Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-10-28

llliSNdfA supplies ndu Uteu excellent anu
ample. Colonel Fife said that a canteen
had been maintained in his regiment,
and beer in large quantities had been
sold. Most of the receipts. amounting
to $500 or $500 per day Of the CaHteen. were
from beer.
Did you consider il proper for your
/ regiment 90 maintain general beer gar
den for all the camp2" asked Or Cuunor,
reading from "A letter as his authority
Colonel Fife answered: 40. but that
beer was there To be sold" He denied
that beer was sold To be carried away
except to officers, and advocated the sale
of beer at Cautceus as a protection
against more serious Indulgence in whis-
ky. He expressed the opinion that
ChiCkamauga was an excellent camp
site, but he considered the water supply
bad as it was arranged.
Manila, Oc. 25.-General Pillar who is
looked upon as being the leading rival
of AGuinaldo for the leadership of the
Philippine insurgents, has been sum-
moncd to Malolos, the insurgent head
quarters. and has been arrested. The
charge against him is disregardIng Ag-
uinaldo's authority and attempting TO
defy the Americans.
1t is hoped that Aguinaldo's influence
will prevent a conflict between the in
surgcnts and Americans. Aguinaldo
! has removed several of the insurgent
| officers who are uneducated and untitled
| for their positions. but he has been COM
PEELED to reinstate them.
AEuinaldo is desirous OF going to Paris
for the purpose of appearing before the
1 peace commissioners, but he is pre-
vented from so doing by the jealousies
/ existing among the insurgent leaders.
/ Paris. oct 25.-The consideration by
! the commissions of the Porto Rican and
/ I.adron"s questions has now been merged
/ with the Cuban question, and all the
| points involved are being carried for
ward to simultaneous conclusion.
| When this shall be arrived at the Phil
/ ippines question will be taken up.
There is a probability that the Amer
| lean commissioners will not assume any
of the Cuban indebtedness. The Span
| iards may then announce their unwill-
/ ingness to proceed any further with ne
| gutiatuns based upon the protocol.
| Should the Spaniards decide to do this,
! it Will be because they wish to excite
! the pity of their creditors and of other
! nations. The cortes may then be asked
| to endorse their action. The Spaniards
may even prefer resumption of hos
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/ refusal 10 share their financial burden
| Lowell. Oct. 25.-Congressman W. s.
Knox spoke at the Working Mems club
| last night. He made the statement
+ that America will possess the Philip
! pines. and referred to the great market
which has been opened up to American
exports as the result of the war He
| said that congress is willing to do all it
! can for the workingman. but that there
are limitations upon it,
|
The speaker believed that immigra-
ton should he restricted. He compared
the effects Of the Wilson and the Dingley
bills, and made the claim that SagaSta
is anxious to have the Democrats win
in the coming elections. In that event
the Germans will send their fleet back to
Manila and the nag raised by Dewey
| win be cut down.
Kingston Jam, Oct. 25.-Tho atten-
ton of the outside world has been es-
pecially directed to this island by the
incipient condition of rebellion said to
have been reached by the tribesmen who
| I,.,h Ia,
eastern and western ends Of the island.
These formidable mountain uibesmen
OF Jamaica are nothing but a mythical
survival of an historic people that prac-
tically ceased to exist generation
ago.
After the suppression of the Maroon
rebellion, the Maroons were assimi-
lated with other inhabitants of the ISL
and. the only difference being that they
were to be held on reservations for the
purpose of restraint. Retiring to their
reservations and keeping themselves
aiOof from the common negroes" the
Maroons became in time almost for
gotten people. The elders clung to-
gether: but the younger assimilated by
| degrees with the surrounding popula-
tions. In this way the Maroons We're
| gradually mixing with the people of
the island when the negro rebellion
| broke out in 1863 This brought them
| gain to the front. They assisted the
government forces and saved the day
for them For weeks these people the
last of the Maroons stood between law
and order on the one hand and red riot
pillage and carnage on the other. until
the English troops could be got into ac-
ton. For this service some additional
grants of land were made to the tribe.
Since 1863, the last survivors of the
original, pure Maroon stock have died
! out. The younger generation. while
nheritng the tribal characteristics, are
essentially only ordinary Jamaican
| peasant proprietors and citizens, with
ont d shadow of special privilege; but
traditions die hard. The tradition Of
the Maroon tribe aided by few geo.
graphical names and the concentration
of property, has survived the tribe, and
this, not only in the popular mind but in
the mind of the government as well, so
that it took the government some time
to realize the exact facts of the case.
This brings matters up to the recent
trouble, which is no more nor less than
the old question. raised to an acute crisis
by the deplorabe condition of the island.
Owing to the success of European
bounty-fed beet sugar in killing the
West Indian cane sugar industry--for
which Great Britain is clearly respon-
sible-nearly all the sugar estates have
been abandoned. Fruit cultivation has
been substituted to large extent; but
this cannot support teeming popua-
ton of 100, 900 as the sugar industry did
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