C? ft ft & &
GLORJOUS v i,
FO U RTH.v?
!! ITT L K Adelbert
fan stairs to the bis
J[rsJ front door,
I l''l rll And down the walk
I to tlu ' Garden
fi And there he start-
ed to celebrate.
With bursting cracker and roaring gun
He waked the neighbors, every one;
II" seared the cat out of all her sens-.
And blew the slats ofT the picket fence,
And came to breakfast with one black eye,
And said: "Hooray, for the Fourth of
July!"
He ate with hurry and frantic haste,
For never a minute had h? to waste;
Then out again to the fray he sprung
And turned things loose with a mighty
"bang!"
Ho fizzed and spluttered and boomed and
crashed.
While dish, a rattled and windows smashed;
Ar.d when, all grimy ar.d sore ar.d lame,
Torn and tousled, to lunch he came.
On his swollen lips was the joyous cry:
"Ain't I glad it's the Fourth of Ju:y!"
All that day. till the cIo:-e, cIo:-e,
The powder-smoke from th garden rose;
All day long, in the heat and du t.
I jit tie Adelbert "banged" and "bust,"
Till, just as the shadowbegan to creep.
He blew himself In a senseless heap.
Ilurnt aad blistered and mir.us hair.
They brought him in for the doctor's care;
But, late that night, he was heard to sigh;
"1 wish every day was th. Fourth of July!"
—Joe Lincoln, in L. A. \V\ Bulletin.
f£|l|f
' > -K -• , N
lip. I V
i ";4 going to be the
■ I No bill loon on the
11/ i \ conn v.on and no
SaSz«U 1 tl reworks. They're
/rvV I 1 ~i- not even goir.g to
/& a J | ring the church
bell--because that little old sexton,
Sandy MeVie, is too lazy, I suppose."
Truman I'lufnrd, generally known
among his comrades as True lilue, was
excitedly iiiuiouncing 1 liis di> mill news
to Hob Tripp and Tenney C< le, in his
father's store.
"There's no patriotism in Cherrvfield.
They've all forgotten how o ir fathers'
fought and bled," said Kob Tripp, who
liked to read nothing but sto-ics of bat
tle. and meant to tight something when
he grew up. if it were only Indians.
"it will be as still as Sunday, 1 know.
What is the Fourth of July, without a
racketV" said Tenney Cole, dejectedly.
"1 tell yon. boys, something ought to
be done!" said True.
That was what the boys liked about
True. He was always ready to do some
thing. Older people were inclined to
think he was a little too ready to dr
mischief, but the boys were generally
ready to follow where True led t he way .
"We might ring the church bell," said
True.
That wasn't much to do. i!ob thought;
it sounded rather tame. St ill. it would
be full to wake the stupid Cherryfielfl
people out ul' the naps which they had
no business to be having on Fourth of
July morning, and startle the select
men, who had decided t hat there should
be no ringing* of bells.
"How* could we get into the church?"
asked Tenney Cole, who was of a prac
tical I urn of mind.
"I'reak in.of course," replied True,
cooily. "You can't expect to have till
that fun without—well, without hear
ing something about it afterward. W'e
could break a window in the porch; and
when we once got hold of the rope,
wouldn't we make people think the bell
was bewitched! They'd blame Sandy*
McVie for not being on the watch, too.
It would be a good joke oil the old ras
cal. He's got us into enough 1 rouble bv
telling of us."
Trne's fal her was coming from the
back part of the store, si the boy.- low
ered their voices and walked quietly
out nt the door; while behind the coun
ter, from the stooping posture in which
he had been measuring for himself a
gallon of molasses, arose Sandy Me\'i«.
lie looked after th • beys, with all the
shrewd little wrinkle- in his face draw
ing* themselves up int;> hard knots.
"A good jo';" on the old rascal, eh'."'
h'* mutter -d. "'I here's never any k now
i;*-r h"W* a joke mtir turn out, my line
fellows! You're fixing a Fourth of
July celebration foi yourselves that'll
be more than you bargained for. if I'm
not i istaken."
J lie boys went on, all unconscious
that f-; iidy McVie had been a listener
to Ihe conversation that was certainly
not inter,dc:! for his ears.
"11 would be a good thing if we could
get into the church without breaking a
window." said Tenn >y Cole. "There's
little hose >,.e\ it* now. l.et's ask her
where her father keeps the key."
"Hanging on a nail in the closet, un
der his coat." replied the little girl, on
b* ing questioned.
"Couldn't you get it fonts, l.'osy , and
not let anybody know it. if we gave voil
the greatest lot of cat.uly ym ever saw.
and a hunch of torpedoes for to-mor
row?"
Ilosy* was a very* small person, with a
very* large appetite for candy, to >;iy
nothing of a strong desire to celebrate
with the proper amount of noise the
anniversary* <>l her countrv's independ
ence. Her eyes grew big ami nund
at the alluring prospect, and she nod
fled emphatically her <• illingness to un
dertake the errand. So it was settled
rhat she should tiring them the key
• hat night, after her .father had hung
•11(1 his ev,ict the closet, so ther ■ would
be no danger that he would go there
again and discover tl»* absence of the
key.
That afternoon Sandy McVie and his
son, a stout lad of 18. paid a visit to the
church. Archie, the son, came out,
looking very* warm and tired.
"Better have let them do it, and then
make them smart for it, than to take
all that trouble," he grumbled. "Or
just give their fathers a hint of what
they are up to."
"Since they are so fond of jokes, I'm
willing they should have a bit of a one,"
said the sexton, rubbing his hands,
gleefully. "They'll catch it fast enough
for breaking the church window."
Rosy* McVie stole out of the house
that night after dark and delivered Un
church key into True's hands, receiv
ing in return an amount of candy and
torpedoes that had cost a large share
of the boys' Fourth of July savings.
Hut they were all satisfied that it was
money well spent, for they had learned
from sad experience that the results
of breaking windows were never amus
ing.
It was about half-past four o'clock on
the morning of the Fourth when the
three boys unlocked the church door.
It was very quiet for a Fourth of July
morning. Now and then came the
hanging of a gun. the feeble popping
of firecrackers and torpedoes, and the
dismal shriek of a fish horn; but there
were very few people astir.
"This stupid old town wili get a wak
ing up in a minute now. And people
ought to thank us. It's a burning
shame to have it so still. You may be
sure they're making things lively over
at Borrowsville by ihis time."
Borrowsvill" was a town on the other
side of the river, where the boys meant
to assist in the celebration after they
had waked up Cherryfield.
"They won't thank us. you know,"
said Tenney Cole. "Boys never are ap
preciated."
"1 don't expect it will be just ex
actly thanks that we shall get." said
True, drily, as he turned the key in the
lock behind them. "Anybody that's
afraid had belter back out now."
Nobody backed out. Si\hands seized
the bell rope. There was "a long pull,
a strong pull and a pull all together."
-mtHflgnuM.... i 4^'
SANDY M'VIE HAD-BEEN A LISTENER.
Tint no .soTuid followed. They looked
at each otlier in silent amazement and
tried it again. They could feel that the
bell swayed backward and forward;
but it ilid not ring'. What could be the
reason V
"Somebody must have muffled it!" ex
claimed Hob.
"We'll go up and see what's the mat
ter, anyway," said True.
A long, long flight of steep and nar
row stairs lecl to the first landing in
the church steeple. Beyond that was
a ladder leading - to the bell loft. There
was a trap door which they pushed
open, and all scrambled up to the loft.
"If here isn't a go! The tongue is
gone from the bell!" cried True. "Now
who do you suppose did that'.'"
"Rosy must have told on us. 1 just
wish we hadn't given her all that can
dy," lamented Tenncy.
The great bell hung - there empty,
powerless to arouse any Fourth of July
enthusiasm, and looking as sad as if it
realized its dumbness.
"1 should just like to catch the fellow
that did that." said Rob, flourishing his
list at ait imaginary foe. as he did so. tin
fort unately striking the trap doo: - with
his elbow, and eau-ing it to fall with a
loft, now that the trap door was closed,
the only light coming from a little
round window, like a porthole in a ves
sel. far above their heads.
"I.ift up the door. Rob. We may as
well go down. Whoever took that
tongue out wouldn't leave it where we
could find it, you way be sure," said
True.
But when Rol> tried to lift the door,
lo and behold! it stuck fast. The iron
ring which had once served as a handle
w;:s broken off", and there was no way
by which they could get a sulliehmtly
firm hold t«> pull with any considerable
amount of strength. They tried to pry
it open with their knives, but only suc
ceeded in breaking them. And time
was wearing away, and the Borrows-,
ville celebration nn:st be getting to
ward iis liveliest.
"It's of no use to holler. Nobody
could hear us." said Tenncy, despair
ingly.
"It's a pretty phiee to spend the
Foiwlh in!" said Rob, with a grcfin.
"Mow Ion;; - do you suppose it will be be
fore they miss u* a* home and come to
look for us?"
"Why. they'd never think of coTrr'nsr
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1899.
here to look," replied True. "And my
mother said I might stay all night with
my cousins over at Borrowsviile. She
won't expect me home till to-morrow,
and your folks will think you ve stayed
with me. Anyway, they would never
think we were up in the church
steeple."
"But when she knows we're lost,
Tlosy MeYie will tell, if she hasn't al
ready," said Tenney.
"She won't. She's too much afraid of
her father to tell that she gave us the
key," averred True.
"But he'll find out that the key is
gone, and then he'll suspect that wcare
here," said Tenney, who was deter
mined to look on the bright side.
"Next Sunday, maybe! We shall be
starved to death before then!" said
Hob, who was not proving himself as
brave as his desire for lighting had led
his comrades to suppose.
"Somebody must have got wind of
what we meant to do, or the tongue
wouldn't have been taken out of the
bell," said Tenney; "and 110 one could
be mean enough to keep us here for
long on the Fourth of July."
"Sandy McYie is mean enough for
anything," declared Hob: "and perhaps
they have only taken the tongue out to
repair it, or something of that kind."
Sandy MeYie meanwhile arose at five
o'clock and took a walk around the
church. There was no broken window.
"So they gave it up, the young rascals,
and have probably gone over 1o Bor
rowsviile to do their celebrating," said
the sexton to himself, and felt a disap
pointment that lie should be denied the
grim satisfaction of bringing the young
rascals to justice. "Well, Cherrylield
will be the quieter for their being out
of it to-day," he added, to console him
self.
If not exactly out of Cherryfield, they
were certainly too far above it to inter
fere with its quiet. A faint echo of dis
tant Fourth of July noises came tanta
| lizingly tot heir ears now and then. The
I minutes dragged ah®g heavily. They
had 110 means of telling time, and an
I hour seemed like a day: but night final
ly came, the dimness deepened to utter
darkness, and. stretched upon the floor.
1 they all fell asleep. Being boys, they
I could sleep, although the floor was
hard anil keen gnawiiigsiWiiindecl lliem
that tliey had gone breakfflKtU'ss, din
nerless and supper less.
When True awakened, a little shaft
of sunlight .shone through the small
window, away up in the dimness of the
steeple. It daneed upon the cobwebs
that covered the dust,v beams until they
looked as if made of gold thread. A
great, long-legged spider was dragging
a hapless fly into his web. The spider's
web had been partially torn away, and
the dust had been brushed from tie
beams in the corner near it. There was
a little scaffold in the corner covered
with shavings and chips, evidently left
there when the last repairing was done.
But somebody had been up in that cor
ner lately. How otherwise could Iho
dust have been brushed away and the
spider's web broken - .' True wondered
idly what anybody could have been
there for.and then a sudden thought
struck him that sent the blood rushing
to his head, and malic him for a moment
feel faint and dizzy. Ir. another mo
ment he was climbing up those beams
nimbly as only a squirrel or a boy could
climb. He put his hand under Ihe heap
of shavings and chips, and it touched
something very hard and cold. He
dashed off the ''hips and shavings with
which it was covered, ami disclosed
I the bell tongue.
i rue wanted to shout for joy, but he
knew that lie needed all his strength
just now, and restrained himself. He
c»*'d not have lifted the bell tongue,
even if he had not been obliged to cling
to a beam with one hand, but he could
draw it along to the edge of the scaf
folding. and then with one mighty ef
! tort, he pushed it off. it came to the
floor with a crash that S'»e: led as if it
might arouse ail CV-rryHeld, and cer
tainly did effectually aron.-e the two
sleeping boys, who sprang? to their feet.
]i<ib with a vague impression that it
wast lie report of a c;: nuon, and that his
time hud now come to fight something.
,II was happy mpment when they
< realized that the bell tongue was found,
| though Tenney did grumble that, they
; "ought to ! ::ve been siaart enough to
I find if yesterday." True thought that
j if he hadn't been awake when that sun-
I beam struck She corner, They never
' would have l" >lln.l it, for who world
i have thought that anybody would car
ry it awn;, up there to hide it ?
i It was no small undertaking tore-
O.'i f-e the tongue in the bell, but, after
much lifting and *»vuggling, it wan
done, however. Then they all pulled
with a will, and a clang that almost
deafened them came from the bell.
Sleeping Cherryfield was aroused in
very few minutes, and asked, in amaze
•nent, what was the matter. The new
fire engine was taken out with a rush
and clamor, lint where was the fire?
People ran wildly about and nobody
seined to know. The most mystified
man was old Sandy McYie, who ran out
of the house in a maze of bewilderment,
and declared that the bell was be
witched. How else could it ring with
out a tongue? Anil how could any hu
man being get into the church when the
door was securely locked, and no win
dow broken, as anybody could see?
And still the bell rang wildly and
clamorously, as such a sober-minded
old church bell was never known to ring
before. The spirit of half a dozen
Fourths of July seem to possess it.
People on the outskirts of the town
began to think that the selectmen had
repented of not celebrating the Fourth,
and were making amends by celebrat
ing the sth. and they came hurriedly
driving into the village to see what
was the matter.
At length somebody more courageous
than Sandy McYie insisted upon going
into the church to investigate, and
Sandy went to get the key. The dis
covery that it was gone put a new
face upon the matti r, and Sandy's sus
picions reverted to the boys whose
plans he had overheard, and he volun
teered to b: • ak o] 'ii a window and
lead the eeareli.
Rosy McYir at that time was pulling
the bedclothes over her head, and won
dering what woeld become oi* her, and
resolving r. r : ge.in to touch a key
or anything els • that she had no right
to, for all the candy in the world.
Candy v. is good, but, 011, how bad was
the terror she was suffering now! And
Rosy is not likely to forget her resolve,
although she w > never found out. The
boys agreed that they would "never be
so mean as t > tell on a girl, anyway."
anil they were always supposed to have
stolen the key from Sandy McVie's
closet theniselves.
When they heard the footsteps of
their rescuers the boys ceased to ring
the bell. It was easy enough to open
the traj/'.loor from beneath. While the
boys wore wondering anxiously wheth
er it ever could be opened, Sandy .Mc-
Vie's head popped up out of it like a
Jack-in-the-box. Hob's father came
next, and Hob —who meant to light In
dians- threw his arms around his neck
and —cried. Rob's father had suffered
sorm- anxiety about him. but thought
he had stayed at Borrowsviile with
True.
Fvcrybody agreed that the boys had
been sufficiently punished by their im
prisonment ami the loss of their Fourth
of July fun. Fven Sandy McYie said
"he guessed they wouldn I be apt to
do it again." Hut he may have been
somewhat softened by the compliments
which True paid him on his skill in
hiding the bell tongue.
The boys didn't care to say much
about their adventure. They felt as if
the trick they had tried to play had
been turned upon themselves. When
True's Borrowsviile cousins asked him
what kind of a Fourth he had had, he
replied, carelessly:
"Oh. a sky-high one!"
Which was certainly truer than the
cousins, who had their own opinion
of Cherryfield celebrations, believed.
But lliose three boys will never ring
another church bell without leave. •
Sophie Swett. in Golden Days.
Independence Day.
Fling out the flag, the starry flag.
The banner of the free! •
The symbol of the land we love.
The land of liberty!
Our fathers with their willing blood
Baptized that banner gay.
So lot it stream, its stars agleam,
On Indcpcnd aci- day!
From brave NVvV Rowland's rugged shors
Washed by Atlantic's waves.
To western lands whose pebbly strands
The fair Pacific laves—
From Minnesota's swamps and swales
To southern hummocks gay.
Fling out afar thi Gripes and stars
On Independence day!
Fling out the flag, the dear old flag,
Th.- flag our grandsires won!
The emblem of the land we love,
The land o;' Washington!
The blood of heroes thrills our hearts
Ar.d bids us haste awav.
To r'jr.secrite with flctirif state
Our Independence day!
Helen W. Clark, in N Y. ledger.
Wiiy lie Is Happy.
if \ !jjjl
fL/zr 1 ' v ,
"
Why does the kid look prouti and smile.
As to tho voodfh «i !•..» retire*?
B c-au.-e since < ar.y (.lawn he'a been
K sponsible !'oi* eighteen lires.
—Uoldtn Day.-!.
••Tht* \i>;iil lU'fori' Uie 3'ourlh."
lie slei p! -ss 'i ; with .-v.* a ring: tongue
JJecai:.-: 1h• o\ 1 c hurch be.l is run#
liy mjine iTii.seliievotiiJ elf.
Nor thinks h.* of that olden time
Wh jus: as mi lr.ight'.s stroke would
< ain • ,
Adown the lightning-rod he'd climb
To rir«4; 11.at t.i himself.
—L. A. \V. . JuiU tin.
Taking 51U ih-vcii^i.,
Itall mi;. \.i WH'/. it til* Clioiiuse
tliot inviiitu] 1' .i.- crnckers?
Wuri (pr'Uitllv) Lt.>sir!
ll.itTrrt v ( .raiting- -Thin
lake thot, y< r brut ! Oi sot
fiown (.:i a iiiriili'tl bunch :iv thnn vis
tirrriay. lioaicn Darw.
OUR FINANCES.
TreiiMtary lit*lit*it for tlie Vonr Will
He l*vsn Tilnn * HMMMMMMMI—Some
111 terent iiiK FlKureM.
Washington, June 22.- It is regarded
as a conservative estimate that the
treasury deficit for the fiscal year 1899,
which closes ten days hence, will be
less than $100,000,0011. Already the re
ceipts for the year aggregate over $498,-
800,000, with the expenditures barely
$100,000,000 more, with ten days, judg
iiiy from past years, of heavy receipts
yet to he accounted for. Ip to this
date the customs receipts amount to
over $-00,400,000; from internal revenue
$20:1,550,000 was realized, and from mis
cellaneous sources there was received
500,000. The total receipts from all
sources last year amounted to $405,-
1 ,:::;5. while the expenditures aggre
gated $44:W«5,582. leaving a deficit of
$:!8,047.247. From the closest calcula
tion that can now l.e made, the war
revenue act, which, with the exception
of a few items, went i#to effect J illy 1,
IS9B, will realize for the year a little
less than $100,000,000. The two items
which have produced more than ten
times as much revenue as any two
others are those applying to docu
mentary and proprietary stamps. On
\|>ri 130 last, 1 liese items had produced
over $110,500.1.00, and it is not improbable
that by.l illy I t he total will exceed $44,-
000,000. The tax on legacies will proba
bly produce not much in excess of sl,-
000,000, while the special tax collected
from bankers will exceed $.'1,500,000.
The expenditures up to this time ag
gregate about $ii()0,000,000. Of this
amount $228,000,000 was paid out on
requisitions from the war department,
$04,000,000 on account of the navy;
$i::9,000,00t) Oil account of pensions and
nearly $40,000,000 on account of interest
on the public debt; $12,075,000 was paid
to the Indians and $117,290,000 was dis
bursed on civil and miscellaneous ac
count.
At this time it is impossible to state
with any degree of certainty what the
war with Spain and the troubles in the
Philippines have cost, during this year,
but an approximation has been made of
the actual cash payments on these ac
counts, which places the amount at
$230,000,000. A calculation has been
fhade at the treasury which shows that
leaving out of the reckoning the $230,-
000,000 expended this year on account
of the war; the $100,000,000 produced
by the war revenue act, and Ihe sll,-
798,.'.14 received from the Central Pa
cific, the figures would show a surplus
for the year approximating $20,000,000.
QUIET IN SAMOA.
Mntnafu lavi'N l'|i II In A rnis—Mnlleton
Abdicates nsid Provisional Gov
ernment Is Formed.
Apia, Kanioau Islands, June 14, via
Auckland, N. June 22.—Mataal'a has
surrendered 1,850 rifles and the loyal
ists have given up 2,000. After.l une 20
a heavy penalty will be enforced upon
natives found with rifles in their pos
session. Mataal'a promises to turn in
more weapons. The natives have re
turned to their homes. Malietoa Tanu
was recognized as king by the commis
sioners of the three powers, and the de
cision of Chief Justice Chambers in the
matter of the kingship was porclaimed
valid and binding. Malietoa Tanu then
abdicated in favor of the commission
ers, who appointed a provisional gov
ernment consisting of the consuls of
the three powers, empowering a ma
jority to act in all eases where unanim
ity is not required by the Berlin treaty.
Chief Justice Chambers continues to
hold office, and the various municipal
official.* Ore continued. Dr. Wilhelm
Solf has lx'pfi authorized to act as pres
ident of the municipality of Apia. The
commissioners expect to leave on June
28, but they have ref]nested Chief Jus
tice Chambers to remain. Their reports
recommend the abolition of the king
ship and the presidency of Apia and
the appointment of ft governor, with a
legislative council consisting of three
nominees of the interested powers, as
sisted by a native house.
A VOTE OF CENSURE.
Minister W'l.o llnrrlcii I'erry lletnioni
anil Hps. Sloan Punished
liy Ills Fellows.
New Haven, Conn., June 22. 12ev. W.
M. Marrows, the minister who recently
married Perry Helmont and Airs,
llenry I). Sloan at Greenwich, was on
Wednesday severely censured by the
general association of Congregational
ministers of Connecticut, of which he is
a member. Dr. Harrows was present
and personally apologized to the min
isters, saying that he had been imposed
upon by ii/*. Uehnont and Mrs. Sloan,
but in spite of this resolutions were
passed censuring him and forbidding
any Congregational minister of the as
sociation to marry any divorced person
who lias been shown guilty by the de
cree. lly passing the resolution the
clergymen present bound themselves
take a firm stand on the divorce
question and use all their power to
bring about uniform divorce laws. The
resolution also makes it impossible for
them to remarry guilty parties in a di
vorce and parties who were forbidden
to remarry by the laws of any state
and the rules of other Christian
el. arches.
Dentil of II .Inrlst.
Topeka, Kan., June 22.- C. G. Foster,
former federal judge of the district of
Kansas, died Wednesday evening at nix
o'clock. Judge Foster was appointed
.judge oft he Cniteil States district court
by President Grant ill 1874 and served
until March of this year, when he was
retired and sueceedi'il by W. C. Hook.
Judge Poster was born at Webster, N.
Y-. in May. Is::7. Last January a bill
passed tin: general congress retiring-
Judge Foster on full pay. Judge Fos
ter died worth about $200,00u. consist
ing mostly of valuable real e - [ate hold
burs in Topeka.
FOIiCE IS TOO SMALL.
Otis Needs More Troops in Order to
Subdue Filipinos.
A Hh'inlxT of Hl* StnfT DIM* Inr«*» the
Situation Is $«• rion*—l. nmor TIIIII
Milt-* l« to lie Sent to tl»€* I'laii*
ijipinen IN I)eni«»<l.
San Francisco, Juije 22. —Dr. Charles
A. McQuesten, who was 011 the staff
of Gen. K. S. Otis, and who was health
officer at Manila, has returned liome
invalided In the climate.
Capt. McQuesten made a study
jof the conditions of the Philippines
situation. He is of the opinion that,
it will take from 100,000 to 150,000 sol
diers to properly subdue and hold The
I islands. lie also says that the peace
commission was an absolute failure,
and that its work from the start was
without effect, lie strongly supports
the military government of 1 he islands,
except that he thinks more men will be
necessary than has been estimated.
Dr. Schurman knows that the com
mission is a failure and is coining home
in July, added Capt. McQuesten.
"t'nless troops, thousands of them, are
sent to the aid of our men there they will
he driven hack into Manila in the course of
the next few months, during the rainy sea
son. Our men simply cannot stand the
climate. Fifty per rent, of them will tie
incapacitated by sickness and the terri
tory overrun will have to he abandoned.
Manila will lie in a state of siege again.
"Our ofllcers and soldiers have accom
plished wonders and have proved them
selves the best soldiers in the world. Hut
nothing decisive has come of it. because our
men were not In great enough force.
"One of the great dangers that our men
have to face Is the climate. The new
comers will l>e at a disadvantage, because
the volunteers who are returning home are
inured to the climate. This will make more,
men necessary than we would otherwise
have to putin the field. As a matter of be
lief, the Filipinos think they have the
Americans licked already.
"One solution of the situation might be to
enlist colored men from the gulf states, ar.d
this might settle some of the race questions
of that section. These men would bo bet
ter able to stand the climate conditions
around Manila, and it has been proven that
they are good lighters.
"1 want to say a word for the western
VOl'Tteers, Tl'cj' make the finest soldiers
In the world, and their fighting qualities
are wonderful. But the volunteers all want
to return home, and 1 hardly think that the
plan to enlist three skeleton regiments
from the volunteers now in the Philippines
will be a success. The me" enlisted to fight,
for their country, and the/ ai« not th%
kind of men who wan*, to stay and tight an
insurrection for money or the fun of light
ing."
Mile* Not to IH- Sent.
Washington,.l une 22. —There is abso
lutely no truth in the report that (ien.
Miles lias made application for or seeks
assignment to the command of the
army in the Philippines. Capt. Francis
aid decamp to (ien. Miles, said
that (ien. Miles had not sought the
command and that no intimation had
passed through the office of the com
manding general that lie would be des
ignated to succeed or supersede (ien.
Otis. (ien. Otis has given entire satis
faction to the president and the secre
tary of war. No ehan<s»' wouhl be made
in tlie command at Manila without con
sulting the president, and nothing has
yet occurred to cause him to lose con
fidence in (ien. Otis. Strong pressure
is being brought upon the president to
increase the army in the Philippines,
but he is sustaining (ien. Otis and lias
so far refused to ignore his recom
mendations. t
Tell of American Wenknes*.
Madrid, .Tune 22.-*—Dispatches from
Hong-Kong received in Madrid describe
the American situation in the Philip*
pines, while not critical, as greatly
weakened through loss and disability
from disease. The urgent need of a
large number of fresh troops is empha
sized. j
Take* lo the .Sirninii*.
Manila, June 22.—The insurgent army
has taken to the swamps and hills be
yond I mils. The largest force is sup
posed to be in the neighborhood of San
Francisco de Malabon, holding a posi
tion more toward the lake or toward
the coast, according as exigencies de
mand. (ien. Wheaton returned to Innis
Wednesday, bringing three men who
were wounded in Tuesday's lighting.
The heavy rains that fall nightly make
campaigning uncomfortable. The roads
a#e still good, but the rice fields ad
joining them are pools of water. The
Filipinos will not light unless they can
meet our troops in positions most ad
vantageous to themselves or take our
reconnoitering bodies in ambush, it is
impossible to learn what effect there
cent defeat has had upon their leaders.
This should be disheartening, for they
had boasted that the Americans couid
never conquer the province of Cavite,
Aguinaldo's home country, where he
always worsted the Spaniards.
(ien. Otis received a letter signed by
native women of the province declaring
that if all the men were killed the
women would still keep up the fight
against, the Americans.
Copies of the insurgent organ, Inde
pendencia, show that the Filipinos'
hopes of success are kept aflame by
political movements in America. The
lndepciidencia prints reports of alleged
speeches made at alleged meetings in
tiie I'nited States denouncing the war,
and it asserts that these represent the
dominant American sentiment. It de
clares also that the Filipinos will con
tinue the war until llie next presiden
tial campaign, which is "sure to result
in a decision to withdraw the American
troops from the Philippines."
Si'l/.iirp of <*!«;«rn and Tolmoet*.
San Francisco, June 22. — Hurt Thom
as, of the internal revenue service,
seized 2.'0,(!(1u cigars and tobacco valued
at s."i,i!oo in the Capital cigar factory,
the largest Chinese factory in this city.
For some time past Thomas has been
trying to connect the firm with the
tilling of empty cigar 1 .oxes, and at last
teeeeded in tracing a lot of cheap ci •
gars which had hen placed in box"»
which had formerly contained imported
cigars to the Capita! factory. The firm,
it is all: ged, has also he en imitating for
eign stumps ..ml in other ways v i.dat ing
the internal revenue laws.
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