The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
JAPS FLY TO
AVOID The WAR
SOME MEN WHO ARE NOT
ANXIOUS TO DIE YET.
Many Of Them Flock to Manila = Visit
of the Sultan of sulu to Governor
Wright to Touch Him for 1000
Pesos - Story Of Some Of the Recent
Floods at the Capital City.

Manila, p. Lit seems that all the
Japs are not anxious to sacrifice them
selves for their country, as they fairly
Earv to Manila domns Front Front q 5ap s9tus
crowded with them. All who can pay
the passage to Manila come in order to
avoid the CONSUMPTION.
l read something in the paper about
the warm reception given to the visit
ing Filipinos in the United States.
suppose Of they fbr PROVE novet b
over here they are anything but favor
ties. Most Of them are far more AFRO
CANT and overbearing than the Spanish
ever were, and in order to show their
independence now they take every oc-
casion to be impudent. They clamor
them-that is, political agitators-yet
their really bright men admit that they
could do nothing toward governing
themselves. The educated ones of the
higher class are very pleasant and
agreeable, but the whole. race seems
to be more or less ..loeo," and if by
they can get little rice and fish for
Chow" they are content to let things
drift.
The Sultan of sulu. -
The sultan of Sulu, chief lord of all
the Mohammedans, paid visit of state
to Governor Wright recently and Incl
dentally inquired after the pension
which he claims as his due. He had a
great retinue-wives, children, sword.
bearer and purse bearer, which last was
not aoo ove aro de On being granted led
wives and dependents he Immediately
created the governor "Great White
Father of All the True Believers, - next
after President Roosevelt. He is 9
pompous little fellow, who spends most
of his time in Singapore, gambling.
Floods at Manila.
been the theater of floods, typhoons
and almost everything of that nature
except an earthquake. From May g
until July Is it rained almost continu
ously, and on that day it eliminated il
a great cloudburst somewhere up tn
saturated and could not hold anothe
, drop. It all drained into the Pasie
which overlooked it's banks on bot
sides for many miles and, in fact
r swamped the whole valley.
3 All the native villages were browne
| out and the people had to take refug
, on the roofs will! whatever, they coul
3 broad-horned caribao, altho they ar
, half amphibious, persisted, while the poo
/ pigs were carried away in droves. Som
8 of the natives, too, lost heir lives, bu
o some Americans here look upon that a
4 a not unmixed calamity, as there al
|, many to be spared. 80. 49,
|, Most of Manila was under water t
Q the depth of several feet, the walled cit
/ being tho only dry land in the place. O
g the Escolta, the main business stree
= the water was four feet deep, and tn
: bazars and fakir stores suffered. Th
/ only means Of getting about was in tn
q native boats, bancas, and even the go'
:. ernor and all his associates came fro
J. his residence to the palace in these.
a The water did no harm to the SPANS
: houses, for in them nobody lives on tt
4 first floor. The streets were filed wit
! floating banana trees and palms, man
= Of the natives sitting astride them an
:. riding about quite at their ease.
t Waded, but Carried Umbrellas.
:. It was amusing to see the Filipin
- wading in water up to their shoulde
% % and yet carrying umbrellas to keep c
70 the rain. The weather has been d.
: and gloomy ever since and there is mo
+, or less rain all the time. ..-