The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
CONDITIONS IN MANILA
CAPITAL Looks DIFFERENT THAN
1T DID THREE YEARS
AGO
CITY HAs BEEN CLEANED
Recently Returned officer of Thfr-
teenth Minnesota Talks of Uncle
SUMS New Possessions in
the Orient.


teenth Minnesota Talks of Uncle
SUMS New Possessions in
the Orient.
The Manila of To-Day is vastly diff
ferent city from that which presented it
self to, the Disguised eyes of the Tkir-
tenth Minnesota nearly three years
ago." said a late officer of that famous
volunteer regiment, who has only re-
Gently returned from the capital of the
island of Luzon ~
lima CINE continue he, "a beautiful
city of 350,0t0 hab:tants, lavshly ia
vored by nature as to location and seen
cry Imagine this city quantity laid out
with narrow Streets on each side of
which are built graceful structures of
peculiarly Spanish type and at frequent
intervals magnificent parks, in which
are to be found the choicest of tropical
Towering plants. Then ina CINE, if you
can, every sidewalk in the city, al of
them of stone, too, almost abs olutely
blocked with accommodations of filth and
putrescent animal matter, to depth
Of from two inches to two feet, with
only a narrow clear space along which
the pedestrian is compelled to gingery
pick his way.
found Manila, and we were SO thoroughly
Disguised with the omnipresent filth that
we were glad to take the field. even in
the rainy season, and face all the peris
of fever and willy, treacherous foe.
We Minnesotans spent an exciting eight
months chasing the Filip.nos, and then
were ordered back to the city once
more. IL. ...a
I'VE went back, with our minds still
dwelling upon the horr BILE state in which
we left the city, and on reaching it, a
lovely spick and span metropolis I'M
folded itself to our astonished gaze.
American push and Anne. lean thorough
ness had transformed this evil-sme!!ing
burg to clcanly city, the st eets of
which were as clean as they are in any
American city Of the same size The
transformation was miraculous ana, to
realize the stupendoCs nature of the IN
dertaking, one shou d have seen the town
before the American military authori-
ties took it in hand.
NATIVES WE'RE ASTONIsBED.
Even the torpid natives were aston
1shed When they saw the foreigners str
off their coats and attack the solid en-
crustations Of mud ard filth witch h I'd
| been allowed 10 remain und st lrbed W tn
IN the memory of tie Oldest nha bisants-
These fellows mist be fond OF work
was remark which an tell could Il @
heard every Cay, ana when at last=tfes
work was finished and they saw for tie
first time in their lives how lovely Mar
lila could be made to look, their wonSer
changed to adm. ration ana they per-
suaded themselves that the enc rg: tic M n
from affair were capable of anything
''The 'Americanos' at once became
popular, not only among the weather
classes, who by the way, were always
49, wi 1~ 1,-%
as Well. The thing which most COM
mend itself to the natives in Manila
WAS the way in which our soldiers spent
their monthly stipends of SIS gold The
Spanish soldiers were something Of
spenders themselves, but they drew only
s" per month, and alongside of this our
soldiers with a disposable income of $50
Mexican every thirty days appeared to
be bloated capitalists.
Another thing which strikes the
American who has been in the country
two or three years, is the rapidly grow
ing facilities for education Three years
ago the English language was taught in
only rev of the private academies Now
there VILE soon be LOCO American teach.
ers disseminating knowledge, not only
in Manila, but all over s1ie island
You have heard a lot about the wild
dissipation to which American officers
nila,'' continued the officer. .sbut I am
in a position to say that this is all ex-
agEeration Of the yellowest type. OF
course in gathering Of, thousands OF
men from every walk in life there lrs
many who forget themselves, but these
men would have been just as bad any
where else. AS to the prevalence OF
saloons know that there were far more
before the Americans got there, than
are there now. A large proportion of
the low dives have been shut down and
most of the saloons are now run on re-
spectacle lines
NET AGuINALDO.
The st. Paul officer once had the pleas
ure of seeing the man vino was few
weeks ago led a captive into Manila by
the daring Funston. II saw Agninaldo,"
he said, "at Malalos in September, 1893.
1t was the occasion of the celebration OF
his election to the leadership of the
Fiiipinos. He was attended by his cab
met and almost the entire strength OF
! the native army was there. Agninaido
delivered an Grafton to the populace and
the widest enthusiasm was displayed on
all fsides
Yes, saw Funston. too he replied to
| a question. cit was at Manila. and at
that time even, before he had made his
mark. he enjoyed a reputation for reck-
less bravery and daring He was one OF
, the most popular officers in the army.
ann was very companionable and So
cable with the men. Az to Gen. Mac
Arthur, very little need be said He has
complete grasp Of the situation and
no one is better Judge of the native
character and pecu1iarities. He has an
immense capacity for work and s. q
, brilliant officer as well as great work.
err
Although the back bone Of the resist
ance has been broken, the island, espe-
cialIy the northern portion of it. is over
run with robber bonds. which do not
. scrupIe to pretend that they are repre-
sentatives Of American authority when
they swoop down upon defensclcss
village. 1t will take some time to ex.
terminate these nlaGauding bands, and
i by that, time even the most hostile of
the natives VII have come to see that
tee domination Of the Americans is tho
best possible thing for the country. i
That Aspiring Cock.
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sorry to hear you are having trouble
with your cook. AZ
! Mrs. Upjohn-Y Yes; shall have to let
Serena go; didn't mind her pyaetic.n.,
| on the piano now and then, but "a :
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The Difficulty Overcome.
+ Brooks-I wish you'd pay me that SIC
/, you eve me, old fellow
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