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News From tlie Tbineentli at Manila. BASE BALL M MMILA NATIVES TREATED TO AN EXHI BITION OF THE NATIONAL GAME MINNESOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA Team* Made l'p off the Mcmbern of tlie Volunteer Re&imeiitß of the Two States Try Conclusions, antl the thirteenth Minnesota la Beaten ln a Close and Exciting Contest. .Special Correspondence The St Paul Globe. MANILA, Oct. 21.—The Spaniards and goo-goos of Manila, have been treated to an exhibition of the Amer ican game, and their opinion of the same v.'ill be translated and forward ed at tiome later date, but it may cor respond to Theodore Roosevelt's opin loon of tlie result of the late mayoral ty contest in greater New York. At any rate, that is the way tihe Minne sota contingent in this part of the United States feel about it. After hoisting the first American flag and Thirteenth Bows to Duty's Call. X 8 To The St. Paul Globe: C/ In the issue of Tho St. Paul Glob eof Sapt. 7, I read with deep interest £* 0\ the action of tho Auxiliary association, at a meeting held in the interests of >£ X^ tho Thirteenth Minnesota, at the Commercial club. %V \*j The wives and mothers of our brave boys, who expressed themselves so iFX nobly In regard to our going home are in the right about it. It cost them f\_ \^ something to epeak the noble, patriotic words about us, but their hearts were V \*2 right, as ours desire to be. £S f\ Let the thought perish that the Thirteenth Minnesota ls a home-sick 2v \£ regiment. We have come nearly ten thousand miles to do our full duty for «yj OUT country and our flag. But we have no desire to go home until Uncle f\ Sam thinks we can be properly relieved from duty. >V yf There are fever-stricken boys in the hospital wards who would like to _* &p feel tho touch of a mother's hand on their hot brows, if such a thing were ZtS f\ possible, but thero are no home-sick boys there. They are as brave on their V* cots (their present "post of honor") as they were ln the trenches and on SV M the battle field. /X jr^r. In passing through the fever ward the other day, a soldier of the Thir- /\ S/ teenth looked up with a pleasant smile, and said: v£ fry "Chaplain, I'd like some letter paper to write a letter home." -££ fS I supplied him, from a package that I held in my hand, and said, while /\ V> doing so: "My boy, I wish you were at home. Mother's care wouid bring _£ y e? you upou your feet in short order, wouldn't it?" . «*#*•■%, "Yes, I think so, chaplain, but I'm going to get there any way," he /C \£ answered. Vy W^ "Tlnii you're not home-sick?"" *\ A "Hoinc-siok! Not a bit of it. I don't want to go home until the regi- Sf ment gees, and I don't want tho regiment to go until its work ls fully done \f /\ That ls the true ring of every heart in the Thirteenth. Now that the 5\ \r fighting is over, it can hardly be wondered at that speculations aa to how fry long the government will bold us in servloe should be ln order. f-S SS. We have business and professional men, as well as students who were X^ in courses of study at our universities, who, in the nature of things, would _g \*_i like to resume their cherished work. We know how ardently our dear ones fry S\ long to welcome us back, and we as ardently long to see their dear faces >r once again, but neither they nor we desire that our work here shall end un- _g \0 til that work is fully and honorably done. *\^ AX If It beoom a necessary (aa Is not now likely to be the case) to teach 5*C \c our insurgent friends some practical lessons we-all desire to help furnish the \£ Cy Instruction. && Q If "foreign complications" shall require our continued presence here, _f\ j£ why, here we are, sirs, at your service! "No home-going till our work Is Vf VV done." This is our motto. We are proud of our regiment and its honor- O SS able record thus far. We axe nroud of the state we came from. We are proud f\ \f of the government that sent us to the farthest outpost of the war line. Wa _Z VV aro proud of our brave wives, mothers ar.d sweethearts who bo anxiously' wait v* /X our return, and we are nroud to have the whole country know that the Thir- /%. >T teenth Minnesota ls not home-sick, but ln Uie Held for whatever may be Sr V/ required of lt. fr«s —C. A. Cressy, f\. Chaplain Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. Sr V$ Manila, Oct. 24. g3 "having the brunt of the fight on the 13th of August, the police force of Ma nila was compelled to watch their chosen Idols go down in defeat before the brawny sons of South Dakota, but like the immortal John I_. Sullivan after his defeat by Coroett at New Or leans, the Minnesota men rose to the full eminence of their Yankee vigor end exclaimed that "it took an Ameri can to lick them." The game was the first of a championship series, original - ed by the American Commercial coni rany among the volunteer regiments. The regulars also having such an or ganization among thenuselves, the win ner of each to play for the champion ship of Manila. At the present time Minnesota's team looms up about as formidable in the race as a Spanish fleet in a conteslt with the Gloucester. The gloom that enveloped the various quarters <.'f the Minnesota companies after the g vine was as dense as Wey ler'a think-iank and as lasting and as dark as our hopes of an early return heme. The game was the occasion for the reappearance on the diamond of Bt-me of St. Paul and Minneapolis' erst while stars, and as the game progress ed, one by one they fell from grace wiih a thud that sounded like a fat man tailing through a conservatory. Tom my Larkin, who looks more like a Cas tilian surcharged with honor than an I* trepid American on an errand of imercy, managed to hammer his way iv-zKTJ "Our boy has taken three bottles of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery for St. Vitus's Dance," says Mrs. E. A. Bender, of Keene, Coshocton Co., Ohio. •'Fe waa very nervous and constantly jerking and twitching, but now he is as steady as anyone; in fact, seems entirely cured. He thinks a great deal of Dr. Pierce. As* a cough remedy and blood purifier there is nothing better. IT IS JUST THE RIGHT MEDICINE 1 FOR A CO/IPLETE BRACINO UP." Send 21 one-cent stamps to pay the co9t of mailing on a free copy of Dr. Pierces 1000-page illustrated "Common Sense Medical Adviser," a complete family med ical library in one volume, or for 31 stamps a heavier, cloth-bound copy will be sent. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. into the hit and run columns with an agility that reminded his friends of the Pickett's palmy days. Otto Raddotz duplicated Bob Glenalvln at second, but unlike that noble warrior, his bat was full of holes on critical occasions. Kovec, in center, came pretty near be ing to the Minnesotas wihaJt the ele phant is to the circus, the whole thing. Tiie best band on the island, viz., the Minnesota band, has written a revision of the good old tune, "She May Have Seen Better days," for Delaney, so as to make it conform to his sex. But why girate at any greater length, sufflceth it to cay that the team will at some future date, the Ist of November, make due reipnration for their short coming of the 18th and re-establish themselves as the "ne plus ultra" organization of the island. The following is a detailed account of the death scene. Score: Thirteenth Minn. AB. R. H. PO. A. ~ Prieet, 3b and p 8 1 1 1 8 o Raddotz, 2b 4 1 0 8 I 0 Larkin, rf 4 8 10 0 0 Lyon, es 4 0 0 i i % Shannon, c 4 0 16 8 0 Kovec, cf 8 18 6 0 0 Kyberg, lb 8 0 18 8 0 Delaney, If 8 10 0 0 1 Tucker, p 1 0 0 0 2 1 Hazenwinkle, $b 0 6 Q 0 0 0 Frlckman, p. 1 0 0 110 Totals 29 6 6 18 18 4 First B. Dak. Vol. AB. R. H. PO. A. __. Malay. 8b 4 1112 1 McKugh, If 4 1 0 0-0 0 Osborne, lb 2 118 11 MrMahon, 2b 3 0 0 2 18 Plnsom, rf 8 0 0 0 1 0 Halsad. ss s 3 10 0 1 Stevens, c 8 i a a . Willmarth, cf 2 1 0 0 0 0 Smith, p i 0 0 2 8 0 „, TotaJ3 27 1 1 21 15 1 Minnesota _ no 1 2 1 0— _ South Dakota ..7.2 1 2 1 I 0 ad_\ Two-baie hits. Ofborne; wild pitches. Priest ___£ Ck£ aT? _L hit by pta&e-*; Larkin" De fSn 1-£ HuSh:uSh: Passed balls. Shannon 6 bto\ens 2; strike-outß, Raddotz 2, Ryibere Friekman Lyon, Shannon, McHugh, M**. Malum. Plneom, Malay; double plfy R^d cVtz and Ryberg; bases on balls, Prifst Kovec. Hazenwinkle, Delanev, Osborne Wlll- n A AA l S'^ baies ' Kove«- Tucker,'Lyon Raddatz, Osborne, Smith; attendance BOuO C°JS ' 15° Spanlards- »» 000-GkSs (nT —J. G. Wallace. MAJ. BEAN WARDEN. U in Charire of tbe Philippine Peni tentiary at Manila. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Advices received from Manila state that Maj Ed Bean, Thirteenth Minnesota, has been appointed warden of the Philip pine penitentiary. The institution is a sort of state prison for the entire col ony. Bean is making changes in ad ministration ar.d has started in on a policy of reform. He found many prisoners in solitary confinement chain ed. He released them and set them to work. He discovered that Spanish turnkeys were selling articles made hy prisoners and pocketing the money. Bean has had his predecessor arrested R. BUNKER (First sergeant Company E, a gentleman and a fighter). for peculation of prison funds. There are 700 convicts ln prison, mostly na tives, some of Spain's prisoners will be sent back home soon. One Spanish of ficer who had been imprisoned for ten | years without being able to secure I trial, was tried and sentenced for eight years more. Maj. Bean is trying to have him released. Christmas Cheer. ALB&ANDRIA, Minn.. Nov. 89.—(Special.) —At a meeting of the Alexandria flre de partment a motion, "That the members of our department now serving In the army be remembered by sending each members $5 for Christinas cheer," was unanimously oarried. The department has five members la the Thirteenth and Fifteenth regiments. Hubbard Has Hopes. WASHINGTON. Nov. 80.—Gem L. F. Hub bard is here attending to some matters be for the war department There ls gossip to the effect that he may yet be appointed to a military position In Cuba or Porto Rloo. Gen. Hubbard called on Secretary Alger this after ___«__■ THE ST. PAGE, GLOBE THUKSOAY DECEMBER 1, 1898. GEN. REEVE'S AWER WRITES AN EXHAUSTIVE LETTER IN REPLY TO CHARLES 1. BUNKER HAS NO APOLOGY TO OFFER Mr. Bunker Asked Why Information Regarding; the Thirteenth Had Not Been Received Ilejvularly— Gen. Reeve Replies That He Made Every Effort Possible to Bend Ont New*. Borne time ago Charles S. Bunker, of this city, wrote Gen. C. McC. Reeve asking why information regarding the Thirteenth Minnesota could not be had more regularly. In the mall from the Philippines, which reached St. Paul yesterday, was received an open reply from Gen. Reeve. The letter in full ls as follows: Manila, P. 1., Oct. 18, 1898,^-Charles S. Bunker, Esq., St. Paul, Minn.—!dy Dear Sir: Your favor of Sept. 12, is just at hand, and I hasten to reply, and ln the first place I wii-h to say that never, ao far as my memory strves me, have I- received any communi cation by letter or wire, from the Thirteen.th Regiment, Minnesota, United Stat«3 Volun teers' Auxiliary society requesting Informa tion from me regarding this regiment. At the risk of being somewhat tedious, I will go back to the date of the battle and give ln detail the effor s made by us to tcp GEORGE FERNALD AND JOHN YOUNG (Taking ln 'he town. Photo Sept. 17). all our friends in Minnesota, Irrespective of any Individual or association, fully informed as to the condition of our men. Before leaving Minnesota, Assistant Surgeon H. P. Ritchie entered into an arrangement with the S;. Paul papers whereby he was to keep them fully apprised by letter and cable of the course of events here. This arrange ment, ln brief, was the sending of cable grams through the agency of the New York Herald ln this city, direct to New York, frcm which point .they were to be repeated 'to St Paul. We understood that Assistant Surgeon Law had undertaken ta keep the Minneapolis friends advised also, and lt was not until about the middle of September that we learned this latter arrangement applied only to a certain few ln the regiment. Neither Dr Ritchie nor myself could possibly have had even the most remote suspicion that an ar rangement suggested and approved by so reputable journals as the St. Paul papers could have been lacking in any of the es sentials requisite to promptly and accurately carry lt out. On our arrival ln the conquered city the first thing that Dr. Ritchie and I did tired wet and hungry as we were, was to prepare an accurate list of the killed and wounded for transmission by cable as soon as com munication should be es abHshed. Under the arrangement above refe; red to this dispatch was plated in the hands of ths • proper authorities and sent from this city as the records here show. On the 22d of August I received a d:spat c h from Minneapolis papers aa follows "Anxious ;o hear." Knowing as I did the great enterprise of these papers ln the mat ter of news, I construed this d^pa-tch as a request for some account of our participation ln the battle. Being satisfied tha' our repu tation could not suffer by delay and that the full report would be necessary to enlighten our friends as to the honorable part we had taken, I did no: answer this cablegram. Later, when importuned time and again by newspaper correspondents to tay some thing for publication. I Invariably replied that the list of killed and wounded of a regi ment which had lost nearly as many men as all the rest of the army combined was a more eloquent tribute to its worth than any wordo of mine. So matters went on until the middle of September, Dr. Ritchie faithfully reporting every dieath as lt occurred, while I replied t» such dispatches as were addressed me, and it was not until receipt cf the home papers con taining the first account of the battle, w« found with amazement, tl at Dr. Ritchie's messages had not appeared in print. The feelings of that efficient and painstaking offi cer ca<n be better imagined than describe- when, like a thunderbolt, the conviction came to him that, through somebody's blund er, his messages had never reached home. You cite your own experience regarding your son as a -'thoroughly gcod example" of tho unreliability of the news received here. As a matter of fact, the news regaa-ding Lieut. Bunker, contained in "the six cable grams mentioned by you, could not have mora expliclty described his case if the entire, corps of army correspondents here had de voted their exclusive attention to it. First dispatch: He was wounded. Second dispatch: The wound (in the band) of itself was considered slight. Third dispatch: Complications with fevei» set in and his life was despaired of. Fourth dispatch: His disease developed into typhoid fever. Fifth dispatch: His youth and good con stitution pulled him through. Sixth dispatch: He was seat home with the convalescents. I fall to find ln these dispatches either in consistency or contradiction. There ls further complaint because "the roster of the 800 recruits sent on June 18 last has never been filed with the adjutant EMPEROR DOOMED! Has Blight's Disease and Famous Physi cians Have Given Him Up—Thou sands of Gases Cured. BUFFALO, Nov. 80.—Late dispatches from Pekin, China, bring information to the effect thaft the Emperor is dying of Bright's Diesa^e. He ls now undor the care of a famous French physician, who says that the Emper or's oomnlatot Is "an incurable kidme> disease." Ths famous French physician Is mistaken There is no incurable kidney disease. In this city, where tfie only remedy that can positively cure Bright's Disease and all other Kidney Diseases, ls prepared, and where numerous cures have been effected by its us» the statement of the famous French physician reads strangely enough. Dodd's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of cases of Kidney Diseases that have been pronounced "incurable" by doctors. They have never scored a failure. R. J. Baxter, an emglneer on ths West ern New York & Pennsylvania Railroad had Bright's Disease. He was reduced to a mere skeleton, and was given up by the doctors. He says: "At that time I had ore pared to die." Today he ls a well ana powerful man, and is again running an engine To a reporter of a Buffalo newspaper Mr* Baxter said: "A friend, also an engineer on the road, told my folks of a sure Oure, Dodd's K'dney Pills. I determined to make one final effort to regain health and strength. I bought a supply of Dodd's Kidney Pllla and began using them. In a few day* my oondiflon be gan to Improve. Two months from the day I began using Dodd's Kidney Pills I surprised the W. N. T. * P. E. R. Company, fiy *_>>. . s-yla* tor _**__.» mmmW» ajr ap sswwoesoeo©©©©- st. mvt finest mosEr-omisHiH store s©©©s©s©©ee<sss® 1 fllff DUR CONSTANT STUDY A § u_\ lawmr-f if diff«rent from those shown elsewhere. In fact, we never '111 %l^^§i' M W^^^^g^^l^^M have goods that other people are selling". So, buying here, IM //$/ «« g A HERE ARE TWO NEW THENGS IN IK-^B^C^S^ 1 JP-Il ODD PARLOR ROCKERS fIPSr J ■^ ~" |jjr made in Mahogany, Flemish and English Oaks. It is -PffLi i jiJTW' 11 081 well to select early for your Christmas Gifts. We are liSrfJSf*- ""' ' T^s^la. «/> M We have the finest assortment of Jardi- already laying- aside many choice things. JsS<^nE*-9i> C 9 nleres ln the city. A choice lot of special lff**»L "^i^M^ffl, >a good values ln Art Designs under the glaze, ' — f-sy ____\ similar to Rookwond, at $1.60 .te $8.50; sold _-£______ _-l_^s IVT r* M >«SiaP J5 #g at other stores from $2.05 to $7.00; 6-inch t^_t______WtWSa___^St__C^ WHOICe lNe\V Cllt- «« 9 P laln £ laZ( * Jardinieres ac 23c, worth 35c; 7- _. „ ' — __Z. gj inch plain glaao Jardinieres at 2dc; worth 4To. S[^^Fl^W^^mTm_m_^im tingSOl the FitlCSt Fiuelv finished, neat €"■* simm IBWMBI^ &MEum_m music cabinets 1 Sf _-___w_ffl_n^!L_fty ia**»*Hl Swfejv r^-lsS WM^^^^^ tf*ll7 IP-I fk€__s_&___. atWrtyoFFtheusual •>riceß -/JS /eE j*jfi llf] a*ffi|*| N3l Hll£Wl HMfenß MMg^-wi^ l§P^7 **U?<*J I *l!3lLx,f-*a*®<©B Three size:;- Smallest size, each $1.45 Vf \r fi^SE.^gßi'AaiMu2»B3i> JJiJBS Jw\ n Medium size $2.45 i^O /X W^"*!^*B^''' ' All iv Oak or Mahogany Finish. \* * B «Z^™7?fil, C PfiBTH & FAHWELL COMPANY, I "HD the goods and want you to be supplied with C -w- nani 9e _ gr___\_-<~-_- _-____>___mmm ___-_r-_ _____ ' £■ £fc every comfort or necessity. Give us pari; -*>^ J?& ST. PAUL'S FIfiSST FURNITURE STOS?*P **C ***n* down and the balance monthly and we are V3B-C"%T _sn_ **■»■—j gk urn. no mtere.t ci,«r s e4. *-™*- „, <^>^^N,»Six«i and Minnesota Streais. S «®®«®>©<->©©o< SEND 10c FOR POSTAGE AND BET OUR NEW FURNITURE CATALOGUE X)©©©©©©*®©©®® general, as reauired by law. Whose fault is that?" Well, as you are 10,000 miles nearer Wash ington than I am, peihaiva you can answer the question better than I. We filed th<» rosteT with the adjutant general of tha aim> "as required by law" before we left B-.n Francisco, and we have fled a report, not only of these 800 recruits; but of the entire regiment, once every ten days since. If lt was necessary for the purposes of your association to obtain this roeter, it certainly could have been obtained from Washington in cix days, and I fail to see the necessity of calling my attention to this mattor ln the epirlt of criticism, when no instructions have ever been received by us requiring the filing of this roster ln St. Paul. You suggest a "semi-monthly cable, giving fully the condi tion of the regiment. It Is perhaps a cruel fact, but a fact, neverthe'tes, that no cable gram, no matter how explicit, oan give the condition of the reg:mfnt, wftich would lie reliable for one day after such a message was sent. _, Men die here like withered flowers, only quicker. A short time ago. after careful consultation with the regimental surgeon, I cabled the governor that we had none dan gerously sick, and within, twenty-four hours three men, supposed to be on/the high road to recovery, fell by the wayside, and we sor rowfully laid them away among the ever-in creasing number of their departed comrades. Neither Dr. Ritchie nor the St. Paul papers can be blamed for the partial failure of a plan which Involved the transmission of In formation over various cables and telegraph lines, a distance of nearly 20,000 milos. The strictures made by the friends of this regiment on the conduct of any officers for Supposed failure to keep them advised ln mat ters of life and death are unjust and cruel. As for myrself, I have on this soore nelthar apology to offer nor indulgence to crave. I have tried to do my whole duty as I under stood lt, and have never yet failed, by lettftr or wire, to promptly answer any and every communication regarding members of this regiment from whatever source received. Yours respectfully, —C. MeC. Reeve. COMPANY D. BOYS. Personal Gossip Alton' the Soldier Boys From St. Panl. Special Correspondence The St. Paul Glche. MANILA, Oct. 13, 1898.—The boys are all busy reading letters from home, as mail arrived today. Every one Is anx ious to get every scrap of news from the "old country," and a big double armful of Globes that Downs re ceived lasted quick. Private Jack Flynn is back with us again. Jack doesn't want any more hospital he says. Company D's hospital roll reads: Sergeant Bach, Corporals Pohler and Henschal, Privates Nelson, Dwyer, Kenny, McCune De Frate, Siebold and Miss, every one of which, we are glad to say, is doing well and will rejoin us soon. Private Fetsch had the misfortune to sprain his ankle last week while ex ploring some old ruins at Cavite. He ls getting along nicely, however, but will not be able to use his foot for some time. Privates Burton and Nathorst have about twelve game cocks in training GEORGE MAJ3AS"*. (As he appears on the promenade). I and we expect some lively sport, as nearly all the companies/ have good birds. Quartermaster Sergeant Chris Iltner and Jim Donnelly had chicken for din ner a few days back, whl/e the rest of us ate rice. Chris and Jim bought a game cock (?) but Burton's "Monterey" was too much for him. Speaking of chickens recalls the Friday supper of fried young chicken. It TOade a hole in the company fund.^buf* "that satis fled feeling" was woeth lthe expense. We find no difficulty in conversing with the Chinese on account ofiour being so long on a rice diet. ■». f We see that the Thirteenth and Fif teenth regiments are to be retained ln the service, so good-by to all rumors of an early home-going. As to our opin ion—well the boys do not deny that they would like to go home, but Just as long as the United States needs their services, Just so long are they ready to stay. They make nd petitions, and feel sure that when their 'country no longer needs them orders will be here to send us home. Private Lark has been detailed as clerk in _____ aajut&at general* office, lfnWwiaLill IIl! I lllniilif *.| II *11 '*/ ***** "* wd_ a ill il Mvli Ir "in w'^fjlj, * m * ****-*,*• ' * Willi l|M '.'^^fP^^*1 ' " .r' \\\ I ' " ' ' ' ' " ■ I ■"» I .n, ' finside the prison in old Manila. The marks on the wall are bullet holes made where the Spanish Bhot Insurgent prisoners). and Private Carl Van Hoven as court stenographer. Private Keogh has secured a berth ln the internal revenue deoartment, and puts his time ln sampling beno : and looking at liquor licenses down Malate way. Private L. M. Delaney has been ap pointed an acting corporal and will make a good one. Company D was represented by Ed Delaney in the Minnesota-South Da kota ball game yesterday. South Da kota won by a score of 6 to 7. The field was in very poor condition, the grass high and the ground wet, and umpires yellow. Batallion parades are on the pro gramme to occur twice a week. These parades are about the only time we ever hear our band, which, by the way, ls second to none here. The following is our routine at pres ent: First call, 5:45 a. m.; reveille. 5:55 a. m-; reveille assembly, 6 a. m.; drill, 6 to (1:30 a. m.; breakfast, .:i_; a. m.; fatigue call, 8 a. m.; battalion guard mount, 8 a. m.; first call, 8 a. m.; assembly, 3:10 a. m.; adjutants call, 8:15 a. m.; dinner, 11:45 a. m.; supper, 5 p. m.; retreat, first call, 5:30 p. m.; as sembly, 5:40 p. m.; adjutant's call, 5:45 p. m.; call to quarters, 9:50 p. m.; taps, 10 p. m. Private William Thone has been on detail for several days as special nurse at the division hospital. Since the ar rival of the Red Cross girls who came over to nurse many a fellow has been heard to say he "believed he would get sick if he was sure of getting one of the girls to take care of him." It is like a glimpse of home to talk with one of them after three or four months of iso lation like ours. One word to those who have friends or relatives over here ln the service: Remember we get mail only about twice a month on an average, and the more letters you write the easier you make our work. Weather: Warm days and cool nights, with heavy rainfalls. MANILA AMERICANIZED. Private Kimball Writes Entertain ingly of the Transformation. Special Correspondence The St. Paul Glob 2. MANILA, P. 1.. Oct. 19—Company E headquarters, Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers: Since my last to you the change here has been something won derful in municipal affairs, and, in fact, in everything. The once Spanish city is now an American one in every sense of the word and all inhabitants are well pleased with the change in affairs. None can doubt who have seen that Manila was in a horrible state when the army of occupation en tered. That the city was on the point of starvation could be seen by hungry faces that were met with everywhere. That disease ln all its horrors was soon to come was apparent from the filth that lay on every street and was piled ln every gutter. This has all been remedied and is now as clean and healthy as the climate and low coun try on which lt stands will permit. All gambling has been suppressed. All saloons and native shops selling liquors from now on are under license. This is, of course, in proportion to the amount handled. Even the native hack driver is coming in for his share. Street venders are being thoroughly cleaned out. The professional beggar is a thing of the past. These beggers in the past would go around the streets with a piece of bloody meat wrapped up in the palm of the hand and try the sympathy racket. Native apparel here ls to the untrained American eye rather shocking, but the boys take kindly to the costumes and follow suit and even impose on them. In quarters a belt is considered sufficient, though shirts are sometimes worn. This, of course, is during the warm weather at present. The coming three months will be our cold spell, when the themometer will not register over 90 or 100 degrees in the shade. The boys do not an ticipate any skating on the bay and a3 ice is worth fifty cents a square foot, winter sports have been given up. Base ball ls now in vogue and each regiment is represented by the pick of its men. The prize played for ls a splendid silver cup presented by the Cyrus Nobia Co., of England, for a series of games between all regiments in the Philippines. South Dakota and Minnesota played their first game Oct. 18. Score 7 to 6 in favor of South Da kota. The game was an all around good one. Among prominent guests present was Brig. den. Reeve and wife. Food here aa a whole haa been very poor and not what should be ex pected, and by careful figuring we find; we are fed at the rate of about eight cents a day to the man. This is not right and should receive the careful attention of some one. Private John son ls and has been company cook for the past three weeks and is a dandy. He is the first real all around cook the company has had since enlisting. The hardships of a cook are many, as he has at times nothing to cook and has to stand the kicks, but Johnson cooks things of nothing and makes them palatable. The band was station ed with us during the past month, and as soon as it was settled was started ln on guard mount. Brilliant idea. Officers of the day: Capt. Spear, Adjt. Liaut. Olark; officer guard, Lieut. Trowbridge; sergeant major, Sergeant Bunker. It was fine for a few days, but this weather inclines a man toward sleeping in the morning. Since coming on police force, Aug. 23, we have arrested some 700 people. Out of thig number 300 have been tried JACK STAPLETON (As he appeared at the front). and convicted, with fines ranging from $3 to $50, Mexican; and imprisonment of from ten days to six months. Our most exciting day and night was Oct. 8, '98, when we made fourteen arrests, three of which were stabbing affairs and one a shooting frac-us, and all con victed. Only one case of murder in our district. This was Odon Fernando Chao, murdered Sept. 26, midnight, on board the sailing schooner Leonor, at anchor in River Paslg, by crew with help of his captain's wife; all escaped. Our boys guarded the boat for a mat ter of two weeks. The ship Is still there with anchor and rudder (you know an American soldier likes to gather souvlniers). Private Kimball gathered in, as a last resort, the ship's barometer, but he has to go to the of ficers' quarters now to find out weath er indications. John Canner is sport ing a new pair of cuff buttons. Ha mann gives the points ol the compass; Werley may start ln as company bar ber. Stapleton is sporting a new suit. The ofllcers' china and tableware has improved lately. By the way, Ben Williams sports neckware now. Private A. T. Williams has no right sleeping in a hammock when cots are in vogue; that is, Private Campbell says bo. Private Fernald stands by to swear to it. Bob Kelleher is on as de tective and has done good, though you know an American's work is some times coarse. Jess Furnell is an ex member, retired on account of Indefi nite inability. Capt. Spear, as ohief of police, is growing real stouf. Sickness in our company holds about the same* The following are in hospital: Mas Hanft, Hugo Hanft, Sergeant Carle ton, Frank Morgan, Louis Bailey, Louis Peyer, Private Mulllns, Private Atheson, Private Blood, and sick in quarters about fifteen. All are doing well. Detailed on special duty: Private Cutts, Hobart, Kelleher and Larkin. Detailed aa office boy and fan swinger, Private Eckley and Private Sperry; stable detail, Private Loftus; cook for officers' mess; George Thei3en, lately detailed as detective in Chinese quar ters; Privates Haggerty, Carle and Campbell prefer quarters to outside life. Private Lyberg is thinking of go ing home. First Sergeant Bunker, with Ser geant Soheber as pace setter, has prov en to the company that he is the bet ter man of the two in some things. About twenty members of the com pany participated in a ten-course din ner at Las Cclumnas Gran Casa da Hus Spcdes y Cerveeerer and had a reusing good time. Private Carrier has received • due credit from the boys for his good work in making us a dining table and su perintending the building of a fine cook stove. IWe have two native assistant cooks and a Chinese laundry ln connection with tho company which the boys pay for. Quartermaster Sergeant Good hag been on the sick list since Aug. 23, but . ls improving. Sergeant Fernald is act ing quartermaster in his place. Corporal Holton's whiskers are the pride of the company. Corporal Hum phrey's far-away look grows more pro nounced every day. Private Chamberlain is now company barber and Is proving a success. Privates Fernald, Mahar and Tucker are acting corporals and prove very ef ficient. Our last mail came Oct. 19, '93, and this always brightens up the men. Thg Globe contains the best description of the battle we have seen. Bayonet Champion Bogart's patent leather shoes are dead ln it. Frank Haskell is making quite a hit with the company as head singer in our chorus. We had a letter from Gov. Clough thanking us for our conduct in battle. Sergeant Price ls a little under the weather, though not confined to hia bed. Several songs have been received by Private Duenwold which ho cannot find, and the boys sang "It seems to me," etc. The disgust of Billingsley at being a policeman is apparent. On Oct. 9 the new residence of the consul for the Chinese here was opened. A reception was held during the day and evening. Some Company E men did the guard duty and were finely treated. Ten-course meals were in or der for the guard. Cigars and wines were in abundance for those who wish ed to come and see. Private Lyberg is responsible for tho Etatement that he has seen and ate so much pork since leaving 'Frisco that he dare not look a native hog square in the face. Night of 24th, report ls that typhoon is raging in the China sea. On 25th, we feel the effect of same in Manila heavy wind and rain, with much cooler atmosphere. The boys are all looking for pay day as usual, and we expect it promptly the 81st, or Ist of November. Sergeants Good and Fernald have finally washed their white caps. Sergeant Bunker's spotless white suits are becoming a good thing among the boys. Poker has reached a two-cent limit now. —Private W. A. Kimball. Company E, Thirteenth Minnesota. Winter Tours. The Chicago Great Western Ry. ha«< on sale mound trip Winter Tourist tickets et very low rates, to all principal winter resorts in Cali fornia, Florida. 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