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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1905)
BRlDEand GROOM I si I i I 1 a. sk Wit SENT TO LWINC f j'- " . l.V tit JIK , -:. T. JPk A!H ffi 7 1 . -ft -- 4 I I ... , AN i ' ' if r- : . . 1 ' i - i i j t r .iiii i r i ii v -mT. . i t l u ' it. ' y sv . . viji , rni j iwT' ar-ii -ki.Nrji.,xs:Ax.'vir r tv I I f !.;iVY " V. r Hill .' ?--s:s S: II i. X. f . - -v I 1 'V.. : :'l v 'i, m'Q. Curse of Leper's Skull Falls on American and Pretty Filipino Wife. i i if. turned wh HTRANOR slid grewsome tragedy of love and 4k 1 war, lis It inbred into the llfi of Philip J. M I Allingd.an. ii young American soldier. Is re- JL & I 11.(1 by l.'iii.t. Kdward II. White, who re turned to Chicago recently after five years' ry service In the Philippines. hll wns one of the most daring and dashing hoys that w.re 1'nrle Sam's uniform In the archipelago." said dipt. White. " Me did not belong to my company, but 1 saw and heard iiiik h of him during the lighting and afterwards. His tall form, soldierly bearing, and lively manners first attract! d my attention ns we sailed tip the I'assin river nnd Into I he l.aguua di' Hay, coming to relieve thi' wenry and exhausted troops that our late allies, the Filipinos, were worrying in the town of Calamha. thirty seven miles south of Manila. I'ol. Kline's men. consisting mainly of the Twenty tlrst regular infantry, weri' glad to Ki t away from there. They had occupied tin- place for sev eral months and were Worn out with fever and other diseases of the country, so much so. that they seemed unconcerned that the enemy had boldly dun trenches right in front of 111. in and had estal.lished a kind of siege. Their place was now taken l.y my regime nt and a Tennessee battalion, all fr. sh and hearty troops. All told, we were about 1.7ml strong. The little brown Tagnlos who lined their trenches north and west of ui, probably numbered 4 (sK. Col. Robert I,. Halliard, who commanded us, obtained permission to at tack the besiegers, and at 2 a. ni., under cover of darkness, We moved out to the work. ! ! Fighting In Dense Jungle. " Although, December, the vegetation was thick nnd rank, the wei ds growing high on the deserted haciendas, laid waste by continuous war. and the thick Jungle In (tarta Impassable. lL.wevi r, pushing on through the clurnpa of bamboo and oilier wild growths, we found ourselves at daybreak within -too Minis of the enemy's trenches. At sight of us the Tagalos Leg ui to blaze away, and their tire developed as our line of skirmishers advanced by rushes and replied. Three men dropped In company O before we opened up and gave our artillery a chance. Meanwhile we made a flanking move ment. I'ark. r on the right, Taylor on the left. The Tagalos w. re oMIoere.l by two Japs and some halfbreeds. and they h. Id out lor two hours, though their aim waa bad and their powder poor. Hut when our deadly enfilading bullets began to whistle along their trenches, strewing them with dead and wounded, the brown men broke and fled. Cannons Made of Gas Pipe. "Such cannon as they left behind them! sections of gas or other piping. Inclosed in layers of bamboo, bound with Iron hoops, and mounted on old cartwheels. To discharge one of these formidable pieces was In Itself an act of daring. " Theiu clorlh for three days we pursued them from one town to another through Bantn Rosa, Rlnyan, and Montln lupat. They did not even defend any of the famous forts erected by the Spaniards. 1 i . S i ' - Vtf '' t 1 " I'hll Alllngdran picked up one of those bleached, home- p f, ' k 'I "j less skulls, thrown upon the ground near n cemetery made . ' -' t I ' the Inevitable quotation from Shukspoarc. and. In callous '?. V - ' .'Jt exuberance, bigan to laugh and crack jokes. Suddenly a ' 4, . . , f Spanish soldier, whom we had released from the natives, be- f - ' , . t-' ir ,l came excited and horror stricken. This Spaniard could v' s 't" i spi'ak tolerable Kngllsb. Lvvit 5 &?$r J: Picks VP L'P Sku,i ' ' I". '"' ' rS " ' Inop It. t fior. drop It; what you do is evil. It Is un- trifci s. ""t-i C- S lu. ky; O. so unlucky to huiulle a leper's skull and to laugh. r . i ff ; , -e ' Aim jo. curramha p.a iiie esta luu.v mulo.' 0'r';'V"','4' - ' "' " I'nllke the ot In i skulls, this one showed n kind of . '"' V ' - 1 ro.iKhn. ss. n fen tin ry sloughing off of the bone. I'hil dropped :J "-... ' , ri"i"i rT the Imrrlble thing In double quick time. I.' it l-jZ i rf, " Hut we ha 1 small time to bother about omens or super- " "' "' 1 ' " Ktltlon of any kind, and we continued our march. The na- EfcCP'F l tives in geni'ral, men. women, ami children, tied at our np- Jt 7 T rHTSTri A 77 I ' proach Into the woods and thickets, whence It took some rT y J?L,,J jVO I j paIls to coax them back again, for the Spaniards hatl given i s yijNX? ZFEi Jy them n most uncomplimentary account of us. painting us as ferocious monsters. In every town we took we left a garri- ' son. Bomctlnien the retreating enemy would line up and - fvt. r vw C V'H ' f ' -1 -J- v''! T. ! ft , I I r 'SM 1 I1UF A J ro. II , in 111 . r.f tMl K frri"f) fti 'J lit 'nT-4 ' ff tli! , ! U 1 litKW d i TTKJ IP f 1? the coz,u?rir REN?: rjf BOl?yQPm DECEASED 2ZELATIVE ISTCr? FHE. jPLE, show fight, usually with dis.istraus results to Ihemselvis; fof tleir white garments airainst the gi n bni'kgriniiul made them easy marks for our i-h n p shooters, and thi y fell In rows. Save Beautiful tiallbreed Qitl. " A I the cloK' of one holly contested action we found a young woman lyinn amid a row of slain, a beautiful nnslUo girl, who had fainted on the corpse of lor brother, a young oltlccr. killed in the engagement. On our approach she re covered consciousness nnd regarded us with looks of hor ror, t li-1 frantically sought to recall h r dead brother to life II was a sad scene, many of the men were deeply moved, and the girl s beauty and distress seemed to make a special iiu pr sslon on Serg.iiiit I'hil A lllngden n. That evening some of her friends ventured within our lines, and the body of the young mestizo hero was Interred in the Jungle. " Hcsiih s being beautiful, the girl was Intelligent, and also well educati d. Her home, which was large and com fortable, was only a short distance from the scene of tight, and there, when we pushid on. a small guard was li ft under charge of Sermant Alllngdoan. It was the last I saw of the sergeant for three years. " There Is no need to tell how. In pursuance of some mysterious military tact it s. we received orders to evacuate the towns we had taki n a I the cost of some lives and many v ounds (towns which had to be r. taken afterwards at cost of a great many more lives mi. I wounds) - and retire to Ca lami. a. to Join the large column. "Our Invasion of the southern district entailed the cap ture of fnrtilied bridges and several large and important towns. Often, howevir. it was lucky that the natives could not shoot straight, ran short of match heads to make gun powder, or placed too much reliance on their ludicrous bam boo cannon. "One day. walking on the l.uncta at Manila, to my sur prise and pleasure I met Sergeant Allingdean with a line young woman, whom h. introduced as his wife. She was the former mesti.o girl. They had been married nearly a year, living happily in the hill country north of Manila amid groves of bamboo and cocoanut. e njoying two brimming meas ure of (ballistic happiness In the tropics. Of late, however, the wife had displayed some symptoms of Illness, and her devoted husband had taken her to the big city to consult a leading physician. I wished them all happiness, and thiy went on their way. " Two hours later Allingdenn railed on me at my quar ters. 1 was appalled at the sudden change In the man. lie was haggard and trembling, wilted and collapsed. 1 asked him what hail happened, but for minutes his emotion kept him speechless, as between great sobs lie indi ivor. d to speak. Finds His Wife a Leper. " My wire-a leper!' were the words I at length distin guish. l. nnd I felt a thrill of horror at mention of the terrible disease. Th. re Hashed on me the memory of the In up ..I skulls in the Philippine cemetery, of Alllngilean's net. and th, Kpuniurd's warning. ' Alas, poor Yorlck. I knew the. well.' sergeant hail quoted. Poor fellow, I thought, lie found a Yorlck that now h. knows with a vengeance. Hut 1 dis missed the matter from my mind as a stupid fancy and a mere coincidence. "'They. have taken h.r away from me.' he moaned: 'tli.v have shut her up in the pcsthoiise. Saint l,azarn hospital, to be s. nt to the leper island Cullon. We are to be parted for ever, unless I have tin- disease developing In myself, as they t.ll me I may have, and.' he crlec, desperately, 'as I hop. 1 have.' " In vain 1 tried to console him. The man's miiiow was deep, and deeper yet next day. when his wife, apparently a picture of health and strength, was conducted on the ship that was to bear her to the leper colony, that dreadful place of living death, from which none return. " It was not tie ir last parting, however. Since returning home I have heard that Allingdenn. having betrayed uiinii takahle symptoms of the disease, has gnnr to join his uif, on the leper's Island." -S B 1S IS y FY Near a im d W a r 0 rXLVCi ALBERT AT Ji AT. SEA DEFEASE OF GIBRALTAR. MANGERS. TU.ZLE. J v i f j 'or mi 'Y -Ml- 1 GRAM OPlfOXE COX CERT AV EERLX. st ?J. ' i " 1 i t t ri1s'rFrfjWlfrJ ..., Olbrsltar Is a bluff surrounded by explosives, and England, in guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean, has neglected no precautions. The photograph shows th boom de fenses at the entrance of the harbor from Commercial Mole to South Mole. Curious Afghan monger to prevent th? wind blowing away the grain. BOOMERANG. Where are the two boys? SELF ILEA Tl XG IROX. MAZE. Albert, grandson of England's king, recent ly lid his cricket team to victory, batting a neat 4'. II A Y BEA TERS. SALXR. .jb' m .A i , 1. ''1 r V ' V This pretty little lizard does not love to bak in the sun like most id his tribe. He burr. w d ip into fand. moving rapidly. I HI-""" J" , J . eeeo ol e.t . iloo.i ro so. p. o o io t it . ,01 the corners of which .ire rounded off. shou! be placed on t he tip of the linger, so t h t t ii lardhoard be Inclined jt an angle of 41 de grees. Then, with a vigorous flip of tho linger of the right hand tit the extremity of the toy, It is Impelled. I'RLXCE EDWARD'S FIRST COMMAND. The puxale In this maze is to reach thu center of the top of the shamrock 1. af. A LAV OF TWO LOVERS. No poet. I only know Her mouth was like a Cupid's bow: This Biuiple machine. urd In tfmli Is a ton of walking beam, which r1 and falls us the women advance or ti p back, while a child ut their feet passes the hay through. He aald. " We're In a quiet spot. 1 reatly think Just one. why not?" t I understand she shuwed surprise, Fierce indignation in her eyes: I Yet. all the same ( Its ever so), lie placed a kiss upon that bow: AU! her father saw him court her. And unkind questions .kcd h d lujhit-r: !!!?!) And ri xt upon thr nun he turns. And him uh savagv aords he spurn.': II!!!! n.t no th man is It ft aid,., And ju.-t on single Word dots gro.tu: -..'"VK- v'V y ' v"4. - o : p- 1 ( -v.. r .a.'.'" j . l; a -U"V i 0 -If - I . s ..... . r It ' ' -V , J ' ' f 9 , i,tf ' ' V T e T'a-' Hei-hn musicians are enjoying a series of gramophone concerts In Jleetu , . l'r.iu fiehrke, a noted singer, appears, and her accompaniments am furnished l.y .. s. i i. of machines, each reproducing; the sounds of a different Instrument. ROM- TIIORX. Heated with alcohol and designed es pecially for the use of ladies traveling, who may have sudden occasion to press a ruffle, ribbon, collar, etc. IIOIV WE GROW. MM 1. ii 1 RAF FIR GRIST MILL. Flofu-'s thorn a.- --n unir the iiili:rof'f-. 7 y-rYU The de fensive l.ai- it , ' if' "' ' net of the rose bush If J. ,. ry ' ' .'. r shown greatly If , . ' -, 1 .. , '' , i '- " Princ, Kdward. son of the prim e of Wales, has been given command of the little brig King Edward Vll." His brothers are the other officers. I Hag!'., in si.- w g I p. ! t e a. . : '-' ! 1 v , f.Z. .,1 li.e l.i, d 1 . .Ill II. r til.-I to the liflh Jul. i-niargea. rev anna the extreme r arpn ;r.., i f the .i h ks. The ; - . ' '- ..b.it'.s a 1 1 ' i f, n . ii t . . taj. . swie'- "tr-"- " . 3. -l Of I I:. t .., 1..- J, p. I .et. The ph-tuic shows a K.illii woman grinding inin in a bowl. 4 4
