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y.UimWJJWUl ipj.lwiWJJiWIIMWtWpi The Commoner. Vo-a,-No.-ifti.- '1-.; 12. OUR CLUBBING LIST Do you wish to talco anothor paper or magazine with THE COMMONER? Hero is our clubbing Hat. Tho sub scription prlco given in this Hat pays for THE COMMONER and the other publlcatlona may bo either now or ronowol, oxcopt for Public Opinion and Lftorary Dlgoat. All must bo for ono yoar. Send to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nob. NOTIH-ClnhblntrofTTB In which tho Thrlcft- a-Wrnk World, or WorliMf ornlri. or Fnrra, Stock and Homo, or Knnnn City World nptfonra. nro not open to tho rosldcntnof tlio rnRnnotivo cltloa I in whloli tlio pnpors nntnod uro pnlilMicd. Club Price. 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Tho Anopheles mosquito according to recent experiments referred to in Tho Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette is attracted by some colors and re pelled by others: "Tho experiments wore conducted In a largo gauze tent, ono end of which was formed by largo windows into which the sunlight poured on bright days. Large stono basins wore placed on tho floor for tho Anopheles to breed in. At tho beginning it was noticed that when a person entered the tont clad In dark-gray clothes, tho mosqultto settled on the dark cloth; but that they never did this when tho person entering was clad In white flannels. A' number of boxes lined with cloth of various colors were placed in rows on tho floor, and It was noticed that the mosqultos would enter tho box lined with dark blue in great num bers and, In less numbers, would en tor boxes lined with others colors In tho following ordor: dark-red, brown, scarlet, black, slate-gray, ollvo-greon, violet, leaf-green, blue, pearl-gray, pale-green, Ught-bluo, ochre, white and orange. No mosquitoes were found In the box lined with yellow. As practical applications of these ex periments, it is to be noted that the khaki uniform should offer advan tages In adition to being invisible to the human onomy. Tho number of insects congregating In dwellings might very much bo lessoned by the Choice of suitable colors applied to the walls. A trap might be made, lined with dark-blue; In which the in sects would 'congregate, so that they could bo. readily destroyed in large numbers. Have your mosquito-barn yellow. T a favorite bluo seems to bo also tho mosquito favorite." STOPS THE COUGH And Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablots euro n cold in ono day. No euro, no pay. Prlco ?0riS History Repeats Itsolf. (Continued from Pago Seven.) Gazette wroto tho following comment in April, 1707: Wo aro not without fear lest the i .mbasures taken for tho establish ing of a tax in America should give rise to now troubles in. most of our colonies. Precaution, how ovor, will be taken to leave the re partition and collection of it to tho assemblies of. tho different pro- vlnces. . . . The spirit of revolt and indopondenco which reigns in , that country gives us no reason to depend upon any good disposi tion on their part. It is to bo hoped that no evil-disposed observer will be so moan and unkind as to wrlto such things about the Filipinos. Besides, every assur ance is given that "the spirit of ro volt and independency" in tho archi pelago has been nearly extinguished. In ono other Instance history has re peated itsolf. Thero was an American commission once, just as there is a Philippine commission now. On the 2nd of June, 1767, there was introduced in the house of commons: A bill to enable his majesty to put tho customs and other duties in America, and the execution of laws relating to trade thero, under the management of commissioners to bo resident there. In duo course of time this bill was passed and received tho royal assent. Then this official notice appeared in tho London Gazette of Saturday, Sep tember 5, 1767: Tho king has been pleased to constitute and appoint Henry Hul ton, John Temple, William Burch, Charles Paxton, and John Robin son, esquires, to be commissioners for the receipt and management of his majesty's customs and other duties in America. The king has been pleased to grant unto James Porter, esq., the office of comptroller or the cash ier of the accounts of the customs and other duties in America. The king has been pleased to grant unto Charles Stewart, esq., the office of cashier and paymaster of his majesty's revenues of cus toms and other duties In America, Somehow or other those commis sioners were not received with that spirit of cordiality which their ap pointment warranted. It was unfor tunate that the Americans did not have tho Filipinos to set them a good example. Cruelties in the Philippines. becretary of War Root has made public the following correspondence' War Department, Washington, April 1902. My Dear Senator:- I beg to ac knowledge the receipt of your copy of the testimony of Sergeant Charles S. Riley and Private William Lewis Smith, late of the Twenty-Sixth In fantry, taken before your committee yesterday. I inclose a copy of a dis patch which has been sent today to Major General Chaffee, commanding the division of the Philippines. Di rections have been given to the judge advocate general of the army to taka proper stops In accordance with the dispatch. The war department will be glad to receive the earliest pract icable information of further evi dence which may bo elicited by the committee tending to flx responsibil ity upon any ono in tho military ser vice of tho United States for any vio lation of any laws of war or of the regulations or orders governing the op orations of the army of the United States in the field. Very respectfully, ' ELIHU ROOT, Tr Secretary of War. Hon: H. C. Lodge, United States Sen . ator, Washington, D. C." . War Department, Washington, April 15, 1902: - Memorandum for the adjutant gen eral: Cable General Chaffee as follows: On February 10th a letter was sent yyi inclosing for investigation copy of charges made by Governor Gard ener, of Tayabas province, which con tained general allegations of cruelties pra iced by troops on natives, and generally of an Insolent and brutal attitude of, tho army towards natives. On April 2, a cable dispatch was sent you urging action with all speed con; slstent with thorough and searching investigation. On tho 4th of March, a cable dis patch was sent you directing discip linary measures to produce obedience to tho president's instructions subor dinating military officers to civil gov ernment in pacified provinces, and in structing you to relieve Major Edwin E. Glenn and Captain James A. Ry an from duty and order them to Ma nila to await investigation into their conduct, in accordance with instruct ions to follow by mail. On the 24th of March instructions were mailed you containing a state ment of charges against three offi cers and General Jacob H. "Smith as the basis of tho investigation ordered by .the cable of March 4th. Further instructions in both matters are required by the following facts: Press dispatches state that upon the trial of Major Waller, of the marine corps, testimony was given by Waller, corroborated by other wltnessesthat General Jacob H. Smith instructed him to kill and burn; that It was no time to take prisoners, and that when Wal ler asked General Smith to define the age limit for killing, he replied: "Everything over 10." If such testimony was given, and the facts can be established, you w'il place General Smith on trial by court martial. Yesterday, before the senate com mittee on Philippine affairs. Sergeant Charles Riley and Private William Lewis Smith, of tho Twenty-Sixth vol unteer infantry, testified that the form of torture known as the "water cure" was administered to the pres idento of tho town of Igbarras, Hollo irovince, island of Panay, by a de tachment of the Eighteenth United States infantry, under command of Lieutenant Arthur L. Conger, under orders of Major Edwin F. Glenn, then captain Twenty-fifth infantry, and that Captain and Assistant Surgeon Pal mer Icon, at that time a contract sur geon, was present to assist them. The officers named or such of them as are found to be responsible for the act will be tried therefor by court-martial. Conger and Lyon are in this coun try. Both the Twenty-sixth volunteer infantry and the Eighteenth infantry having returned to the United -States and most of the witnesses being pre sumptively here, the secretary of w:u directs that Major E. F. Glenn, Twen-ty-flfth infantry, be directed to proceed to San Francisco and report to the general commanding the department of California, with a view of his trial by court-martial under charges al leging the cruelties practiced by him upon a native of the Philippine islands at Igbarras, on the 27th of June, 1900.' if you can discover any witnesses still in the service in the Philippines who can testify in support df the charges or if Major Glenn desires the attendance of any person now serving in the islands as witnesses for the de fense, you will direct them to pro? ceed to California for that purpose. As the two 'years allowed pr6aecution by the statute of limitation is nearly at an end, no time is to be lost. You will take such course in advanc ing or postponing the investigations previously ordered into the conduct of General Smith and Major Glenn, as shall be required to enable you to execute these instructions. It is be lieved that the violations of law and humanity, of which these cases if true, aro examples, will prove to be very few and occasional, and not to characterize the conduct of the army generally in tho Philippines; but the fact that any such acts of cruelty and barbarity ap pear to have been done indicates tho necessity of a most thorough, search ing and exhaustive investigation into tho general charges preferred by Gov ern r Gardner and you will spare no effort, in the investigation already ordered under these charges, to un-. cover every such case which may have occurred and bring tho offenders to justice. The president desires to know in the fullest and most circumstantial manner all the facts, nothing being concealed, and no man being for anv reason favored or shielded. For the very reason that tho president intends to back up tho army in tho heartiest fashion in every lawful and legitimate method of doing its work, he also in tends to see that the most rigorous care is exercised to detect and pre vent any cruelty or brutality and that m'en who are guilty thereof are pun ished. Great as the provocation has been in dealing with foes who habitually resort to treachery, murder and tor ture against our men, nothing can jus tify, or will be held to justify, the use of torture or inhuman conduct of any kind on the part of the American army. ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War. April 15, 1902. The Secret. 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