The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
0pENIyG THE HEMP PORTS.
,,ru yORk NIDE OF FILIPINO
w. kEBLLS BIZ GE>. k0BHE.
.,od. oi Ton. Of Hemp Made Avail
MI, Tor the Market Picturesque Towns
visited Many Old Cannon Captured
,shl, Exploits ~ American Soldiers.

NnIable fNplbl's w
~ rs. s-Gen kobbe started on, on
SO with the Forty.,hird and Forty-seventh
., infantry and Randolph's battery
- my. Artillery TO or-n the hemp ports
.... a.. ti.rest rxp"di'ion hat had ever b-n
-, -. uarIa. sNdit had more work cut out
80, g.. n,y uther had had There were eight
-. .aar..t out II the bay In the gathering
T ,,. y.ryua, Nashville with h 'afqunrters
,,,l -. i.l-ns. ,h- big transport Hancock
.A he Frry. ~vcnth. The Garonns With
A,..,, and stock and the chartered
..-s,s >s,anaora, Venus. Aeolus and Cas-
~, q 'n. ,omrania Martina, with
~ For, ,liri Besides these the little side
.,.s.r Menu, Nunel, v%arious'y called In the
..,v tho m-,y Kate and the '"Tadleeadlee, went
."r, ~ hs., erhsrA troops and stores here the
v,sr va. .hai,oW
-, .., line there had ba-n talk % the i'm
..p,t, ,,.rlrs = the ports In d cemher.
cr or, said Nat be lad orders from Nashinr-
a., f., r., ,lam or.n At ono". Ihrre was a great
marin namy h. the States, he SAIL, and the users
Al. ss,. ,Amurtr. 10 have The hlockaie broken
r,s n.,cDar's her. made a good show Of bling
,,,rnsly arAl,us To have the OPENING take place
..uati,re'y. but they didn't car ~ much A. II
..ned. ~ they ar the fellows who prof, most
!, n. us. In hemp, nearly every Iii of which
u,., rass through th.ir hands. They knew that
(, the b.oc,ai,i ports the men who had been
,.Lc'in- the hemp would have no accurate know
.or- 81 rmr ,A'rut TO which prices had risen, and
you'd hav, 10 sell on their own guess from what
,,.r could reason a. the natural course. How
ever Wien the rNi"dit on finally bryan 10 ge, ready
they A. ,.,aa to hustle around for ships 10 be pre-
,,.1 to send out al tn FIST news that q vessel
mali clear ~ a hemp port
daylight e the scoNi morning out OF Manila
4ynt the feet sleaming slowly into the m5
b,v u ScrSocon accent on the last syllable
IN. lpIs ruuboat Maiveles, one OF the purchases
.,or Sas.n. had been srnt down ahead and WAS
rou SWING out the BAY for her comrades OF deeper
e-,r The sun Was resting his huge red disk
,, the smooth surface of the water dead ahead
Gus AMI We sailed straight into his eye, through
,rsr1u channel where the hills rose bold and
huff % ,'h-r side, covered 10 their cresls with
,r,s growth Of tall timber and heavy under.
hush To ihy north the stately Mayor volcano
MA, Ad hls cunical y-aA : 900 feet upintothe clouds
ts The sun went up thu Say he lured the wind
song ana nv NE time We had come 10 anchor,
Hgli niles rom Sor>uCon, there vas a good sun
hrap TIA, sIcNri up an uncomfortable swell
o. To. l1a- ol~n hay
soon after breakfasi the boats Of the Nashville
r,u- a.ongsiie The Hancock 10 assist In land
IN MAJOR Andersun's battalion, which was 10 be
ID. garrison. and Col Howe and headquarters
The men with full Ait but only one days rauons
humid down into the boats and then lay there
e.. - a a u...
raAiag This gave them ample time 10 become
acquainted with the swell and 10 regret that they
bod eaten any hrcskiast Finally the gunboa's
,Srt~d, ,hs Mariyeies well in the lead. and the
N-risz Nunez brought up the rear with the long
.Gs 4 boats in tow. The steam launches hobhing
tu-I o. take them into The bach. But II wasn't
nat md Of a landing. When We got opposite
Er~ocon. which Is a sCrambling, scraggling
an. t.ll y ruins and overgrown with moss and
ahA' results Of idlenpSS ami ShifteSsnaSS, thnr'
E,a No syns Of insurgents. The red flag with
, yellow ball whI.h cen Orls gave The Chimes.
wear o. more arc. was In great evidence, with
70 u three Spanish flags and an odd Red En-.
q, or two Gen. kobh~ with Col-Houe took
b. Helena launch and mad an inspection
ros In shore which 49, "A. Isf-d him ~ the con.
AAgu 'hst he went up (" IN" il-r and Col Howe
ts'.: out Of the boat with = flag under his arm,
ned UP 10 the frs, ,'aT h. saw and holsted the
SAY, and Stripes over SprSugon. In his race
h ssv one armed insurrsnt This fellow opened
4 DOR In the huus. before which ,h- s'afI stood
en- started "a coma out When he saw the Colonel
bran 'Hs cher way shutting the door With a
ssGg " soon A. The Hag was safely w thu
|tu1-i rev hls revolver and went after the in.
s'r-r' hgt h hal rona So ths Colonel walked
hSk 20 m-ei lh' General who was coming 10.
uSri him
! saw one with q gun exclaimed IN. Colonel
','1 h. g, within hailnS distance. "bu, he ran
I" 'aS' ',r NJ ! couldn't get him"
Vel If yuu CiIu', get hin, 'rspi,d The General,
ra,->at count II doesn't coun, at all
= We ,uIonc. vent 10 look for building suit
are - headquarters
BY ri. rre he boats we're alongside the pier
sit the men. and i, haopeuel that my boat made
- e., lenIing ! scrambled up and at the
-! Of tle pier met th!ec very happy SpaniardS
p1s "a, tai and thin, AMI wore whiSkerS trimmed
u that 10 ,u.Aed Ike the pictures q tie DrNli
NE "a. small AMI smooth faced The third was
'Ini and ,.eiSI01uS and wore big blue goggle>
AL came G1 they shouted all together, rs II 1t
al nooI We rrscu."d, Hell" bad T. en- al
'.'>' out laughing Just Nen the men began
%1''rtirg ashore from the pier lie fsr rascal
win ne blue goggles stood at attention and sang,
one 20 Hcr>u> come y, Nte~u>, come ~ He-Sus,
tlsr nou Then all three, Ike the young
'onan 10 the story. laughed consumedly
Met that they walNed around among the men
end MADE mr>,ery after the manner Of SpaniardS,
a. saoU 1r're terrible facts that are not ~ than
any .iaer ge pie on earth.
The house behind the Colonels flag turned out
Fta'e been the quarters Of the inSurgent guard,
30 'tr'e ~ found tie order b,uk with an order
'r~1 hat mrrnInG and signed 10y Lieut. Co!.
"Af P1'a~, Who Lad been in command Of the
N'Tsoa district, Notifying all the ~enores cap.
ert> r. have rll t.olr men under arms at once
'tl" seven hips haG been lighted IN the hay
Wien undoubtedly belonged 10 the enemy The
''N n'c.f dmiuc a Lieutenant to hospital
Nal's - an unnamed sickness. and these two
'"t he lsst in The book In the main barracks
S'cs ~ ttr CENTRAL part q town, great plies of rec.
~ r'r la-' r-rut md Spanish, were found,
A' 1r.at ten thousand two cent postage
'Anp' . The Filipino Government. with a lot
" ''r' stamped paper 1t appeared from
'hN the aSen, ~ a Manila hemp house said,
WI r.'- had heen about three hundred
r' I- 'hr l0SErgcnt 'rfce there and that they
lNf-" away very quickly after seeing our slips
..'' certainly made 20 attempt 10 resist There
'''-''e r'nar 'siry good buildings in the place
'li@' ''~ c7tnVns that are owned in Manila
Wv A.. very p~rriily situated at the head e
~ nay VIII ne his 1.ing lust behind IL, Their
o'''r. Ni'A broad eNpan-eS Of soft green
" AL .',s. Nt.a b.CCLr> Of CpCpAnut palm 5. \
,aA. ''''ar0 Ns1acr. aim.cso!y through the town,
le place Ncre Grained W. @ % made H. stay
NIGH '.in ' u bad after al
lN l'.~ steamer ~urumN . was caugh hi In the