Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-10-24
FROM MESTREZAT.
Insurgents Again Get on
Rampage.

4 threaten TO Hill Il Whole Regiment Ia
! Less than Month-Fights eccur
Daily Missing Transport Turns up.
! Prisoners Found lin Prison where
/ They had been Forgotten.
/ TAYAgAs, F. l., Sept. s, 1900. -
There was JOY yesterday when the bull
letins announced theafrival at Manila
OF the transport California nearly a
month overdue, also the Meade and
PENNSYLVANIA with the 18th Unfit. and
one battalion OF the Sd Cavalry, and
1000 sacks OF mail.
The 10th INIT. will relieve the 31th
INIT. which is stationed in the adj
joining province of Laguna. The
18th expected TO be sent 10 the states
but will proceed TO the Camarines 20
do garrison duty. 1t looks like SOL
diers We're too badly needed here for
the government to go into the excur-
sion business. The insurgents have
been making it hot for the 37th, Civ
ing them scrap about every day, aud
saying they would kill every man In
the regiment before pay day this
month
Our regiment garrisons nine towns
besides others 10 which details make
daily trips. You can imagine this
makes very busy regiment, and
keeps the men on the hike about all
the time
The natives here have their new
cock pit completed. The building
covers a large lot with a restaurant at
one end. The entrance fee for each
fowl is four Filipino cents, and it
takes seven of them TO be worth five
cents gold. The pit is only open on
Sunday aud does rushing business
al! day.
In 1885 it showed for few minutes
on the mountain top That is the
year their Mexican dollars and the
paper money based on the Mexican
dollar huetuated from seventeen cents
to seventy-six cents. No wonder it
showed. The Mexican dollar now
goes by courtesy at fifty cents, but II
taken To the bank or postof1ice it only
brings from forty-six TO forty-eight
cents. American paper and silver are
worth their par value 10 gold, and
what more could be required?
They used to accept Mexican money
at the commissary but as they now
refuse it l suppose that means the
government intends to side track the
stuff soon. We hope SO for it is a
nuisance. Mexican money is only
known to the soldier as "Dhobe mons
ey" in honor Of the dhobie itch.
The real Manila hemp of commerce
is made from species of tho banana
plant or tree, and cannot be told from
the fruit bearing variety except by an
expert.
Two varieties Of the orange family
are now about ripe, one is pear shaped
and will weigh about a pound, the
other is round and will weigh from
two to four pounds.
When we were at Pasay man
named Roberts enlisted in Co. f. He
had been with the jameson raid in
Africa. After that he enlisted ia the
goth Infantry. He deserted and join
ed the insurgents and had just desert
ed from Aggie's army when he enlist
ed IN this regiment. He is now In
Bilibid prison where he will probabl Y
be at home for some time.
One night Co Il hiked eigE teen
miles to surprise gang OF gugus, but
when they reached their destination
the, surprise was on the other side for
there was not gugu in town. 1t
was subsequently, learned that Roberts
sent the gugus word the Americans
were coming.
When the Americans took charge of
Bilibid prison they found prisoners
who had been confined from six TO
eighteen years without trial or even
having charges preferred against
them. None Of them knew for what
they had been confined. This is a
favorte form OF Spanish torture.
Yours truly,
w. A. MEsTREZAT