The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, Tall ; OCTOBER 17,1808 SPRECKELS, Proprietor. " JOHN D. . Address All Communications ‘°‘Wgen PUBLICATION éFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. | EDITORIAL ROOMS.. .217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574. STHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) !s | cerved by carriers In this city and surrounding towns | for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montb | 66 cents. WHE WEEKLY CALL............. One year, by mall, $150 | veeses+--908 Broadway | ing amendment would have been | veal a curious and interesting history. MAGUIRE AND THE FUNDING BILL. N his return home, and frequently since, Judge Maguire has referred to the amendment to the general deficiency bill, by which the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad to the Government is finally disposed of. He attacked his colleagues, Loud and Barham, on that subject, and said that but for them the fund- beaten in the House. In the speeches and interviews of Loud and Bar- ham the facts as to the origin and passage of the funding amendment have come to light, and they re- It was prepared by Senators Morgan and White, and was intended by those gentlemen to be a Con- gressional finality upon that subject. In its prepara- OAKLAND OFFICE Room 188, World Building NEW YORK OFFICE......... DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. EHICAGO OFFICE Marquctte Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana | Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. ‘Love in Harness." By the Sad Sea Waves.” t From the Heart." oli—*""The Circus Queen."” sheum—Vaudeville. New Comedy Theater—'"Where's Matilda2"” Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeviile. The Chutes—Liliian Stewart, Vaudevilie and the Zoo. son and Eddy streets—Specialties. querade Ball, Saturday, October 22. ming. | in February. Hall—First Heinrich Recital Tuesday | Oly 0dd Fellows' E Sutro’s Baths— Rosenthal—Coming Sherman & Clay AUCTION SALES, H. Umbsen & Co. at < day. October 17, Real Estate | By G. THE COMMERCIAL FIELD. | &t 14 Montgomery street, RADE conditions are rather disappointing this Tfall, The markets seem to lack life, and yet the | bank clearings of the country are 6 per cent Jarger than at the same time last year, when busi- | ness was reported. This paradox is a puzzle to the | mercantile community all over the United States. | 1f there were any decrease in the volume of trade the bank clearings would certainly show it in reduced | totals, whereas they are larger. And yet it is the gen- eral consensus of opinion that business is not up to expected along in the summer. Theories as to t peculiar state of affairs are as | thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. One is the pro- tracted warm weather in the East, which has extended into October, and which restricts the demand for Another is the absence of speculative spirit. threatened stringency in this condition has passed off again, it is not to be impending elections have | a good deal to do with it, for there is nothing that will deaden trade quicker than an average election. | But, whatever the cause, business is undeniably quiet, and this in the face of circumstances which ought to | produce activity in commerce. Money is easy and | plentiful, the balance of trade is vastly in favor of the United States, gold is coming in from Europe, the 1d for wheat has lately been increasing with an | what was goods. Still another is the recent the money market, but as and the market has eased entertained. Possibly the de: accompanying rise in the price, the crop outlook is | fine, the railway earnings are larger than at this time | last year, the country has just emerged from a suc- | cessful foreign war, which has added to our territory | rich foreign possessions at a cost which certainly is not large—and still trade is quiet. The oldest and longest heads in the business do not understand it. | There is occasionally a comical side to trade, and one of them s just been presented by the wceklyi review of R. G. Dun & Co., which gravely accounts for the apathetic condition of business by saying that | “there is a great change, and perhaps a permanent | one, in the percentage of profits derivable from the | trade and manufacture, as well as in the profits ob- | tainable by transporters. Progressive civilization | calls for a lower range of profits and of prices as | the volume of business transacted increases in order | to make possible improvements in the condition of the working millions.” Just how narrow margins of profits are to bestow | such important benefits on “progressive civilization” is’a problem worthy of the profoundest consideration of the gods. It has hitherto been the general belief that | the more money everybody makes the better off | everybody is—but the world may have been in error | on this point. The staples show no particular change from pre- vious conditions, aside from the improvement in wheat already noted. Wool is still very dull, and prices are 10 per cent below those of last winter, and it is thought they must decline more yet before the manufacturer can increase the output. Cotton rules very dull and weak, at the lowest quotations for fifty years. Leather is inactive, and so low in comparison with the price of hides, that the leather trust is talk- ing about closing down a number of Eastern tan- neries, and this has a depressing effect on the hide | trade. The iron trade keeps up its fine record with- out difficulty, orders being heavy and the mills run- ning to full capacity to fill them. The failures for the week were 205, against 223 in the same week of last year, and most of them were unimportant. Local conditions are about the same as previously reported. There is a fair trade in general merchan- dise and quotations do not fluctuate much. Provi- sions have declined and the market is quoted dull. Dried fruits, which are the important product at this season of the year, are disappointingly quiet, there being no Eastern demand of any consequence, and several of the more prominent kinds, such as prunes and peaches, have declined during the past fortnight. Wine and grapes rule firm, and the latter are bring- ing good returns to the growers. Wool continues ut- terly neglected. Hops are firm and selling welil at satisfactory prices. The demand for canned fruit has been good all the season +and quotations are above the average of recent years. Grain continues to move _off fairly at profitable prices, though there is no activity. The State on the whole is in sound condition, and there are few complaints from any quarter. Money is plentiful, and the bankers say they have rather more than they can lend to advan- tage, which is by no means a bad sign. With a good rainfall this winter California will come to the front again next year in the old-time way, there be- ing no drawbacks in sight at the moment. P T — The arrest of a lot of anarchists charged with in- tent to kill the Kaiser is much more satisfactory now than it would have been had they succeeded. There is not universal admiration for the Kaiser, but no reason has appeared why plotters against his life , should not be promptly hanged | to Senator Gear of Iowa, chairman of the Committee | for I can assure him that there will be no objection | made to it (the amendment), and that there will be | no debate upon it.” | GONE BY OPPOSED | IN CHARACTER TO THIS AMENDMENT AS- | tion at the present time.” tion these Senators held conferences, at which Cali- fornia members of the House were present. White and Morgan sought and had conferences with Judge Maguire on the amendment, and neither they nor his colleagues in the House had from him any other im- pression than that he agreed with White and Mor- gan. The amendment originally extended the ma- turity of the debt for twenty years. To answer some scruples on the part of Senators, White reduced this to ten years. When it had been perfected by White and Morgan in these conferences, it was turned over on the Pacific Roads, and was by him offered as an amendment to the general deficiency bill. Now, un- der the rules of the Senate and House, no general legislation can go as a rider on an appropriation bill if any one member object to it. This amendment was general legislation. A single objection in either House would kill it. When it was offered by Gear Senator Hale of Maine objected. That would kill it. Senator White rose and said: “Mr. President, I hope the Senator will withdraw his point of order, “IF THE SENATOR WHO HAS- IN DAYS MEASURES SIMILAR Senator Hale replied: FROM CALIFORNIA SURES ME THERE WILL BE NO OBJEC- TION AND NO DEBATE I WILL WITHDRAW THE POINT OF ORDER,” and it was withdrawn, and the amendment was adopted by the unanimous vote of the Senate. . When the bill went to the House with this amendment as part of it, Mr. Barham, who was op- posed to it on the ground of insufficient protection to the Government, proposed an amendment to it, which thoroughly protected every equity of the United States. This raised the whole subject origin- ally in the House. It was again where a single ob- jection would kill it forever. Maguire made a long against the amendment. He began that speech by saying: “The incorporation of this Paci- fic railroad amendment in the general deficiency bill is one of the most extraordinary proceedings within my recollection or knowledge of Congressional ac- tion. Here is a measure delegating to a commission of three public officers power and authority to do, with respect to the Central and Western Pacific roads, what the Congress of the United States upon full debate and full consideration has twice by over- whelming majorities refused to do. It is brought up for consideration in the House of Representatives as | part of a bill in which it could not have been incor- porated originally under the rules of the House, al- though the fact that it was made part of the bill by the Senate makes it, by courtesy, superior to objec- speech This was not a truthful statement. It was artfully inserted to make it appear that he could not slopi the bill by objection. Everything in the two houses of Congress goes by rule, and not by courtesy. An appropriation bill containing general legislation can be stopped in either House, after passing the other, by the single objection which Maguire could have made, and did'not. Continuing his speech, he entered upon a general discussion of the history of the Central Pacific road, in which he charged Stanford, Huntington, Crocker and Hopkins with “gigantic frauds,” and said: “There is a principle in equity, as between man and man, ‘under which trustees who have fraudulently diverted assets upon which the lien of a creditor rests can be compelled to disgorge all money and property and the proceeds of all property fraudulently taken from the trust fund or trust estate through contracts made with themselves, by which, without right, without justice, without substantial claim, they have enriched themselves at the expense of their beneficiaries.” He then charged that Stanford, Hun- | tington and Crocker had fraudulently diverted to themselves $80,000,000, and continued: “Whether the Central Pacific road shall or shall not pay its debt to the Government will be determined only upon the sale of its present property under foreclosure. If the foreclosure sale shall fail to produce an amount sufficient to pay the claim of the Government, I have no hesitation in saying that the Government has a| right of action against the living directors and against the property left by the dead. In this discus- sion of a former funding bill it was suggested that as Senator Stanford had devoted his fortune, however acquired, to a quasi-public use in the establishment of a university in California, it would be against pub- lic policy to disturb it. There is force in the sugges- tion, but it has no relevancy in a funding bill. What Congress should do if in the collection of its claims the Stanford University were likely to be crippled or closed, I am not prepared to say. This tight of the Government, now hardly subject to ques- tion, will be waived and lost forever by refunding, because it is collateral to the claims of the Govern- ment as they now exist, and will not attach to the new obligations created by refunding.” Here, then, we had a charge of fraud against Hun- tington, Crocker, Hopkins and Stanford. The charge that the endowment of Stanford University was the fruit of crime and fraud committed by Stanford. And the charge that the Government would under the ‘White-Morgan amendment lose its right to seize the Stanford University. At that point Mr. Barham of- fered his amendment to the funding amendment re- serving to the Government these equities, claims and the right to seize Stanford University, and making all these claims, based on Maguire’'s charge that Stanford was guilty of fraud, collateral to the new claims of the Government to be created by the White- Morgan amendment. This was adopted. by the House, by Maguire’s assent, when his objection would have killed it, and the bill then passed, when his objection would have killed it. The question of the stability of Stanford University is again put in the air by Maguire’s charge that it is the fruit of fraud, though he forgot to mention that to the Stan- ford students. e Now, to retrace a little. In the Democratic platform the acts of Senator White are indorsed. In the Dem- ocratic convention Senator White seconded Ma- guire’s nomination. Yet Magui-: is touring the State asking Republicans to vote for him because lCcmgreu passed this funding amendment, of which White was a joint author and for which he voted in the Senate! These are the cold facts, and if their existence is consistent with Maguire’s honesty or withthe sincerity of the parties which are supporting him, the old ideas of honesty and sincerity must be revised. R Democratic State Convention in New York have roused the Louisville Courier-Journal to a double-leaded, double-columned editorial almost hysterical in its earnestness. The convention, says the Courier-Journal, made its greatest demonstration upon the mention of the name of William Jennings Bryan, and yet refused to listen to the Chicago plat- ferm. “It rejected free silver by an overwhelming majority. What does this mean?” The Courier-Journal proceeds to say that the ap- plause of Bryan and the rejection of free silver “means several things”; an assertion sufficiently as- tonishing, for on the face of the showing it appears such seli-evident contradictions could mean nothing beyond the fact that Democrats are doing politics this fall in a very meaningless way. However, the Kentucky authority goes on to say: “It means that sensible Democrats actual battles instead of sacrificing the party and themselves upon the altars of a barren ideality. It means that national Democratic victories can be won only on Democratic lines.” Then it goes on to add: “To do this it must fly a banner bearing no such illusory motto as ‘Free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,/ and that other snare, dear alone to extremists and im- practicables, ‘Down with government by injunction,’ but carrying upon its ample folds as it floats over a restored Democracy these inspiring words, ‘The le- gions of Jefferson and Jackson against the janizaries of McKinley, Alger and Hanna! ” Admitting that 2 banner with such an inscrip- tion would be inspiring, we fear it would itself re- quire an explanation. The country weould continue to ask, “What does this mean?” It would be easier for the average man to decide what the New York Democrats meant by shouting for Bryan while howl- ing down his platform than to guess at what the pro- posed war cry signifies. Fortunately, the Courier-Journal goes on to ex- plain its explanation. It says there is but one man who can save Democracy in 1900; that man is Bryan. There is but one way in which Mr. Bryan can save Democracy; that is by declining to run for the Presidency. The Courier-Journal reminds Mr. Bryan that he is not now the captivating figure he was when he was a novelty. ' As it says, in its beautiful, mellow, Ken- tucky style: “The bloom is worn away, the romance of adventure and the beauty of youth quite van- ished. The time may come, indeed, when, sitting among the ruins of his party and surveying the wreck of his own ambitions, this honest and ardent gentleman may, if he wantonly pursues the ignis fatuus of the White House, have reason to lament his mistake, and in bitterness of grief exclaim— ‘the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.” So the Kentucky guardian of pure Democracy would have Mr. Bryan retire from the field. It as- sures him that if he cannot be President he can be a maker of Presidents, and says: “The name of Warwick echoes down the ages, whilst the pigmies of York and of Lancaster, whom Warwick made and uamade, are forgotten.” It holds out to the boy orator this high hope: “He may be the founder of a new Democratic dynasty, taking up the line in 1901, as Jefferson took it up in 1801, and conducting the country through another century of constitutional government and national development and glory un- der Democratic leadership.” And once more the country asks, “What does this mean?” F Republicans have renominated the incumbent, Charles S. Tilton, thereby vaing the people an opportunity to retain in office one'of the best officials San Francisco has ever had. Of this opportunity men who desire an efficient administration of the Surveyor's office will avail themselves without re- gard to party lines, although Mr. Tilton's stanch Re- publicanism will be another argument why all loyal members of that party should not only vote for him but work for him. Mr. Tilton came to San Francisco in his boyhood and was educated at our public schools, graduating from the High School. as a clerk in the office of the City and County Sur- veyor, and was for a considerable time chief deputy of the office before he became a candidate for elec- tion. He had thus made himself perfectly familiar with the duties of the position before he aspired to fill it, and as a consequence from the very beginning his administration was one of complete success in every respect. At the present time Mr. Tilton knows every line of our city and county survey by heart. No other man could attend to the duties of the office with half his efficiency, no matter how earnestly he might at- tempt it, for no other has that thorough knowledge of the subject which Mr. Tilton possesses. It will be recognized by all intelligent citizens that this special store of information concerning the work required of the incumbent of the office is a matter of prime importance to the Surveyor. It is also of im- portance to the community. Bungling work, whether due to carelessness, incompetence or ignorance, would cost the city dearly in the Surveyor’s office. During the long time in which Mr. Tilton has been identified with the work of the city and county surveys there has never been a scandal connected with his name or his acts. He has not only been capable of good work, but he has been faithful in the per- formance of it. He is known to the people. They have seen him tested in private and in public life, and they know him to be thoroughly reliable. In times past the community has shown its confidence in him by repeated re-elections, and it cannot be doubted the same confidence will be displayed again in the same way this year. : WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? EPORTS of the proceedings of the recent want to win CHARLES S. TILTON. OR the office of City and County Surveyor the F. K. Lane announced in a political speech that he believed in bosses, a circumstance making his posi- tion so clear that he did not need to take the trouble to effusively indorse Phelan. ' The trial of the Neads, husband and wife, has dem- onstrated so far that there are a lot of courtroom loafers almost as objectionable as the pair will be even if proved guilty. - ey L It is too bad that Dr. Ragan should once more have directed attention to the fact that there is some- thing rotten in the School Board, and that he is in the midst of it. * “Are you for honesty or corruption?” asks the Ex- aminer. As the public seems to be opposing all the Examiner advocates, it may properly answer that it is for honesty. B § i He served for a long period | OCTOBER 17, 1898. DAY BY DAY IN MANILA. A Visitor Makes a Fruitless Search for Filipina Beauties He Had Read of. ; THE CALL'S Washington correspondent, C. C. Cariton, journeyed to Manila via the Suez Canal, and below are given his observations concerning the islands and the people, with especial reference to the city of Manila. Time was when circumnavigation of the globe was considered a remark- able if not marvelous accomplishment, and the returned voyager felt Jjustified in printing a magazine story of his travels, invariably introduced by that hackneyed Shakespearean quotation, “I'll put a girdle round the earth,” but in these days of fast-steaming by land and sea such a trip is by no means uncommon. Therefore I shall not attempt a letter descriptive of scenery, etc., but will devote my attention to the Philippines and the man- ners and customs of the peoples who inhabit them. 7 Six weeks out of New York and not one American flag visible, save one which floated from the consul- ate in Paris. ‘We longed for a sight of the flag or something that was genuinely and truly American. On the morn- ingof September 1 we sighted Hong- kong and soon were steaming up the harbor. From the Englishmen whocrowded the decks of the vessel (for this was an English ship) suddenly came an exclamation of delight, “There they are! There are our good friends, the Yankees!” And behold! riding at anchor, gracefully, were the Olympia, Raleigh and Concord, with starry flags fluttering from their peaks! ‘It sent a thrill through every fiber when we few Americans viewed for the first time these naval heroes—our own men-of-war, with our own naval officers on the decks, waving us welcome! ‘And those Englishmen on our ship! England may be a mercenary na- tion; she may have selfish ends to subserve in extending the glad hand to America, but if I ever saw genuine pleasure expressed in a countenance it was portrayed in the animated facesof our English fellow-passengers when they beheld the warships of their allies and cousins. And now for Manila! By the courtesy of Consul General ‘Wildman, Cap- tain J. B. Coghlan and the Raleigh’s officers I was provided transportation to Manila. We left the next day, and on the third day out sighted the island of Luzon, a long line of hazy, purple mountains. Somehow or other it seemed like home, or a glimpse of home, for these were our own, our very own, islands, or soon would be. In the evening we approached Corrigedor Island. Then rose the moon, and laid on the placid sea a path of silvery light. Not a sound was audible, save the throbbing of the Raleigh’s engines and the soft swish of the sea against her sides. Every man aboard the Raleigh was in a reverie. They recalled that night in May when they steamed silently through the channel; when not a man of them knew what the morrow would bring forth, or whether indeed there would be another sunrise for them. . “How did vou all feel?” T asked. The stillness of the night was broken by a laugh from the Raleigh's officers. “Our thoughts alternated between home, far away, and the Spaniards . 50 near us,” said one. “But not much time for reflection, for soon sparks érnm the McCulloch's funnel betrayed our presence and then the fun egan.” It was something of a treat to hear the story of this naval battle re- lated by the Raleigh's officers as we steamed into Manilu Bay. As we ap- proached Mani.a Admiral Dewey signaled for us to come alongside. and then to steam to Cavite at sun- rise. Not much to see that night. I hung over the rail gazing at the water as it softly lapped the sides of the Raleigh. What would Manila be like? At Cavite we anchored right in the midst of that naval -raveyard. There within a stone's throw, lay the half sunken mass cf rusty and twisted iron that was once called, proudlv Castilla, to the left the Relna Ckristina, then the Ulloa. Isla de Luzon and Cuba and all the others. I took a hammer and wrench and knocked off a few bolts and nuts from the Castilla to bring home as trophies. We crossed again to Manila on a ferry boat owned and manned by Filipinos. These were the first natives 1 had seen. certainly an unprepossessing lot of men and women crowded together. “Perhaps these are not fair types of the Filipinos.” I thought, but they were. All Filipinos looked alike to me, and indeed, they were alike, in facial and all physical character- istics, in manner and dress. I never saw people who looked more alike than they, unless it be the Chinese. The male Filipino is below the average in stature, sturdilv but not grossly built, with skin darker than a Chinaman’s. of about the complexion of a Japanese. Their short clipped hair, too, was very black, very bristly and stood on end, pompadour fashion. The Fil- ipinos’ eyes do not slant. But for this one might believe they were descend- ants of the Japs instead of the Malays, albeit the old fellows among them speak the latter tongue as perfectly as Spanish. I longed for a sight of those picturesque Filipina beauties that I had read about. The papers and magazines had represented them as charm- ing, dusky damsels. “They have a manner of walking on the forward part, cr ball of their feet,” said one story, * and this imparts to the body a graceful motion and a most bewitching swing of the haunckes.” I traveled through the streets of Manila for nine days, eagerly looking for a female “type” that I might describe to my friends at home. Not one. All as uely as sin. I am ready to beli-ve that the graceful and attractive Filipina is like the beautiful Indian maiden, who since tle death of Poca- hontas, is nowhere to be found out of Fenimore Cooper’s novels. The Fili- pino girls wear a costume that is especially adapted for that climate. Those who can afford it dress in thin, gauzy stuff, a diaphanous and iridescent fabric woven from silk and a mixture of the pineapple leaf. Tt is called jusi, and yet another fabric is known as “Pinta cloth.” The Filipina girls wear their thick, black, glossy hair, done up in rolls, much like the Chinese ond Japanese women. On their feet are wooden slippers which click, click. click on the flagstones as they trip along the street, sometimeswith a basket of something balanced on their heads, and again with a huge Manila cigar between their lips, stained red with betel nut. Two Filipina girls meet on the street, both bareheaded. as Filinina girls invariably are. One is pufiing a big cigar. Girl number one says some- thing in Spanish to the other, who immediately removes the cigar from her mouth, spits a stream of betel nut juice from between her lips, and hands the cigar to her friend. If I had been newr enough (and knew enough Spanish d should have heard this dialogue: “Senorita, glvegme apugm.)'v\-ulo?g:xl?sio; is business? Are vou going to take in the cock fight this evening?” % For chicken-fighting, as everybody must know, has until rece the national sport of the Filipinos. At the Oriental Hotel I was emrilgsyvot:’le;: to inquire, in the best Spanish I could command, where and when I could see a cock-fight. “Guerrer gallo — guerrer allo. Donde? y cuando?” I asked. el A mite of a Filipina girl (about 20 years old or so, I should say) tripped up smilingly and offered to escort me to a cock-fight if I would pay the way. I surveyed her care- fully and concluded that I dldn’t care to see a cock-fight, But I said to her: “After a while; must go up- town now.” Would you believe it? When I got back, three hours later, the Filipina girl was waiting for me. I told her I had learned uptown that cock-fights had been prohibited (which was the truth), and then purchased my release by paying her a peseta. And now of the town it- self. Just a rambling, ramshackly old place, with one (and sometimes two) storled houses, built of wood, with red tile roofs. Frequently the en- tire upper story of the dwelling- houses is a sort of bay window. That is to say, they would be bow windows if they were not square. But they are, like those you have in San Francisco. These windows extend across the entire front and are pro- vided with sliding shutters. Frequently these small wooden dwelling-houses are vine-clad. There are trellises of morning glories—delicate tints of pink and blue—and hcllyhocks, too, on either side of the door. - And what flowers (except old-fashioned roses, celebrated in verse by our Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley) are sweeter and wholesomer than morning glories? In the yards I saw flaming red blossems of the pomegranate—and pepper trees —and palms. These flowers, plants and shrubs do much to redeem Manila and render life tolerable if not pleasant to the visitor. 3 g Manila is not a compactly built town. These little houses are separated, and, in some parts of town, isolated, one from the other; but this is in the outlying districts, where, too, may be seen. many houses constructed of bamboo, thatched with palm or palmetto leaves. The “streets” of Manila's outlying districts are nothing more than country lanes, bordéred by palm trees, pepper trees and pomegranate, with here and there, in the grass, a pro- | fusion of tiny pink and blue blossoms. In the outlying districts you have fresher air, the flowers breathe a sweet perfume; but in Manila proper—that is to say in the heart of “Binondo,” or in the “Intra-Mura”—one’s nostriis are greeted with all sorts of noisome whiffs—the most offensive smells that ever offended a man’s nose. B The suits of white worn,by the Filipinos brighten the streets, whi dinarily are somber enough, for they a?e a.n:'glfld by our poorly alad ;f.‘—’.vg.? soldiera—who act as policemen. Through the I'f Department’s negiect or poor admi en e hed only inblue woo! shirts, woolen trouser: -brimmed ““I am surprised, "ACIGAR IN HER MOUTH? Bow WIiNDOwW ACROSS THE FRONT” v BALANCED. O THEIR HEADS " gh soldiers 33&'3 So_thought we all, and Goz:rnmont ving on half were e mate of Mnanl."_ wndp:fd.wo.w the poor fells 1d be short of food tions almost) when the holds o{»'u.lmg:rt lul.llll’l and the docks inappropri | perch behind you, but on a | harp and flute. down with boxes of provisions. I saw %)ut one lmepof streetcars and it had only one car (there may have bcfi meore of them), and the motive DOWET W : & poor, spavined, wind-broken old jade o a horse. My car was stalled three times in one block, so I got off and walked, The “karamata” is,the chief means G passenger conveyance, while small- wheeled, low-axled wagons are drawn by water buffalo and are used for expressage and freight. The karamata is SDme[hh"fE like a hansom cab, except Very muc smaller. It has a top or cover of leather, not as high as the hansom cab, nor is the bed of the vehicle so high from the : Y s not sit on a high ground. The driver does not sit on & Tg1 obstruct your 45 %of cigarette For all of this about ately in front where he ci view and blow vile clouds smoke back in your face. you pay him at the rate of peseta an hour (10 cents). a Cigars are of all grades. They are g00 and cheap. For $ or $ you can buy a box of 100 cigars of the best brand (as good as Havanas). This is equivalent to §230 or $3 of our money. American enterprise soon set up several drinking saloons, The “Ploneer,” the “Alhambra” and the ‘“Palace™ ‘are places frequented by our soldiers and citizens. Curiously enough our own silver money of the same weight and fineness as the Spanish or Filipino money was . worth twice as much, and even the natives were becoming to appreciate this fact. There are four or five ‘“palaces” In Manila. In the San Miguel district, a con- siderable distance from Binendo, is Mala- dmiral’s canan Palace, and near it is the a alace. These like the other palacgs are andsomely furnished. Malacanan is the headquarters and dwelling place of the First California Regiment. The wives of Spanish officers must have parted reg ret- fully from these beautiful dwellings. Tney are furnished with hardwood floors, an- tique furniture, while handsome mirrors and tapestry adorn the walls. In the gar- den are flowers of all hues extending to the water’s edg]e-d{or 2 these palaces flows_the barge-laden Pasig. Tn Manila I was the guest of Colonel James F. Smith and his fellow-officers at Malacanan Palace. They had no spare bed, but rigged me up a kingly couch in the large and elegantly appointed draw- ing room. ntg think it was_just before dawn that T was awakened by the music of violin, Ilynrncec-(led from a barge laden with pleasure-seekers, and as It floated down the stream this sweet music Tose and fell in fitful spasms. It was in that plaintive, melancho strain which the Spaniards love and which the Fili- inos have adopted. Now the wail of a ite as it arose above the harp's golden fones. like the sighing of wind through pines, ‘“Los Dias Ultimas del Verano’ (the last days of summer) must have musician of no mevm gfiiflt;.omposed il C. C. CARLTON. NEWS OF FOB.EIP AVIES. German second class battleship B:;"cem of 7441 tons, built at Kiel in 1578, has been thoroughly refitted, and- with new boilers of the Durr type made 17T knots on trial. With the old boilers the highest speed reached was only 14 knots. The three Brazilian torpedo cruisers Tupy, Timbera and Tanrayo, each of 1030 tons, which have just been completed at Kiel, Germany, will receive their bat- teries from Elswick. The Brazilians have never had a high opinion of Krupp ord- nance. The machinery of the Russlan battle- ship which was built in England bas finally been accepted. The ship passed through her twelve hours' trial trip last month, and although the weather was very rough the engines developed a mean of 11,400 horsepower, 809 in excess of the contract. Italy has taken warning from the bat- tle off Santiago and the use of wood on board ships will be almost entirely dis- pensed with. The Russian Minister of Marine con- templates an exhibition jn 1800 showing the progress of warship building @uring the century now closing. The Navy League of London submitted an offer to the British Admiralty tender- ing a prize of 20 guineas to the ship which during the next six months should make the best practice in prize firing. The. admiralty, through its ' secretary, very curtly replied that it was not pre- pared to accept the offer. The Austrian torpedo boat Roa. bullt by Yarrow, and very similar to the “Viper, has passed through a successful trial, making 24.265 knots with 280 revolutions and 180 pounds of steam. The boat is 152 feet 6 inches in length and 15 feet 3 inches in breadth, and has only one screw. The coal capacity is sufficient for 1500 knots at 10 knots speed. The Viper made 26.78 knots on trial, but carried a load of only 26 tons, while the Boa carried a load of 44 tons. The new fortifications of Port Arthur are being bullt with great dispatch, and upward of 5000 workmen are employed. There are to be three forts, which are calculated to make the naval station safe from any attack by land or sea. Fort No. 1 will be armed with eight 12-inch Carret guns, which will have a range of thir- teen miles. This fort will also contain sixteen 6-inch quick-firers, mounted in steel casemates of 15 inches thickness in front and 5 inches on the sides and roof. Fort No. 2 will mount eleven 12-inch and twenty-eight 6-inch guns in casemates. Attached to these forts will be two tor- pedo stations to each, with three 18-inch tubes. Fort No. 3 mounts twelve 12-inch and fifty-two 6-inch guns, and contains barracks for €200 infantry and artillery men. In the British dockyard the Government compensates employes who get hurt while in the performance of duty. The rate ranges from 24.60 to 6.60 of the man’s earnings, the highest being paid to such as are permanently disabled, and the lowest rate to those slightly hurt. In ad- dition the workman receives the pension to which he may be entitled from his length of service, the highest sum total Dbeing limited to $1500 a year, and in the event of death through accident the rela- tives or dependents of the deceased re- ceive a round sum in pension and hurt money. This is better treatment than the employes in United States navy yards re- ceive. The unfortunate victim is bundled off the yard and if the accident occurred during the forenoon he receives only one- half a day’s pay. About ten yvears ago Captain Coghlan, then at Mare Islang, came near getting into difficulty because he forgot (?) to dock the pay of two la- borers who were serfously injured while docking a French ship-of-war. Two days after the men had been sent over to Val- lejo on stretchers the eagle eye of an ultra-honest officlal discovered that the disabled men were still carried on the muster roll, and Captain Coghlan received a severe reprimand for his forgetfulness. 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