HE SUNDAY. OREGONIAN,T PORTLAND, OCTOBER 7, -1900.
ftACTS, NOT FANCIES
Let All Anti-imperialists Face
the Truth.
AN EX-SOLD1ER TELLS IT BLUNTLY
The Philippine Situation Reviewed
in Graphic Style We Did There
What We Had to Do.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 4, 1900. (To the
Editor.) Men styling themselves "antl
imperialists" are making assertions and
drawing conclusions therefrom that con
flict very much -with conditions as I
viewed them and impressions I formed
while serving a short time as a soldier
In the Philippine Islands. Will you grant
me the space to point out thefce diffei
ences and offer an occasional suggestion?
J refer particularly to the communica
tion published signed by W. B. Lord, C.
E. S. Wood and W. L. Brewster. I ob
serve what seems to me quite clearly a
1 partisan 5oior in this communication. No
one will question the purity of mothe
actuating these men when they first
formed ideas again.st annexation of the
Philippines, but their arguments and the
class of evidence now being used by thtm
seems to demonstrate they have fallen to
the very human position of backing up
their -first conception, rather than stll
acting in unbiased and candid spirit Tnls
is lamentable, as these men took up the
cause on moral grounds, and should con
tinue with ear to the moral tone, rather
than frantically to grab for any available
evidence to support their contention in a
partisan manner. It should be unneces
sary to tell them American, evidence is
better than Filipino. America is an in
terested party; so is the Filipino. Amer
icans are Anglo-Saxons, whom history
credits with some remarkable qualities of
probity, purity and Justice; the Filipino
is a Malay mixture, associated -with
"Whose past are traditions of deceit and
treachery. Where it is a question of ver
acity, take the advice of a little experi
ence, and accept your own race, your
brother, in preference to the dark-skinned
stranger across the Pacific. And as be
tween Americans, weigh well what a sen
sational, polltlcai-sop Consul may have
said while writing for yellow journals
about his own great achievements.
Before speaking of the mistakes referred
to, may I be pardoned for a question
to self-styled "'anti-Imperialists"? I hope
St will be regaided frankly. Isn't the real
vital question. Whether the United States
lias the right to hold, and finds it best
to hold, the Philippines? Perhaps errors
were made by Pratt, Wlldman. Williams,
Dewey and even, McKinley. Perhaps the
original purpose was not to keep the
islands, and perhaps the necessity of do
ing so developed as events transpired.
Still is it not now the paramount ques
tion whether the Islands shall be he'd or
delivered over? If this is the real question
lor thinking men, is it not small Amer
icanism that avoids deciding on this point,
and hunts for flaws in the very human,
"work of our President or seeks errors In
details and methods for partisan purpose?
As to our high moral right to hold the
islands, aside from legal title', recognized
by nations, but which may arise from
nfight, just a moment on fundamentals.
5?ecause one person is born in a natural
paradise and another in a desert, must
the latter starve because the other is
'selfish with the bounties bestowed by
chance of birth? Because the American
Indian, used millions of miles of .fertile
land to maintain him in wanton idleness,
were the crowded and tolling centers of
Europe forbidden to overstep birth boun
daries and claim a portion of the "waste
to useful ends? Because tropical fruits
and luxuries do not grow in the temper
ate zone, is the native of the latter shut
out,, from the tropics and deprived for
ever of tlit-2 pleasures, because of selfish
ness or savagery? No. Nativity gives
the right to a home, but not an exclusive
oi- prohibitory right That would be con
trary to the interests of mankind. Inter
change of products is a right recognized
by all civilization. Commerce has in
alienable rights, subject of course, to
reasonable local regulations. America
and every other nation' has the right of
commerce in the Philippines. If the civili
zation of those islands is too low to safe
guard ordinary and reasonable commerce,
fudged in a broad and general sense, it is
a self-evident pi opositlon that they forfeit
independence to powers that can and will
enforce a proper government there.
I believe the Filipinos unfit for absolute
self-go ernment I do not think com
merce on the islands would be safe if
the Filipinos were depended on solely to
maintain the system of government There
azv probably 1.000.000 Tagalos on the
islands, out of a total of from" 8,000,000
to 10,000,000 people. Tagalos only have
aspired to Independence. Most of the oth
er tribes are hopelessly stupid. When
roterence is made to the educated patri
ots of the Philippines Tagalos must be
intended, and those who has come in
contact with Tagalos know a very large
per cent of them are very Ignorant ir
the lagaios possessed civilized Intelli
gence, the independence now fought for
wbuld be an aristocracy, with themselves
ruling. To most of the tribes of the Phil
ippines this would mean a subjection
more obnoxious than Caucasian mastery.
Feuds between some of these tribes, and
generally against the Tagalos, perpetuate
animosity that disinterested observers be
lieve well placed against the latter. In
dependence means not only freedom from
the Caucasian, but the enthronement of
Tagalos, where from 6,000,000 to 9,000,(XW
of their poor fellow-beings, will have to
hew wood and draw water. From the
abounding evidence of Tagal corruptlbn
and avarice, this state of affairs might
be deplored by the bitterest partlsacn
against the present Administration. What
lilgh moral right have the Tagalos to
subjugate, the Horos of Mindanao? Ne
gros, Panay, MIndoro, Cebu and numer
ous other Islands, are peopled with theJ
"Visayans. The Tagalos have tio right to
rule them. They have no right to thrust
the yoke on stupid Igerotes, Negritos.
MJacabebes, or other Luzon tribes, as they
were lustily doing between the surrender
of Manila. August 13, 1898. and the out
break of hostilities with the Americans,
February 4, 1890. Armed Tagalos were
sent throughout Luzon, to domineer over
the people and make thorn submit to the
dictator Agulnaldo, while these Ameri
cans," "anti-imperialists." regarded as so
ferociously and aggressively hostile, were
supinely waiting in Manila until the
enemy -was best prepared-to kill and de
stroy soldiers.
In the communication of Messrs. Iord.
r Wood and Brewster is the statement or
"fact" that Spain had possession of no
part of the Philippines when she sold
them to the United States. If she did
not the United States did. These three
men show a strange misconception, of
cdnditlons existing there when they as
sume and imply that the Filipinos had
whipped the Spaniards b the time Ma
nila surrendered, or had ever whipped
the Spaniards. They seem to know noth
ing of the history of the islands. If they
will read from reliable authority they will
find that Spain was not whipped to a
"stand-still" in 1896. Spain never per
mitted the troublesome Tagal to secure
enough arms to become formidable, and
as the Tagal has demonstrated, he has
art the courage to become formidable
vlth all the arms he can carry, xhe
first engagement of importance in the last
rebellion against Spain was fought in Ca
vlte Province. Here the small Spanish
force "went through the Insurgents like
chaff and killed, from 200 to.400. Shoruy
afterwards insurgents organized an army
north of Manila, and -were again attacked
by the Spanish soldiers. Here a crush
ing defeat was inflicted, with heavy losses.
Then the insurrection dwindled suddenly
into a cowardly, petty guerilla warfare
I now prevailing, only. then it was op a
lesser scale. Aguinaldo and some of the
other leaders succeeded for a considerable
period in creeping through the fastnesses
about Blac ne Bato, and harrowing inno
cent friends of the Spanish power, raiding
and marauding like bandits and thieves,
until the government concluded it were
cheaper to buy the outlaws than hire sol
diers to pursue them.- Well, the Spanish
officials measured their men. ,for the patri
ots readily took snug sums of money and
departed for comfortable homes in other
lands, leaving some of their deluded fol
lowing to suffer the. penalties of treason
and rebellion. And the wisdom of the
Spanish officers was further demonstrated
in rightly judging that if a few of the
leaders, possessing peculiar powers to ex
cite a stupid people, were removed, the
flame of patriotism would subside. Be
tween the close of the 1896 rebellion and
Dewey's arrival In 1898, peace about as
profound as usually reigned in the Phil
ippines was 'enjoyed. t
It is fatuous for -"antl-lmperlallsts" or
others to Insinuate or state that the Fili
pinos were a- serious menace to Spanish
authority .-when Dewey ran into Manila
Bay. They were not, as any Impartial
reader can easily learn by a little dili
gence. When Dewey sunk the Spanish
fleet. Spanish soldiers in the Philippines
were Isolated from the mother country
Communication between the central pow
er in Manila and all pdsts throughout the
islands was severed, except such as was
possible over certain districts of Luzon,
By far the largest portion of Spaln'B sol
diers there were In Manila and adjacent
provinces, or distributed along the 120
mlle railroad between that city and Dagu
pan. When Dewey captured Cavlte and be
gan threatening Manilla with his fleet,
most of these soldiers were withdrawn to
Manila and the vicinity of the bay, where
they could be used In defense against the
expected attack of the Americans. Many
Filipinos were then In the Spanish serv
ice, generally. If not always, being com
manded by Spanish officers. It appears
that most of these Filipino troops were
stationed in that section around the bay
between Manila and Cavlte, where a series
of entrenchments and earthworks were
being thrown up at advantageous points,
to resist the Americans as they marched
by land from Cavlte to Manila. Then
Agulnaldo arrived at Cavlte and spread
his Influence. One day many of the
Tagalos In the Spanish service outside of
Manila betrayed their former friends, the
Spanish, by marching with all their arms
and equipment to Cavlte. This was known
as the Zapote River treachery. Wherever
they could desert they did so. Dewey
gave Agulnaldo arms and ammunition
found In. Cavlte Arsenal, including sota:
ancient field pieces and more modern
weapons adapted from the sunken fleet
Filipinos were aided to purchase many
more.
When the Spanish found themselves- the
victims of treachery and realized a wide
spread revolt was on among the Tagalos,
they succeded In withdrawing most of
their troops from adjacent posts to a line
'of defense about three miles from the
main suburbs of Manila. Beginning at
Malate, on the south, an entrenchment
was constructed around the city to tue
shore of the bay, on the north. They
withdrew to this line, because with their
limited forces it was Impossible to contend
with hostile natives and maintain ai for
midable front against the American fleet.
The swarming rabble of natives closed
In to within shooting distance of this
line, constructed counter entrenchments
and Invested the city. No inroads wero
made on this line by the Filipinos, nor
ever would have been while provisions and
ammunition lasted with the Spanish. The
one exception to this statement Is tnat
the Spanish at first tried to protect-their
water system supplying Manila, butTvere
forced to abandon the effort shortly be
fore Manila surrendered to. the. Ameri
cans. This water system, was eight miles
from the city, and could be guarded only
by badly exposed posts, which the Span
ish with their force and supplies found
impracticable to maintain.
Spanish prisoners captured by the Insur
gents were the detachments holding posts
Isolated by the betrayal and subsequent
withdrawal of the Spanish to Manila. If
any of these over-matched little garrisons
were ever captured by assault or fight I
did not hear of It. The plan was for a
swarm of Filipinos to invest the place,
shoot a little while after dark as a sort of
diversion, but risk nothing until starva
tion or exhausted ammunition compelled
the besieged to surrender or die.
The siege of Manila by the Filipinos was
a lurid farce. Usually about 10 in the
evening a furious fUBilade would bo
opened by the besiegers." This continued
until the. Spanish replied vigorously and
then would cease. American officers and
men who visited the Filipino trenches'
have seen the doughty warriors duck
clean below their own banks while the
Spanish returned their fire, and discharged
their pieces by ralsinu their hands and
arms above the bank, but not their heads.
Maybe the bullet went high Into the air,
and maybe into the mud a few yards dis
tant If Filipino Independence had to
wait until that rabble called soldiers
charged the Spanish trenches, the mlllen
ium would find them "subjects," not "citi
zens." I have gone into te'dlous detail to show
"anti-imperialists" that their arguments
are foolish when they find courage, prow
ess and high qualities In the Filipinos.
In the letter of Messrs. Lord, Wood and
Brewster there seems a purpose tp exalt
them because of their achievements, and
to use as evidence of their title to inde
pendence certain conditions which did not
and do not exist Let antl-impertallsts"
stand on facts. If the argument Is that
Filipinos are entitled to Independence be
cause of certain good qualities, the pos
session of those qualities is the issue; but
if "anti-imperialists" hold they are en
titled l,o independence whether savage or
civilized, let that be the issue. If they
had "heard and seen as. much of Filipino
character as did the soldiers of the Second-Oregon
Volunteers, I believe they, as
intelligent good citizens,, w;ould admit
t that- the Filipino is. not capable or self
government now, that is, such self-gov-'
ernment as would be tolerated by civlliza
"tftm. The loot of Manila seemed the
strongest incentive for the rank and file
to fight They looked forward, to .the day
when this metropolis, dazzling them with
its wealth, should.be thrown open .to their
ravages. "Pocotienipo Americanos boom
boom Manila?" was a question heard
dozens of times each day. When assured
the day was near, their jdellsht was child
ish. They made that disgusting, repul
sive sign of how they would cut the
throats of Spaniards when they got at
them. And the Spaniards were aware of
this savage instinct In the terms of
surrender one of the first conditions asked
was an American guard of sufficient
strength to control the Filipinos, and the
Spanish remained in a portion of their
trenches until the "Americans could get"
their forces shaped to hold at bay the de
lirious, partly intoxicated horde that
rushed in on the heels of the American
troops. Filipinos were forbidden to- enter
the city with arms because- everybody
there knew what would result.
Agulnaldo declared himself dictator
about the time the first expedition reached
Cavlte. I saw the proclamations posted
on walls. He refused to witness the
Fourth of July parade of the American
troops in Cavite because General Ander
son, in Inviting him, addressed him as
General instead of President. That was
before the Americans had time to define"
their policies. His action in that and
much else showed his ambition to rule
and the fear he harbored that the United
States would not recognize him. If "anti
Imperialists" will study the foolish edicts
Issued by this dictator regarding the.
pompous uniform to he worn by his offi
cers and staff, at about the same stage
of proceedings when, more than a cen
tury ago, the American Revolutionists
were turning out their Declaration of In
dependence, they will And food for re
flection. Another fact, in my mind, of which I
hear little these days, is that in the early
Fall of 18SS, after Manila surrendered and
the, destiny of the Islands was in the bal
ance, probably half or more of the Jagals
themselves. favored a government " under
the protection of the United States, and
many of the brighter ones a colonial Ae
pendency, Agulnaldo had the armed pow
er: President McKinley had no policy un
til he had waited and listened. Agulnaldo
commenced whipping everything lntb line
with himself and his adherents. Ameri
can troops staid inside Manila. All the
Islands, with hardly any weapons, save
those' possessed by the armed Tagalos,
w,ere at the mercy of a leader wlio does
not know what "consent of the governed'!
means. While we sat foolishly In, Manllaj
cringing before the contumacious and ini
suiting soldiers of Agulnaldo, he held the
assassinis dagger over any "Who dared to
express sympathy with an American pro
tectorate or for annexation. Filipino;
have told me in substance:
"We do not know tvhat to do. Wo
think it would be best'- for .the Americana
to govern the islands, but we' cannot say
so. Our lives are not safe 'if we talk
that way right here in Manila, inside the
American' lines. What can the people do
out invlhef provinces? You Americans are
doing nothing. We do not know Tvhat
you intend to do."
There were days bptween August 13,
1S9S, and February 4, 1S93. when the Fili
pinos were dally buying Mausers -and
storing ammunition, and when the Ameri
can soldiers burned with "taunts and
sneers cast at them by a lot of childish
-braggarts. A contractor in Manila, in
high favor with the American adminis
tration, was commonly reputed to be sell-
"IS THE .YOUNG MAN
Ing the Filipinos arms and ammunition In
large quantities. "A number of American
soldiers are rotting in the soil of Luzon
for obeying, orders 'to take those guns
away from the Filipinos. m
Two insurgent- officers' were" shot lnMa
nlja before commencement of hosttitles
by our provost guard,one"a Captain and
the other a Lieutenant They were re
ported "by Filipino "residents to be visit
ing certain houses threatening ' such as
expressed American sympathy. A Fili
pino doctor asked for an American guard,
as he said he would be assassinated for
expressing such sympathy. A guard was
given. The Insurgent Captain came, was
ordered to halt and submit to arrest, but
trotted off, laughing over his shoulder at
one of the big Americans hetyad come
to regard as a booby. He was'shot," The
Lieutenant was klllod under very simi
lar circumstances. Then the .Americans
were called murderers, worse than the
Spaniards. These are "Instances, many of
wht.h could be brought to light, -Illustrating
Agulnaldo' s methods, If there was
a class of people as active in defending
American honor and' justice as .there is
in' attacking it under the name of ,"antl
imperiallsm." Agulnaldo's methods are those of an,
assassin. More than ,one - recalcitrant
ipkder has crone down. There is no-con
sent of the governed .guiding his assassin's
knife. There was no consent or tne gov
erned when with armed soldiers he thrust
his dominion upon all outside the narrow
circle of American soldiers "In Manila. -I
remember of hearing German and Eng
iioh Timnurtv-ownera sDeak of confiscation
by the Malolos (so-called) Republic, con
fiscation of half under the. guise of taxa
tion. I know prominent Filipinos of Ma-,
nlla said they were being, bled by the
pirates operating under Agulnaldo's or
ders. Certain sums of money were de
manded of them, according to the dicta
tor's estimate of their wealth, for the sup
port of the new government. Filipinos
have told me such demands have been
made on- them, and threats ot violence
and death thrown in for emphasis.
That the American soldiers provoked the
Filipinos seems to be the burden of mqst
of the "anti-Imperialist" arguments when
speaking of the commencement of hostili
ties Fehruary 4. The three gentlemen be
fore referred to say the President omits
to state that an American soldier actually
fired the first shot. Thlsr style, this ln
eimuntinn is trrosslv wrong. It Is Inferred.
that they charge American soldiers with
precipitating hostilities when the unof
fending Filipinos did nothing. This is in
gratitude 4to the men who so patiently
bore for several months- contemptuous
sjlngs and thrus'ts. But Its Ingratitude is
Its least offense. It is a blind perception"
to whatever might place Americans In the
right a willful disregard of abundant evi
dence that the Filipinos 'expected hostili
ties, prepared for them, hastened them
when they felt that they had accumulated
enough arms and ammunition. Any gov
ernment with .more than a shadow of re
spect -for the Hves'ofMts solduiers would
not1 have permitted the Filipinos to ac
cumulate such effective armament. If
President McKlnleyls mind had no policy
at all, which appears evident, he at least
would have been perfectlyjustlfled in in
sisting that the Filipinos cease warlike
preparations until the question, was de
termined. Had there been any firmness,
at this stage of proceedings I believe there
never would have been a war a, lth the
Filipinos. But-whatever errors the Presi
dent made In this respect make the "antl-
Imperialists' " arguments all the more im?
tenable, for he erred In the direction of
giving the , Filipinos more, opportunity.
X can remember when English, Spanish
and Germans said the Americans were
ruining the Filipinos, were killing them
by letting them expand with conceit , I
can also remember when Filipino soldiers
told me and others, "Ona Filipino equa.l
cinco Americanos" (One Filipino is equal
to 'five American), or "Ona Filipino equal
blente Americanos" (One Filipino 'is
equal to twenty Americans). "Porque
Americanos no combate, no quiere?"
OVny do Americans not fight; don't, hice
it?). "Filipinos quiere mucho combate"
(Filipinos desire much fighting), "Amer
icanos mucjo liab"lo, jio combate'" (Afher- ,
leans talk much, but do not fight). These
we're uttered by not one Filipino soldier,
butby Jozerisrand"huriflredsI.o their pe6.",j
pie, intelligent people. So far did thlsj
passive endurance go that Spanish officers
safd it was evident that the Amer.canH
were-afrald to' figit the 'Filipinos. Tnat
foolish order Issued to General Miller
when he wa3 sent to occupy Hollo' con
firmed bofh Spanish and Filipinos that
we,were actually afraid of the black brag
garts. ,R v "
This Is an idea of conditions as derived
from talk and impressions formed at the
time. Consider, ivhat the Filipinos were
actually doing. The Americans said .they
would occupy Manila, , Cavlte and Vote
out, for the bay pending final settlement
by treaty. Armed Filipinos were exclud
ed from Manila, for reasons that appealed
to every Intelligent man. They could en
ter at will' If junarmed.i American sen
tries were posted along a lino chosen by
the American officers, so as to protect the
city from armed raids. Thin was very
wise, In view of the frenzied condition of
the Filipino mind when prospects bf loot
ing Manila loomed up. There was noth
ing In the American arrangements indi
cating a warlike expedition Into the coun
try which had been 'conceded' to Filipino
control until a final settlement Yet tne
armed forces of Agulnaldo were brought
right up within a few yards of the Ameri
can sentries, 'and there held constant
guard. Tills might be explained as a lit
tle show of dignity,,' or retaliating against
the Americans Tor' their lack of confi
dence." by feigning a desire to protect
the Filipinos from arald.by armed Amer
icans. Even '"anti-imperialists" will" not
say, I hope, thatFIlip'ino property-owners
were actually In danger of being plun-
ABSALOM SAFE"
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
dered by American soldiers in a time of
peace. ,JBut Agulnaldo went further than
merely posting s'entrles. Immediately his
troops began throwing up entrenchments
against the.-poBitlona held by the Ameri
pans, who were notv entrenched. This
work of entrenching and.'fortlfylng con
tinued -rapidly until the day hostilities
broke out, '.when many a poor American
soldier found he had-"to pay "with "his
life for the indulgence granted the Fili
pinos. When'flghting commenced and the
Americans charged, every thicket had Its
masked trench, from which poured deadly
volleys as the white men deliberately
rushed across the open and pushed cow
ards out of positions triey had been con
structing for months.
I believe any other nation on earth
would have stopped those unquestionably
warlike preparations. The President -did
not because he was' timid. It Is the ran
cor of partisan opposition that makes
''Presidents of republics tlmld. This nerve
less executive ,is the (historic weakness
of popular form of government. Allow me
to suggest, "antl-lmperlallsts," that yon
may'be doing your country more harm In
aggravating this weakness of republics byf
attacklng.a policy on the flimsy evidence
taken by you in ,the present case, than
perhaps th8oworst-,form. of imperialism
possible4among an intelligent people could.
EX-SOLDIER.
MR. AND MRS. LEASE.
Conflict of Authority There and Ban
ger of a Mix-lip.
Chicago Tribune.
Some long-smoldering embers in ,tho
Lease 'household have at last burst into
flame. , In a public statement made by
Mr.' Charles Lease, druggist of Wichita,
Kan., husband of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Lease, stateswoman, that gentleman avers
that, although he has no control over his
wife's political opinions and. has, no right
to interfere with her, he is nevertheless
greatly displeased because she has flopped
over to tne support of McKinley, and her
contlnuousflopplng wearies him, forgetful
of the fact' that changing her mind Is one
of the conceded prerogatives of the sex.
He forgets that a woman Is "uncertain,
coy and 'hard to please."
Doubtless Mttiy Elizabeth' has flopped'
ir.any times,' tnis Demg a habit Of poli
ticians. Instead of being weary with her
.nooning, Mr. Lease should rejoice that
she has flopped at last to the right side,
and to the si'de'that is going to win. The
trouble with Mr. Lease Is that hla po.Ht
leal convictions are 'In such a'mixed-up
condition he cannot flop. If he wished,
to flop ' ever s'o much' 'in "what direction
could he go? Mr. Lease Is an ardent be.
ll'ever in 16 to 1, notwithstandlnsr the 'un
precedented prosperity, jof Kansas, and the
rapid increase of his drug business. But
as to anti-expansion, which Bryan, de
clares Is the paramount testy?, he Is un
sound. . -He believes- In the extension of
American i sovereignty, but .from his-point
of view 16 -to 1 Is the paramount lssue.-and
if he should flop toMcKinley because-he-belleves
In his expansion policy, he would
be a traitor to 10 to L .. Having nowhere,
to flop he must remain where he Is, Mrs.
Lease, on the other hand, has views -which
are more elastic. She has a love of va
riety. Her recent flop shows that she is
progressive. More than that, shei has
been -through one campaign with Bryan,
and know, 111m. Mr. Lease says: "I. re--member
the time "when he used to be,her
political Idol." He forgets, however, rthatr
when women' find their Idols- Insincere
they promptly knock them off their pedes
tals, and worship changes to-disgust
The fusion state central oommlttee, en
couraged by Mr. Lease's public criticism
of Mrs. Lease, will endeavor to Induce
Mr. Lease to take the stump against her
when she goes to Kansas. If Mr. Lease
Is a farseelng man he .will do nothing' o'f
the kind. He Will be likely to hear from 1
Mrs.. Lease jln a manner which 'will, hot
be pleasing to him, and long tjefore' No
vember there will be little left of hinf, 'for
there Is no fury like that of a "woman
scorned." Mr. Lease will be better em
ployed in sticking to his business with a
feeling of thankfulness for the McKinley
yeara of prosperity which have enabled'
thepeople.of Wlchitaand viclnltyto pay.
him cash for his pills and boluses. ,
IN THE PHILIPPINES
DESULTORY FIGHTING GOING ON IN
REMOTE PARTS.
American Troops Do Much Sconting
Public Schools . Opened
Rainy Season Has Set In.
LD3MANAN, P. I., July 19. Affairs In
the South Camarlnes are assuming a
somewhat better shape. Fighting is still
going, on In a desultory fashion In out-of-the
way places. The Insurgents are hid
ing in the 'mountains and thickly wooded
hills, from whence they Issue, occasion
ally, to steal lice, cattle, ponies and any
. thing they happen to find and desire. -If
the American troops are abte at all to en
gage them, it Is necessary to strike them
while on one of these raids or take a trail
and follow them 'back Into the mountains
and attack them in their cuartels. Fdrty
men of the- Eleventh Cavalry struck SO
Insurgents entrenched near La"gonoy.
drove them out of their Frenches, killed
six and wounded three. One cavalryman
.was killed -,ind one wounded. Captain
Hand, of the Forty-fifth" Infantry, en
gaged .a small band of Insurgents near
Minalaba'c, killed 13 and wounded six. One
of the killed Is said to have been General
Ludovlco Arlhola, leader of the Insurgents
in this prqvlnce. If this be true, it was
a 'lucky strike. 'Ludovlco's father is very
'Vealthy, and the son had many advan
tages. On the 14th of June a casket came down
on the launch -from Neuva- Cacere3 for
.the remains of Private Oswald,. Troop M,
Eleventh Cavalry. The next day 'we
-hurled him. in .the little cornqtery, tjie
troops of his company and the JETorty-
fifth Infantry -(my command) making a
tnournftll nrnpftsnlnn TVn1rh frllntt,1 him
so the grave. The usual salule was fired.
taps were blown and we laid him tenderly
to rest. His grave Is marked by a neat
wooden slab, with his name, troop and
regiment Inscribed thereon.
On the 16th of June the barklnjr of the
mongrel dogs In town had" become such a
nuisance that I sent out a squad of men
with rifles, who killed and buried 160 of
them. A few days .later the operations
wero repeated,, and GO more met their
fate. We now have comparatively quiet
nights within our line of" outposts. The
natives seem to appreciate tho advantages
Accruing from the departure of the dogs
as well as ourselves.
On June 16th and 17, Lieutenant Kirk
man, iweyenth Cavalry, with 22 troopers
and eight men of Company L, Forty
fifth Infantry, left Llbmanan on a two
days' scouting trip Into the mountains.
They found and burned five cuartels, but
the Insurgent occupants "escaped. On the
23d and 24th Klrkman and Second Lieu
tenant Sutherland went out again, with
41 troopers and eight mounted men of L
Company. ' We had heard that the In
surgents had a lot of stock corraled at
Olagbanga, a little settlement In the
n...jn tains, about 20 miles distant. They
found the place all right, but the lnsur.
gents escaped. They captured three car
ibous, 10 ponies and five head of cattle.
On the 25th we bid good-bye to our
friends the cavalrymen, as they were
ordered to Neuva Caceres by way of
Pamplona,
The roads leading out of Llbmanan are,
for the most part, abominable. I talked
roads and road Improvements to the local
President for some time, and got him to
put the natives to work. About 300 com
menced' work on the road to Barcelona
and tho road to the crossing on the Blcol
River. They have scarcely anything -to
labor with but .their hands, and .the
work' Is .correspondingly- slow.' .They have
no plows or scrapers, and the ground Is
Very hard. Very few have , picks and
shovels. Short boards are used for shov
els, and little bamboo frames, are con
structed to carry dirt dp." These frarnes
are made on pdles, and are carried .by1
two men. Little haa been accomplished
so far. Diit It Is a start in the right .di
rection. It "Is the first time In three years
that any road work has been done in the
neighborhood.
Public Schools Opened.
In obedience to orders from brigade
headquarters, the public schools were
opened July 2 The first day there were
only 12 boys and six girls, but now there
are more than SO boya and 43 girls In at
tendance. Two feachers are employed,
one male and one female, at a salary of
25 pesos a month each. Both are Mes
tizos, and quite Intelligent. The great
trouble is the lack of books and appa
ratus. There Is no system of books. Many
of the children have nothing but tho
Catholic prayer-book In Blcol for text
books. They are permitted to read out of
these because there aro no other publi
cations, but religious instruction in the
schools is forbidden. A few of the pupils
have arithmetics, histories and geogra
phies, but nearly every scholar has a
different' book, and scarcely any child has
more than one. A Mestizo brought down
a lot of Spanish-English primers a few
days ago, but the price he asked was so
high that the natives could not afford to
buy them. He asked a peso for each
book, and well-informed natives- say the
price should be cut In two. If any of
the benevolent ladles of Portland will
send me a box of cast-off primary school
books, 1 will guarantee to place them
with these poor children. They will be
more than glad to get them, and great
good will result. The children are very
anxious to learn English, and I am equal
ly as desirous that they shall. If we can
teach the children to love America and
American Institutions, the problem of
government In this Island country is
solved. '
More Scontingr Trips Are Made.
Wo make many scouting trips, with un
important results, because we are unable
to find the Insurgents. On the Hth of
July, however, we located a band. With
20 men, four police, a guide and hospital
private, I scouted up the Llbmanan River
about four miles to a place where we
desired to crossi A convenient "banco
coming along with Ave Filipino women,
the police hailed them. They came
ashore and offered to take us over. All
the women got out ,but one, who waa
skillful with ,the paddle, and she crossed
us over with the assistance- of a couple
of natives who appeared on the scene
with two small canoes. Proceeding up
.the opposite bank In the shade of the
cocoanut palms and other luxuriant tropi
cal trees., we came to a house where we
found a friendly native. By dint of cloao
questioning wc found that he knew where
one of the many insurgent cuartels was
located. He offered to guide us to the
place. Gladly accepting the-offer, we pro
ceeded on up the river. At one. place,
where the trail departed.from tho woods
Into a fleld, we saw about a dozen Insur
gents running and opened fire on them,
but' they all escaped. Continuing our
march, we covered mile after mile, and
still" no cuartel. The mqn were getting
tired It was getting near noon and we
had to get back that night, and we were
a long distance -from Llbmanan. Calling
a halt. I told our guide that If we didn't
And the cuartel by 12 6'clock, I 'would
start on the return trip. I- had begun to
think we were following a cold trail.
However, the -guide said It was "poco
jdlstancla," or only a short distance to
tho cuartel. Suddenly, without any prev
ious warning, In very thick brush, we
ran into the cuartel. As the men weie
strung out along the narrow trail, only
the half dobez in front could see to do
anything. There were about 25 Insur
gents In tho house. As they had no out
posts, they were taken completely by
surprise. Sergeant Osburn commanded
them to halt, but they all took to their
heels. We opened fire on them as they
ran, killing one outright and wounding a
number of o'thers who' escaped "'nlo the
brush. We scoured the woods in search
of them, but they all got away execpt
one., whom.'.we captured.., A. ,w,oman .was
also left behind. We took her to Llbman-
Ana utner. itcmn
L . r t i rf a v-
Scaly
Loss of
Speedy Core I reef men! SL25fl
Bathe the affected parts with Hot Water and Cutlcura Soap, to cleanse
the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle
Drfy -without hard rubbing, and appiy Cuticura Ointment freely, to
allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and
lastly, take Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood. A .
single set (price, $1.25) is often sufficient to cure the mosttorturing,
disfiguring, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss
of hair, when-all else fails.
This sweet and wholesome treatment affords instant relief, permits
rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other" itching, '
burning, and scaly humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, and points to
a speedy, permanent, and economical cure when all other remedies Fail.
'The agonizing itching and burning of the skin, a3 in eczema; the
frightful scaling, as in psoriasis ; the loss of hair and crusting of the
scalp, as in scalled head ; the facial disGgurement, as in pimples and
ringworm ; the awful suffering of infants and the anxiety of worn-out
parents, as in milk crust, tetter, and salt rheum all demand a remedy
of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. ,Thafc
Cuticura. remedies are such stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that is not justified by the strongest
evidence. The purjity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate
relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety
and great economy, have made them tho standard skin cures and
humor remedies of the civilized, world.
Pracs, This Set, $1.25; consisting of CnricunA Soap, 25c, Curicum, OnmiEXT, 50c, Cnn
cuai Bsbolvent. 50c Sold throughout the xrorjd. Potxkb Dauu asd Casat. Con?., Solo
Props., Boston. " How to Cure-Every Humor," free.
an. and turned her over to some friends.
A lot of valuable papers were found in
the .house. About half at this band had
guns, but they were so badly frightened
that they did not fire a shot.
An Exciting: Experience".
After thoroughly Investigating the
house we ate our lunch and started on
our return, after setting fire to the cuar
tel and burning It to the ground. We
crossed the river about two miles above
the point where we went across In tne
morning. It was here that we had tho
most exciting time of the day. We only
had one banco. It held five or six mfen
and a native, who paddled. .1 had gained
the desired landing with nearly all the
soldiers and the policemen were coming
across in the canoe when 10 or 12 insur
gents appeared on the river bank and
commenced firing at the canoe and the
soldiers on the opposite shore. They all
had rifles and a lively fusillade ensued.
Corporal Breyman, Artificer Dettmer, our
native policeman and the guide, armed
with rllles, wero still on the other side
with the woman we were bringing from
the cuartel, and a pony, which wo had
captured. The bank was about 20 feet
high, and they wero standing at its base.
The insurgents were directly over their
heads, among the trees on top of the
bank, and at first did not know of their
presence. The soldiers who were already
across opened a heavy fire on the Insur
gents. The policemen In the boat jumped
out and swam and scrambled to shore,
badly frightened. The situation of the
men on the other side was precarious,
with tho Insurgents on the bank above
and a deep river between them and their
comrades. At this juncture, Prlvato
Charles McCloskey and Walter Stllllngs
volunteered to take the canoe over for the
other mon. This they did, under fire,
and at imminent risk of their lives.
Everything was brought over men, wo
man and pony without loss. They found
'ono dead insurgent on the bank and se
cured his rifle, a Remington, and 21
rounds of ammunition. These two men,
for this brave act, have been recom
mended to the War Department
for certificates of merit. Two days
after this fight a woman came Into
Llbmanan from tho vicinity of the cuar
tel and scene of the river combat and
reported that five more Insurgents had
died of their wounds the following day.
so we killed seven of them in the two
skirmishes. Tho woman wo brought in
stayed In town a few da-3 and then went
back to her friends in tho mountains.
On the way back to our quarters In o
drenching rainstorm, we came upon an
dther small band of Insurgents, and
opened fire, but they all escaped.
Cnrrylnff SuppHeK to Inmrjen.
On July 13, Sergeant Rynn and 16 men
of Company L. while scouting on tho St
eal River, killed one Insurgent and cap
tured his horse. We were confident that
many of the canoes passing up the river
were carrying supplies to the insurgents,
and the outpost on the bank of the river
wns directed to stop the boats and make
close search. If the occupants of tha
boat showed a disinclination to stop, a
warning shot from a rifle would prompt
ly bring them to time. On the 16th of
July three insurgents were caught with a
boat loaded with supplies, J5S 10 In money
and a pass signed by Isodore Martinez,
Commandanteof the Insurgents In the bar
rio of SIpocot. Other less Important cap
tures soon followed, and this traffic was
quite effectually prevented. On the 20th
and 21st of July I scouted to Slpccat, with
two days' rations, taking Dr. Thornburgh,
22 soldiers, a guide and five policemen.
Just before reaching Slpocat we encoun
tered a drenching and pelting rain storm,
which chilled everybody. After lunch
the doctor had a hard chill and two of
the men were very sick. We had In
tended to go to Mapangle. where a cuar
tel was said to be, but were compelled to
abandon the trip. It poured down rain
all the afternoon, and we took shelter in
the houses, which were all deserted. We
started a big fire under a shed and dried
our clothes quite thoroughly, and re
mained all night. At Slpocat we captured
a big canoe loaded with supplies of rice,
cigarettes and clothing for the Insurgents,
which we destroyed. Wrapped up In a
towel In this canoe was found a letter
to Commandante Martinez, of the Insur
gent forces, from Juan Rublo, a native
policeman of Llbmanan. proving him to
be a traitor of the worst kind. The let
ter told the military situation In Libm-v
nan, and the wrter said he was going to
Join Martinez, being dissatisfied with the
Americans. He asked to be given a rifle
and ammunition, saying that he was un
able to escape from Llbmanan with a
rifle, because American soldiers were con
tinually on duty with him. Rublo was
with us at the time, and I put him un
der arrest at once. He is languishing
la confinement now, and will have to
take his chances of a trial by a military
commission. On this trip we met several
small parties of Insurgents, killed one
and wounded two. About S o'clock P. M.,
July 21, the Insurgents from tho oo
noslte bank of the stream fired eight or
10 shots at our outpost on the river bank.
I presume this firing was prompted by
a spfrlt of revenge for the stopping of
the passage of their supplies up the river.
No damage resulted to the outpost, who
did not happen to be there at tho time,
but a native servant woman In an ad
joining house was killed and her child,
whlc.h she was carrying In her arms,
wounded.
A wedding celebration was going on
at the time, and the dancing was at Its
height when the sound of tho rifle' chots
rudely broke It up. The festive dancers-
ran to their homes as fast as they could,
thinking another attack was about to be
made on the town. Company L was soon
t
rg oiirnmg
Eruptions with
Hair.
under arms and ready to repel the attack,
but no more shots were fired, and every
thing soon quieted down. A drenching
rainstorm came up about 9 P. M. and all
except the guard werq permitted, to re
fire to rest. The rainy season Is coming
on fast. Scarcely a day passes without
a heavy shower coming most frequently
In the afternoon, and lasting Several
hours. The rice paddles' are filling with
water and, travel oyer them Is very diffi
cult.' CAPTAN PERCY WILLIS.
Forty-fifth Infantry. U. S. V.
HnmbufC or Silver Colitase.
New York Journal of- Commerce.
Coinage of silver dollars Is still going
on owing to the necessity of getting the
votes ot Mr. Wolcott and some other sll
verltes for the wax revenue act at tho
ratio established In 1834 and to which Mr.
Bryan has devoted much of his vocal
talents. He na dwelt on this fact several
times this SummT. for the apparent pur
pose of disarming suspicion by 'porsuad
Ing the public that what he proopses to
do Is actually going on. The radical
difference between what is now going on
and what Mr. Bryan desires to accomplish
is free coinage. For the evident purpose
of lulling an alarmed country Into a sense
of security he lays stress upon the ratio,
and Is silent about the free coinage.
Without free coinage It does not mat
ter much what the ratio Is. No ono
has ever taken the troublo to figure out
the ratio between paper and sold: so
loog as the Government credit can sus
tain the overvalued currency It matters
little what Its ratio to the standard currency-may
be. In thus dwelling on tha
Immaterial and Ignoring the vital ele
ments In the problem. Mr. Bryan lays
himself open to the suspicion of being
a humbug who is Bceklng to deceive the
country.
HAS NO COMPETITOR.
One Patent Medicine: "Which, lias the
Field to Itself.
A prominent physician was recently
asked why It was there are so many
"blood purifiers,"' "nerve tonics" and med
icines for every 111 except one at tho
most'eommon and annoying diseases, viz.,
piles. ' '
He replied there are two principal rea
sons: First, physicians, and 'people in
general have thought for years that tho
only permanent cure foe plies was, a sur
gical, operation, and that medicinal prep
arations were simply pallatlves and not
a cure, for the trouble.
Another reason Is that piles, unlike
many other diseases, la it no sense an
imaginary trouble A sufferer from pltes
Is very much aware of the fact, an.d for
this reason the few pile salves and oint
ments, etc.. have been short-lived, be
cause the patient very soon dlscpvcrea
thelr worthlessness.
He 'continues: However, there Is a new
pile1 remedy which, judging from its
popularity and extent of Its sale, will
soon'take the place of all other treatment
for piles. It nas certainly made thou
sands of cures In this obstinate disease,
and Its merit, repeatedly tested, hah
made it famous among physicians and
wherever Introduced. Tho remedy Is soli
by druggists everywhere under name ot
Pyramid Pile Cure.
It Is In convenient, suppository form,
composed of harmless astringents and
healing oils, gives Immediate relief In all
forms of piles and a radical cure without
resort to the knife and without pain or
Interference with dailv occupation.
One strong recommendation for tho
remedy Is that It contains no cocaine nor
opium, and Is absolutely safe to uao at
any time.
Ono of the suppositories In applied at
night. Is absorbed, and the cure is riat
ural and palnlors.
It permanently "urcs tchta; bleeding
or protruding piles, aivl la th tnily rem
edy except a tlnngnrou:- surgical opera
tion that will do o.
All druggists rfell a complete treatment
of the suppositories for 50 cents, and the
Pyramid Drug Company, of Marshall.
Mich., illl mail free to any address a
little- book on cause and cure of piles,
which may be of assistance in chroniq
cases.
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PAUL CROMWELL'.
The Colored p-c'bll:rt
Has openea up his oiEca at 31" Front, aria!
will stll hi medlrinp as usual Medicines"
for all kinds of chronic diseases.
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