Crawford avalanche., 1900-03-29
NEWS FROM
OUR COLONIES.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NSSN~SSSSS~SSS~SO
The higher class of Filipinos are very
exclusive. They are educated, refined and
intelligent and great lovers OF music ana
the fine arts, as far as they have had OPP
portunity to become familiar with them.
Few Americans" writes Manila cor
respondent, become familiar enough with
the better class of people TO realize that
hey are very clever. They lire in strict
etirement all day, but at night they shine
with brillancy and beauty upon those
who are fortunate enough TO be admitted
o their circle. They are natural born
musicians. In fact, l think all Filipinos
ire. "A very pleasant evening can De
pent i'm the house of some of the Wealth.
st merchants of the city who are natives
when once the ice is broken and the, IN
vitation given. The largest business en-
erprises in the city are owned and con-
rrolled by natives and their homes are
models Of luxury and comfort Few OF
hem live in the walled city. but prefer
bly, build out OH the Maiacanan, the
swell residence street of Manila"
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A Kansas man who is with the United
States telegraph corps in the, Philippines
n letter home tells Of the difficulties
which the corps encounters. Recently two
zig army wagons, each drawn by six
mules, were loaded with rubber insulat-
ed wire, battery and a reel to reel 1t
out, keeping up with the troops. The
road became so bad they had TO strap
the reel on a mules back and the rest
Of the wire on other mules, leaving the
wagon in the mud up to the hubs. One
mule carried the folding field telegraph
able, with instruments all attached. Ev-
cry few miles they would stop and tele-
graph back to Manila the progress of the
column. To do so they would take the
table off the mule, unfold it, cut the wire
from the reel on the other mule, connect
il with the instruments and do the nee
essary telegraphing. This was generally
done when the troops stopped for few
minutes to rest
Spaniards are going to Cuba in almost
as large numbers as Americans, accord
ing to the latest report to the War De
partment from the port of Havana. Dur
ing January 1,720 persons from the
United States landed on the island, 1,2OO
from Spain and 546 from other countries.
For the year 1899 the total Spanish i'm
migration to Cuba was 1920; American,
22,301. Only 257 persons left the island
for Spain, while 1,722 left for the Unit
ed States. The port collections for the
month, 81, ,152, ,513.43, were the largest
Of any month since the Stars and Stripes
began to float over the governor generals
palace.
The steamship Tacoma brings the news
that the japanese Government has pro-
hibited further emigration Of japanese
to Hawaii. For months thousands of
Japs have been leaving Yokohama month
ly, being shipped generally by employ
ment bureaus, which expected fee from
each. 1t now develops that 1000 more
Japs have been shipped than the agen'
cies had employment for. These laborers
are now in distress, and the strict sani'
tary regulations enforced at Honolulu
add to their troubles. Japan is contrib
uting to their support.
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In the Hawaiian Islands, according tc
the latest reports, there are 21,616 Chin
ese. or these 15 are doctors, merchants
and traders number SD, including
women; 1856 are clerks and statesmen,
IS of these women; of mechanics there
are 800; mariners, 10 only; fishermen,
294; drivers and teamsters, 100. In the
country, apart from Honolulu, there are
80 Chinese coffee planters, 9S ranchers,
| 11S rice planters, of them women; OF
farmers and agriculturists 1,2IS, and the
| laborers number 10,941. There are no
Chinese lawyers.
A little item from the Manila Tribune
gives fair idea OF the cost of living in
Americas Oriental capital. Lee You, 8
Chnaman, runs restaurant and the
prices are given in Mexican money. Steak
is worth % cents; bacon and eggs, the
same; pie, 10 cents; coffee, 10 cents; tea,
3 cents; chicken, or chicken pot pie, 81
are reduced to American money they
would be just about one-half.
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A well-known Cuban correspondent, J
ID. Whelpley, writes from Havana unde,
recent date that the feeling against an
nexation to the United States is surpris
ingly st.1ng on the island. The Ameri
can who visits Cuba to-day, he says, .'will
be astounded at the strenuous demand
for independence and the strong feeling
Of resentment, Enthusiastically manifest, al
the continued presence of Americans in
control of the island"
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The Manila P. H. Times states that
the attendance of children at the Ma.
Mia schools was 4,S40 for the month OF
November last, gain of thrty-two girls
and thirty-one boys as compared with the
previous month.