| Show i J I MANILA IN 1900 frank o 6 Describes of Strange I features of the Philippine C Capitol Capitols p Il aI JL s I Ii i L r Copyrighted 1900 by O 0 Carpen tar ter y JanuAry 22 lEbO 1900 i 1 he have In the tha Of 1000 miles h 11 coming tr tn tt CO 0 Ihl lne I 1 hv gono I limon half WR way Around tho world If I coula boro nn auger Burer hota holo through this thia ball on which we IIvo k my ye Ie to It I might cast it iton iton on rays raya ot of which lire no now i the United tate It been s 1 long trip trIll In n actual not Including the hort litO I made In Japan It took me meI I do t tO lIt gt here Bit SI daya t vero ero went In tho ho and seven seen dAys moro more In coming to 10 Honolulu W We h had d ot of smooth sea n the hawaiian let hI r and coil and ond about ten dare dILY daret t I our the ports porta between Yokohama rind rom Hong kon kong to o Wf we over mile of stormy sea Bea our tu tug boat bont I i of a 11 the bouncing up and down like a 11 cork on the tho I m roiling and pitching ami 1111 twIsting Its Ite tail Call I lV during th tb whole ot of the voyage Tho rho trIp La Is nl at I rough roush It Je Is one ot of hours during which few tew sea aea As AI to cot cost the trip from o 0 San deeper and meal meale and the taro faro Crom torn there to Manila to Is ms 25 Add US 45 tor or ex cx Irai and anI amy Rt at the thc port potte an you OU will willee s ee that Hint the expense of II a 1 II to the Is Ia just about o 0 i HOO In gold A i with the cut down might reo re 1 dUce lie to USO or nOO but lut the lose Iou In comfort would boS be great At present alt all ot of the tho oro am i crowded their utmost I found the tho iii the th perle ot of China and JApan full rangIng from aix to eight I sliver a dRY day and 8 at t ot ct ot of our who Iio applied for rOOm u the leAding hotel hOte were turn turned d away Here at Ma IA ails I am In the OrIente the biggest t and 1 tilt tile boat hold ill n the Philip Philippines PhilipS S pines but none flono too good for tor nil all that I The night I had 1 a room three I other guest and I now to light fight dally daily to keep from having an extra bell bed put In my m apartments for the nIght TO TIle rue Tho number of at people eople coming lleta t 4 and now that the war warI warIs I Is practically over will 1 lie found nU o nE the tho A largo large part ot of those with whom I trAveled were the GIld and children and aunts tit of our und rind ot of the tho omere On the China tM the ahler In whIch I 1 came from San to Japan we Ie had bad Women children ot of nil all age agee Crom torn ri a baby whose mother it was on her way from torn to 10 joIn oin h hr r a 11 lieutenant to 1 be or the firing line to an O Orgon gon girl of If nineteen who vas going out to marry her On the Dork DorIc whicH took inc to kong there were more mort arm army women omen end on the tho 1 Dia Diamante 10 lI mante we had among others othera a young d wIle wIte rho was as taking her little bab baby to I giu It its Introduction to lie papa h a captain In the ranks tho ho hl had left AmerIca b tor tile hll baby WAi wac born borni We hail a number ot of commercial and andr i I r men who were vero going to the tho thea a Islands to look 1001 ut the for In ye I and trade a dentist who had hadIt It fi leti leet to accept 1 a partnership with wIthof of the AmerIcan here and J a lot or of young YOUIr men who flero rn out clau and hoping x r to make mako theIr In one way 10 or ort orI I t 4 anOther wt 11 A Queer couple In the tho M cond clase claa II d vai 0 a German of and his eighteen n I tarold daughter who hAd sold Bold out their farm tarm In Southern California for ai anti expected 1 to Invest the tho mOM money Sn In 1 a hemp raisIng ranch III ih one of the 11 Islands The girl Will as nearly ilia sl feet Ceet In height and her father Cather told mo me sho ho weighed 20 pounds and that oh could r plow with a team III as well n naan man manAt manAt At I SoW saw tho ho first evidence UT of the tho rigid law whIch Is III now id exercIsed over the tho Islands lalanda Wh When I 11 bought my ticket there thero I wax ii 10 alga U a ot of paper r U ts big as two I C or of this and In insert rt there thereon j on answers to all of I had to lve my age alre lex n na nat t I lIt last kit residence professIon lon and amI andI I to So state Whether I waa married or Mn gle le I M rondo mado to state I I had bad money rd ot of 0 whether I C tau had paid my In own and whether I wn going out to join a t relative and It If BOo so whom I put flut In writing the fact that I Will wa not II ft that I had re never beta In on or an C C and that I p as n deformed nor norte te I wrote also wh where re I z x C to IrO go and what to do dG and a aih of other things about ih making up nn en inquisitorial autobiography graphy or of greater d detail tall thAn any I was required to make mAko during my travaiL In Russia Hula Upon Ullon the harbor of I IMd tied Md to make a 11 written statement WI as to the lit of tny my baggage and t I showed the tho AmerIcan rue tome Inspector tor letters ot of Introduction rota our of the sLAte war Ia flavy hd had to ollOn In my trunks and aud allow h him m to diligently nth each Md tOt for I none noM The old herman was waa not so luck lucks The Inspector discovered a I reo re revolver volver In oM on of hi hIS boxes and there gave ravo him n a chanco i ot of having tt It b by the government or throwing It overboard The German not to contribute to Uncle Sam and tossed 1 the revolver Into the sea Anum A num bur bet of armed soldiers came out to the tho vessel veNiel and men with guns at their side aides stood nt at th gangway until the tho Inspection WM was Upon In landing we found Cound soldiers eV cv on guard gURN There are oro so 10 emploYed tn In Manila 11 alone They are to toI toa a I large extent the of the cIty and the most rigid order Is everywhere kept Everything closes up at SO p II to m and after that no one OM Is II allowed to bt be out on the streets without ut R a I pass Any per person I walkIng or driving I through the town ton after atter that hour wilt be halted by guards at every nory few reW steps stepi and It he cannot show that he hela heIs la Is out on and that with the AuthorIty of the mIlItary governor h will bit b taken to Jail hut few tew passes panes are given riven I was waa refused 1 one OM today b by Gao Uen Schwan who ho told roe me he caine near being shot by mistake himself lf the tbt other and that just now he thought It Il safer and wId better for tor me to tobe tobe be In at III night ht tor or the notice were apt to shoot hoot before Iloh passes could ho bo etl It If theY hat had any reason reMon to suspect the parties they met lie He told me ho he woUld give me II a ape vass It If I 1 found ther was occasion for tor Its use Outside of thie the city Is ns as quiet and peaceful na as any In the United StAte 1110 le go o about their ns as usual arid and eer every ono one Is as ta is lit 1 I THE fIRST GOVERNOR OF 1 nt I In t it n J II ill J I tiT I f PI i 1 t t t lUll J l 1 L U UI I 0 I r tI itI f I Il i t r ff 4 ti tJ I tt I 1 4 1 I I t tt t i i r 1 h i 1 1 1 il r 1 q I Ii I IT T I 1 f n ni mu I ti i i tL I j 1 I t I 1 r I l 1 I f I lil I d Id i rI i 1 I II I jl KL KLi i I I 1 If i I f I ii 1 j I 1 I h I ii tH iS 1 1 a q t t I l JI i I I ret I Y It tf t r rr r 1110 4 I I 0 r rj j 3 1 nic F 4 I Lr all It or Commander Benton Seaton who hu has been selected by the naval de cc governor ot of the SamOAn Island bland which has haa fallen to the lot of the United States State Iii 1111 formal appointment Ii 11 dailY looked tor or ori I II I i 1 A Town Without With Windows of Shells Sheila SheilaA A Ie of the th City rom St at Tower lower Houses Street and ian the Fill Pitt FillI I Look Mt Att and Nation Whose Whole MAin Garb Oarb GarbIs Is II Mosquito and the Women Swim Swimming ming Scenes Where Jt Ponies arid hogs With bits Ate Are the 1 Draught Jt It Costs Costa to Get to and Are Aro aol There Law and how It the City QuIet After Atter Dark J and smiling u a though the tho countrY was rill not tn In a tAto of war ar arIN IN Iz t I Am tryIng t to swallow the tho city of t Manila ManUa but It has bAIl so many mony strange features that It sticks In my throat And It may be weeks week before I can an dl di It It Is 18 like no other city I have havo ever seen Lean and I look In Vain aln for tor corn com At times I think I have It ItIn itin In Bangkok for tor the town Is cut UP b by and canals filled wIth strange craft In Which families ot of these brown skinned tople live and die dlo and do I business At times time tim canals remInd rue mo ot of HOilAnd for there thero are aro tiled roots I of curious shapes el v JUDGE WILLIAM H TAFT I I i i iI I S r ji i it t 1 r I I I F lie has been selected elected by President nt to h head d th the commission which hl b wilt wIll be 8 ent nt to the earl early In the spring The we o show is from Jill Iris latest and belt beit VA again you ou strike 1 a QUArter which hu has somo or of the aspects ot of Venice There are streets like those ot of did ld Spain hay hav havIng haying Ing houses with bat bal conies conics and barr barred windows wIndow whIch hang out over oer the tho streets And In the tho older ot of the city thich Is II cur lur rounded by Q a wide moat mORt and great walls you lire are In the tho Europe of the mhd It ages The business sections ON are still strait get ger There Thero Is II one made mado up ot of ChInese where tens of thousands of ChInese live and MV have their thell sto stores s The chIef street ot of thIs section ts Is just like OR one or of thi th streets or of Canton There Ther are so many mans signs and SpanIsh merchants on the the tho main business thoroughfare that you might there thero be beIn Ie In MadrId or Buenos Ayrea Anos and tn In other places U the e holes In tire tho with willi theIr awnings and curtains of flapping dirt dirty canvas nrc riot not unlike the tho thorough thoroughfares tares ot of Delhi DeIhl or Dr gra ra In northern India In cor every case however Manila hoe hili feat features urea ures Its own features which make It one of the tho most mORt curIous birds In the whole municipal aviary WINDOWS OF SHELLS Tithe Take that building ju just t across the way from flom the hotel botel I can see lee It as I 1 Write It h 1 In an Immense Immen structure with huge huro balconies jutting out torn the tho second story and over oer overhangIng hangIng the tho street et It has hal a ridge roof of dark red tiles which curve curo Inward like the corrugations ot of a gigantic washboard lii In each of the tile valleys there Is n a line or row ot of the greenest of green The birds bIrd of the aIr have dropped the seeds ds the mol moIst It kl seo ot of this 1111 damp climate have warmed them Into life lICe and have hao grown there a very err garden ot of the tho air No Now took look at the lattice work ork ot of that snowwhite and lue balcony whIch shows out under the root See the sun has hal caught It an and has turned the lattice Into n a checkerboard of at mother molher of pearl Each Fach square In the structure Iii is filled with on an oyster or other opalescent shell so 10 thin that It lets leta In th the light while It keeps out the heat hent Theta Thoro are oro thousands ot of such Much balconies In Ma In They calI nil the second nd or of orthe the houses houe of the better parts ot of the city so IQ that the town is III that pear heaven In that It has pearly wIndows It not gates lite ot of pearl Look again at the house houle Where hero It Is tie Ita chimney It has hils none The Tho town ton dl does s its Ita cooking over oer or Ores fires made ot of sticks not much bigger than sour our linger There Thero Is 11 so 0 little smoke moke that large chimneys Are not bOt needed nod In most cases case the smoke moke gets out etc It can Del ow the balcony you ou may notice the tho stores and The nr first t floor toor Is I usually given up tip to and trade and the classes of the fI pee plc live above aboe stairs A nut Dot that is II only one OM house houle Como Come with rae me to th the great creat galvanized Iron church of It fit St Sebastian Its III tower Is 11 the highest t In all ManilA and torn It we caa get Iet Q a view ot of the elt cIty We take a carriage a black box the also lle of a packIng cue case swung between wheels wheel anti and our driver flop flogs Iris pony Ony as asle we le dash duh through the streets streeta We skirt one of the tho canals cross cress n a bridge and enter the church A priest with n a shaven hayen tonsure opens the thedoor 1 door and Ve 0 climb round and round up the hundreds hundred I of oC steps of R a slim spiral staircase till we come to the top Wo We Weare are no now far Car above aboe the city on the tho out edge edse ot of ManIla Mantia The Th city lies lle oil 1 a plaIn backed by blue mountains It covers coers miles of land runnIng about the bay beyond which are other moan moun taW talus and lUll Zt t a Ii to a taBa of a Inhabitant oil nil ot of whom lIve In one anti and houses There are no tall buildings except the tho Cs and which have domes ll anti towers rising hh Above the ru rest of tM the city There are green creen trees treel here herb and nd there showing out above the house hoUs toots lOob Almost let In front of at UI ix is II the wall s l of the tho town This IS 15 but small in comparison with the for tor a 11 long distance u up unit down and nd back front the en At tt the tho rIght run running ning through the midst or of the citY III 2 th river l IL a dirty stream per hapa R a thousand feet teet wide which at times of the year is III sO deep that email steamers can enn come UP It and anchor nt at tho wharves but now ao act low that the boat In we caine from hong JIang kong must remain out In the tho bay bayThe The walled city Is oM old Manlia It ItIs Is II largely taken UP with government buildings There Is the palace where Den Otis nM and his do their bus buss ness and there ato seo ore are a 0 large number of churches nn and monasteries the church owning I should say at least ot of the old city That part ot of Manila at tire the right out outsIde outside sIde the Walls Valls Is where here the most ot of the people live and where ne nearly all or of the tho done Away ort off at the edges edgell you can see suburbs such III as 1 Malate where the finest residences of the Filipinos are and there down on tire the bl bay III i the tho tn the parK where nil all well swell goes to drive tit lit 5 Ct every afternoon Hack of the city RS as see It you ou will but turn turnabout about on the church is III ft I grOut green Plain as al fresh now nov RI as Ohio itt In June Junc with clumps ot green trees tren ting the tho That I is the country the thu rIce n fields and the vegetable whIch aId In supplying the markets of at atthe the town As 1 we look the sun lun comes near to its III setting The roads road In the plain are filled with who matte whIte lines lInel through the green fields Those Thoe ar arC the suburbanites ot of this l FilipIno capital the tho poor who war work In hr the stores tores mid and factories and are arc now returnIng to homes Many ot of them are women omen who hava bright re red skirts above whIch are draped black shawls The red catches the rays raya of thoun and we have a band of between the green and the black QUEER QUEEn PEOPLE But Dut let us u go gI dOm and walk through the streets ets back to out hotel We are moving Along with the strange charat charac tere ot of this strange ell city Hundreds ot of men women and children go by us They have hare eyes eel almost slanting and they are of at all shades shadel from trum yellOW to ta black They lire are not so tall its III our people at home and most of them are rather than tat rat low how QueerlY tho they dr dress l Many ot of the themen themen men and women are clad In stiff gauss gaule all as thIn as mosquito netting through which the aIr hut has free treo passage |
