The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-14
HUMAN LIFE is SAFER
AND A ST. PAUL BOY HAS HELPED
CONSCIOUSLY IN MAX
ING 1T so
50 SAYS MANILA TRIBUNE
Policing of the City by the Troops
and Native Police Is Highly Conn
mended in Reports From the
Metropolis of Luzon Arrests
trict.

In view of he fact that the Thirteenth
Minnesota for several months policed the
city of Manila. and Lieut.. Trowbridge,
the present chief of detectives, is a st.
Paul boy the following account of the
present police force in the capital of
Luzon is Of special interest to Minns-
sotans. In its issue Of Dec. 8, the Manila
Tribune says:
Yesterday morning there was clear
docket at the Anda street police court
and the judge was presented with pair
of white gloves The number Of arrests
is decreasing in every district of the city
and the police find their duties very easy
at present
ut Is no more than natural that there
should be lull. after the stormy scenes
that have been enacted with the police
during the last six months, and the period
Of quietude is greatly appreciated by the
majority Of the force: still there are
few restless spirits among them whose
desire for excitement Is unlimited, and
who are chafng under Its lack at present.
'"rho service rendered by the native
police has been most satisfactory and
their establishment Is considered as one.
of the wisest moves of the regime. They
have striven conscientiously to do their
duty, irrespective Of friends or enemies.
and have succeeded to a great extent.
They are not martyrs, and heroes, as
certain hysterical youths whose compost
lions have been imposed upon the long
suffering public would have everyone be-
lieve. They are merely Fifipinos5 who
have decided against the insurrection.
and desire to secure the cgood will and
confidence Of the present regime. -
1.-THE military police, consisting Of the
Sixth artillery, of which the provost
marshal general, Col Williston, Is eel
onel; the Twentieth Infantry, and por-
ton Of the Fourteenth infantry, have dis
played a zeal and determination in the
discharge of their duty, that merits the
commentator of everyone.
LAS result Of the labors Of the COM
bined police force, Manilas prisons are
filed to overlooking. with guilty parties,
and it Is Immediately necessary that new
ones should be erected. The worst GRIM
inals, who led bold career of crime
during the few months previous to the
fall of Spanish rule and continued Win
the same after the American occupation,
are now behind the bars. and life and
property are much safer than they used
to be in Manila. j.
1.-THE able secret service department
and it's able chief. Lieut. Trowbridge.
who, with the aid Of his interchangeable
detectives, has accomplished a great deal
towards tho suppression of crime Is most
worthy Of mention. From the time that
the secret service department exposed
and broke UP the "Armas Blancals." down
to the present time, their record has been
a brilliant one. Two Of their number.
r amely, Fabino Ortez and Romualdo jim
emo have suffered death at the hands OF
the criminal element. Nevertheless the
assassination of their two companions did
not intimidate Lieut.. Trowbridge and MS
men as the murderers had expected IL
would. Instead, it made the detectives
all the more vigilant and determined TO
break up the criminal organization at oil
costs. - :.
.oThere are comparatively few cities in
the world where life and property are
more safe than they are in Manila TO-DAY.
and this is due to the ever open eye Oh
the secret service and the combined ponce
departments Of Manila, whose efhclency
has been proven beyond the shadow OF a
doubt by the efficient service rendered
by them"