| Show NEWS HEWS MANILA the news yesterday of the d death 4 t trooper W H hudson of 0 battery utah voluntary Volun teen struck wah ab frie frienda ads of lindsey hudson mom aon oc ag E hudson hudso n ot of this thi city d ty wb ae spur adur of me h mani manhout mo meart out thou aft U young man that wao wa blued however beloud to evidently all right thus far as his folks received a letter last evening dated at a t amp dewey near manila philippine hands july 28 1898 from bt the bews is permitted to quote the toi fai lowing we axe are at last camped safe and sound on cm the island and are about halt half way i between manila and cavite or about throe three and a half miles bouth of manila and only two miles mile or so from he spanish firing line but they are so fully occupied in watching the natives thai they dont pay any attentions to fco us UIL gen merritt and the third expedition arrived the day before yesterday so we may take a hand ourselves before be pore long lane but anticipate more trouble keep the rebels from murdering and rob than we do in the reduction ot at the spanish Van the natives mongrels mon grels malays balays Ma lays are not a bad sort but anything spanish a the power to make them hot as the cemate here or below either they are of all shades from a yellow to a black their dress consists of a pair 0 of f trousers and a shirt tall worn outside their hats haste or helmets are of straw or bome ome kind of stuff woven up the women are dressed about the same except they have a skirt instead of the trousers and no tall tail to their shirt or rather shirt waist it Is the rainy season here and la is ya awning ining two thirds of the time but outside outride of lof being wet all the time I 1 am in t health the fruit bananas banana a pine apples cocoanuts cocoa nuts mangrove sete Z doe have any bad effect on me AM ad the cigars for you pay one cent american money or two cents mexican Ican or spanish dos centa vois axe are beitter batter than you manget in salt lake or the united states so ao ym see I 1 am happy as long as I 1 can set et enough to eat and if pork and beana are nutritious we have enough though somewhat ome what monotonous now what I 1 want you folks to do is send end me stamps U S two cent cenk ones and if you can get them hongtong Hong kong adre cent ones there are none in camp and you cant get them for love or etoney ey and our only way of sending i mail is by deweys deleys dispatch boat to paying 10 cents per ounce W by returning transports to san ban paying the usual domestic allees also send papers for news to Is BW even if a month old dont be wax worried ed if you dont hear from me for or months hwath f for or you can see eee how we are and no news is good glood news jt if emy anything thIng happens you will find out wm enough yours toura affectionately P costume coa tinne tume except when 02 on antwi duty in drill is a fever bandage pair of tenets shoes and identification tas tak to keep me from being captured cap turea as taa L |
