City Library on City Court CIRCULATION GUARANTEED LARGER THAN ALL OTHER PAPERS IN COUNTY COMBINED OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 1899. 17th YEAR, NO. 23 eiHHerald. Ores: Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum A-uni baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ' BOYM. BAK1N0 POWOeS 00., NEW YORK. The Filipinos. The following communication was re fused by thejPortland Telegram after at- A l tt. . "tf.nM In trnvir oatriifa man. tacking the writer in very Bevere man uer! "William M. Colan, 'late hospitd steward U. 8. A.,' writing in your col umns recently, proves to be a veritable doubting Thomas. .!.'.:; ' He refuses to believe my assertion that there is no anarchy in the Philip pines outside our lines because I have not bet-n there to vouch for it with my own eyes. 'No, I have not been there to see but there are many things we are compelled to believe which we never saw. I nave never seen Mark Hanna yet. I firmly believe the old scoundrel exists and is at the head of the G. 0, P. ! Furthermore a negative proposition sel dom requires affirmative proof. 1 suppose a hospital steward ought to know a great deal about the Philippines as well as everything else, and, as this ia one has not claimed there is anarchy in the insurgent lines, I have that fur ther reason for asserting that there is none. It is presumed that every man is innocent until the contrary La shown. We must, therefore, conclude that the Filipinos are innocent of anarchy, until they are charged and convicted. I also have the word of one of our consular agents 'that from the time the Filipinos took charge-of affairs in Luzon, law and order prevailed, life and property were protected and a woman's honor was sa cred as It had not been in 300 yeais.' General Anderson.who outranks a hos pital steward a little, says, 'they are not far below the Japanese in intelli gence and capabilities of culture. Nearly all who can read and write ; they have many schools, and there are a number of newspapers. Their cities are populous, well laid out and kept. He is not un like the Japanese citizen. Brig. Gen. Charles King says : Thoy are infinitely superior in point of educa tion to the negroes of our southern states. Nine-tenths of them can read and write, and have some knowledge of geography and history.' - Ex-Minister Barrett has said that at Malolos they had an orderly government, and, further, he Baysthese men, whose sessions, I repeatedly attended, con ducted themselyes with great decorum Mr. Farmer... We have the finest Chilled plow in the world. Come and see it. Every plow fully guaranteed. It is the Syracuse. We also have a nice line of Can- 1 ton Clipper Steel Hows and harrows. Acorn Steel t Ranges, Air Tight Heaters. We keep everything in the Hardware line. Plumbing shop in con- J nection with store. f I-.:. " POPEr&co,, X Corner Fourth and Main Strtets, OREGON CITY, OREGON ' and showed a knowledge of debate and parliamentry law that would not com pare unfavorably with the Japanese par liament. Moreover, , he, (Aguinaldo), has otganised a government, which has practically been administering the af fairs of that great island since the Amer ican occupation of Manila.' ( Admiral Dewey sent two officers through Luzon last year and they found law and order everywhere. One of them has written a very interesting ac count of his trip and of his hospital treatment among the people, where he traveled, in a recent number of the Out look, Mr. Sargent, in this article says: As a tribute to the efficiency of Agum- aldo's government and to the law abid. ine character of his Deonle. I offer the fact that Mr. Wilcox and I pursued our journey throughout in perfect security, and returned to Manila with only most pleasing recollections of the quiet and orderly life,, which we found the natives to be leading under the new regime.' Admiral Dewey, in one of his official reports, which is probably more relia ble than any interview, says: 'These people are far superior in intelligence and more capable of self t government than the natives ot Cuba." Gen. Miller renorted that when he went to Ilo Ilo to take that city, the foreign residents and business men sent a letter begging him not to attack the place and assuring him that the na tives' government had established order and that life and property were amply protected. Some Englishmen and Spaniards have recently come, or been sent in from the insurgent lines, and they bring no word of anarchy, lynchings or highway rob beries. Uommander iord, the fleet engineer of the Asiatic squadron, who has lately arrived in this country, says: "They have the intellect and the stamina govern themselves, and have done it for 300 years, although under the rule Spain. They are intelligent, liberty loving people. Gen. Beeves, late chief of police Manila, save: 'The nativefficie "en gaged in all branches of Industry.. They were inteliiauiii, indtioli ioiu., ; .Mettle and fond of home life. The diffusion of knowledge was general. The percen- BELLOMY & THE HOUSEFURNISHERS wPwl Is hfmAkf -rfifeft Eleant Couch- $6. 75 JS''fyi - 'Pt'4 , - .1 1 ' Mrs. Closebuy and her son, Jim are our best cOstumers. Mrs. Closebuy can stretch a dollor. She can buy more for one dollar than many of her neighbors. Mrs. Closebuy never fails to spend a little lime in our establishment when in town. She compares prices and qualities. We saved her a goodmany dollar and will do the same for you if you will make our establishment your headquarters. To Prospective Stove Buyers Cold water in the reservoir is a de triment to the Baking of Good Bread. This Range is so constructed that cold water w'll have no effect on your bake oveti. Heating Stoves $2.50 and up! Cobbler SeatRock er $1.80 and op All-Wool C. 0. Carpet, per yard. . . 60c Brussel's Carpet, per yard. ........ 60c Ingrain Carpet, per yard. 25c Washable Jute Carpet, per yard.... 35c Hemp Carpet, per yard 10c Matting, per yard . . 10c Lace Curtains, pair..... 75c Fringed Table Cover, 3 by 3 feet. ... 60c Rug,8ii3 27x8J 1.6 ... Wrought steel Iron Bed. .$3.50 Limited Stock First Come First Served . , : . Turkey Feather Pillow. . .' : . . 75 Duck and Goose Feathers Mixed . . 1 40 3 lbs. Gooee Feather Pillow, of live Geese 2 60 tage of natives able to read and write waslari?e. The enrollment of students in the San Tomas and Dominican Uni versities and the attention paid to such branches of knowledge as law, medicine, liberal arts and civil engineering excited my surprise. Five thousand students were enrolled at the Dominican Univer sity. Throughout the provinces of the island ot Luzon good common schools and high schools are maintained. In le provinces, we fenad coii ts and ch wis established and found local authorities administering affairs of government. Here was a system of collecting taxes and disbursing the money so collected in the interest of the governed. Oscar F. Williams, U. S. Consul, re porting from Manila June 16th, 1898: says : "While the Spaniards cruelly, and barbarously slaughtered Filipinos takfti in arms, ana oiten non-com batants, women and children, the insur gent victors, following American exam ample, spare life, protect the helpless, and nurse, feed and care for Spanish wounded as kindly as they care for the wounded, fallen from their own ranks." I read an account where our troops had taken possession of a schoolhouse and the school children were being taught in a hut nearby. These facts may not be sufficient proof for a hospital steward "late U. S. A." but they will be for ordinary people. No single instance has been found where it was necessary for our forces to interfere, outside of our own army lines, to protect the life, liberty or property of a single individual, or to suppress a riot or to put. down anarchy. It is a well eS' tablished rule of evidence that when a condition of aTairs is once proven to exist it is supposed to continue the same until the contrary is shown 1 have shown the existence of a peace' ful and law ab:ding community in Lu zon outside our lines : Now let Mr. Cop Ian or any nne else show that that con dition has changed. Now, as for anarchy on our side of the lino: Oiis has forbidden the wives of of ficers to gq to.'' Manila, saving, "it is no i'n by uru r t htj i-ur or officer, he . i iu " ;! than .( iii't.dred houses I ii. one day. 'A correspondent in the iJ'leKQSjidi) of May 18tb, last, gave a par ticular account ot how eight friendly na tives had been shot by soinjj. disorderly :tCTTTOrtt"To"liofice was taken of it. Our scouts cut off the ears of the insur gents they killed and preserved them as trophies. Sacred relics are brought home, which must have been pillaged from churches. Libraries have been broken up and destroyed. I have talked with many officers and men of the Second Oregon, whose means of ob servation were perhaps as good as that of a "hospital steward U. S. A.", and they all have outlined such a state of af fairs within our lines as is usually deemed anarchy. An officer writes home "I have seen real war with all its hofrors. I have seen 200. acres of houses burned. I have put the match, myself to' houses while old women knelt at my feet begging me to spare their shack of palm leaves. I have ordered the destruction of acres of vegetables and fruit trees, which meant months of labor and the onlv means of living to the poor fellow, who was on his knees to me," I think these facts are ample reasons why our troops should be withdrawn Lfrom the island of Luzon as soon as in dignity we can, and the natives be per mitted to manage their own affairs. There was no anarchy in that island un til after McKinley's proclamation oi war of January 5th. We have recently been put much to shame by the report refer ring to our army as 4500 rakes and drunkards in the Philippines, and the further fact that beforej we went to Manila there were only one or two saloons, but that now there are 450, and many other places Worse 'than the saloons, and all this contrasted with the honorable and humane conduct of the insurgents in the treatment of bur men held by them prisoners, and their very generous release of these prisoners, ' -, ' We ought, In very shame, to be tired of this senseless and brutal war. The Filipinos are more interested in maintaining law and order in the neigh borhood of their homes than the men we Bend there can possibly be. We are laying waste the country with fire and sword. The Filipinoi appear to be trying to defend their homes. This William M. Ooplan, late hospital steward U. S. A., sayi 1 weep bitterly ever our injustice to the Filipino. I suppose he rejoices at it. I suppose he lovea to see people's property, their life time savings, destroyed, churches dese crated, schools broken up and a people deprived of their liberties. I suppose he glories in the killing of a people, the making of widows and orphans and des olate homes. " Now, I am not given to weeping, bat I have wept over the par tition and subjugation of Poland, the oppression of Ireland, and burned with indignation over Spanish outrages COLUMBIA and ADVANCE MAY FKIEE Are the most Powerful, most Rapid in use I carry both full Circle and Steam rower Presses IE W AM MUGMIES Coiner Fioot aid Taylor Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON in Cuba and in the Philippines. I sym pathize with the Boers in South Africa, and when the Filipinos are finally crushed and turned over bleeding and manacled to the tender mercies of the Hannas, McKinleys, Algers and Eagans to be exploited by the carpet baggers, politicians, government contractors and other scoundrels, I shall no doubt weep for them. My country, right or wrong, is perhaps a very good motto under ap propriate circumstances, but this is not the occasion to use such a motto, nor is Mark Hanna my country. II. B. Nicholas. Portland, Or. REALTY TRANSERS. G Lantz to I Grimm, nw sec 15, 7s, 3e............. E Criswell to R Ronald, 20 acres in sees 3 and 10, 8 s, 2 0 J Richey to R S Richey, 70 acres Richey claim, 1 s, 2e. . . J S Smith to M E Bratton, lot 1, blk 13, Barlow's 1st add G P Lent to E O Brown, nej of sw, and w of seJ4 sec 30, 2s, 5e... G H Ashton to W R Piatt, 10 feet of lot 3, 20 feet of lot 2, blk 2(1, Oswego A J Thompson to Kate Ilalleman, Tots 5 and 6, blk 15, Oswego .... WT Edwards to ALaughlin, 20 acres sec 19, 3 s, 1 w J Meier to R Forinan, 80 acres in " sees 14 and 33, 2 s, 3 e M E Wright to F R Wright, 80 acres in sec 32, 4 s, 8 e I Surface to O E Surface, se of ne sec 30, 4 s, 4 e $10 United States to 0 0 Miller, e)i of 300 700 500 7& 315 100 nw 1-4 and 4 s, 5 e lots 3 and 4, sec 2, . patent Furnished Every Week by Clacka mas Abstract & Trust Co. COT Williams, assignee, to Win H Smith, 16 acres in sec 20, 2a, 2e L E Wise to Mrs A Groonow, 165 acres in sec 1, 2 s, 2 e 6,703 Rubber Goods In another month we will have in a new stock of all kinds of Rubber Goods direct from first hands. No old stock that may have been on some wholesale house shelves a year or two, but as new as fast freight can bring it from the factory. This line will have everything from a 40 cent bulb syringe to a $4.00 rapid flow fountain. The factory's guarantee, as well as our own, goes with everything of this kind. To close out our present stock we will make the following cut prices while the goods last. Reg. Ptlce Cut Price ' Combination hot water bottle and fountain ' ' r - syringe 2 00 I $0 (A household neoessety) ,, f , Pure gum scarlet bulb syringe.;...! .... . 2 00 I 50 -'" (The finest rubber it is possible to (jet) v Black bulb syringe 60 50 ' (Usually sold for 75c) White bulb syringe 5. , 40, f . :. (A good cheap syringe) , ; ' , Fountain syringe, wood box ............. 125,, 90 Pure gum hotwater bottle, 3' qti. 2 10 io. (Every bottle guaranteed perfect) Pure gum hotwater bottle. 1 75 125 (Same as above, 2 qt.) ; ? Throat Atomlzcrj.V. 1 X. .i .V.' . .7. '40 .25 ' Can you afford to have a sore throat with atomizer ' at this price? -J ; .;:-'," .' ' Black bulb Atomizer...... .............. 50 40 Best quality 7 I 0 75 Oil Atomizers. I 00 90 (For treating all catarral troubles) ; C. G. HUNTLEY Cut-Rate Druggist . OREGON CITY 405 700 1C)