Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-29

town looked SO miserable and deserted
that / went back to the ship. The
Spanish deserted the town and the in
surgents burned it before our troops
could reach there, the loss being ST.
5000 American money. The town
has 5000 people. mostly Chinese, with
a few whites.
Monday, at 10 a. m. we started south
again, and reached Jolo, pronounced
| Ho-lo,) on the 4th parallel of latitude,
500 miles south of Manila and 81 miles
| from Borneo, on Tuesday, 4 p. m. Jolo
is the Capital City of the Sulu archi-
| pelago, the southernmost group of the
| Philippines. The city has a population
of between 500 and 1000, all yellow
| Moros, Chinese, Japanese, etc. The
Moros are very large. and carry fierce
! looking knives called bolos. They
dress in a very fantastic manner,
wearing turbans and tight-ftting
pants, and the women wear loose
pants, with a strip of cloth thrown
over their left shoulder, and sewed at
the ends at the right side below the
knee. They all chew beetle nuts to
make their teeth jet black, and they
are Mohammedans. The streets are
very wide, with wide sidewalks, and
deep and narrow cutters lined with
| stone. There are trees and flowers
everywhere, and absolutely no horses
or vehicles on the streets, OF in the
town. 1t is 6 or Z blocks square, and
is surrounded by a brick wall s feet
high, with l~oop-holes to shoot through.
Along the water front there is a fine
stone coping, and a promenade pier Of
stone runs far out into the bay.
The Sultan lives outside the wall.
| Spain paid him $500 per month. / do
not know if he gets it now, but he has
been here several times lately with his
retinue and there are many rumors in
the air.
At 5 D. m. skirmish call blows. and
all Chinese and natives who do not live
in the city must get out. There are
5000 people outside of this town on the
island of Jolo, but they live in bamboo
huts. We are not allowed outside of
the walls without a pass, and only then
in parties, with rifles. l have looked
over the walls, and all one sees is just
palm trees and tropical vegetation, and
there are no houses in sight Inside,
natives and Chinese do all the business.
Their money is reckoned in Mexican,
| Just half the value of ours. The sums
| mentioned are the American equiva-
lent. A chicken is 10 cents. and
enough for a company can be had for
81; eggs are Z cents a dozen; bananas
and oranges, " cent each, and they are
green in color when ripe; cocoanuts,
PIC; mangoes, Zee. There are many
| strange looking fruits | do not knew
JlC DdilCS1 OIt ohN Oid 49, 49,
just ine-like japan ,e cherries, and
bread-fruits. We 1--we very well here.
Our beef is shipped from Borneo, and
! killed here. We have green onions,
radishes, corn and potatoes, from Hong
Kong; dried beans, tomatoes (canned),
macaroni, bacon, chicken, soft bread,
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| hot here, and there is always a breeze
from the ocean, and n can hardly get
out of the shade.
The First Battalion is on the island
! of Cebu; the Second and Third g COM
panies) are here, with band and heaod-
quarters. We drill about one hour a
day, and go on guard about n in
five. There is a blockhouse and the
waterworks outside the wall. and a
company is always on guard at each
place, each company being on guard 20
days, and then are relieved by two
companies from town. Those in town
guard the gates and patrol the streets.
Our company carries the colors.
1t rains very little here, and like
it much better than Manila. where it
rained all the time l was there. There
! are no papers here. There are two
American papers at Manila, but they
/ contain no news, and it was not until
the mail came yesterday that we re-
ceived papers from the States, giving
news of the Jeffries-F fight
and telling us who won it.
/ would like to know If those two
men were hung June 8.
The mail call" yesterday was a well
come sound, and there is always much
Joy when a ship comes In. | will write
to you again.
We are much amused at the papers
saving the war is over. The United