The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-07

nine until Ave am engaged in rusting
witnesses or prisoners. After five
sometimes attend parade but generally
go home. listen to that, who ever
thought OF calling this place home) and
rest until supper time which is six
o'clock. There are not very many places
OF amusement in Manila. | believe
there Is Filipino theatre but it Is no
good. spend most Of my evenings at
home. We have been practicing for the
minstrel show lately and this has served
for amusement. We play cards or read
and l also get considerable amusement
out OF an old Filipino guitar which !
purchased. We can travel about the
city in the daytime with as much safety
as you can at home, but at night it is
somewhat dangerous to travel about in
the outskirts Of the city. This district
called Orlando" is the toughest OF them
all. Two soldiers have been found float.
ing IN the river near here who had evi.
IDENTIFY been killed for their money and
their bodies thrown into the stream. II
is supposed they were intoxicated when
the robbery occurred. The streets in
the business part Of Manila are we'll
paved with granite blocks. The streets
are narrow and laid out with no reg
ularity. A garbage wagon goes about
twice day and takes up the dirt 80 the
streets are kept quite clean. Nouwith.
standing the attempts at cleanline So this
city has more and greater variety of
bad odors than any place ever ran up
against. There is system of water
works the water being brought from the
mountains through pipes laid on top of
the ground. There is no sewerage, the
city being but one foot above level OF
high tide. The city is lighted by cleo.
tricity and has system Of all night
lights; incandescent lights are used in
alleys and small streets. The principal
business houses on the "Escolto" are on
an average about the size of Harley's
drug store. perhaps little smaller. The
Chinese shops are most Of them very
small. what you would call "hole in
the wall" The merchants as a rule
keep what you would call special lines
such as shoes. dry goods, groceries, etc.
There are the usual number OF drinking
places; the number has increased since
the Americans arrived. As to the
country outside the city l know very
little about it. In the immediate vicini.
ty OF the city are rice swamps On the
land side we are surrou nded by noun
tains the nearest OF which are about
twenty miles away. There is consider.
able crime in the city. The courts are
In session all the time. The Inferior
Provost Court, the Provost Court and
the Military Commission, the highest.
Our court the Provost Court OF Manila,
has tried about $50 cases sine, it WAS
opened soon after our arrival. Its juris-
diction ia limited to sentence OF one
years imprisonment and fine Of $1,000.
Most OF the crimes are committed by the
lower class OF Filipinos. The Chinese
who compose about one half the popula-
ton OF Manila are very peacable citizens.
Later: Today is Thanksgiving and
all the men have had a very fair dinner.
Wish | was home to eat dinner with
you. 1t is being away from home on
these occasions that makes fellow
homesick; he gets to thinking Of the
good times they are having at home and
you can't blame him il he uses an ex.
preston which is current here, damn
I ha warr