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X3ha ncbracktx Independent
APRIL 13, 1905
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WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Manila Papers Are Constantly
Filled With Reports of Fighting .
The dally papers of the United
I States have nothing to say about the
(lighting constantly going on in the
Philippines, while the reports that are
,: published from the civil government
would lead one to believe that coun
try was as peaceful as paradise. The
following extracts are made from one
issue of the Manila times, of Febru
f ary 7. Other Issues of the paper dur
J fog the last winter have been like unto
it.
"In view of the fact that General
Allen reports everything lovely in Sa-
I mar, it is fair to presume that his
I I speedy return to that island Is to as
sist the hemp buyers in their peaceful
pursuits of gathering in the hemp
. crop. -
"A careful census of the different
i-lulrone bands seen in the various sub--'
urbs of Manila and the outlying bar
rios discloses the fact that they out
number the natives of the islands by a
round figure."
Next a few assorted news para
graphs: "The ladrones now operating in Ri
zal and Laguna provinces again have
made their presence felt. Friday
right they raided the town of Quisao,
a short distance from Tanay. It is es
timated that the band consisted of
about thirty ladrones, and the prin
cipal object of their visit was to in
flict vengeance on certain Individuals,
residents of the town, who were sus
; pected of giving information to the
'authorities.
"Two susDected informants were
i captured. After cutting the lips from
i cne and the ears from another, the lat-
ter organs because, as the leaders ex
J plained, they heard too much, they
were turned loose as a warning to
their fellows to be careful in what
thev heard or told. Another native
was given a severe slash in the abdo
men with a bolo. inflicting a wound
which nrobablv will Drove fatal.
"San Francisco de Malabon was en-1
tered last night by outlaws, presum
ably of the band of Felizardo and Mon
talon, and two natives murdered.
These men were supposed by the la
drones to have given some informa
tion to the Americans regarding their
whereabouts and depredations. The
place i?here the atrocity , occurred was
. an outlying barrio of Sari Francisco de
Malabon. ' The news of the occurence
was telegraphed by Governor Shanks
to GovernoF . General Wright . and by
Major Sibley to General Randall.
-I . "General Allen, the chief of the con
stabulary, accompanied by Colonel
Bandholtz, left early this morning via
Calamba, for Batangas province to In
vestigate the condition of affairs in
v;that and surrounding provinces.
' "The general -will consult with Col
onel Baker concerning operations and
conditions and will return to Manila in
the course of the next four days via
Cavite province, where he will also in-
vestieate conditions.
J "On hia return he will attend to
some routine business, after which he
: will return to Samar to direct the ope-
- rations of the troops in tne neid.
"Troops in the field" is suggestive in
connection with a , district that has
, been thoroughly "pacified." but there
.fa more! .
"Jose Lopez, who for some time has
lieAti in charge of insular funds at Ma
vitack in Laguna province, And acting
in the caDaclty or treasurer, nas oeen
...... niacpd under arrest charged, with the
misappropriation of funds. His appre
hension was due to the persistent
work of the secret service bureau,
which has spent many ; days tracing
the alleged shortage. The amount said
to have been misappropriated by Lo
pez is not stated. He was turned over
to the bureau of information of the
PhilinDlne constabulary yesterday.
"Edgar R. Hurst, an employe of the
bureau of forestry, was arrested by
officers from the secret service de
partment yesterday on the charge of
leaving been implicated - in" the disap
pearance of supplies taken irom tne
medical depot. Hurst was located at
Sublg, where the arrest was made. He
was brought to tnis city ana ne wn
ho eiven a prompt hearing.
"The source of a number of worth
less checks drawn upon several banks
doing business in Manila and made out
in favor, of a concern styling itself the
PhiHnnine Plantation and Develop
ment company, at last apparently .has
been traced to waiter Hum, wno was
arrested by officers from the secret
service bureau yesterday.
"Hurst was locates up uagupan way.
He was brought to Manila, and has
been turned over to the proper author
ities for hearing. It is alleged that
Hurst has just completed a sentence at
a provincial jail." ,
And here are two little gems or m-
fcrmatlon relative to our "troops in
the field": . . .
'Archbishop Harty has come to the
rescue of the American troops cam
paigning in Cavite province, who are
being tormented by insect pests while
living under canvas, and has placed
the 'conventos in the Cavite towns
at their disposal for quarters.
"The troops have been living m
tents, but the mosquitoes and the ants,
more particularly tne latter, nave
made life almost intolerable to them
iiL some of the posts. The ants never
let up on them night Dr day, making
it impossible for them to sleep and
wearing them out. :
"Twenty-five Moro constabulary sol
diers, under the command of Lieuten
ant Johnson, were landed at Batangas
Saturday night by the coast guard
boat Busuanga, to assist in rounding
up the ladrones in that vicinity. Tnese
Moros are from Siassi, in the Jolo dis
trict, and are fine specimens of the
physical manhood of the islands, and
are keen for a fight with their lawless
Christian fellow citizens. They are
fine soldiers, and are perfectly at
home in the Bosque, fully as much so
as the ladrones, whom they are sent
against, and there are plenty more
where they came from, and their loy
alty can not be questioned, as they
have no common ties with the natives
of Luzon."
Things have been going on in that
fashion in the Philippines for the last
two hundred years. The constant sac
rifice of the lives of Americans over
there and the cost of holding the is
ands is beginning at last to attract
attention. It is that kind of folly that
the imperialists rushed us into. The
rennhlicans are becoming very sick
of it,- but they don't know how to get
out of it. "
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; Judge Dunne in New York
Edward Dunne. Chicago's may
or-elect, addressed a -large meeting at
noouer Union Hall in New YorK, on
the evening of April 7. The meeting
was held under the auspices of the
Municipal Ownership league oi wew
York citv. The Associated Press re-
nort eavs that Judge Dunne's speech
was enthusiastically received ana mat
the recent agitation in New YorK ior
miiniHnai ownership aaaea interest 10
his utterances. Following are extracts
from k Judge Dunne's speech:
"Men of the east, we bring you ua
ln'ers of great iov from the men of the
west. The exploitation or puDuc prop
erty by private .capital, with Its at
tendant, cxeed. extortion, and corrup
tion, has .had its day in American
HtiAv hut that dav is aoout to ena
Next'Monday Chicago starts upon her
mission of ; dislodging private capital
from the control of our street car sys
i uha tiae BUAooorieri in the opera
' JUQ uu - jr
tinn nf her waterworks system, in pay
ing sme $38,000,000 for its equipment,
has lent $5,000,000 from tnat aepan
ment' to the, sewer system, is today
tHvine the cheapest water of probably
any city in America, and has. a cash
Riirnlns of nearly si.uuu.uw. one ua.a
so managed . her t electric light . plant
that she has reduced the cost of arc
lamns from $123 to about 554 per arc
lamp per annum. She is . operating
both 'departments as well as her po
lice, fire and educational departments,
without seandai gratt or corruption,
besides cheapening the cost of utilities
furnished to the public. She will have
the same record of success in relation
to her street car system.
"The ritizens of Chicago have been
educated up to the fact that a munici
pality can operate any oi tne pupiic
utilities with much greater satisfaction
to the people than can the same util
ities be operated by private capitalists.
They have learned wherever a city in
any portion of the civilized world has
tniren over the operation of its water
works, gas plant, electric ngnt piani
or street railway system, that in every
rase, when fairly tried, the cost of this
utility to the public has been reduced,
the wages of the men wno operate
them increased, the day reduced and
mnr efficient service rendered.
"The only two serious objections
raised during the recent struggle in
Chicago against public ownership of
public utilities are:
"That it would tend to Duna up a
great political machine. None of the
friends of municipal ownership in Chi
cago or elsewhere advocates the own
ership and operation of any utility by
Many of them
distinctly pretti
er than have been
shown for some
time. People
are baying them
for' every purpose imaginable from
a dainty washable suit to a child's
round-about.
PERCALES Never a la rge
showy pattern to be found', among
the percales. The name suggests
dots, fine stripes, plain and fancy
ittle rings, bars and dashes on blue,
red, white, gray and black grounds.
The white ones with fine bits of clear
red on blue are much used for shirt
waist suits and launder beautifully.
50 patterns, 36 inches wide, at 10c a
yard. 100 patterns at 12c a yard.
GALATEA CLOTH There is
nothing equal to this material for
hard wear. It comes in unusually
clear, good colors. The weave is a
fine, firm twill. It is used for child
ren's dresses, boys' waists, women's
skirts, men's shirts, etc. Plain col
ore, dots, stripes, and checks at 15c
a yard. -
GINGHAM S Toile du nord
dress ginghams we have sold for a
great many years and still consider
them the best on the market at the
price. They are of good quality,
ast colors and fine style, all the
plain colors and a beautiful line of
stripes and checks, 27 inches wide,
12c a yard. - " 5
C0PYRI8IIT
BOOK
50 CENTS
PRINTSSimpson grays, indigo
bluesy Calcutta fancies, garibaldi fast
black with turkey red design, turkey
reds, and robe prints, 26 inches wide,
c a yard.
German blue prints thatwill giver
most excellent service, 28 inches
wide, 9c a yard j 32 inches wide 10c
a yard. ' .
CHILDREN'S
JACKETS
HALF PRICE
This is a small
line of jackets
left over from
last season that
we are closing
out at one-half the market , price
which, in many instances, was already
a reduced price. They are loose
box styles of light-weight flannel
mohair or eilk for children of 2 to
12 years. Most of them have fancy
cape collars trimmed with braid.
Colors; red; blue, brown and black.
Were $1.00 to $7.50 now 50cto$3.75
Many of these
books have been
published here- -tof
ore only ia :
the $1.50 edition. They are attrac
tively bound, printed in clear typo
on good paper, and well illustrated.
We have a great many good books
for less, but the late copyright
novels cannot be obtained under 50c.
The Right of Way, Gilbert Parker
The Grey Cloak, Harold McGrath.
In the. Palace of the King, Marion
Crawford.
Saracinesca, Marion Crawford.
Resurrection, Count Leo Tolstoi. .
Alice of Old Vincennes, Maurice
Thompson,
The Filigree Ball, Anna Katherine
Green.
Soldiers or Fortune. Richard Hard
ing Davis. '
Wolfville Nights, Alfred Henry
Lewis. -. .
The Little Minister, J. M. Barrie.
Sentimental Tommy, J. M. Barrie.
Bylow Hill, George W. Cable. -
The Cardinal's Snuff Box, Henry
Harland. "
Senator North, Gertrude Atherton
The Fortunes of Fifi, Molly Elliott
Sea well. .
The Jessamy Bride, F Frankfort
Moore. . :r
In the Fog, Richard Harding Davis,
Quisante, Anthony Hope. - ;
Tristram of Blent, Anthony Hope.
; We have a
large quantity of
Pictures mount
ed on heavy mat
ting of various colors and shapes
and sizes that we want to close out
immediately. Most of them are
copies in black and white of famous
pictures. There are many attractive
studies of flowers, etc., in color.
For use in school rooms or to make
attractive some vacant wall space,
they are certainly amazingly cheap.
Your choice of any in the lot at 5o.
MATTED
PICTORES
5c EACH
SILK
GLOVES
For summer
-
wear there is no
glove so well
liked as Kayser's silk glove with
patent finger tips guaranteed to
wear as - long as the rest of the
glove. They come in all colore,
black and white at 50c a pair.
Kayser's lisle thread gloves, brown
gray, black and white, 50c a pair.
Girls' silk gloves, all colors, 50c
a pair.
I NEW
I.1ILLIKERY
Materials are
going fast. You
can find any num
ber of taking hats. Turbans are
small and close fitting. American
beantv roses, tinv buds, lilacs, Bur-
passingly soft-ribbons are among the
touches given to a plain frame. We
have everything that is wanted for
women's every-day or dress wear at
$2.00 and up.
Girls' pretty white hats for grad
uation at medium prices.
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