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THE MORNING OREGONIAN- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1902. 1 CHOLERA IN MANILA Scourge Spreads, and Causes Many Deaths. MYSTERY AS TO ITS ORIGIN Health Authorities Utterly Unable to Cope WItu'the Disease Out look Is Very Dark, Indeed. According to the latest mail advices from Manila, that city is suffering from the epidemic o cholera that is sweeping the Orient. The people of the city are greatly alarmed, and -watch with fear the outcome of the pestilence. It was thought that the water supply of the city was .in jected -with the cholera germs, but an analysis made of the city's water by the Board of Health showed that the Increase in the number of cases was not due to any contamination of the water. Dally tests were made and up to July 30 every report showed that the water was free from cholera germs. The Board of Health Inspected the foods in the market, but Its precautions to prevent the spread of the disease -were interfered -with by the Mu niclpal Board, which in many cases coun termanded the orders of the Board of Health. Under" the caption, "Now Very liark. Indeed." the Manila Times of July 20 gives the following account of the sit uation: Unless the elements come to the rescue and the present baby typhoon wipes out the chol era germs by a sufficient supply of the water cure, Manila may look forward to a revlslta tlon of the terrible days of '82. All Army surgeons who have been connected with the Manila Board of Health, and who have fought the battle with the present ecourgo so earnestly and faithfully In the in terests of the public have been relieved from duty with the Board of Health, the order for their relief having been posted on the bulletin board yesterday afternoon, at tho Estado Mayor, having been Issued upon tho recom mendation of tho Chief Surgeon of the di vision. In many quarters the opinion prevails that the retiring Health Commissioner and his as sistants had been too rigorous In enforcing the quarantine laws, but his and their labors will be missed from this city, and with the In crease In cholera cases that were reported yesterday, there being over f0 cases between 8 A, M. and 4 P. M., the Inhabitants will be obliged to resort to special precautions and depend" upon the elements to come to the res cue. Another death from cholera has been report ed from Marlqulna, from whence Manila re ceives her water supply, the victim being Pri vate Oliver O. Cunningham, of Company D of the Twenty-eighth Infantry. An analysis of Manila water, which is being made at the present time by tho Board of Health, will bo timely, as special precautions should be taken in that direction, the increase In the number of cases being attributed to the water. The relaxing of the quarantine regulations and the removal of the American inspectors of sanitation throughout the city may also have something to do with the Increase la the num ber of. cases that have occurred. Nlnety-ono cases and CI deaths. That Is tho record of the cholera epidemic In the city for yesterday. From all parts of tho city come the reports of the ravages of the "grim de stroyer." The situation Is growing more se rious hourly. The air is full of predictions and rumors of the causes arc everywhere. ; Almost every man met on the streets has his own theory. Usually, it Is the water supply, but the analysis which Dr. Strong Is making for the Board of Health cannot be completed for two or three days, so that the truth or falsity of this rumor cannot be stated. At the office of the Board, of Health, the following statement was made to a Times reporter: "The Board of Health has not changed its opinion In regard to the causation of the dis ease, nd believes that all cases result from infected foods or water. There Is no dcubt but that the disease can be transferred to the mouth by means of dirty Angers, utensils, cloths, etc., and for these reasons the most painstaking care has been given to the inspec tion of foods in the markets, tlendas, hotels, restaurants, private houses, etc Special caro has been given to the Inspection of foods. The inspection of foods in the markets has been somewhat interfered with by the Municipal "Board, who, on three or four occasions, have given orders not to carry out the orders of the Board of Health in regard td""the care of food. "The Board of Health, some weeks ago, gave directions to have all foods. Including fish and meats, covered up with screens. This the Municipal Board stopped. In the markets, in regard to meats and fish. The Board of Health recommended that wire screens be put over the meats, and the Municipal Board etated that the work would be done In 10 or 15 days. Several months have passed, and there are no screens up, although the Board of Health has ben prevented from putting coverings over these foods." The sudden Increase of cholera In Manila may be attributed to the washing of foetal matter from Infected pueblos along Laguna de "Bay and the Paslg River Info the lake and river, where It is used by a large number of the floating population.- The same may bs said of the City of Manila, where the surface has been infected by the doposlts of those in fected with the cholera, and the recent rains have washed these deposits into the cisterns and wells of the city. Although the wells were closed at the beginning of the epidemic, many have been reopened and are now in use. These wells should be closed, and kept closed, dur ing the esldemlc It is believed that the heavy rain has been the cause of washing foetal matter into va rious places and thus Increasing the chances of the poor people who use these waters, for getting the disease. It is believed. If this theory Is correct, that after the ground- has been cleaned the disease will decrease for the same reasons. Three Americans were numbered among yes terday's dead C. F. Carrol, J. M. Sims and J. D. "Ward. One other American. Leo Thle bault, was taken with the disease and re moved to the hospital. No reports have been received from the provinces, and it is believed that the wires are down in all directions. At the river and harbor health station cholera had another rise. Friday afternoon a Filipino who had been dead eight hours was removed from & caeco lying at the "Walled City side of the river, near the Bridge of Spain. A little later, a white soldier upon the char tered transport Lal-Loc, lying at the Govern ment Corral, was taken to the hospital with suspected cholera. Two peculiar cases of cholera were discov ered this morning on the schooner Alberta. Both men. members of the crew, went ashore Friday noon to have dinner at some restau rant, locality unknown. "Returning to the ves sel, the two men were taken sick within a half-hour of each Other. One of the men died curing he night, and this morning, when the matter was reported, the second Filipino was In a precarious condition. "What is Interesting Captain Dudley Is, Where is that restaurant? The Municipal Board has decided to adopt the following experiment to see if It will not help wipe out the disease, says the Manila Freedom: A plan has at Jast been evolved whjch the Municipal Board believes will do away with the pestholes In Manila which have been In the pa6t, and are today, tho hotbeds of cholera and all other diseases In which filth plays an important part. These "settlements" are lo cated in low places, and as there is no drain age, it 28 said by those whose duty calls them to the neighborhood that on hot days they simply Bmell unto heaven. San Nicolas Is the worst offender, and the first experiment will be made In that district. The City Engineer has prepared plans for a 40-roora tenement-house, which will be lo cated on Calle Principe, San Nicolas. This building will be two stories high, and is really not one building, but two sections facing each other There are 20 rooms on the lower and 20 on the upper floors. These rooms measure 10x16 feet, and are Intended to accommodate an entire family. Between the two sections of the building will be a shed. In which will bo located a kitchen for each family, cement wash tubs, and. at each end. water closets, two for men and two for women. All of this will, of course, be arranged ac cording to the most improved sanitary meth ods, as. Indeed, will be the entire building, j Hie material used will bo pine lumber. Theru I will be a concrete foundation for the house, and the roof will be of rubberold. While the building will be simple. In construction. It will furnish such comforts and conveniences to the Inmates as they never dreamed of before. The cost will be SGOO0 gold. When the house Is completed, the resldenti-l or one of the settlements, or as many of them as can bo accommodated in the tenement, will be forced to move from their present resi dences and take up quarters in the new build ing or seek shelter elsewhere, Tho rooms will be rented at about the same rates the natives now pay for their nlpa shacks. The houtes and premises from which they have moved will then be thoroughly Cleaned, and where tho houses are in such condition as not -to admit of this, they will be destroyed. Proper water closets will be built, and the residents will bo compelled to keep them in a sanitary condi tion. When these Improvements shall have been made the natives will be allowed to re turn to their houses, and in these cases where houses havo been destroyed, tho owners will be permitted to rebuild. This undertaking is, of course, largely in the nature of an experiment. Should it prove a sucess other tenements will be built in va rious portions of the city and the same course pursued. Tho members of the Municipal Board are deeply interested in the matter, and. with the able assistance of the City Engineer, will leave nothing undone to make the scheme a success. Some radical action Is necessary, and this seems both a practical and effective so lution of the trouble. It may in some cases work a hardship, but where the bealthfulness of the whole city Is Involved this will not bo allowed to stand In the way. The experiment will be watched with the deepest Interest by every intelligent person In Manila, and they will hope for its success. Just when work will commence has not been Ueclded, but It will be shortly. THE ARMY OF HAYTI. Poorly Equipped and Organized, bat Brave Too Many Generals. London Express. According ip recent dispatches Hayti Is at war apparently with itself and- -the Haytian Army is on the rampage. Hayti Is cliefly remarkable by reason of its being o military republic, with an amy of 4000 Generals and 4000 privates a General to each Tommy. The Generals are extraordinary men in more than one sense of the world. There is one wio commands a large province in the repub lic, who is of the lowest of the people, who can neither read nor write, and who Is nevertheless a great revolutionary power. This man-General Johannls Slcrisier is obliged to ask one man to read to him what another man has written for him, and yet in his hands are the lives and deaths of the people over whom he sales. Even third man you- meet In Hayti is a General, but It is only ever' 10th General who gets paid; It has to be conceded that each General does his best to pay himself. The authorized rate of pay is 140 annu ally for a General of division, arid 103 for a Brigadier. A Captain is passing rich on 12 a year; a private thinks himself fortunate if he receives 2 10s during the same period. "Blanc," once said a private In the hearing of a well-known England journal ist. "Blanc I am a soldier; give me 10 centimes." "You havo your pay." "Mr General has taken my pay. I am a poor man and a soldier. Give me 10 cen times." "How long have you been a soldier?" "Three years." "When did you have your pay last?" "Very long ago, and I am hungry. Give me 10 centimes. Mercl." The Haytian soldiers' uniform is a fear ful and wonderful thing. Let us review a regiment on parade. Some of them are shod In dried grass slippers. They wear a little blue cap with a red band. One man, perhaps. Is wearing a shabby pair of old tweed trousers, and slung by a hemp rope over his shoulders Is an old-fashioned flint-lock gun. The officer who com mands the regiment is brandishing a rusty sword. A General has but little sense of Jus tice. An' .unfortunate -Swift- went -out shooting once In Hayti -without a .pass port. "Who are you?" oald the General when the poor man was brought before him. ' "I am a foreigner." "What nationality?" "Swiss." The General turned to his secretary. "Have the Swiss a navy?" "No; my General." "Then put the brute in prison." The army, it goes -without saying, is miserably housed. In Port au Prince, the capital of Hayti. you will find a pos"t of soldiers every fifty or a hundred yards. They live in wretched guard rooms, which are merely long hovels, with piazzas raised two feet above the street. Below flows an open drain. The men them selves drink, amoke and gamble all the weary day. But they have a good idea of them selves. Two Haytian generals discussing a review In w"hlch they had Just taken part thus expressed themselves: "But the review today; what a great spectacle!" "Without question, the most magnificent. spectacle that one could have seen." "Yes, Indeed, our army is composed of brave men. The troops are the finest In the world. Do you not think so?" turn ing to a traveling Englishman. He (diplomatically choosing his words). I nave seen none like It. The army of Hayti Is one that depends upon Its officers; an army without officers what is It?" "The army of Hayti has never been conquered. The French were here: we drove them out. The English fought with us; where are they? But we we we arc here always; we have never been con quered!" You must never allow a smile to cross your face however tempted you may be to laugh if you meet a Haytian soldier. A European diplomatist landed- once at Port au Prince, and on his - wav from the ship he fell in with, what ho imagined to be a tattered mountebank carrying a rifle. He smiled, for the black man's pempous solemnity was Immensely funny. At once the negro's face changed. "You laugh at me! You laugh at me!" he cried furiously. He was a soldier of the Tepubllc; bis fingers flew to his cartridges, and the visitor waited for no more, but fled up the street. The Haytian soldier needs but the li cense of a political strife to lash him Into frenzy. Given political troubles and a modicum of shooting In the streets, and a man such as we have just described, with Intense irascibility of temper and thousands of companions like himself, he would become a very perilous and terrible element in the general anarchy. The Haytian army In peace may be like that upon a comic opera stage: but. gh'en a war. It would become a hotbed of trag edy. Mr. Roosevelt's Departure. Chicago Chronicle. Dem. The President's blunt speech to the quarrelsome and spoils-seeking Republi cans of the South is to be commended from every point of view. What ho wants to see In the Southern States Is a Republican organization which can elect a member of Congress occasion ally, and he has informed some of the office-mongers from that quarter that the people -who will have most Influence with him hereafter will be the ones who suc ceed In gaining districts for his party. In times pest tho Republican organiza tion at the South has been employed chiefly in fixing delegations to National conventions and in distributing official re wards to such workers In this field as seemed to be worthy of recognition. Mr. Hosevelt is a candidate for the nomination In 1904, but his attitude rela tive to the use of patronage shows clearly enough that he Is disposed to subordinate his personal fortunes to the upbuilding of his party. It will be Interesting to observe what effect this departure will have upon the political situation at tho South'. Just as Good. "Did you run over 15 miles an hour on your last trip In the auto?" asked Itlchboy of Gazolcen. "No," replied Gazoleen. "only over three cows and two dogs." Cin cinnati Commercial-Tribune. WHITE UP FOR MURDER i HE FACES CHARGE OP KILLING PETER BEAUCHENE. Prosecution "Will Endeavor to Prove Guilt in tne First Decree, While Committing: Robbery. Andrew White was arraigned before Judge Sears yesterday on a charge t murder m the first degree, for having killed Peter Beauchene. and was granted time until September 3 to plead, and Dan J. Malarkey appeared as his attorney. The Information filed against White recites that he killed Beauchene with deliberate ana premeditated malice, pur pooely.unlawfully and feloniously striking and beating Beauchene upon the head with a piece of wood, thereby inflicting mortal wounds. The witnesses named In the Information are Joe Dclscbnelder, APPOINTED ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR AT PORTLAND ACADEMY. JOHN KIKKWOOD 3IACK1E. John Klrkwood Mackle. who has Just teen appointed assUtant Instructor la Latin at Portland Academy, has made aa eirellcnt record as a ttudent. both in this cltr and while East at cfillese. He was graduated from Portland Academy In June. 1807. and was awarded prizes for excellence In mathematics and Greek. Ho selected Princeton for his college, and when ho was Graduated from that In stitution, in June. 1901. ho was appointed to the classical fellowship for ths cn sulnc year, the hlshest honor that could be paid to a student of tho classics. In addition to this appointment he was siven a three months' trip to Europe by a friend of tho university, who took this method of rewarding the student who was recommended by the college authorities as having mads a record for himself. Mr. Maokle returned to Portland last month, and a few days ao ho was offered hla present position, to All the vacancy caused by the resignation of John F. Wilton. Jphri Keefc, Frank Snow, J. F. Kerrigan and Chief of Police McLauchlan. White appeared unconcerned as the charge against him was read, and glanced indifferently at the fow spectators who were present. He was brought into the courtroom by Detective Snow and, after the scene was ended, was removed to tho County Jail and locked up. At the trial. the prosecution will endeavor to prove that White attempted to rob Beauchene and the latter not being as drunk as he appeared to be." aroused hlmeelt and re sisted. White then struck him on the head with a wagon-wheel spoke and, noticing the fatal effect of the Wow, pro ceeded to decamp, at the same time call ing out to his companions as he moved away, "If you say anything about this, I will kill you." WANTS STEPSON REMOVED. 3Irs. McCall Not Satisfied Witli Hljn as Administrator. Testimony was heard by Judge Web ster yesterday In the matter of the pe tition of Mrs. Minnie McCall for appoint ment as administratrix of the estate of her husband. John McCall. deceased, and for the removal of Andrew 'McCall, her stepson, as administrator. The property comprises two tracts of land at Wood stock valued at about $4000, and several notes and mortgages. The children of McCall by his first wife are on one side, and the widow, her child and her brother are opposing. Mrs. McCall at first con sented to Andrew McCall acting as ad ministrator, but she now says he pre sumed on her lack of knowledge in re gard to the law governing the case, and she wants him discharged. She admits that she consulted Attorney George W. Joseph upon the advice of her brother. George P. Lent appears as attorney for Andrew McCall. ATTORNEY'S FEE $9400. As Estate Was Wortli Only $4300, He Probably Got Less. , A lawyer who evidently bollev.es in the old adage of grabbing everything In sight, and more, too, recently filed a report In the Probate Court In an estate showing that the total receipts from all sources were $4200. and that he, the attorney, had received J&400 for fils services. Of course, he was unablo to collect that sum for his work, but the report denotes that he was willing to have done so.. This was another of the numerous errors which ap pear almost dally In the court records. His Wife Refused to Move. Fred Close has brought suit In the State Circuit, Court against Maud Heal Close for a divorce because of desertion. He alleges In his complaint that they were married in Linn County In June, 18S3, and in the month of August, 1894. she refused to move with him from Linn Counts to some place where he could do better in business, and declined to longer live with him. Close has also filed an affidavit asking for publication of sum mons in the case, stating that his wife is not now in the state, and he does not know here whereabouts. Witness Released on Bail. Daisy Watson, a witness for the state In the case of George Smith, the negro who killed his white wife, was admitted to ball by Judge Sears yesterday in the sum of $500. She has been detained In the County Jail, to" Insure her appearance at the trial. The Assistant District At torney made tho request to the court to allow the woman to go on ball. Deserted on Wedding- Day. Valentino Wachowlak, whose wife. Atanlstana, deserted him on the day of their marriage, yesterday sued her for a divorce in the State Circuit Court. Ac cording to the complaint filed the union of the parties occurred on March 3, 1900. and Mrs. Wachowlak ran away from her husband soon after the ceremony was performed. Conrt Notes. The Investment .Company, a real estate corporation, has filed notice of appeal In the State Circuit Court from the report of viewers" made to the. Common Council in the matter of the assessment of dam ages in the Improvement of Union avenue. The inventor' and appraisement of the estate of Samuel H. Eccles, deceased, was filed In the County Court yesterday. The property Is valued at tl2,500 and consists principally of a farm on Grand Bonde River, appraised at $11,250. GREAT CONTEST RECALLED Reminiscences, of Harrison' "Los: Cabin Campaign." Toledo Blade. At the annual meeting of the Ohio Bat Association, held at Hotel Victory. Put-In-Bay, recently, one of the most Interesting personalities was the Hon. H. C. Gray, of Painesville, Lake County. He Is the only surviving one of the 110 members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1S51, which body prepared the present or ganic law of the state. Mr. Gray Is 86 years old. but still hale and hearty, being as active- and energetic as most men 20 years younger. In person he Is slender, but of average height. His J memory Is excellent, and be takes a vivid interest In current events. Mr. Gray was editor of the Painesville Telegraph frcm 1S15 to 15S. editor of the Advertiser from 1800 to 1SG2, and again at the head of the Telegraph from 1EG2 to 1S65. Born In 1S16, he entered political life in the campaign of 1S40, being a delegate to the Whig state convention of that year, which nominated Thomas Corwln for Gov ernor. The convention was a notable one; "for," cald Mr. Gray, "beginning soon aft er the nomination of Harrison and Tyler at Harrlsburg In the preceding December, the popular enthusiasm had rapidly In creased. "Some Eastern Democratic newspaper, commenting op the pioneer habits of the West, advised that Harrison be given a log cabin and plenty of hard elder to drink. Implying that that condition of life was more befitting to him than tho White House. It was an unfortunate sneer for the Democrats, for It supplied the spark that only was needed to kindle popular sympathy Into a blaze. The Whigs fanned the flame, and Harrison became the 'log cabin candidate.' The log cabin became the emblem of his pioneer life, of his mili tary services, of his kindred feelings with the farmers, of his unrequited toll for his country. A log cabin sprung up In every city and village, a clubhouse and rally ing nlace for Whiffs. Tic j and housewarmlngs were held with music ! and political snceehes. "Log cabin medals were struck and passed from hand to hand. Miniature log cabins were carried In procces'ons and dis played on platforms. Log cabin pictures were hung in the bar-rooms and parlors. Log cabin ssng books found ready sale. Ladles made log cabin fancy work for fairs, and children had little log cabins of wiod, tin and confection ery. Horace Greely published in New York a paper he named 'Log Cabin,' and It had a tremen dous circulation. For Horace it -was the stepping stone to farne and fortune, for it opened the way for Its successor, the Tribune. "All the appliances and appurtenances of the log cabin came into favor. Thero was the barrel of hard elder, to stand by the door; there was the coon akin to be nailed by Its side; there was the latch siring to admit the welcome guests; and It was remembered that General Harrison told hie old soldiers they would never find his door shut or the Iatchstrlng pulled in. There was the rye and Indian bread and there were the strings of dried apples and pumpkins and of corn and peppers hang ing from the roof-, and there was the broom at the door, typical of the purpose of the Whigs to make a clean sweep. Nothing was wanting to point the con trast between the 'poor man's friend' and 'the rich man's candidate,' as Van Buren, the Democratic nominee, was dubbed. "During the 'campaign the Whigs, tak ing a les30n from their crashing defeat by the hero of New Orleans, proceeded to hoist flags. Are salutes, and proclaim pan egyrics on the 'hero of the Thames,' the 'defender of Fort Meigs,' the 'victor of Tippecanoe.' The irrepressible enthusi asm had now burst out In song campaign songs, campaign songsters, glee clubs and Harrison's minstrels -were now In vogue. Popular airs and National anthems were pressed Into service; English and Scotch ballads and negro melodies were adapted to new words. Eloquent speakers on the Whig side were called Into requisition to address large audiences Webster. Clay, Critten den. Stanley, Talmadge, Preston, Corwln and hundreds of others. It was In vnlri that the Van Buren men tried to stem this current. They called Harrison an 'old granny and styled the Whigs' 'coons' and 'cider suckers Hut all with no avail." Substitutes for the Saloon. New York Sun. Most persons who drink liquor drink It for the effect, the bite, "the drunk" in It. We recommend the numerous ex ccllentpeople who are bent upon founding "substitutes for the saloon" to ponder this fact. HEAT PROSTRATION " Simple Way to Prevent. Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate during hot weather. It gives strength to endure the strain. Makes a delightful Acid Tonic superior to lemonade. i HAVE OVERSTATED FACTS SAILOR ABUSES XOW ATTRACTING ATTENTION AT WASHINGTON. Departments Interested . Fear Hint Tliey Will lie Unable to Prove Charges Against Crimps. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 27. For several weeks past the State Department, Treasury Depart ment and Department of Justice have been, exchanging correspondence relative to charges filed with the former by the Britisir and French Consuls at Portland, to the effect that sallore on British and French ships entering that pert were being unlawfully induced to desert, and were giving up their berths on native ves sels for better berths on American and other ships leaving Portland. These complaints originated with masters c foreign vessels entering Portland harbor, and Instead of being made direct to the United States Attorney, were submitted o the Consuls, and by them forwarded" to tneir respective emDassies at wasamg ton, an unusual course of procedure. The complaints having been filed in this manner, are being closely guarded by the State Department, and no infor mation concerning their character can there be learned. Tho Commissioner of Navigation In the Treasury Department, having jurisdic tion over the shipping of the several ports of the United States, has been called Into the case, the several complaints hav ing been referred to hint by the State De partment for report. From a hasty ex amination made by representatives of his bureau It appears that the masters of veo S2ls making the orislnal complaints have over-stated the facts, and made out a mere eerious case than Is believed to really exist. However, tin matter appeared to be baaed on sufficient grounds for further action, and the Department of Justice waa called upon to take stera looking ta pre venting any violation of the law govern ing 3camcn. The Shipping Commissioner Is utterly without authority to protect cither seamen cr vessel owners In cas&3 like the one In point In December. 189S, Congress passed a law for the protection of seamen, which provides, among other things, tact it shall be unlawful to pay any seaman wages In advancer of tho time when he haa actually earned the same, or to pay such wages to any other person than tho seaman. Any person paying such advance wages shall be deemed guilty of misde meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than four times the amount of tho wages so ad vanced, and may also bo imprisoned for a period not exceeding sir months. The payment of wages In advance shall not absolve the, vessel-owner from full pay ment of wages after the sameshall have been actually earned, and shall be no -defense to a libel suit or motion for the recover" of sucn wages. This same law provides that If any per son shall demand or receive from any seaman or other person seeking employ ment as a seaman any remuneration for providing him with employment, he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 5100. Both these provisions of law are being violated, It seems. The very owners or masters of foreign vessels are violating the first provision. They ship sailors at their home port for tho round trip, re gardless of the amount of time to be con sumed. The wages -paid average J15 per month, with board, seldom exceeding that amount. A part of thl3 Is paid in ad vanco, and an advance of 525 is made at the time the vessel reaches port, leaving but $10 due the seaman for the return voyage. The payment made on arrival at Portland is credited ao tailors' ac count. All of this Is but an Inducement to men to desert and, particularly when they have opportunity to secure higher wages on other ships, or even on tho farms or In tho factories where 52 per day is the minimum paid to laborers. The men willingly relinquish the little balance of 510 coming to them on their return for the opportunity of steadily drawing high er wages. Tho Department of Justice fears that It will not be able to successfully cope with tho problem of proving that keepers of sailors' boarding-houses are Indulging In crimping. This has been a difficult charge to prove in the past, and will be In tho present Instance. In fact, pre liminary Investigations tend to show that a large per cent of the desertions are not due to the Influence, of the boarding-housekeepers. The British and French sailors are quick to learn of opportunities to make higher wages, and act whenfthe op portunity offera. .No doubt, however, many sailors are induced to desert in this way. in Portland, as In New York. Phil adelphia and Baltimore, where similar conditions exist, and where the depart ment is trying to stamp out the violations of trie law. For some Inexplalnable reason and In some unknown way the proprietors or sailors' boarding-houses seem to have a strong Influence over seamen, say the of ficials. When a foreign ship reaches port and tho seamen put up aTlhese houses, they are told of the higher "wages paid on American vesseis, and are made aware of the high wages paid for farm and factory hands. If they express a willingness to desert the proprietor then makes a bargain with the captain of the ship paying higher wages to supply him so many seamen for any length of service, for a "consideration of $50 or 555 per head. Aa Is to be expected. In some instances the master who pays out 550 to secure a seaman deducts that amount from the salary due the seaman so secured. This deduction ho has no legal right to make, and if the case is taken to court the mas ter Is punished and the full wage paid to the seaman. Briefly, this is the system complained of in Portland. The names of the complaining parties cannot be learned nor can tho names of the vessels from which there were desertions be had. The more thorough investigation has been placed In the hands of District Attorney Hall at Portland, who Is to report to the Attorney-General when he has gone into the details of the case. The attention of the Department of Jus tice isnow centered on Portland, on the Pacific Coast, and on New York, Phila delphia and Baltimore, on Jhe Atlantic, although United States attorneys at ali leading seaports have recently been no tified of the methods of practicing crimp ing, and have been requested to use every precaution to prevent further infringe ments of this seamen law. The laws bearing on this practice are comparatively new. and were passad through the Influ ence of tho Seamen's Unions. Although pacsed with good Intent, the law eeems to be inoperative to a large extent, because of the Inability of the officials to enforce Its provisions. Fair Not as Rich as Reputed. Washington Post. "I do not think that when the facts are known it will be found that Charley Fair left a very rich estate," said Mr. Peter M. Walker, of San Francisco. "His untimely end through the mishap to his racing machine was on a par with his career, which had been rapid. It was by reason of his pronenesa to spend that his own share in his father's great fortune was smaller than that of the other heirs. Charley spent a big slice of his part .of the elder Fair's millions before they were di vided." Mrs. Mollle Allen, of Soutn Fork. Ky., says. she has prevented attacks of cholera morbus by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when she felt an attack coming on. Such attacks aro usually caused by Indigestion, and these tablets are Just what Is needed to cleanse the stomach and ward off the approaching at tack. Attacks of bilious colic may be pre vented In the same way. For sale by all druggists. I All the world's a stage. Elgin Watches are the prompters. Elgin Watches are the world's standard for pocket time-1 pieces. Sold by every jeweler in the land ;! guaranteed by the world's greatest watcb ' works. Booklet free. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. ELGtx, Iturois. THEIR FILIPINO WIVES RETURNING SOLDIERS SAID TO BE DESERTING THEIR FAMILIES. And the Government Is In Grave Donbt What It Can Do to Malse Things Right. The officers at , division headquarters are kept busy these days, not ofily with the departure of regiments, but with looking after wayward and miscreant husbands that are leaving for the States and are leaving' behind them wife and family, says the Manila Time. How many soldiers have left their law ful wlvc3 in the provinces before coming to this city will probably never be known, but the wronged women have found that there 13 some consolation to be found In stating their wronss to the commanding General of the division, and a large num ber have taken advantage of the assist ance ottered. Tuesday six men were taken off one of the transports in the bay, the complain ants in each case being able to show a neat marriage certificate, many of them having been signed by the chaplain of some regiment who was on duty in these Islands. Yesterday there wore seven more w'omen at the Estado Mayor, claiming that their husbands were leaving, that they were both wife and mother, that they wero penniless, and their husbands on board the transport Crook, now in quarantine, preparatory -to sailing for the ijnltcd States. One pitiful case among the many was that of a beautiful little native woman, who was sitting on the beach opposite the door of General Chaffee's office at the Estado Mayor weeping as If her heart .would break. The General happened to pass Just as she was In the midst of her sorrow and ordered one of hl3 aids to ascertain what was the matter. An In terpreter was called, and the woman told the same pitiful story that many others have told; that she was the wife of a soldier by the name of McDonald of J Company, Twenty-fifth Infantry, that her husband had gone to the States on the transport Crook and left her and her baby penniless. It Is needless to say that the General, when made acquainted with the circumstances, ordered his launch to the vessel's side to have the recreant hueband returned to this city. Cases of this kind are becoming so nu merous that steps will be taken to punish soldiers who have been lawfully married here, and who return to the States, desert ing their families. The colored reglmenta have not been alone In this, as a nmber of complaints have been made of members of other regi ments who have gone away and left a wife and baby in these islands, and sev eral cablegrams have been 6ent over the sea to intercept the parties before they are discharged, so as to bring them to Justice. There Is but little that can be done In the way of punishment for sol diers who are found guilty of deserting a family In these Islands, but they can be discharged from the service without hon or. Whether this would have any effect In stopping the practice Is questionable, but It would return them to tho Islands for the discharge, would relieve the Army of that class of miscreants, and would leave them here where they could be compelled to give support to their chil dren. Instead of turning them out on the streets to beg. Wherever a marriage certificate can be produced to show that the parties were legally married, the case .will be looked into, and the men will be brought ashoro and dismissed without honor. Soldier Mnrrlnges. Editorial In Manila Times. July 10. There has undoubtedly been wanton cruelty practiced on native women by enlisted soldiers who married them, hid ing In their hearts the cowardly Intent to desert them whenever their regiments left the Islands. Some of these mar riages were solemnized by regimental chaplains, in a moment of weakness though what right a chaplain has to marry a soldier to any woman is hard to see, as enlisted men, with the ex ception of post commissary, quarter master and ordnance sergeants, are not supposed to have wives, noi will a mar ried man knowingly be recruited for the Army without an order from the Adjutant-General of the Army. It 13 a ques tion If chaplains who have thus made it possible for the men to violate a funda mental law of honor and decency may not themselves be liable to discipline for aid ing and abetting an Infraction of disci pline. It Is undoubtedly their plea that they deemed it better to assist the men to marry . their dusky sweethearts than to encourage them to lead licentious lives. This would be all right from a moralist's point of view were It not written not to do evil that good may come of It. Evil, distinctly, has come of It. however. Every departing trans port brings trouble to the division com mander's office. Thirteen renegade hus bands have been discovered aboard the Crook, now in quarantine, and they have been gently, but firmly, brought ashore to rejoin their weeping families. Their experience with General Chaffee will probably be dramatic but will It be germane to the question, which mani festly Is, What is to be done about this business? There are various things that can be done with them. They can bo transferred THE BEACON LIGHT OF THE VEHICLE WORLD STUDEBAKER 328-334 H. Morrison Street to some other regiments and made to stay I here In the islands where their wives can iouow them and shame then Into contrib uting to their support and that of their children. Thev can be dishonorahK- riiB- l charged and denied transportation out of me. isiana3. so that the women can apply to- the courts to make their recallctrant husbands, come to time. That would doubtlesa simplify the matter most quick ly for the Army, but 13 It exactly hu mane? A mai discharged without honcr from the United States Army is pretty eftectually damned, for the purposes of this world, at least. No court can order or compel a man to share with a woman a stipend that he does not draw, and who will pay a "bob-tailed" soldier a salary? Nobody wants him. He is an outcast. This may not perhaps be too severe to ilt the offence of which he has been guilty, but It put3 an effective stop to his ever doing Justice to the Filipino wife. It Is a hard question to settle, but we hope that as yet there have not enough instances occurred but that they can be dealt with Individually as befits the needs of each case. In future. It seems as If it might be dealt with by recognizing such mismatched and entirely extemporaneous marriages as part and parcel of the social evil as It exists and flourishes In -these islands. Have it understood among the men that If they really Insist on th'row ng away their lives by marrying women of an alien race and darker hue, whom they will be ashamed to take to tho United States with them; that if they must make mesalliances, tho Teglmental chaplain will tie the knot we had almost as well say the noose and will register all such marriages -with, the regimental Adjutant; that a shotgun quarantine will be enforced on the village padre, and all other lay and local experts on matrimo nial entanglements, to prevent any mem. ber of the enlisted force from committing matrimony and escaping unregistered tm branded. a3 It were: have it likewise un derstood that never, so long as the na tive wife lived and claimed the husband's protection, or as long as a child of such marriage remained under the age of ma jority, would tho United States be a party to the soldiors" leaving the islands; that they would have to serve out their- en listment here, accept . such discharge as that service merited, be left free to work and If they worked, the courts could compel them to share their earn ings with their native wives and half breed children and. finally, some day. when they had accumulated enough to pay their passage across the Pacific they might take the same chances tha't" a wife deserter does when he abandons his help less family In the States or anj- other country: but the Government would . be no partner to . 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