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Show rts T anBasMBaaassBMnaaaatgBHastaeiaatnaaasiar tyW'-tmil V I I i ' i irjffly 'U A Manila landlord In trv tuac to reit i his house said it waa located In tho aristocratic district nf Han Miguel lie. , waa allrring up a hornet's nest, but didn't know It. Then- are people In Manila who object to Han Mlgnol being be-ing termed Ihe district nf the too t'ntll thla time few poople ever knew and a majority cared leaa, that Ma nlla could boast a really aristocratic auction Those who did were prolm hly of tbe American colony living In Krmlta. There Ihe cream, so tn upeak. of thn American contingent resides, re-sides, that la tbe commanding general of the Philippines division and those of tbe big government salaries, and II has always imagined Itself the aria tnrracy of the rlty. ierhapt more through a penchant It baa for tiaylng about to per conl greater rent than would be required elsewhere In Krmlta tho houses aro huddled together like stampeded steers In a round up, but the nearnoaa nf the sea shore and the l.unets, Manila a Hula de lloiilogne the cleanliness nf the district and. Incidentally, the high renta, aro what attract the American tn this select woateru renter of the metropolis Hut the landlord waa quite correct In saying In his rent ad Hint his properly wtt located In tbe artitocrttlc neighborhood of Ban Miguel, Mi-guel, the literal trtuslaiioii of which It Balm Mlenael, for bar true eastern east-ern aristocracy, what little (here It In the capital, quietly reeldea. pared Prom without It Is true Uiat IH tho building leaiks sadly out of plsro B In the neuter of Ihr lieniillful ground!, hut within It la the finest residence, B nn doubl In Ihe entire archipelago, hence, when the poaltlon of he wliu H Uvea there Is taken lulu considers- H Hon, the name of palsco H Malacanan baa some little blalury. M Until 1 80n the Spanish governors gen- H era I had their offlclal residence In H n palaro situated In the walled city, H near tho present rebuilt Catholic rn- thedral, but In connection with tblt H they had a summer residence (it a H country house In a tropical climate 'M can bo called such) in the suburb ot M Han Miguel, where the palace ot tM Malacanan la now located. A tor- M rlble earthquake occurred In Manila fH In INII3, which destroyed about two- M thirds of tbe buildings ot the city, ,H among them the governor generals H palace and the cathedral nnd Don ;M Rafael Kchague, then go rnor gen- iH oral uf the laland, bud I tummer, M rnslileiue properly lilted up for a per- jH msnent homo Prom Hint nine forth iH It waa the official residence ot all tho H Hpanleh governora general, no loat M than 33 of them hating realdod thero, vl some of whom served but all days Jjl tu office, and among whom wcro tucti 11 famona men aa Weyler, lllanco and fijfl Auguttln. Francisco lllito served n IM Tow days In 1608 ntler the copllula- fjl lion, and waa the last Spnnlih govern- M or general to live there. The Spanish ' jH NMljil.afmi tattll im lltn a-et. ,.ve 'gH |
