y hustle ..n VIM tne bug,
Called to arms at ni0nisht, WHEN ll wiro STU. u
hsiuep but Tie evsr-whtc.fui eentrles.
Af,ei staying ut CAvlts lMU weeks We Wei.
suddenly gwen one hours notice tu be IN til
bout. ,go where ". did not know, We na,
orders to Ike 10 du, y ratluns H. u change a,
clothing, aid our belts full of ccrtridges. VI.
all expected fight before night anu the boy
were correspondingly jubilant nv the prospec.
of come active servis -. B.fore We started Iii,
captain Vt our company gave out that any pri'
| vat- feeling unable 10 make the trlp could II,
main un shore, WherenpOn not few ut the bus
| became suddenly indlspoeed. We were kes,
| twu buys On tile 81. taml without TN incident t.
| mark the change and then lAuded hi Manila
hen We learned that the whole tlilng hud bc. l
sot.en up to tsst the boys' courage. MayDe "
| ulunt t luasL tile fellows WIN wure ed hn.
stayed behind, We were asain quar,ereu IL
barrLcks at Manila. The barracks were 81 Le.l
tue prsL tents containing the small pox putien,,
tnat they n.uved us again, but We now have III,
nncsL barracks in tily city. The barracks hay,
iuAho gany aud Mai BILE roois, shower baths au.
noL aud cold water all through them. bsaut.
fully kept grouL DIS surround them. with toun,
We ais having ,b.nss pretty i.lae now. We d.li
one aud .ne-hali hours daily with 9uurd out
every sixth day. We get leave whenever We ssl
far 1t, so We have been able 10 see eat ueai y
the clt,. This il quite t.wn. containing uve
35O,V0O people, mostl, natives u course, bu
with quite few sraulurdr, Engllehnlen an,
ierluaus. There are good many NICE builu
ings. hut tile stores aud shops are rather att.
IL.
1 10 nlhke up Tor it. The currenc, IN Use 10 I'll
1 same w Alexico. aiust Of llle vehicles III us
are twu.wheel. d Allure. This comes abuL
pnncl all. fom tue CT that Licenses are base
or ihe numDer OF wheels. Tue loises are aboL
like our indian ponies. You can see all classe
and grades Of humanity her., f.om the naliv
clad only IN bieecn clotn to the swell Eugl.sl
nian IN u tue turnout. lhe only rellg,on ID t..
Cathuilc aud tue pr .estB are the :.wi,ole thing.
The Spanish pr,s.ners arc kept III what 10 caile
The Muiled City, Or Oid Mahila. There shI
. about 1900 "f them. These prlsoners are lk
all tnelr r,tcs, small IN stature anu it woui
see n ns though On. American soldier ought {
whip i've OF them. do not thlnk We Will sv,
see u bal tie with The Spaniaids, but we mt
have scrap Wit. tue insurgents before We q
9 through with it. There is asme talk Of spndii
the Soutl Dakota regiment back III The niou
, t,lns prospecting with the engineer corps.
are ali ANXIOUS to 60. We had a general inspe
tlun yesterday to SEQ neither We We're ht 70 4
anu think we stand n prett, good chalce.
Ii Mania, Nov. q, loys. bAnT JONES,
= Two Crack CreamerIes.
Sioux Fails Press: W. lave o,'sers'
,. with u great dvai Of pleasure tiv rival
which has becoine acute beWeen XII
b oali ard DeSmel, Two Of the best Ot y