The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-10
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HE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1899.
4 NIGHT SKIRMlSH.
Some of the Interesting Things
About Life In Manila.

In recent letter to a friend at
Morgan Attorney A. E. Edwards of
Co. F, 18th Minnesota regiment at
Manila, gives an interesting ac-
count of a night skirmish with the
insurgents. He says, according to
an article published in the Morgan
Messenger
Things have changed here but
little since my last letter. Every
thing is serene and lovely with
bright prospects ahead Last We'd
nesday night we had another brush
with the insurgents. | and a COM
panion were on patrol duty when
we saw in the distance pillar of
smoke gradually ascending to the
sky, At first we paid no attention
to it thinking it was nothing more
than the smoke from some factory,
but a few minutes sufficed to re-
move all doubts from our minds as
to the cause. The insurgents had
set fire to the city. The excitement
was great for a few minutes | can
tell you and all kinds of alarums
could be heard The streets were
soon cleared, however. and we were
able to obtain good view of the fire
and watched it for an hour or more.
1t made a grand sight and the fall
ing of walls and the crack of the
burning bamboo reminded us of
sham battle. Firing in different
parts of the city continued until
nearly day break at which time the
troops were ordered out and soon
put a quietus on the lurking, sulk-
Ing enemy. They have since made
several attempts to fire the city but
they are generally unsuccessful.
AS | am now writing an alarum
has been turned in from our district
and We are likely to be called out at
any moment. The natives seem to
be bent on destruction, devastation
and murder but I am pleased to say
that thus far they have been the
losers. They start the fires and
when the guards endeavor to put
them out they fire upon them from
ambu sh. 1t would be good thing
if all the native houses or huts were
destroyed as they are only natural
Notifications and make a splendid
plac e for the insurgents to get in
side of and fire from cover. It is
reported that several members of
Companies NJ and l were wounded
but the story is not confirmed. A
g ,odly number of Filipinos have
passed to warmer climate than
Manila and it is great consolation
to us to know there is less number
of murderers and thieves in exis-
tence as the days 60 by.
Eve have treated them with
Blindness and they have turned and
smote the hand that fed them. An
English lady in speaking to me the
other day said: ''You have made a
great mistake in treating the ma
sives as equals. When our grand
fathers came here they gave them
to understand that we were their
masters and we have managed to
get along with them fairly well. y
achievements are expected
daily and then it will not be long
until peace will be established. I
think cur plan of action will be to
kill of about one-half of the natives
and make 4.good Indians out Of
the other half Loyalty seems to
be an unknown quality among the
natives and there will be no pea ;e
until they are thoroughly Whipped
into the realization that Uncle Sam
is their master. Then they will be
good, business will prosper and a
bright future will dawn upon these
Islands. But it is poor place for q
DOor white man Notwithstanding,
=and I would not advise any such to
CUne here.
81 do not expect to be back again