Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-09
A NEW MANILA.
Many Changes Made in the
Philippine City.
The Old Order Of Things is Rapidly
Passing Away.
Nc More cockiighting- The Street Professions
Dinner Giving.

| To thoS,. who have been eye witnesses
| in this city of the Kaleidoscope change:
| which have taken place in tn" last thr',
years. il seems but yesterday that tht
little WiZen"d ole, native. barrGout"d In
white trousers ANA stovrpire hat, with
| a black coat under the tails Of which 4
cauzy S,irt acGrrssiN"ly asserted its
| Independence of European ana Western
| conventions. gave warning in q strid"nt
| roic" OF th.. coming oi thu typhoon.
only Yesterday THAT +" Jagged and
anxious throa. sur@rd in 'front.' Of tn"
Loteria national in the walled city tu
watch the dropping OF the prize balls
in the revolving cylinder. that meant
| to SOM, fortune ana cockiiGhts seven
lays IN the week. to others merely
renewal Of that hope which maketh
the heart sick only yesterday that
back on that broad avenue near the
public slaughtoring house the garrote
| did its CHASTITY work amid the nushcd
| silence Of Il curious and thoughtless
rabble' only yesterday that the bodies
| Of sixty or more unfortunate F'ilipinos
| were dragged, smothered Ia death over
| night into thu sunlight of an early
]
| aptt Of that grim old fortress which
| guards the entrance of the Pas!E river,
| only yesterday that the crack Of rifles
in the meat facing the Luneta mingled
with the patriotic strains Of the big ar
| till"ry band. and the eXultant shouts
| Of Spanish men end women, Will" the
| blood OF 4 line of WrithinG bodies
| stained the ground in vindication OF the
| authority of his most catholic Majesty.
The old order Of things is rapidly
| paSsi-g away writes the special CORE
| -pond"nt Of til" Pittshurg Dispatch ana
| in the plac" Of that life which seemed
| lika a long drawn out siesta. rudely in
| tcrruuted row ana then hy the arrival
| Of mail steamer. the departure Of q
! friend or the rumblmG of an earth
quake there has come the huSilinE aC-
! tiNitN OF = government on wheels
which actually insists upon tramping
, under foot the old Spanish traditions
| H. done tomorrow. TIE M, assured gait
| uf the archhishop's dimnutive white
| horses on II" Malecun drive has given
| way to the husinesslilr trot If tn,
huge Kentucky mule pulling a reeula-
| tion army wagon.
nv ''''N VII 'i'' J." l'' -,'N ''.'
''H "'T u i'''-'' n 'N"P''h y i'''' TIL
| lnW-fa rd men. dressed in Whit ana
wearing tn" irrcprcsshl" black pot hat:
| their places have been taken by men in
| khaki, sturdy ii figure ana h~aring
| and with YOU ~ d Expression
IN their faces. en- the Ezcolta the
American, formerly scarcely known.
aoo,3 ,,,,,,r...i1,. ;,u,I.. w, .,,.- .,,.,,...
| - t,,..,.,,,.
| o,i, ,ha. .t,,,,~,. ,t t, ,
| II ~, 1.,.. .. ,.....
| ,.,,, .,,,,- ,,,,.,.,,;,,.. ,,,..;, t.
~, ~. na,.l ,r H.. nri,,,. III. ..n.
| or Garlic o..i urin, .o,,r ru ,urc.,.
| ereots the visitor. hur instead tn.
4 aroma ~ ro,ktaiI- .nl of "S,nr,.h'.
| mad. in Manila u.ryad.s IN. .+ons
J nher.
| ~.
| ..
| ;.,
| f'' III '.' ii ''''7'' II ''''F
| - " ~ w '''''''
| f' IN '''i'' '' '''@' "i '!'''" WIN
| " ''.' ''
| ~ '','' ~ '"ii''''" /" NV
| 'N> 49, '",''i"'''''' ~ '''''
! ~ nc VT ''i'' i''N h'iNelH '''"' N'dA
! 80 60 -. " '' ~ '' - "'"H "i'''iN
-" "''' '''" 't wv 'ioi!9
~ tn' side streets thr "ld oil LAMPS
| n.ink brighter ~ the '9uSCioGsnc = thit
| n"f"f" long they. too. Wil! enter int"
N"H earned rest ani th"ir burden hr
t"k"E W ~ llShis rs bright as th"s''
| on the Purnte lc Espana. along the
| river front AMI on TIE way out I" En-
| mita ana Maiat"- The n""r old stunt"d
sbo,., l,i,.. s...,,, 80 ..h..1.. ,t,.;. ,.l..',,
| i, or,,. ,,,,,,,...I ILL. ::.
,, .,,.,,,.,,,. ...
| f'''
| "''' '''' I'M " ''iF'''' SUNS 'tih
| '"ilit'S' ana Ni'f" thouedndS ol n"fStS
| ana hhi"S dccchtuate the St"rniy praC-
| tl"aI >id- "f The military character
! W nlth converted a sandy beach into =
| riac" "t sheds ana STABLES The Old
| stone wallis Of the terrified ,ity. which
70. more than a hundred wears nav.
| uucon pl;. iningIv bore. the indicni,y of
| moss and mould tn. rotting draw
| III idIcS whose lumbt"S have not been
| DISTURBED for many = generation. ana
| the mpphitic Stcnch,S of the moat