The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-03-03
From WIN Merrill.

'autous are Gnree 0ther purses anu W
lumber of patients and the only a p
nussments reading, writing and sleeping n
ven trip to Manila is quite pleasant. q
The noise and hustle Of business, the jAb- &
oering Of the natives and the crowd of
III kinds Of people doing their shopping,
Ior Saturday is the market day here as
At home and the town is crowded with }
The country people, proves interesting
enough TO make.one forget that he ever
had any thing to do with small pox,
walk through Chinatown, the native
markets and then the fashionable Es
eolta street, the Spaniard's part of city,
is now eleven o'clock and the crowd 10
getting larger every minute, the ptoDe
bridge is still lined with carametae, just
an hour later, Il, everything is changed
Escolta street is deserted. it doesn't seem
possible that such a change could taxe
place in 80 little time. Excepting the
English store and the saloons every store
is closed. The people are now taking
their mid day sleep. Everything re-
mains quite till three O'Clock when the
scenes of the morning are repeated with |
fewer natives and more soldiers.
But it isnot of the city that wanted
to tell you though nush can be told of
it. Ny trip to Cavite was more interest,"
ing to me atlleast. started for the ferry
landing about tive o'clock, walking along
the river front saw q steam launch just
ready to3 leave, learning il was going to
Cavits and anxious to be able to say
had tSken..a ride in Manila hay, Jump
ed aboard and We were soon skipping
over the muddy Pssig towards the bay.
was not long in finding q good seat
where could watch the many little cam
oes dcdging our .boat and look a. the
picturesqueGold crumhling forts all a.
round US. The mouth of the river is
very pretty, the old stone lighthouse on
the right and an old fort with its brass
cannons long since turned green from
exposure to the sun end salt air. on our
ct. Next 1--WE sighted the remsins of
he four Spanish wars ships which our
boys have succeeded in floating, to me
they looked ike so much old junk. COW
cred with rus aud broken in many
places but no.doubt much good can be
gotten out of thsm. We were soon a.
mong the many ships in the hArbor all
surrounded by natives barges which
were taking cargo and giving load of
coal. We soon passed all these and were
rapidly shortening the distance between
us and Cavite, when the cd gray haired
man, who was sitting in the bow of the
boat, and whom I afterwards learned
was Mr. Young a wealthy EnElishman
and manager Of the English ship yard
near Cavite, come back to where l was
sitting and sery kindly asked me If I
was in a hurry 10 get t. Csvite, saying
that he wished to see what vessel was
coming into the harbor. 1 replied that
/ was no hurry and soon We were skipp-
ing over the water in q new'direction,
now, towards the spot where the ships
anchored.
1t was quite interesting to watch that
black spot IN the water grow larger and
gradually take the shape of an Englist
liner, but Ler burden proved far morI
interesting to me. 1t was a load o
Cinnamon. Never before did see suel
a bowling, iabbering mob, running from
one end OF the ship and covering thv
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crazy with delight, perhaps because The.
had found the "@onderful land of tn
Philippines" Soon the custom AM
health officers came mp in their launcl
and went aboard and little later Mr.
Young did the same. 1 learned from
the natives that the ships captain an,
he were brothera- which accounts for hi
Euterest in the vessel, which was, by th
way, the King Kong. A big buck. wear
ing heavy, black gown covered wit
gold braid and ornaments accompauie
the officers when they returned to thei
launch. What high position be held
could not learn. Our long but pleasan
ride across the pretty bay followed.
was laOded at the ships yard-Mr
You1s's home-ansi was soon makiD
tracks toward CAvite, two miles away
My walk through the insurgeat town
with its sentries every few rods, wa
without incident. / was surprised a
the change in Caviie. Il did not seen
ike the same place had left FIVE month
before. The streets had been cleaned
and the buildings painted. / was nc
long in finding my corps ehums, Hoxar
and Rolfe from Ala1a nyd uDbk es iron
Hood River. Fat and jolly Emil has
good place in ths surgical ward. Rol.
holds two responsible poRitions-niRh
work. He has charge Of ward whei
there might be ssme patients if they ha
better nurse, and is guard over th
treasures Of the institutions an iron box
foot square, containglng George says'
$3.50 (Spanish). He is bemoaning hi
fate because the officers refuse TO let hir
fleep and watch it at the same, but sue
giief does not seem to lessen tie goodl
morn, after fine all night sleep, (th
first one in two months, as my sLift
rom midnight until noon), and goo
breakfast; started for the boat. Bein
i've minutes too late did not make M
feel bad, rather it was just what wa
hoping would happen for it gave me
good excuse for not returning and ais
gave me an hour or more to spend wit
the boy s, which did and very pleasant
Zoo. We walked on the wall, throug
the dungeons, watched the Tennessee
guard mount and visited our old hospi
tai building which is now the ice planV
The hcsoital launch was just ready {
leave there with load Of ice, 90 / re
turned to Manila on ipat, passing on tn
way, the old Monadnock and Montere
and little later the Olympia on whict
church services we're being held. Nea
the mouth Of the river se passed a liltl
old Spanish transport on which the Cal
iiornia reg'msnt was packed like ban
Of sheep. Ihe object OF such move n
one knows as the boys were returned t
thore after few days without havin
1.-THE harbor.
returned to the "Region of SeAbs'
utnoon in the best of spirits an
rGady for another siege Of the unpleasao