Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02

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Lives there man. With soul 50 daas,
] ~ hesn eyer 70 himself natn sai1
4 Il THIS is mv5oan,3 my native Iand
Ehst then went TO ths crooE
We ALSO fonowed. and after nasTe, s.afsss
q number of pieces. .hey fanishs,4 ,. .-t.s
with OUR national anthem and - -.
. last strafns wsresdying array. tna,, ~, sis
out strong with Dixie aud Old f,,..
saimo5t drove the soldiers and oe'eer, 80
ENCORE DINE" '''
+ They chssred anu cheereti and r4cs-.,
and 'tDixisf: WasIpiaYed again. TIE.
Is no Sorth.e nor South, TO-DAY, I" w
ratified. early and OK. aHakenfpq
i day Wa felt the ship roIling and -
K W'e were on our way9to eur fusa,ra hn,,,
On going or deck we could. ,,,zt ~
cern the mountains OF HAWAI- ear 49,
to tie eastward -
The weather is very favorable h..
7 been many times to the trcofcs, bur 49,
fouad il as cool as il Is now. 10 r1,y.
+ things Interesting there Is a poel a. Ia
ships mileage and hetwinner, ar the ~
v he. sue ssas the number Of miles. or 7ao.
T est. tt,fits sa given the resals every day -
l. t. clock NJ. when. the mileage ea,srss
ttLiiEGsit stLEtL ON
bulletin IN the saloon
| teS SIGHTED w EEsktS sIST,ANr,
| Sunday, May Htt. we sighted yv.a..-
( Island. at 3 z. NJ. This. is the FIRE, l.,s
t slncs, leaving Hawaii, and BY the wav !,
/ also as American possession. Nest az ~
/ passengers are beginning % get tired i
| makes no difference 10 me 50 tong a.
| get enough 20 eat. something 70 snot,.
| and something 70 do. only listen 70 babf,.
| crying. I wish the Lord made babies fbs.
| would not esys
"Wednesday, May tstn. passed a.. na,,
| others dnrlns the trlp. oniy il mad q r3s5
+. er sad ending. y sailor who had nsar.
| long time in the ship dropped dead >,
| 5 p. NJ He. was emealmsd and will :,
| sent back to the STATES. Thev do mo-
nave sea burtaise on transports as vs,
| On May 17th, we sighted The nerthe-,
coast of Luzon and arrived in Manila b..
the, following evening ST 8 ?. VI, apt
anchored.
a FINE HARBOR.
This Is one of the finest harbors IN n.
world and afEera the Improvements AZ,
completed will be very great Shipping
port. AS It IS Eow, il IS very nearly a,
large IN shipping as the port OF New
York There are over 800 steamers az A.,
classes, registered here flying the Anlsri-
can flag. So you can imagine It kssps ms
pretty busy and instead OF nv work
growing less it is INCREASING all the tins
BOARD s1Go. PER MONTH
On my arrival put I'D at The Englisb
Hotel, one Of the few first class b9tss
IN the. city, Board does not cost vs-y
nueh-onlyF about 800 per nionth-and all
other expenses are equally high Sir,-
the American occupation the prices hzvs
risen 500 par cent The rents are exor.
bitant. There. are about 10000 inhab,-
tants in the city, ard it is quickly hecom.
ing Americanized
The celebration of Decoration Day va-
quite impressive. The troops marched our
TO the national CEN atery IN Pace. 3 s,t
ourb OF the city. and decorated ths graves
Of the dead.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
But our great day was the Fourth Of
July. It opened with the fleet in the bay
firing national salute, which was
answered by Fort Santiago firing q salute
to the Union of forty-five or forty-eIght
guns. I am not sure. which. Every Eli
Pine and American and Chinanan irad
Off era ckers, Roman candles, sky rockets,
and anything that would make noise.
The China ma n VINO runs the restaurants
says there will be- no more devils in
Manila for a long tlnls. The ma lives lid
not know What-to make Of IL. sas this
was the first Fourth that was celebrated
with any show. the parade OF the troops
and the societies also. The trade EXHIBITS
were fine. There were about 10000 in linz
all told.
THOUGHT THEM WAR MACHINES.
The exhibit that took the natives faneg
was the farming machines. especially the
narEeStsys.t reapsrss and planters. These
came in the reas OF the light artillery
and the natives thought they were some
kind of war machine for Killing all who
were net killed BY the cannon or Guns,
The whole city was draped in Bunting and
II was gala day.
Ny worlS still continues absorbing and
does not give me very much spare time,
and that is a good thing here, for it pre-
vents one from getting Philiptnites the
most prevalent disease out here, which is
an extreme tirednsss. not Iaziress IS
that=you haFe to have some one 10 dress
and Sundress you, and when you "a cur.
10 tell you where you must so. and il
you hold a congregation, to talk for you.
as the effort 70 do so yourself would bs
too much like work
GOVERNOR TAFT ARRIVES
August I'd, Governor TAFT arrived this
and was met by a naval process
sion under the charge OF the Harbor Mas
ter Captain ". II. Taylor, who. is my best
friend here. Our officers are together,
and we live together, and [ can truly
say he. is one az the finest samples Of an
American gentleman It has ever. been my
lot TO fall in with.
Our launch, the George Ti1Isv. vas tbs
flagship on which the Governor came
ashore, and 1t was followed by over tffsy
steamers all dressed with flags and palm
branches, When he. landed at our Office
captain of the ports-hs was met by tie
Military and escorted to the palace In the
Walled City. We had over twenty bands
n the procession, and everything passed
eff to the kings taste.
AMERICAN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The new American fire department show.
cd themselves for the first time today
with hose. carriages, hook and ladder a.a
steamer The former affair they had hers
vas something like we would use Tor
garden. though the natives
seemed TO think 1t very effective. They
nave Very little use for "a fire engine any
way. IS there are never any fires 20 pllt
put to speak Of The greater part =
y anlla is outside the walled city, whirs
$ mostly taken up with churches ard
government buildings. though thzrs s-s
quite number OF residents there toe.
she wall is about fifty feer thick sur
-ounded by noat. oger which the old