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Oregon City enterprise. )L.u no. m OltEGOX CITY, OKKOON, FRIDAY, JUNK 2, IHW. ESTABLISHED 1866 K. I L. PICK FN, I'KNTIMT. ,,, ,.).ltrl, All "l,,ni, !,y HulMlng Or mun Clijr, Or, h h I'llKS, Atl"i!M;Y AT LAW. tl , ii.iiI llnllllry'i Plug Hlnrc, hi t'lly, - Dragon, k i nuurhcUL BANK at oukuON tnr ll'n.Mi i "'..."MI.MM m.l. nun iimhiuom'I, naiMrvii tit iu iiii ia v r nauffv nn ail "mil , niii ml.. Rump ut lliing Voul ! i ,l1 IiiIiIm I Ui I dm k Btkk I (..in A. bit f M. 1 AMU kin K, ril.ltil r. i until c.., , f. i: i.H-i IKiKVK. ....DENTIST.... jn AH'l IWIiIk Work Him-Ully. All .k rrtiiWi aim taiisisruoii Ortiit In ('ndtlil 111k. y II A V KM ATTtiHNEY AT LAW. .1 llrollnll kH ii ll ('Uliljf I'mirl ml I bu.MXM r l' .Hlr.. ii -.ll llmilirjr't lik HlirKI'.K!.. P.-utMnr rtt'of Jl. A TTnllNKY-AT LAW. ixrr VrKuirli-k Mna Sinrt, tiar ih lUnk of 0c..ll ( Iljr. i ll I in Daiuns, t.na.il.1. t. t. 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I'nlil up Capital, .W,000. Hurphii, I.m,Mhi. (riUimiMHT, ll0. A. MANIIIDU. '. . a, CAuriai.D. fi'xral liankliif hii.lmn tranaaoted. ruculvod mliluoi to olierk. "'til lillla ami nnlin (llncnimtod. J" J ami city warrant! bonpjlil. t mtitn iin avallahlo aoourlty, P'XiKA limiirhl ami mill. " ' ll'ilil lnmln nnnniitlr. l olcl ivill.i,la In in. nart of thn world Jt'ipliln nioliatiKi mild on 1'orllanJ, Hao J iimagoaiiil Now rori. pai l on tlma dupnalti. C RTKICKLANU, M. n. "oupltai And I'rlviile Kxnorlenre.l Tl ll 1m liv..r..uulna.Ml I II, a iini. j ,. ... nniiumi nri film, iu .in. i?" l OrcKiui Oily ajwl viclnliy. HccIhI "Itiinii,,,, ),., to I'ainrrli and 1 ' linuiio (IUenn. lleatofrifr :'irp, Kiv,,n, ,)))!,., ln willaniftte 'jmidiiiK Ollloo liouris 10 to 12 a. in., I a 10 (1 p. in. J "ON CITY ..... OKKdON. spring-time, mm jjfi ii am: Latest l;tn Latest color. Til K NKATLMT, Nol'.IJlWr, NATTIKHT link ok Ikmh i-vur i-hown iii OrcL'ori (Jit v. The lio Latest ntyli H the Latest licdri -tho 1'Ivitv hIioh in a tii-m. Everv iair a tri-iiMiire, Then, will he a hlank in .your lifo il you fail to Kyi! thou? gooiln. We tiarantcij priccH Lower than in Portland. Wutch our wimlnwM m-xt week. Youth to coininand, McKITTPICK, "The Shoe Man," Nm Door to Ornon City Dank MliNKCT'S I1JKA Should Hold the I'hllijipf ncH. 01 ft MAMI.A I.KTTKK. When the gtlfca I nilirnland Motlrm at ti fiilK-d Hmtra Troulilr Hill (rar. till! Wliat HrqHt Says Mis GO Tl.ry l My U,at HARRIS' GROCERY ilnad.juartrri lor 1 1 a jr. UniliUlr, rWda, Ftc. CarriiMi tlm mot complete ato k ol Kirat Claaa (irix-rrici to t found In I lie City. Li w, I. ri v, r, INSURANCE. ITIiE AND ACCiDEXT Hailro;1.,! Ti' lii'tn to all jointH East at low rates. F. E. DONALDSON ' Y ' Y I 1 PAINT YOUR HOUSES " '" lyftWWaTay-- Masury's fOiirxts ZrXZZ i on ntt.v. in c. G. HUNTLEY oii:.o irv 4J 4 Mi V XUIJ-A. V at 4- A TO i Tim OrcKoriitn on March II, rote to Itev. William 8. OilUrt. rlnnlain of tlm Stnd rcKlinnnt of Or-on volunteer, a-i'i( hia ojitili)ii of tlm ioliliol it na tion in tliu 'liili4n lalanda. of the prohalilo time ncienaary to riiatorn order, i and fuw other queitioim of timilar lm j (wit. Cbailln (iilUrt rH-civwl The Ori-K'inliMi'a h'lter whuo the Ore.ou p-ui merit u breking camp at Malinta. ilia anawer, which ia datd Norraafay, April 24, f xprewwa !) conviction that It would U a crime for the United fctatei to abandon the riiilippinea, It followa : "We tie now in the mldat of anexU-n-live HH-iIition to the north of Manila. Tliia will te the lat campaiKn of any luifiortatice txwuible tafore the tainy cawm. ll will he a practical aelllement of the war, at leant a conclusion of for inidahle hoelility ; and for the Oregon regiment, the I ant campaign. We ex iect to he orderfsl home within a month. The expedition probably willlaatlOor 12ilayi. We were ordert-d to take 10 daya' tuppliea. Three brigade are in oimration. Uue, under General Lawton, left Calocan to the eastward and north Friday April L'l. The mmoiiJ, under Colonel Humineri, conitini of seven conipanlea, A, IJ, F, G, I, K and L, of the Orejfoii regiment; eight compatiiet 'of the Thirteenth Minnesota, one troop of cavalry, and one piei-e of artillery, left Hocave to the eat nl north yester day morning. The third, under General Wl.caton, left Malolo thia morning moving to the north probably against Calumpil. "I can speak only for the second brig ade. The Oregon regiment considers it a reat honor to have our colonel in com mand of the brigade. He is a puher, and through hia splendid and energetic leadership, the Oregon regiment is known throughout the Kighth army cor as the "greyhounds.", ' ''We left Krvravn at R-?!i VHt.nl.r morning; marched till 10; rested till 2:45; and bivouackel at 7. It was a A hard, hot day's work. At 4 the insur J gents began firing upon our column. ! Krotn tl.ii on we advanced in skirmish line formation. A brik fire was kept up till dark. Our line advanced, BteaJily driving the insurgents into this town. There were no casualties on our fide. A conservative estimate places the number JVOII 1)5 TJIK VI IK TO 1UIY Screen Doorn, Window Screens, Lawn Mowern, (iarden Hose, (iarden Tools, - Seytlifs, Culti- valors, ItieyclcH, Ac, tvc.. for which we are headquarters. We are aentn for the Celebrated Siininonds Saws, Z Wedges and Sledges, Syiaeuse ('hilled l'lows, Canton Steel I'lows, Harrows Ae. Largest Stock of Hardware, Stoves and Tinware in the city. Plurabinf-; and Jobbing a Spocialty Cor. 4th and Main Sts. making splendid protection for troops 'inder fire, ' "No crops hive ken put In this year. The country now look d-rvlale. The ;oiln are almoat universally poverty stricken. Kupplles, ven of rite, are scarce. Hunger is already in the land. and absolute aufrring will tumn be general. The refugees that enter our linen, coming to their homes, or driven to us by hunger, arc pitiful. Il is ue- j I lcs to endeavor desertion. 1 "You ak rne to describe; the situation in these Inland, a I vitw it. This is hard to do. The situation has so many phases. How long will the war last? Probably there wifl be some kind of hos tility for six months or more ; as long as the leadifri can rnisinlorm the people. The rainy season will end our aggression. 1 don l oclieve there will be any great struggle after that. The be tier class ol Filipinos are hoping already for the war to cease. Hut the average insurrecto is and alwsys has been a treacherous scrapper, I do not think the future ex igencies call for larger army than ia now here. The people will soon come to understand America and will be glad to have her protection. "It has been aked,'Why not with draw and give the people their liberty for which they contend? It would be a crime for us to do so. We might escape an annoyance, but we would be forsaking a trust. A parent has no right to desert a child, even though the chilJ cry to be h-fi by the roadside. "Aguinaldo has been called 'the Phil ippiik! George Washington.' He is not this in any sense whatever. Neither in himself, as his recoij shows (be was bought by Ppain to leave the island and did not keen faith), nor la hia ability or power. He has been msrvelously over estimated. Nor in the principles for which he contends. Why? Because be is fighting against the United States government, which promises his people the very best liberty; the very liberty they strive for, and which they could not foster and protect were our army and government to withdraw. "Aguinaldo and hia followers in power would mean chaos. They are ambitious, conceited, and not universally trusted even by their own countrymen. Tha the Filipino fought agsingt Spain we honoi him. As he fi.hts against America, he seeks to drive from his shores that which alone will give him libeity, and be would have left only an archy, factions and instability. He fights with us either because he has been lied to about us, or because lie hopes for plunder, or because of a mis taken idea ol what independent nation ality would mean there, "America will bless these islands, and not oppress them. She will protect the ii m i. Ni:m in: ooi.r.it TO OltlH.lt OI'KN DAT AND M1C1I1T. Phone. Id ELK RESTAURANT 0PPO81TE CBARMAN BLK A. ' A0.. Iri. 5T p For Perfection In Baking ) Use Patent Flour Manu factured by the Portland Flouring Mills Company, Oregon City. Oregon. IT IS WARRANTED THE BEST 'of insurgent soldiers killed at 400. We sdvanced again at daybreak this morn ing. After a hot tire lasting an hour, we entered the tow n. Two Minnesotans and two cavalrymen were wounded j slightly. We found the tow n deserted. I judge theie were about 40 0 inhabi tants. "We are waiting now for General j Law ton's brigsde, working its way on the right, to join us. We expect to j move north tomorrow. It is the inten tion to thoroughly clean up this part of I the country. One great diiliculiy is in , the transportation of supplies. We have in our train 4S bull teams, and '2'i car (ridges and carta. The whole outfit would be a turiottity in America. Tlio I heat is terrific in the middle ot the day. I Five bulls dropped dend from heat and , exhaustion yenU-rdav. Lieutenant Knapo j quarter mailer, has charge of the train. . His efforts yesterday were worthy of :Hiiecial mention. Every one said the train would not overtake us last night, and we would have neither supper nor beds. Somehow the train pulled into sight at 7:'J0. Never before were grub ' and pillows so welcome. We are separ jated from all communication. All the : companies are small. Sixteen per cent of the enlisted men and 20 per cent of the othcers of our regiment are on sick report. The impure water and the par alysing heat are the cause. Very few serious cases. Through the splendid work of Major Ellis and the hoBpital corps our death list has been phenomen ally small, "The men are. brave follows. With unwavering line for hours together they face unflinchingly a heavy fire. I am proud of the regiment. Their work at I'asig and at Malabon and in the leaser buttles has been highly commended. The boys have done really splendid work. Every ollluer and man has reason to be proud of the record the regiment has made. "We are in the middle of the island; half way between the seas. This interior country is indeed beautiful. We are at the foothills. Palms and bamboo and the mnjestio mango tree make every lundncape a picture. Splendid roads are the rule, aa far as wo have Been. Rice fields are everywhere. The amount of work the people have done in leveling off the rice paddies is simply beyond be lief. Every hillside is terraced, aud each litt'.o patch or larger field is surrounded by a dike from one to four feet high, . people, ani not despoil them. The people are in ignorance, and are labor iously kept so. Church and state will be separate. They are absolutely and ruinously one at the present time. Property rights will be given and will be respected. The people will come to possess their own homes and crops. Taxation will be reasonable. Extor tion will cease. "The people are now capable of gov erning themselves. They are apt, and under our protection they would have part of the government entrusted to them and more and more as they become capable. In a abort time, in five years, I believe, these islands would beg not to be separated from, but to be annexed to, the United States. I believe our govern ment to be the best on earth, and our nation iu these islands will make these islands more and more as our nation. "Commercially we shall lose nothing by protecting these islands. The Nortb Pacific is ours. Manila for America, as Hong Kong for England, w ill be a gate way to the orient. The iilands them selves have great . resources. American enterprises w ill find here a good field of operation. "The islands have cost us nionev and mt-n. Whatever the commercial or strat egic importance of the islands may be, it is nothing in value compared to the priceless lives that have here fallen. Were It not for the eternal duty testing on America, of giving light and liberty and happiness to the world, we would weep bitterly and lament the day our sovereignty here began. The islands have come into our case. Let us care for them. The bad in them may need chastisement; we oughk to be as faithful in this duty as in any other. "The people need, above all thing else, the blessings of American liberty and enlightenment. America must in duty give to these people the rich gifts God has given to us. "There is firing off to our right. In surgents are going north across the river. Our troops are now firing upon them. These are interesting days. "William S. Gilbert, "Chaplain, Second Oregon." LKTTKK I'KO.U MANILA. Lee llardlug Telia of the Inhuman treat hi e it of Our Hoys by the Enemy. Malinta, P. I. April 17, 18i9. My Pear Folks. As you see, we are still in the Philippines, the place whor ws started for and reached about a year ago, and yon will also notice that we ara at Maiinta as my last letter told yon, but since that one went we have had much trouble, as the following will ahow : As it happened to be my turn at guars! I w enabled to see and hear much of that awful night of the 10th when com panies M, A, K, and L were all attacked by the Insurgents. At 2 o'clock a. ni. jnst as I was about to Mil the new relief that was patroling the track, I saw a bright red light suddenly flash op and burn for about a minute, in the direction of those lour companies. It w as followed by a green light which soon diapieared and all was quiet ontil shoot 2:45 a. m. when htavy volley Hrlng was heard in that direction. Before going farther I will describe the positions hel l by .our command. Malinta is about 10 miles , from Manila, there being companies B, C, I, 0, and K at that place; oa np I he road about three mile ia company F guarding abridge; further on, another three and one-half miles is company M at another bridge; while at another bridgs three miles awsy are companies A, E, L. Each has one bridge to guard and one-half of the throe miles between each is patroled by the commands at each end. 1 The attack was made on company M and companies A, E, L, who were totally snrprised by the enemy who sarrounded both camps by crawling on their bands and knees past the outposts nntil they were almost in the camps when the opened a very heavy fire. Although our boys were in bed and asleep it waa not long before they were out and giving the "niggers" what they needed. But com pany C was forced lo retreat to an old building clore at hand and leave their camp, ihe natives succeeded in taking the mess kit and oxen-carts away from the company, kitchen. Nothing waa taken from the camp aa our boys fired into their tents, thus saving their prop erty. Mean time a most blood-thirsty deed had been committed by rillanous nativea who are worse than our Apaches in their fiendish tricks. An outpoat from com pany M who was making its way toward camp and had almost reached it, waa met by a Colorado man, who was ia charge of a section gang at that com panies quarters, who told the six men (that composed the outpost) that their company was cut up and that they also would be murdered if they went any further. So they started back toward company I ' camp. They had gone bardiy a half mile when without a word. the cowardly insurgents fired into them from all sides and not ten feet away. Two men, Pavne and Millard, dropped instantly. Payne with half ol his head gone and Millard with a hole in hia side. Berry Boon was down, shot through the stomach. Hoffman, the last to fall, made a heroic effort for his and his com rades lives. As he could fire no more than one shot he swung his rifle with good success until he was brought down, dead, but not conquered. Pullen shot in the arm, and Bennett, uninjured, ran -at the first fire and reached camp seveial hours later. After these four men were down the demons stabbed, beat, kicked and abused them nntil they thought all were dead, then they stripped them of all clothing i and began quarreling over the guns three Springfield and one Krag-Jorgen-son, and a gold watch taken from Berry. Then with a final kick they left. But think of it, two of the boys lived through it all, one to die after reaching camp at 8 o'clock next morning, the other being still alive, with a good chance for life. 'rt t ! at. . . nerrv ana luiuara.ailhougn nearly dead, feigned death, thus escaping. They lay as they were until daylight, when a party was sent out to find them. As I have said, Berry soon died, although conscious to the last. Millard was expected to die, but is doing nicely now. After he went down they shot him through the arm. then stabbed him near the same wound. then in the abdomen, but the knife did not go deep enough to kill. To see if lie was dead they lit matches and put them to hia face and feet until he wag badly burned. We beard the firing here. It lasted abouot an hour and a half, but no more men were injured on our tide. The next day we went up to the place and under General Wheaton, our regiment with the Minnesota regiment camped for the night about two miles where the natives were known to be. Eaily next morning we started to take a town about seven miles away. (Santa Marie.) The first town was taken with no trouble, but as we advanced on Santa Mane, we were met by heavy volleye from stone buildings and the big church. Under this heavy fire the whole regiment crossed a small river, then gave them volley alter volley. We were supported by a 3-inch gun and a Ilotcbkiss rapid Ore gun. The town was soon vacated by the fleeing insurgents aftor a half hour's firing. We marched in and found a very orderly place with good buildings, in fact a model native town. Five China men surrendered to us, telling us that (Continued on page six)