The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-06
Tiny FilipinO'S Experiment
With q PrOj0CtiIe.
PANIC IN MANILA BOARDING HOUSE
Thirst for American Knowledge
Leads 30 Experiment.. which Cuts
No Ice a. Intended. But Has Very
Realistic Consequences - Anglo
Saxon ENpietiYrs Cuusc Trouble


pleasant results as he treads the pathway
OF knowledge. but he learns ard he learns
Of things American. This was particu-
larly the case in the sad but not alto
seiher proitless experience Of little Pc
GRO Garcia and his chum. Floreucio Gero-
nimc, two native lads of Manila.
Since cur occupation Of the islands
many American institutions have been in
troduced into The Philippine capital not
the least Interesting OF which is the real
American boarding house Such an cs-
tablishEent is maintained at 1873 Gale
Nagallanes by two enterprising women
from the States. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs.
Galloway By name. There they serve
iona fde American bash and other deli
cStessen TO members of the American
cclCny who abide %itl them.
Pedro and FI0reReio.
These two landladics had in their en-
rloy Pedro and FIorcncio to run errauds.
cali the boarders to breakfast wait upon
The table. ami do odd jobs. The land
ladies take ice at their boarding house,
IN element used 90 cool the soup and TO
prevent the stCamiDg yiandE from burn
ing their way through The aIrmentaFy
C1nal-au evidence Of the fact that their
boarding house Is an ur-jC-tatc institU-
ti1n- One day not long ago. according 10
the Gdyicc7 from Manila the purvcyOr Of
inc frozen fluid drove his chariot mp TO
The rear entrance OF The Has Iins-CSIIo-
way ECstelry and deposited o large hunk
az couEe8led Fasig River water at the
back gate
You boys 80 0ut and bring N the ice.''
SPOKE Mrs. IT. IN Spanish TO Pedro and
tlorencIo- So saving she gave them q
basket to moro conveniently handle the
block. Pedro and FlorenyiO. ever obcdicnt
- H.rHsr
II so happened tsat the basket vas OF toe
small dimensions 20 contain the piece OF
Ice Tor the iceEan had been exceedingly
generous and had deposited an unusually
large block al the Hawkins Galloway
house that morn .ng.
The Ingenuity Of Youth.
Tho boys studied Tor time as TO how
they would be able TO place a Decent
piece OF ice into an orliuary-sizcd mar
Eet basket. problem not difficult Of So
luton and very easy OF execution for the
Washington housewife. They revolvaI
The matter in their minds until suddenly
brilliant idea possessed the lcrtiI.
brain OF young FIOrencio-
I'm the corner OF the hack yard there
lay Two one-pOund Horchkiss shells. No
one know exactly how they came there.
but the supDOsitiOn is that they were
tired during the iusurrectI0n. failed 10
explode, and were treasured by The bows
as souvenirs. FlOreGCiO thought rs he
could not make the basket larger the
next best thing would be to max rhc cake
o. ice smaller. and he proceeded 10 DO
%, using one OF the explosive shells as
an ice pick
Immediate Results Obtained.
Pedro looked on with wonder Of his
chum' ingenuity. Suddenly there was
terrific explosion. A portion OF FIorenci0
Uas blown over somewhere in the vicinity
a. tayite, and enc section Of his arm
went IN the direction OF IlOiIO. BEI hC
survived TO tell how it happened.
piece OF the brass band about tho
she'll struck poor little Pedro i'm the
place where he wore his necktlc on fctc
days. and slashed an incisiOn in his
lusular conduit from which a stream Of
rich Filipino blood gushed forth
General Interest Aroused.
Another piece OF the shell few into the
Cellsr and struck under the floor o. the
dining room, directly beneath where a
hungry man was standing around waiting
Tor breakfast TO be served Ir went
through the plank and lifted the man into
The parloT, but sat him down so care
fully hat he was lot much hurt
Nearly all o. the other bOardar- were
ieeD ar the time. and their first thought
upon being thus suddenly awakened Was
that the FilpinOs had risen IN insurroc-
lion. captured the town and were uro-
ceediuE 70 blow il 10 atoms But Harry
Nash. who maintains laboratorv IN Ma
u Ia. WAS ~ IRE composed than the rest
Ale hastily drew on his trousers and
rushed out TO the scene Of the explosion.
Some Spanish PuHctiIiouAnc~~.
Realizing the dangerous condition Of
lirJic Pedro NT. Nash drew s0rth his
handkerchief and tied it about the lads
throat in an effort TO stop the flow or
blood. Then he sent Tor a physician.
Spanish doctor was found in the neigh
Horaocl. Du- De refused TO respond as mis-
Office hours did not begin until o clock
and BE- Vas then but "a little after 600
So Pedro continued 10 bleed
Ia fhe meantime, according to tho re-
port platoon Of native police. headed
r- native sergeant. arrived uDon the
scene. thinking that war bad been re-
l-Heg. The scrgeaHt sent tlo o. Hfs
l-"l Tor al ambulance. and Jhe remainder
stood about looking on.
SIR Nash became very Indignant be-
cause they did not hurry To- g.. ~ uhvsf-
r.sa t1 the scene ana roundIy cursed th,.
serge No. declaring with n real -harsr-
taris-c American eypIeIige prefix Cha.
be I-na sers-aED was 81 idiot. He APP
piled tla term several times .rr.a.-sI.
aud iwUFessIyely." as the account sI.ts.
ahrreupou the outraged mlnI0u o. On.
IJH and uersJ8iIcLtiOu OF official dig
nifty arrested DIR Nash for d.srurb.us fF.
peace.
Too Late for LftIIe Pedro.
After long time during wa..h The
crowd 0i citizens which assembled had
condemned The hospital service 10 ever
lasting Sheol the ambulauee came roll
ing slowly Up 20 the call and the two
iajurel lads were removed 10 the san
Juan De DiCs Hospital where poor little
Pedro died before EightlaII
breakfast was late OF the Hlskius-
Galloway boarding house that morning
but The lCarders were not obliged 90
toreso cooling beverage. .or. strange
10 say. IRE cake OF ice was about HE only
thing about the + lace that failed 10 sus-
tain any effects from the explosion. H.
was 1Ol even cracked.
Straits hteninis OEt Complications.
SIR Nash. Fra order 10 escape DURANGO
Flle was forced to humbIy apologize 10
Llt sergeant Of police and thus square
imseli With The authorities Tor calling
an oH..rr ulmss-an offence which nor
even "a Washington bIuecoat viii tolerate
After it ras an over the IandIadie. were
cruel enough 20 say that the basErr WAS
~ sufficiently large pr0Dcrt ions 81 CON
tain thc Zee. and that thc only ras-.,r rI,.
Lo-a eo-ght 70 chip on pieces OIL fho lee
was to -fil 70 the DeiEhbors who are NOT
served Htth thc concealed fluid
TIE net result OF the affair WIS that
81 hiie DcDf little Pedro IS dead FLORENCE
althoEsh minus portion OF his anatomy
KNOWS the power and effect Of American
proiectiles, and MS knowledge Of fbipg-
American las been Otherwife augmenfed