The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-23

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which would maize life IN outside an-
trenchments almost impossible FOR civil
llzed troops.
Manila, Feb. 2. -C7:50 a. MY at night
was one Of terror 10 th1usards ~ The
inhabitants OF Manila the roheis making
good their oft-repeatei threats m the
| extent OF burning scores OF hu1i'nga.
wonnding an officer and three men bv Or
ing through windows during the excite
ment
AT s o'c'ock an inccndla-v fire occu~roti
In block OF brick bordlnFe occupied bv
Chinese on the Gale Ia Loste. IN the
Santa Cruz district a SIN breeze was
blowing and the innammabiiitv OF the
structures caused the blaze TO ep-ead
with alarming rapidltv The city Are de-
partment was hopelesslv incomnetent aid
the English volunteer bripade from Santa
Mesa was summoned. and with a modern
engine pumping ADEQUATE streams from
the canal succeeded after fou- hours W. k
In getting the blaze upder control
Meantime the entire block and the creat-
er part OF two other across the setreet
were comp etely gutted
Hundreds Of inhabitants were rendered
homeless
The Chinese and natives Fined the nd.
jacent streets while hundreds mo-e fear
Ing general connagration. removed Their
furn ure and other portable good in every
direction, within a radius Of a quarter Of
q mile, when the alarm was FIRST given.
General Hughes personally sup'ntended
the police arrangements. The whole city
was thoroughly patrolled and guards wes
doubled. Every able bodied man was d p
patched to the region Of the fire lmpe-
diments were placed In the way Of the
firemen and the hose was cut fee fer
ent times. This resu ted IN all the nativ,s 9
being driven off the streets. those in the
immediate vicinity Of the blaze ing cor
allied in vacant lots and guarded until the
excitement was over. In many Instances
the natives were insorent and paid no at
tention to the orders given them and the
soidlers were compeueu ~ usc mars
measures. The butts OF their rifles and
their oayonettes were freely applied
The danger from live electric I ght wires
necessitated the oslng Of the circuit IN
the burning region and the on light
In certain parts OF the city was that
furnished by blaze.
Shortly after m dnicnt another big FIRE
was started in the Tondo distric.s. whore
the natives are thick st; and when the
firemen and soldiers attempted TO work a
regular fusnade Of rife and revolver
shots were "red from the windows and
roofs OF the buildings
The firemen escorted By soldiers. pro-
ceeded to clean out the houses. VIII
the fire was unheeded The 1hlrtee~th
Minnesota was reinforced by e detach
| - O.. 10
ond Oregon the Third artillery and the
Tenth Pennsylvania. Bullets ie win every
| direction, in almost every street in the
Tondo, and Binondo stricts, causing the
most intense excitement.
Captain Robinson. OF company c. Thir
teenth Minnesota, and three men we're
wounded.
Many timid persons. IMAGINING that tie
rebels had effected an entrance through
the American lines and were advanc ng
into the city. hurried frantically from IN
hotels and houses, only TO be stopped al
the first corner by a guard, Ths sounding
OF native bugle ca l. mined d'atey pre-
ceding the firing lent color 10 the story.
Thousands Of Chinese crossed the bridges
and plazas under fire. hurry ng with
their bundles TO the Chinese consu ate
An night long, the fire sprea through
the Tondo district. sweeping away rows
OF houses and devastating acres OF ter
ritory.
TIE damage was lnestimatable.
With daylight punitive measures were
decided upon and the Americans. AL
though tired after their s'eepe.s nights
work. soon cleared the district or every
native after a slight resistance.
Manila, Feb. % $3.50 a. - In U-nss
damage has been done by f.ss WHICH are
believed 20 have been stai ,,l by l1sur-
gents last night. The fire departments. has
experienced great difhcp'r IA hyh'ms
the flames. owing 70 defeou e aplart'us.
Il Is reported that the uau - hayl iAl -
aged the apparatus.
There was some hghting IN the sir"ets
during the night but the Americans very
insurgents were killed and several Amer
lean soldiers were wounded.
n large market place was among the
frst 10 burn. between six and seven hun.
dred residences and business houses have
been destroyed. Fires were started az sry-
eral points simultaneously and. speeding
with great rapidity. resisted an efforts
10 control them. Hundreds of homeless
natives are huddled In the streets making
patrol duty for the Americans very dlfn-
cult.