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in his rioksha from his house in D'Aguilar Street to the office in Praya Central. The ricksha was proceeding at a moderate speed When opposite the kitchen entrance to the New Club he was met by a trolley containing rice which was proceeding up D'Aguilar Street, and was obstruoting more than half the road, There was also another trolley outside the Hongkong Dispensary. Plaintiff appeared to be attempting to avoid the rice trolley and not paying attention to the other traffic. He had contributed to the accident by standing of walking in the centre of the street instead of the pathway at the side.
His Lordship was of opinion that there was contributory negligence, and gave judgment for defendant with costs.
AFFAIRS AT MANILA.
THE REBELS MOVE OUT.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Manila, 24th October.
Men sleep by their arms in Manila to night. For the last two days several of the regiments have been under arms, that is to say, their liberty from the barracks is restricted to short periods of time and everything is kept in readi ness for immediate marching order: guns in convenient position, blankets rolled up, aud rations for two days served out and packed, In short, there are five thousand men kept readiness to step into the field at the call of the bugle.
To-morrow is understood to be the day when Aguinaldo must have all his outposts drawn off ontside Manila and its defences a distance of from five to eight iniles, according to the direction, from the walled city. As yet there has been no indication of the intention of the insurgents to move out their soldiers. On the contrary, they have been increasing the gar risons all around the limits of Manila. At Caloocan to uight there are three thousand Philippino soldiers, a short distance beyond Santa Mesa three hundred and eighty, at Pasig about four hundred, at Paco, Santa Ana, and Pandacan from four to five hundred more; at Paranaque and Pasay, south of Malate, in the vicinity of the now abandoned Camp Dewey, a force of one thousand to 'twelve hundred men is quartered. At Caloocan they have two old converted smooth bore guns trained on the north end of the Binonde suburbs.
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There has been great activity in changing the positions of the men and at almost any time of the day one can see the natives marching along the suburban roads and across the paddy fields. Yesterday afternoon the post just opposite the Americans at Santa Mesa was filled with soldiers; at uine p.m. not a Philippine was to be seen and all the native houses in the vicinity were deserted. Shortly after daylight the post was again fall. The Englishmen and foreigners who live in this neighbourhood evid ently felt the uncertainty of the situation, for flags that have been laid away for weeks are again flying from the houses, night and day.
This morning your correspondent visited the deposito," or reservoir, and the water works At the deposito Col. Montenegro is the Com mander; he has three hundred and eighty men under arms. The senior Captain, Mariano Salvador, of the 5th Company, questioned as to whether he was to move to-morrow, replied that he had no orders to that effect. At the water works there are no soldiers, but just across the Pasig River there is a large body of men, about four hundred, armed with Remingtons, At the deposito the men were nearly all re cruited from other islands than Luzon, the greater number coming from Viscayas. They are quite different in appearance, being smaller in stature, with smaller heads and more pro- minent cheek bones, while their noses are less flat than the Luzon natives; they speak neither Tagalog nor Spanish. These men have just arrived and have very little knowledge of mili. tary affairs. The regular "deposito guard has gone down to the post below Malate. It was reported this afternoon that seven hundred natives had come over from San Roché, near Cavite, to reinforce the garrison south of Malate. To-morrow an officer will be dispatched to Bocoor to find out the intention of the move- ment if the report should prove true,
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were a long distance inside the American lines graph wire going in the direction of Paco failed went out together. About two o'clock a tele- to transmit messages. Soon there was o able excitement, aggravated of course by the was consider- thought that perhaps the wire had been out, as it runs through the district of the belligerent Pio del Pilar. Later it was found that the wire had been blown down. At five o'clock there were still about one hundred men at Paco and to alt appearances they had no intention of moving. Your correspondent visited the complete cironit of outposts and interviewed the officials, but in no instance would they commit themselves more than to say that as soon as they received word that their new quarters were ready, or instruc. tions to move, they were prepared to immediately
While all these movements have been going on among the insurgents, the Americans have not been idle. 18th Infantry Regulars have moved to Cavite, and their colonel, Van Valsal, has assumed command of the post, succeeding General Anderson, who has moved his head- quarters to Manila. To-morrow General Otis will also establish headquarters here. A regi- ment of Montara Volunteers came over from Cavite and went up the Pasig in barges to their new quarters at Malacañan. These boys are fighters from "the drop of the hat," big, sturdy fellows who have been accustomed to hard work in the mines and hills of Montana and who are as familiar with pistols and fire- arms as with knives and forks. As they have seen practically no fighting here, they are thoroughly imbued with that unfortunate feel-march out. ing that occasionally breaks out among the volunteers and is so hard to curb, namely, a desire to fight anything or everything, fight them quickly, and the insurgents in particular. If there is a call to arms these follows will very likely be ordered out.
Volunteer service, has been drawn in from the The California Regiment, the pride of the suburbs to the Spanish Quartel, fronting on the Botanical Gardens and main drive-way. The outpost guards have not been increased in number or in men.
of any intentious that may serve to show up the At the present writing there is not a rostige intention of the local commanders in the there is no possibility of a mistake. Already Philippino outposts. In the American lines
the expiration of that time, namely, by to- the time has been extended five days and if at
not been carried out, then the soldiers can be morrow night, the 25th inst., the demands have
will not stop until all the forbidden positions on the march in five minutes time and they
are cleared.
Malolos and interviewed the President and On Saturday your correspondent visited several officials as to their intentions in giving up the outside defences of Manila. The tenour of their conversation was decidedly peaceful and I was the question had been considered at length led to believe that
As they say, every foot that they move out from and orders issued providing for new quarters.
and houses, houses especially, as there are prac Manila increases the difficulty in obtaining food tically none but nipa huts to be found outside of the city's limits. Now quarters had to be built in many instances and this has occupied them up to the last day of the stipulated time.
As yet there have been no changes; but as Aguinaldo has so far kept his people faily well in hand, and generally made good his promises, I see no reason to doubt that he will fail this time, and it is more than probable that by sun down to-morrow night all the native troops will have complied with the demands and will be guarding the vicinity of some post outside of Manila and its defences.
Santa Mesa, 25th October. After a night of stormy winds and rain that blow the people out of the streets and kept them in their houses; that worried the trains and tore off fluttering awnings; that rushed the suburban Englishmen along the muddy roads, bemoaning fate in language remarkable and drowning the driver's gutteral efforts as he urged the pony along; that kept the outpost sentries close to the boxes, and disturbed the sleep of the anxious men in barracks-at last the dawn broke, cold and wet and cheerless; and this was the day of the exodus.
All day long the steady rain continued, dam. pening the country, but not the ardour of its people, and all morning not a Philippino moved out, while the American sentries sent in reports from the outposts that were eagerly discussed by the restless men in quarters.
At cleven a.m. the natives north of Binondo, at the Spanish stone blockhouse, began to march out over the paddy fields. Then the other block. houses in that line emptied themselves, and all in this vicinity went ut with the exception of some thirty men who occupied a house within seven hundred yards of the 10th Pennsylvania outpost.
Next beyond Santa Mesa the houses were left untenanted, many of the people going along with the troops. In the early part of the after noon the guards reported that the natives below Malate were leaving; several small squads that
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It was feared that there might be some trou- ble at Paco, but toward evening the insurgents gracefully gave up their position the 4th U.S. Cavalrymen.
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At four o'clock Majors Bell and Hutton, of the Bureau of Information, set out to ascertain dark they had not yet returned, but everything the exact state of affairs. Some time after is going along in the smoothest manner, much as was anticipated in yesterday's letter. The excitement is all over and now everyone says "We knew mighty well they would go out; but call to arms." we wish there had been a chance to hear the such calls than they can attend to before they Perhaps they will have more reach America again.
Many people are asking why the insurgents have been ordered to more out. Is it because the natives have been acting badly, or become answer is just this. cockey, or have they disobeyed orders? The When the Spanish sur- rendered to. Admiral Dewey they surrendered "Manila and its defouces." Manila and its defences have never been completely occupied natives to have guards and hold posts in all by the Americans. They have allowed the
directions inside even the American lines.
Gradually they have been forced out while the Americans have correspondingly extended their method will be productive of good results, but outposts. It is hoped that this slow but peaceful in this as in all other questions of weight there are others who have different opinions, who believe that it had been wiser if the Philippinos were put outside the boundaries right from the start.
Manila, 26th October.
The officers of the central police station have been on the look out for the last week for smuggled goods and especially arms that were supposed to be hidden in the walled city. Yes- terday Capt McKelvey followed up the trail to a Chinese store, where twenty five rifles and forty or fifty thousand rounds of ammunition were discovered. Besides these, there were com- plete sets of equipments, belts, cartridge boxes, bayonets, etc. The whole outfit is in excellent condition though its purpose can hardly be understood.
It is very probable that in the near future one, and perhaps two, of the Spanish papers published in Manila will be suppressed.The Spanish press has been very ungarded in its expressions of late, not only in its references to certain Americans and institutions, but inflam- matory telegrams have been circulated. They have also lent a hand in stirring up the natives against the Americans.
VISITORS FLOM MANILA,
The Zafiro and the Esmeralda, which arrived →→ on 3rd November from Manila, brought over two gentlemen who have played a prominent part in the stirring events which have taken place in the Philippines during the last few months, On board the Esmeralda was General Whittier, Chief of the Customs Department at Manila, who leaves for the Conference at Paris on Saturday on board the Sydney, Last night Consul General Wildman entertained him dinner at the U.S. Consulate, Rear-Admiral Fitzgerald and others being invited to meet him. Our other visitor is the Rev. Father McKinnon, captain and chaplain of the 1st California Regiment. Our readers will remem- ber that a few days before the fall of Manils the reverend gentleman risked his life by entering the city in order that he might interview the Archbishop, who it was stated was standing in
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