' * # " 4 * * u4 .
10 bc Conservative ,
School , Now York , $50,000 , and Tus-
kegee Normal and Industrial Institute ,
$10,000.
Mr. Rockefeller also offered the Chicago
cage University to duplicate all gifts
made to it during the year up to an ag
gregate of $3,000,000 , the Rochester
Theological Seminary a duplication of
$150,000 in gifts and the city of Cleve
land improved property valued at
$500,000 , for an additional park.
J. P. MorgHii'H Public IJcncfartloiiH.
The public gifts of J. P. Morgan dur-
iug last year were extensive in valuable
manuscripts and works of art , including
property valued at $350,000 to the
Society of the Lying-in-Hospital of New
York , which was in addition to a pre
vious gift of $1,000,000 to the same
institution. His gift to the New York
Public Library included 180 bound
volumes and 80,000 pieces of manuscripts
of great value.
Among the letters were 227 of Andrew
Jackson , 1,280 of Noah Webster and a
large portion of the correspondence of
Horace Greeley between 1850 and 1872.
Mr. "Wltleiier's Purse Strings Open.
The gifts of Peter A. B. Wideuer , the
Philadelphia street railway millionaire ,
during 1899 were largely for hospitals.
He gave to the city of Philadelphia
funds aggregating $2,000,000 for a com
bined home and hospital for crippled
children. In addition to the money for
the erection and endowment of the
institution he gave thirty-six acres of
land from a site at Logan , a suburb of
Philadelphia.
Many Public Gifts.
Other benefactions during the year
were : Collis P. Hnntington and Mrs.
Huutiugton , $75,000 ; Edward Austin of
Boston , $1,100,000 ; Dormau B. Eaton of
New York , $240,000 ; Mrs. George O.
Crocker of San Francisco , $20,000 ; Hon.
Mark A. Hanna of Cleveland , $12,000 ;
Robert O. Billings of Boston , $1,500,000 ;
Mrs. Emmons Elaine of Chicago $1-
000,000 ; John I. Blair , $150,000 ; Mrs.
LydiaA. Bradley of Peoria , 111. , $1-
000,000 ; Catherine Wolfe Bruce of New
York , $10,000 ; Phil. D. Armour of
Chicago , $750,000 ; Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Bates , M. D. , of Port Chester , N. Y. ,
$114,000 ; Calvin Ellis , M. D. , of Cam
bridge , Mass. , $140,000 ; Samuel Cupples
of St. Louis , $400,000 ; dial. F. Daly of
Now York , $40,000 ; Benjamin M. Duke
of Durham , N. C.-$50,000 ; H. O. Frick
of Pittsbnrg , $20,000 ; Leon Wendel of
Chicago , $50,000 ; anonymous gift to
Pennsylvania University , $250,000 ;
Edward Y. Perry of Hanover , Mass. ,
the income from $1,000,000 to be given
to the poor ; Henry A. Pevear of Lynn ,
Mass. , $800,000 ; Charles F. Smith of
Boston , $1,000,000 ; Edward Tuck of
New York , $300,000 ; Cornelius Vaudor-
bilt , $1,120,000 ; Mrs. Hester N.Wotherell
of Worcefter , Mass. , $102,000 ; Maxwell
Somerville of Philadelphia , $000,000 ;
anonymous gift to Princeton Univer
sity , $800,000 ; Professor O. O. Marsh ,
$150,000.
INDICTMENT KY Mil. GAKIMSON.
It is to bo hoped that in time we shall
obtain faithful pictures of life in camp
and field. Today it is difficult to find a
medium of publication when the facts
conflict with the theories of the admin
istration. That a tacit censorship exists
in the republican press is palpable to
every one who tries to get an insertion
of xanwelcome truth. The soldiers' let
ters , written privately , without thought
of publicity , have revealed a depth of
depravity and brutality so terrible that
the last resort of the leading newspapers
has been to throw discredit on their
truth.
Bishop Potter , after six days in Manila ,
conies back to tell us of the sobriety and
good habits of the American aoldier in
the tropics. He did not see one drunken
soldier , nor does he allude to the licen
tiousness of army men. It happened
that on the very day his testimony was
given to the world there called upon me
an army official who had spent six
mouths at Manila. Naturally I inquired
if his observation and opinion coincided
with those of the bishop , whose warning
that the true question with which the
nation must deal is not "What shall we
do with the Philippines , " but "What will
the Philippines do with us ? " had not
been forgotten. My informant is a man
of medical education , a careful observer ,
of reflective mind , and exceedingly de
liberate in speech. This is the substance
of his reply :
He loft San Francisco with the first
troops sent to the Philippines. The
western regimeu't to which he was at
tached numbered about 1,300 men. Be
fore sailing from San Francisco , not
only was drunkenness prevalent , but
480 men were registered for venereal
diseases. His judgment was that not
over ten per cent were free from licen
tious vice. Half-way across the Pacific ,
so excessive was the contagion that every
man in the regiment was subject to
examination in order to check the
scourge.
Arrived in Manila , they found but few
houses of ill-repute with less than a
score of total occupants , but immediately
from all quarters came a great and sud
den accession. From Vladivostok ,
Singapore , Yokohoma , Hong Kong ,
Calcutta and other treaty ports aban
doned women poured in to the new and
active market. Social vice makes no
distinction of race or color. These im
portations included Russians , Germans ,
French and Italians. Three hundred
were reported as arriving on one steamer.
They found cordial welcome , and their
houses were guarded by United States
soldiers under orders to protect the
traffic.
My visitor affirmed that , when ho loft
Manila , in the Oalla Alix , a street in the
northwestern part of the city , these no
torious houses occupied both sides of the
way for three-quarters of a mile , the
windows filled with soliciting women in
garbs too scandalous for description.
The blessings of American civilization
were beginning among a chaste and
temperate people. Actual war upon the
natives , nit-hough imminent , had not
yet begun.
On the arrival of the regiment , there
existed , according to my informant , one
brewery , one distillery , one garden for
the sale of beer and spirits , and several
hotels , clubs and restaurants , where
liquor was served with meals. Among
8,000 Spanish prisoners , not a single
case of drunkenness was observable.
With the arrival of our troops , the grog
shops multiplied and flourished , over
400 cursing the conquered city. That
the officers were no better than the men
was the conviction of my informant.
It was a coincidence that , on the very
day of Bishop Potters' speech , the gov
ernment reported the dismissal from the
army by court-martial of Maj.Kirkman
and Lieut. Gregg and Bailey for
"drunkenness in the streets of Manila. "
The regimental canteen , my caller
affirmed , was worse than the grog-shop.
The temptation is ever present , and any
good resolutions or feelings of disgust
after a spree were quickly dispelled by
another drink. On the financial side , a
soldier's credit was limited at the saloon.
Not so at the canteen , where his pay
was held as security for his drink , and
often entirely absorbed. A soldier is
obliged to seek a grog shop , but the can
teen seeks him.
If one questions whether such neces
sarily anonymous testimony as I report
is to be compared with that of the great
and good bishop of New York , let him
read the chapter of horrors detailed in
the New Voice by Frank M. Wells , late
chaplain of United States volunteers ,
which he gave verbally to President
McKinley and Secretary Root. Chap
lain Pierce has laid stress upon the num
ber of huts from which maddening
native liquors were dispensed , but it is
not made plain that these were not in
such evidence before our troops arrived ,
for whoso trade they were established.
Chaplain Wells , in a recent interview
with the editor of the Now York Phil
anthropist , testified : "Whiskey and
bad women are running more men into
death in the Philippines than are being
killed by Filipino bullets or injured by
other causes. "
Drunkenness , lust , gambling , brutal
ity and other vices that annihilate con
science are in full swing in Manila.
Not only are the natives polluted by this
contact with superior civilization , but
the soldiers who return to the United
States bring with them the seeds of dis
ease and contagion to bo sown broad
cast. It has been estimated that 10-
