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FILIPINOS HUNGER
FOR AN EDUCATION
Otis
Reports Them
Anxious to
as Quick
Learn.
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Washington, June 12. During Gen
eral Otis' afternoon at the war depart
ment, in conference with the heads ol
the various departments in regard to the
conditions and needs of their depart
ments in the Philippines, he had many
questions to answer in his iutercourre
with his friends respecting preeent and
future condions in the Philippines, and
of these he talked quite freely.
He made one statement in particular
which came as a distinct surprise, in
view of the fact that he has spent a year
and a half In fighting the Filipinos, for
he declared that these same Filipinos
were without question the very beet of
any of the Asiatic races living on the
Pacific Coast and islands. He paid a
high tribute to their acquisitiveness, say
ing that young and eld were alike- ans
ions to learn from the' Americans and
quick to do so if given an opportunity.
The demand for schools on the American
plan was insatiable. .It had not been
possible to secure a sufficient supply of
Spanish-American text books, the
market having been denuded of such.
When the book-hungry Filipinos were
told this, they begged for American
school books, and declared that their
children could learn from them even
withous the Spanish text and transla
tions. General Otis found to his astonish
ment that such was the case and says
that in the course of a few months the
Filipino children pick op a fair know
ledge of English. Even the old natives
con the text books in tho effort to fix
Eirglish phrases in their minds. There
was a dearth of teachers, too, General
Otis often having to use the soldiers in
his ranks, who knew a little Spanish
and so were suitable as detail, for
teachers.
General Otis said he looked upon this
educational uoveraent as the only solu
tion of the Philippine problem and was
confident that the spread of American
ideas throngh the Filip'no schools would
in the end make good citizons of the
Filipinos.
General Otis was positively of the opin
ion that the American forces in the Phil
ippines at present were sufficient for all
needs. Of coarse, he said, General Mac
Arthur's present army could not furnish
a guard to protect every Filipino house
hold in the Ldrones; to do that would
require a force of no less than 200,000
troops, and even the task would occupy
many years. As a matter of fact, he
said, Spain had spent several centuries
in the effort to stamp out the Ladrones
in the Philippine group and there was
reason to believe that those brigands are
scarcely more numerous now than they
were during the Spanish occupation,
when the islands weie nominally at
peace with Spain.
General Oiis was confident, however,
that conditions would steadily improve
and that little by little these robber
binds would he driven away. Mean
while, he admitted, that it was often
dangerous for Filipinos of the better
class, whose interests naturally lay in
American sovereignty, to admit their
preferences, for they were subject in that
case to assassination, to the loss of prop
erty snd to prosecution, instigated by
various elements In the population to
whom American occupation was obnox
ious. China's Treacher) .
London, June 13, oYiO a. m. The
Times, In an extra edition, publishes the
following dishatch from Pekin, dated
June 12, 2 p. m.:
"The Chancellor of the Japanese lega
tion, Sngyama Akira, while proceeding
"'one and unprotected, on oflicial duty,
was brutally murdered by soldiers of
Tung Fnh Siang, the favorite body guard
of the Empress, at the main gate rail
road station yesterday.
"The foreign relnlorcements Te daily
expected. The preeent isolated position
at Pekin, the destruction of forein
property in the country, and the
insecurity of life are directly attributable
to the treachery of the Chinese govern
ment. I.alng's Nek Ahanrinnr.l,
London, June 12. The war office to
lav posted tho following dispatch from
Holler:
"Headquarters ftl Natol, Juno 1 1. We
'"reed Almond's Nek. It is not marked
n the map, but is the last defile to
Charleston Flats. The enemy were in
considerable force, with several guns In
position. The brunt of the fighting fell
"ponthe Second Doraets, who carried
H'e poiltlon at the point of the bayonet, I
and t'.e Third Cavalry Brigade, who were
heavily attacked on oar right from the
very broken count-y utouad Ikelin
Mountain. I hope our casualties are less
than 100, which, considering the extreme
length of the position, is much less than
expected.
Working In Harmony.
Nsw York, June 13. A dispatch to
! the Tribune from London says :
There is a genera) feeling in diplomatic
circles that the European powers have
been united by the dismissal of Prince
Ching, and that in the purging of the
Tsuob li Yatnun of all its moderate men
the Empress Dowager has gone over to
the Bjxere, bag and baggage, and that
the powers have been forced to co-operate
in the restoration of order at Pekin, even
if the services of Russian troops are
required.
Talleyrand's "good Europeans" have
reappeared upon the scene, and have
dropped their jealousies and suspicions.
A mixed forca of 2000 marines will be
inadequate if Pekin should be in the
possession ot the Boxers, and if the in
snrrection spreads from province to
province. The Russians will go in with
a European mandate and probably will
have as many reasons .'or remaining as
the English had found useful and neces
sary in Eypt.
CHINESE QUEST
. ION SETTLED
Tbc Empress Will .Not Be
By the Powers If She
Good.
Spanked
Will Be
Shanghai, June 13. Extraordinary
rumors are current here to the effect
that the powers have settled theChinsse
question by agreeing to forgive the
dowager empress and her Manchu ad
visors, provided they promise to amend
ttieir future conduct.
Wahiiingtos, June 13. The navy de
partment has been informed that the
Yorktown sailed yesterday from Shang
hai for Che Fuo. The United States
consul at Che Foo informed the state
department yesterday of a Boxer dis
turbance at that place, but no particu-
'ars were furnished. Che Foo is on the
northern coast of the Shang Tung penin
suln. '
Survnylug; I'artlea Working Wl,
Baker City, June 12. Two different
parties of railroad engineers left Ontario
on the Snake river, a few days ago, and
started running lines West. Whether
or not these men are working in the
Interest of the supposed C. B. & Q., con
nection with the Columbia Sonthtrn via
the new Boise-Butte rai road, cannot be
told with certainty. But one thing is
sure, Eastern Oregon is alive with new
railroad projects, and if there soon is
not here the keen competition for poe
session of territory in Central Oregon
sooth of Prairie City, and in tho neighbor
hood of Canyon, Burns and Prineville
it will not be because the Indications do
not point that way.
Horn Kvacontn l.aing'a Nk.
London, June 12, 9:12 p. m. The war
office has issued the following from Dul
ler to the secretary of war :
"Joubert's Farm, June 12, 5 :12 p. in.
We are encamped four miles north of
Volkerust. Laing's Nek and Majnba
were completely evacuated by tho Boers
last night. General Cleary, from Itigogo,
is now coming over the Nek. I have
had to camp here for want of water. A
correct list of yesterday's casualties will
be sent as soon as received."
Ouarantine tu He liaised.
San Fuancihco, June 12. The Board
of Health has decided to raise the quar
antineon Chinatow n June 22. If another
case is found, however, tho quarantine
w ill not bo lifted until twenty days from
the date of such discovery.
Many of the Chinese merchants, at a
meeting held during the week, decided
to pay no bills or rent during the
blockade. .
Mr. W. S. Whedon, cashier of the
First National bank of Winterset, Iowa,
in a recent letter gives some experience
with a carpenter in his employ, that
will be of value to other mechanics.
He says: "I had a carpenter working
for me who was obliged to stop work for
several days on account of being trou
bled with diarrhu i. I mentioned to
him that I had been similarly troubled
and that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrlnci Remedy had cured me,
Ho bought; bottle of it from the druggist
here and informed me that one dose
cured him, and he Is again at bis work."
For sale by Blakeley A Houghton.
Clark A Falk'e drug stock it new
fresh and oomplete.
FOREIGN POLICY OF
THE UNITED STATES
Father of Our Country Said We Should
Never Make Any Entangling Alliances
With European Countries, and We
Never Have.
Philadelphia, June 13. The feature
of alumni day at the university of Feun
svivania was an address ly Senator
Cushman K, Davis, ot Minnesota, on
"The Foreign Relations of the "United
States." He said in part:
"The foreign policy of this country
has usually been of that formal character
which consists in negotiating those con
ventions which maintain the peaceful
intercourse of states. We have followed
with very few exceptions the wise advice
of Washington not to involve ourselves
in entangling alliances with European
states and to preserve our peculiar and
powerful isolation from their political
concerns. We have been too remote, and
our latent power has been made foo great
to be atticked, or even made the subject
ot serious diplomatic aggression by
European states singly or In combination
"As to any expansion of our dominions,
it has never been asserted by the most
adverse critic of our institutions that the
cause of civilization and human freedom
would not be thereby promoted. I think
it can be safely said that they who once
threatened intervention between the
United States and Spain abandoned that
desire very quickly after the momentous
events of Manila and Santiago, and will
never again entertain the design of a
similar intrusion under any circum
stances that we can now imagine."
"I believe that these victories have
done more to assure the peace of the
world than all of the alliances and inter
national concerts which have been
effected during the last fifty years."
With regard to the partition of China,
Senator Davis said the United States
would coin in and the greater part of the
commerce with the Chinese Orient.
IT MEANS
A FIGHT
Chinese Will Oppose Troops' Advance
to Pekin Entrenched Outside the
City.
London, June 14, 4 :20 a. m. The Chi
nese are entrtne.hed outside of Pekin to
oppose the advance of the international
column. A dispatch from Tien Tsir,
dated Tuesday, June 12, says:
"I learn that the Chinese have guns
trained on- the American mission and
the British legation. Two thousand
Hussion cavalry and infantry with
artillery have landed at Takn."
The Shanghai correspondent reports
that United States Minister Conger, by
courier, asks for zllou united Mates
t-oops.
The question of provisioning the relief
force is already difficult, and it is pre
dicted at Shanghai that It will become
acute.
The leading members of the reform
party, representing fifteen outof eiithteen
provinces, are at Shanghai. A dispatch
to the Daily Mail, dated yesterday, says
they are sending a petition to the United
States, Great Britain and Japan praying
those powers to take, joint action against
any attempt on tho part of other powers
to partition thee'mpire, and they implore
the power thus addressed to rescuso the
emperor.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the ships of the Russian Racille
squadron on the active list, as well as
those at Vladivostock, have been ordered
to proceed with all haste to Chinese
waters.
The foreign office confirms tho report
of an engagement between troops ol the J
international column end the Boxers
Monday. It says that "about thirty'
five Chinese were killed."
AtlKcknl Hjr linger.
Tikn Thin, June 12. One hundred and
sixty-three British marines landed last
evening. An additional twenty British
have been sent to Fong Shan.
This morning a special train left Tien
Tain for Yangtse to bring General Nieh
to consult with the vicerov.
Telegraphiccommunication with Pekin
is still interrupted.
The Russian waiships Petropanlovski
and Komil iir are at Taku Bar, ami the
Russian torpedo-boats "13" am! "107"
are in the river Takn. Want of trans
ports prevents the Russians from land-
ing troops. The Pussians are very active
today.
It is reported that General Fung Fah
Sian, with many thousand trcops, is at
Feng Tai.
The latest news from Pao Ting Fn is
that the Boxers, 6000 strong, are attack
ing the Catholic convent there. The
situation is critical, and the officials are
evidently inactive.
The United States warships Nashville
and Monocacy are reported at Taku.
Grating I'ertnila,
Wanhington, June 13. The secretary
of the interior today signed all the pend
ing permits allowing the grazing of
sheep on the Cascade, Ashland and a
portion of the Bull Run forest reserves
of Oregon, and sheep will be allowed to
enter these reserves immediately. At
the request of Representative Moody,
this order was telegraphed to Superin
tendent Ormsby, in older Immediately
to accomodate the sheepmen. Grazing
will be conducted nnder rules similar to
those previously enforced, no charge
being made for the privilege. A total ol
103,700 sheep permits were signed today,
in addition to about 4000 for cattle, and
the maximum number of eheep to be
allowed in the Cascade reserve was fixed
at 200.000. Last year the sheep on the
reserve numbered bnt 137,957.
TROOPS SCATTERED
IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Methucn and Kitchener Captured the
Boer Camp and Restored Roberts'
Line of Communication.
London, June 13. Lord Roberts' line
of communications has been practically
restored by a complete victory gained
by Generals Methuen and Kitchener
over General Dewet vesterday. The
Boer camp was captured and the
burghers, it is added,-were scattered in
all directions.
Lord Roberts has fought a battle with
General Botha, at the end of which,
though the British gained considerable
ground, the Boers were not beaten. All
is quiet at Pretoria and Johannesburg.
London, June 13. After a week's si
lence Lord Roberts has been heard from,
his line of communication having been
practically restored by means of a com
plete victory gained by Generals Methuen
and Kitchener over General Dew it at
Rhenostar river yesterday. Lord Roberts,
on being notified of the cutting of his
line of communications, sent General
Kitchener in all haste to join General
Methuen.
June 11 Roberts attacked General
Botha who was in strong force fifteen
miles southeast of Pretoria. After etrenn
on a opposition, the British forces gained
considerable ground, but General Botha,
when Roberts left the field, was still
undefeated.
Paper Mill For Albany.
Aliianv, June It. A paper nnil may
be located in Albany. A force or about
fifteen men are work on the C. & E
railroad, near Niagara excavating to put
in a stMi dam, which is to lie lined for
the pulp mill at that place. The North
Santiam river will be conducted through
a channel about twenty feet wide, cut
throngh solid rock, wi ich together with
the stone dam, will furnish splendid
water power. When the plant is com
pleted t he hemlock timber up the
Santiam will tie converted Into wood
pulp and w II be used in the manufacture
of paper. It is possible that when this
is accomplished that a large paper mill
will tie located at Albany. As soon as
the above, mentioned work is completed,
the firm f O'Neil Bros, it Calhighan
will begin the in in niacin re. ol all kinds
of li n ished paper.
Frank O'Neil, who looks after the
firm's interests in California, has been
up to Niagara for u few. day looking alter
the w oi k personally.
I'oiiImI llatm tfxtriulrri to Island.
Washington, Juno 13. The post-
master - general has Issued an order
ami tiding A previous regulation in re
gard to portage rates between the United
States an I its island possessions. The
order says that the island of Porto Rico
ami the territory of Hawaii are included
in the term "United States" and the
island of Guam, the Philippine archi
pelago an 1 Tntuila are included in the
term "island possessions of the United
Stairs."
Nherirr iiorm Afmr Tajlor.
Frankfort, Ky., Juno 13. Sheriff
Sutter has gone to Indianapolis with a
requisition on Governor Mount from
Governor Beckham asking for the extra
dition of W. 8. Taylor, on an indictment
charging him with being an accessory to
the murder of William Goebel.
BULLER ABLE
TO CO-OPERATE
It Is Believed the Accomplishment of
This Long Delayed Movement Should
Tend to Considerably Hasten the
Pacification of the Transvaal.
London, Juno 14 The war office
issues the following report from Lord
Roberts, under date of Pretoiia, June 13,
afternoon :
"The enemy evacuated their strong
position during the night and have re
tired to the eastward. Ruller's force
and mine have afforded each other mutual
assistance. Our occupation of Pretoria
casned numbers of Boers to withdraw
from Laing's Nek, and Butler's advance
to Volksrnst made them feel their rear
would be shortly endangered."
London, June 14. Lord Roberts' en
gagement with General Botha terminated
as expected by the Boer commander-in-chief
retiring from his position. Beyond
driving Botha further from the capital,
little seems to have been accomplished,
as Roberts does not mention the capture
of prisoners or guns or the Infliction of
lose. Perhaps the most important fea
ture revealed by today's official dispatch
es is the announcement that the army
of Natal is at last in touch with Roberts'
troops. The accomplishment of this
movement, long delayed, should con
siderably accelerate the pacification of
the Transvaal.
That it is already bearing fruit is evi
dent by the submission of the Wakker-
sirom district to General Lyttleton.
Another dispatch from Bailer says Gen
eral Cleary encountered no opposition In
his march from Ingogo to Laing's Nek,
which he now occupies. General Daitnell
marched through Liing's Nek on June
13 on his way to Cliarlestown. Press
dispatches say Charlestown was partially
destroved previous to its occupation by
the Beers, but no damage was done at
Volksrust.
In Orange River colony affairs seem to
be turning to tho same status as obtained
previous to the cutting of the line of
British communications. Schreiner ap
pears determined to adhere to his re
signation of the premiership in spite of
the pressure brought to bear on him by
Sir Alfred Milner, and it is announced
from Cape Town that Milner has sent
for Sir John Gordon Spring, the former
premier, who is understood to be trying
to form a cabinet.
At Cape Town dispatch says :
"At the opening of parliament
Schreiner will explain that he resigned
because he was unwilling to remain in
office, supported by opposition, believing
that his influence is greater with the
moderate Afrikanders when a private
member than as premier by force of
prorestives. Nevertheles, leaden of
the Afrikander extremists aie said to
consider Schreiner a traitor to their
cause."
A WEDDING
IN JUNE
.Nuptials of Governor Geer and Miss
Trullineer Was A Notable Society
Event.
Astoria, Or., June 14. Governor T.
T. Geer, Oregon s chief executive, anil
Miss Isabelle Trullinger, were married
in Astoria this afternoon, tinder circum
stances as happy and surroundings as
pleasant as could bo desired. The
weather did not promise well, but re-
nilted in a beaniiful sunset as the bridal
party started away on their special car.
amid a shower of rice. The ceremony
was performed at the First Presbyterian
church, by Rev. Henry Mar.-otte, pastor
of the church.
It was the desire of Gov. Geer and Miss
Trullinger, as it was of their families,
that the ceremony and the incidents snr-1
rounding it should be quiet and unas
suming, but the prominence of the gov
ernor and the social position of the bride
hardly rendered such arrangements
possible. Astoria's wealth of Cowers
was levied a pen, and the church was a
perfect bower cf white roses, ai ranged
by the hands of ttie bride's friends.
The time set for the wielding was 4
o'clock this afternoon. The bridal party
entered the church exactly at the Lour
designated, and six minutes later they
were in a carriage, starting fcr the home
of the bride's parents, where the recep
tion took place. The ceremont Itself was
a simple one, and only in the benediction
could be noticed any deviation from that
of a less important marriage.
There was no wedding march. As the
bride entered the church on the arm of
her father, Mrs. J. T. lion sang the fitst
veise of Rohm's "Sti'l as the Night."
During the ceremony, Mrs. II. C.
Thompson played "Oh Promise Me" on
ttie organ. As ttio liovernor ami Airs.
Geer left the church, Mrs. J. T. Ross
sting the second verse of "Still as the
Night."
As the bride, on the arm of her father,
J. C. Trullincer, reached tho chancel she
was met by Governor Geer, who was at
tended by Grant Trullinger, a brother of
the bride. Prtceding her were the little
nephew and neice, Pope Trullinger and
Teresa Mack.whoacted as flower-bearers.
Tho bride was attired in a tailor-made
traveling gown of dark gray broadcloth,
with a hat to match the suit. It was
plain, but had a very handsome effect
on the tall and stately woman. Her
bridesmaid was Miss Dow ning, of Salem,
who wa dressed in pink chiffon, w ith a
picture hat to match.
lhe ushers were: Paul ttadolctt, Pan!
Trullineer, Arthur C. Callan and Jack
Allen.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held at the resilience of the bride's
parents, to which only the families of
the bride and groom were invited.
A Thousand fungues
Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Phil
adelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr
King's New Discovery for Consumption
had completely cured her of a hacking
cough that for many years had made
lile a burden. All other remedies and
doctors could give her no help, but she
says of this Royal Cure "It soon re
moved the pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly, something I can
scarcely remember doing before. I feel
like sounding its praises throughout the
universe." So will every one who tries
Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble
of the throat, chest or lungs. Price 50e
and $1. Trial bottle free at Blakeley &
Houghton's drug store; eyery bottle
guaranteed. 5
The M arrlage Invalid.
San Francisco, June 14. Judgo Bel
cher today filed an important opinion, in
which he holds that marriages of divorced
persons in this state within twelve
months after the deeeree of divorce has
been made tin invalid, and that in the
eves of the law such persons are un
married pers msi The opinion was in a
suit brought by Mrs. Abbie Rose Wood
to recover 10,000 from the estate of her
late husband, Joseph M. Wood, on a
contract executed December 30, 1S97,
before the couple were mairied.
A flood Cougii Medlelne.
It speaks well for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy when druggists use it in
their own families in preference to any
other. "I have sold Chamberlain's
Cougii Remedy for the past five years
with complete satisfaction to myself and
customers," savs Druggist J. Goldsmith,
Van Etten, N. Y. "I have always nsed
it in my own family both for ordinary
coughs and olds and for the c uieh fol
lowing In grippe, and find it very effica
cious." For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton. Sm ill in size and great in results are
DeWiti's Little Early Risers, tho fa
mous littlo pills that cleanse the liver
and bowels. Tljey do not Brine.
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cold.
1 have used it mvscll', and in my turn-
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rliarm. I suppose some of the folks would
have run into consumption before this if I
had neglected to keep a bottle ready all tho
time for immediate use. 1 wouldn't think
of using anything else for throat ami lung
trouble. I know what Acker's Remedy
actually does, so what sense is there in ex
perimenting? (Yrtainty is better tliull
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