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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

OF the modest, unaSSuming old Indian
fighter, General Elwell Stephen Otis
who is now at the head of the Philip
pine forces. The splendid campaign of
this aStute soldier against the FilipinoS
has made him the idol of his men here
and enrolled his name on that list of
great leaders who have shaped the his
tory of our country. He has been
hard fighter and a bluff and sturdy
commander, but his readiness to face
any danger and to share in the hard
ships of his men has shown that he is
of the stuff of which heroes are made.
And with Otis will always be remem-
bered such names as Lawton, MacAr-
thur King, Merritt and dozen other
valiant leaders who have won distinc-
ton by their dash and courage.
But the man who has made himself
the one hero of all the war in this part
of the world is Colonel Fred Funston of
the Twentieth Kansas volunteers. THE
little redheaded colonel from Kansas,
as he is known among all the men here,
is the greatest daredevil in the Ameri-
can army. He would rather fight than
eat. He is only feet 3, but every
inch of him is grit. When he dupli-
Gated the taking of Lungtungpen and
captured Calumpit with his little band
of men by swimming river under fire,
and when he was the first American to
enter MaloloS, no one who knew the
man was the least surprised. Funston
is a soldier of fortune and has sought
adventure among the redskins, on the
rail and in the frozen passes of Alaska.
The little colonel up to the time he was
wounded had always been at the head
of his men during every engagement,
and there has never come up a chance
for a display of bravery and daring
that he has not taken advantage of.
When the AStor battery first appeared
in this part of the world, they were
looked upon as dudes" and there was
tendency to think they were not of
very much account for fighting pur-
poses. But that mistaken idea was soon
dissipated. On that historic 18th day of
August, when the battery, almost waist
deep in mud, had to abandon their ma
chine guns, they got their first grim
chance for hero making. 1t was a little
after 2 o'clock in the afternoon when
the order was given out to abandon the
guns. General Macarthur was hurry
ing distractedly about on his little
brown horse after being in the saddle
some nine hours.
What man will lead a charge up that
road?" asked the general of his men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

Now that the bolo of the Filipino is
about to be beaten into a pruning hook
and the rainy season is coming on and
the dogs of war are to be kenneled the
American boys in this faroff land are
beginning to look with longing eyes to-
ward home. Many a man among us
would give a barrel of Filipino peeled
bananas and cracked cocoanuts for one
good bite of old fashioned American pie.
Untried young American soldiers who
came out here as pink checked youths
are preparing to so home once more.
looking like war Worn veterans. Vol
unteerS who were once dubbed tin"
soldiers are now the proud possessors
of that red badge of courage" which
can come only after baptism of fire.
But the long fight is drawing to close,
and the troops, grown tired of the smell
of powder, are laundering after the sniff
of a good American orchard in bloom.
At least that is the way 1 feel just at
present and I imagine 1 am not the
only homesick pebble on this oriental
beach.
Our war here has not been a Water
loo. In fact, Waterloos are out of date
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

nowadays. Modern conditions seem to
preclude the possibility of any two
great powers coming together and set
Ting their differences in one decisive
battle, such as this old battle of Wa
terloO certainly was. Campaigning in
the Philippines presents many features
of warfare that are both novel and sig
ni1icant. The nature of the enemy and
his secretive methods required a modi-
fication of old and established military
principles and made each engagement
not so much matter of maneuvering
and open field tactics as a matter of in
dividual dash and courage. With US it
has been the man and not the battalion.
Until the opening of this war, which
/ am counting as merely the denoue
ment of the Cuban campaign, it was
not definitely known even in expert
military circles just what the most eff
ficient method of procedure in up to
date campaigning would be- An evil
dence of this lies in the fact of the
celebrity with which the different Euro
pean powers dispatched military repre-
sentativeS to the scene of action as soon
as hoStilities broke out. 1t has been the
constant object of these official critics
to watch most carefully the different
American maneuvers and to determine
from actual observation just what were
the most effective movements in the OPP
Grafton of modern army.
So all along we. felt that we were
teaching the European powers a little
object lesson in the art of war. Per-
haps that put our boys on their mettle
and inspired them with their extraordi-
nary audaciousness. The result has
been that many of those European Off
GERS have gone home with sadly shat
tered ideals of army directing, and it
has been generally conceded that Uncle
Sans men have instituted a new meth
cd and principle of fighting. These
young looking fellows, dressed careless
ly and quietly in their dull brown duck
suits, were somewhat of a surprise to
their foreign observers, who had been
brought UP with the idea that soldier
without his scarlet and glitter and gold
braid was not fit to carry a firearm.
The free and easy rocky from Kansas
and Colorado, instead of marching
proudly forward in a machine made
company, respondent with millinery
and shining metal, slouched along with
an athletic aimlessless, clad in his mud
stained pair of trousers, from which
probably the last suspender button had
been divorced and which usually hung
grimly to the folds of a faded blue ar
my shirt
But when it came to going into battle
this same offhand individual sprang
forward, singing "A Hot Time In the
Old Town Tonight as light heartedIy
as though he had been going off for a
days fishing. He was there for work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

When Otis began to make himself at
home in Manila, what he did not know
about the Philippines would fill very
Large volume He felt that he must
have a man with an eagle eye and
Zeuslike intellect, a sort of military
Sherlock Holmes, who could spend his
time in looking about him and get the
exact lay of the land. That man must
be no coward, for his work would take
him right into the teeth of the enemy.
The man Otis hit upon was Major
Franklin J. Bell, a war hardened old
western campaigner who was not afraid
of rough work and gloated over the
smell of gunpowder like a 5-year-
over an all day sucker He went about
the island of Luzon like restless shad-
ow, and every day or two Otis had laid
before him some new tip on the instr
gents. If it was not message about
Aguinaldo, it was secret information as
to what river could be forded and what
town could be stolen into and what
road could carry machine guns and
heavy artillery. Sometimes it was a
scrap of map and sometimes it was a
warning regarding a new insurgent
movement, but it always seemed to ar
rive in the very nick of time, and it al
who was controlling an army in an alb
solutely strange land
When the gallant Colonel Egbert was
mortally wounded at the capture of
Malinta, wave of genuine sorrow
swept through this army of ours He
was a soldier who did not know the
meaning of fear and at the time of his
death was nonchalantly standing in a
shower of Filipino bullets. During the
attack on Malinta he was in the thick
est of the fight at all times, and when
he fell, shot through the abdomen, he
met death that was no disgrace to a
veteran who had always been in the
brunt of the fight
You have done nobly" said General
Wheaton, barring his head as the
wounded man was lifted on the stretch
err upon which he was to die in a very
few moments.
Yes, thank God" gasped the dying
soldier, "but I am old, and the end has
to comet"
A man who will not be forgotten is
Private Biehl of the gallant Eighteenth
regiment, which did such heroic work
in the capture of Iloilo The native at
tack on the American outposts at Jaro
bridge was at it's hottest, and the man
who left what little shelter was to be
had was taking his life in his hands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
ORIGIN OF THE FAN.

The origin of the fan in China is said
to have sprung from the following Incl
dent: "a royal princess, very beautiful.
was assisting at the feast of lanterns,
her face covered with mask, as usual.
The excessive heat compelled her to re-
move it, and in order to guard her fea-
lures from the common gaze she moved
it quickly to and fro in front of her
face, thus simultaneously hiding her
charms and cooling her brow. The idea
was at once adopted throughout the
kingdom"
Catherine de- Medici carried the first
fan from Italy ever seen in France, and
in the time of Louis XIV the fan, cover
ed with jewels, was worth a small for
tune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

receive a stipulated SUM for each pair
of shoes made, accordfngsto quality.
Carlyle was not veryfcareful about his
personal appearance HeEwas too apt to
think genius could wear anything he
chose and never bothered about how he
looked. He probably got the idea from
the fact that two of his heroes-Crom-
well and Frederick II-were both the
worst dressed men of their time.
In the house of commons at Montreal
the other day Premier Laurier stated
that the lease of the Plains of Abra-
ham. Quebec, would expire May /, 1901,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

Ammunition was running short, and
things looked gloomy for our men. Just
at this crisis PrivateaBiehl saw Private
DAILY throw up his hands and fall, Sc
verely wounded. Without thinking of
the danger he was trimming into the
young soldier rushed out to his COM
panion, picked him up and carried him
on his own back tohthe rear How it
was he was never hiti'by the rain of
bullets that fell around him is one of
the mysteries of warfare. He was the
first man to bring news of the scarcity
of ammunition on the advance firing
line. and supplies WeTeaat once hurried
forward. AS soon as, DAILY was placed
in the hands of the surgeons young
Biehl hurried forward fagain. He had
not taken UP his position at the front
more than ten minutes before a Filipino
bullet tore through his chest, and he
fell, crying, I'm done for!" In ten
minutes he was dead.
Even more heroic was the death of
DIR. Young of Utah. 1t was during the
MaIabay engagement that our men were
Smelling a big stone church full of in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

lis punishable by a fine the amount of
which is daily increased. If it be sus-
pected that the child's illness be sham
med doctor is sent by the school au-
thorities, and when he is convinced that
the suspicion is correct the parents
have to pay his fee.
There are no large factories for max
ing shoes in Mexico, as in the United
States There are extensive establish
ments in Leon, Mexico City and Qua
dalajara, but they are not exactly fac
tories. The shoes are made under a
kind of tenement system. Workmen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

and the property would revert to the
ladies of the Ursuline convent The
government, however, was willing, if
the property could be acquired at a
reasonable figure, to take into consid-
Grafton the question of it's purchase
The municipal authorities of Mons,
Belgium, have adopted resolution
which will prevent children from being
born paupers in that city. Every child
born in Mons after being registered Of
ficially will have bank account open
ed in its name with the City Savings
bank. The authorities will deposit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

franc for the infant, who when he ar
rives at sufficient age will find this as
a nucleus to augment with his. penny
savings. The original deposit of 1 franc
cannot be drawn at any time, but the
interest accruing is the property of the
young depositer.
In France matches are state monop-
oily, and 400, 200, 600 boxes are sold annu-
ally. The minister of finance proposed
to make the boxes bear advertisements
and as each box would carry two, one
on each of the two fiat sides, this would
make S0O,OOO,000 advertisements, from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
FOREIGN NOTES.

Russian photographers shame delin-
quent customers by hanging their pic
lures upside down in their glass cases.
This method soon compels them to pay
up.
The largest loaves OF bread baked in
the world arc those of France and Italy
The pipe" bread of Italy is baked in
loaves two or three feet long, while in
France the loaves are made in the
shape Of very long rolls four or FIVE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

which he hopes to obtain an annual sum
of 100000 francs.
1t is related of Alassandro Guido, a
famous Italian poet and composer OF
the seventeenth century. that he died at
Frascati of apoplexy, brought on by dis
covering a typographical error in fine
ly printed copy of poems which he was
on his way to present to Pope Glenn
ent XII
Foreign commercial travellers itrc tax
ed S4S.66 in Natal and if found without
a license are subject to fine Of f9rs
times that amount.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21
Brave Deeds Performed by PriVateS and
Junior Officers Whose Names
Seldom Find Their Way
Into Print.

and not for show. He may have been
picturesque; he certainly was not pref
ty. He was too busy at the hero max
ing business to think very much about
appearance, and the record he has left
shows that he pushed the business in
question for all it was worth.
The name that first occurs to every
one in this connection is, of course, that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21

feet in length and in many cases six
feet.
A little English girl died the other
day from peculiar circumstance. Hav-
ing fallen and hurt her knee, she ap-
piled piece of postage stamp paper to
the wound, Which induced blood poi
son1ng, in turn resulting in pneumonia,
which caused her death.
The absence of a child from school in
Switzerland, unless in case of sickness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-06
UNWISE ABUSE.

The Manchester Mirror, the ablest Re-
publican paper in New Hampshire, and
the one endowed with by far the most
common sense. impressively warns the
zeslous Republican editors who are now
branding the German-A Americans as trait
ors because they do not believe in jmper-
ialisIn that they are laying sure foun-
dation for defeat next year. 1t points out
that
half millions of voters of German birth
or extraction in the United States and q
more intelligent, thoughtful and loyal
class Is not to be found. They hold the
balance of power in several of the pivotal
states, in New York, Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana, and In many others they are q
strong factor. Most of them are Republi-
cans and it is safe to say that without
their assistance the Republican party has
never elected a president and never will
elect one. More pointediy. Nick ley
would have been defeated three years ago
withouu them, and If they are ranged
against him in a solid body next year all
thu follies of the Democrats cannot save
him. Probably they are not agreed as
to Imperialism, but judging from the
declarations of their ,mostlprominent men
and most influential journals they are
mostly against expansion. and especially
hostile to an alliance with Great Britain,
which is one Of the ortcomes Of the new
policy.
10 this feeling every German American
newspaper of much standing gives forci-
bio expression, and in orderfto emphasize
and make known their opinions the Ger
mans have recently held meetings In
Chicago, Sc. Louis and some other cities.
that In St. Louis being presided over by
Nv pratnpfnS thu adifnr nf tina OIdaat
ablest and most influential paper that Ii
printed In the German language and In
these meetings they have formulated and
passed resolutions setting forth their
pride In the American citizenship, their
loyalty to Republican principles and in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-06

situations, and finally their protest
against imperialism and entaneling
alliances with Great Britain.
No one but fire eating lingo could
detect anything reasonable, impertinent
or improper in these declarations, but
they are met by volley OF dcnnnciation
from the self-appointed organs OF me
administration, like the Chicago Herald
and Washington Post, which below to
the German-Americns that 10 Is none OF
theirsbusiuess how this country Is run I,
that their opinions will receive no atten-
ton in determining its policy and that
they had better attend to their own affairs
and not m eddie with matters that belong
to 1.-THE governing classes"
As the Mirror points out, if the abuse
that is being heaped upon them should
drive the COMMUNICATIONS out OF the
Republican party the chances of the re-
e lection of President Mckinley next year
would be very poor indeed, even with the
windy Bryan at the head of the Demo-
Gratis and with free silver made the CHIEF
cornerstone of the platform.
The truth is, and 1t might as well he
recognized, that there is wide Differences
of opinion among Republics of all
nationalities-of the purely Americans
as well as the German Americans-as to
what should be our ultimate policy in the
Philippine islands. Some undoubtedly
believe that we should treat those islands
purely as dependencies to be governed as
we think fit without consulting the opin-
ions and prejudices of their inhabitants
any more than may be necessary tor.our
own advantage. Others believe tina. we
should get out OF those islands at the
earliest possible moment we can do SO
without Sinking the obligations we have
put ourselves under by taking them from
Spain. and that we should have assured
the Inhabitants long ago that 1T was our
intention as soon as they .were capable
of main tanning stable government to
hand the country cover to them. In a
word they believe that from the start we
should have adopted the same policy
toward the Philippines that we did
toward Cuba.
The differences need not land probably
will not, interfere with tn, success of the
Republican party next year, for other
questions are then likely to be dominant,
if they ara not made the basis for ugly
attacks by Republicans who hold different
views one upon another. But it Is
conceivable that a great many loyal Re-
publicans may be SO embittered by the
ugly epithets that ara being hurled at
them by newspapers who arrogate 10
themselves the right to determine the
policy of the party that they may not be
81.
hence. Freedom of speech and opinion
has ever been the chief corner stone OF
Repub!icanism and it cannot be Knocked
out without 1mperilling the super struc.
|ture
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-06

In 1853 Samuel Mayall, of Gray, was
a representative from this district in
Congress After service in the Union
army In the war; ne settled in st. Paul,
Mimi, where he died several years ago.
A short time before his death he wrote to
q friend in Maine a letter which gives
much interesting information about the
wooden business in early days. His faith
er, Samuel Mayall, was the first of the
family to come to this country. He came
to Boston about the year 1888 or SO.
When he left England no mechanic was
allowed to leave that country to come to
this country and when it was learned
that wooden manufacturer had stolen
off, secreted in the hold of vessel an
English cutter was sent in pursuit. But
their search was in vain and Mr.. Mayall
was safely landed together with his two
carding machines, in Boston. Less than
one year after his arrival IN Boston Il
rich four foot chest was sent him with a
key He knew very we'll that his father
did not send the chest, as purported. and
supec ted that something must be wrong.
Hence he handled the chest with every
necessary precaution. He took Il long rope
and from safe place pulled open the
cover. simultaneously with the opening
of the chest four pistols were discharged.
If he had opened the chest in the ordi-
nary manner he probably would have
been killed He first set up carding
machine on Bunker Hill and later came
to Gray in this county. then in the dis
trict of Massachusetts and there started
In business, which consisted of wool card
ing, cloth dressing and manufacturing
wooden cloth. He erected wooden fact
DRY 3Ox40 feet, two stories of wood with
a stone basement, making building
three stories in height and having IA dye
house attached 20x40 feet, containing a
about the year 1891 or '92. A brother
John Mayall, built a mill in Lisbon in
1909 1t is said that the suit of clothes
worn by Eldbridge Gerry when he was
inaugurated vice president was made in
the mill of Samuel Mayall. In those days
dyeing wassaIsecret. A book on coloring
about the size of an old fashioned spelling
book was secured for the use OF the old
wooden mill at Lisbon at cost of $40.
and that with written guarantee from
the buyer that it would DeSused exclu-
sively by himself under penalty of tine
as in case of infringing on patents at the
present time. Daniel Webster relates his
misfortune, when dressed In a new suit
of homespun blus he accompanied his
father on the way to school that he was
going to teach, and being overtaken by
shower had the color washed from his
new coat into his shirt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-06

The rumor that Congress will be called
together in October gets good support
from the fact that there will bs good
many reasons for calling it together at
that time. In the first place an untried
Speaker will be in the chair and it will
require several weeks for him to make
up his committees. If Congress waited
until December it could not get to work
until January at least and there are many
important questions pending which
ought to have attention before that time,
Most important among them are the de-
termination of form or forms of gov
ernment for Hawaii and Porto Rico, and
our future policy in the Philippines. By
October our Philippine war will probably
be over and it will be in order for Con
grsss to determine what our attitude is
to be toward the natives, whether they
are to be treated as subjects pure and
simple or are to be instructed by us in the
art of government that they may govern
when they are able. There are other
matters of less Importance, or at least of
less urgency, such as the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal and the laying of
cable to Hawaii
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-06
AR BOR DAY.

l again call attention to the importance
of planting trees and shrubs about our
homes. 1t adds to their comfort, renders
them more beautiful, is ever an indica-
ton of refinement and culture, and the
days work well done will merit and
receive the grateful commentator of
those who succeed us.
l also recommend that the day be
especially observed by our schools
throughout the State, to the end that the
best results may be secured.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber, in
Augusta, this twentieth day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine, and
of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred
and twenty-third.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.