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LETTER FROM MANILA.
Fred j. Davis Writes From the Philippines
Interesting Account ofTrIp
and Country.

The following letter was received
last week by Chas. Davis, Of Eureka,
from his brother, Fred, who is now in
the Philippines His parents live in
. .roca1.
The times., 1899-09-02

all the British hinterland, operations
against the Transvaal country would be
too difficult TO be essayed except with a
force SO large that we may be sure the
Salisbury Government would hesitate to en-
ploy it, and, if it did, would have hard
time with the British taxpayer in conse-
quence.
Aside from these considerations, there
are international reasons why Great Britain
viii, if possible, avoid ENHANCEMENT in
such a situation as we have outlined. Re-
bellions, native uprisings, and such things
are extremely apt to become epidemic, and
might infect the Soudan and perhaps Asia.
Moreover, really serious war at all
straining to England's resources or power
to supply soldiers. might furnish Russia
with an opportunity to make mischief,
either directly on the Indian frontier, in
the direction of Constantinople, or in fur
ther assaults upon British prestige, influ-
ence. and interests in China
If the question were only one of march
ing, thirty. fifty or sixty thousand red
coats into the Boer country, it might in
vclve hard fighting. but it would be, never
theless, simple enough. It is not difficult
to appreciate the fact that it is not simple
but widely and dangerously complex.
The times., 1899-09-02
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA.
A lawyers Ruse to Escape Defend
ing an Ip.naenpious Prisoner

ing an ImDeeuDious Prisoner.
HAVANA, Sept. 1.-The impulse which
American energy has impaired to the Ha-
vana audieneia has aroused some of the
| lawyers here to make vigorous protest.
Inc trouble arose from the insistence Of
Governor General Brooke that the cases
of hundreds of prisoners who have been
in jail from one to two years be disposed
! Oh at once by the criminal branch o. the
court Most of the prisoners were persons
having no money and the court appointed
lawyers for their defence. as is the case
under similar conditions in the United
1 states Here, however, the lawyers ap-
pointed in this manner would fa.I 10 ap-
pear IN court thus causing postponements
time and again while the accused stayed
III jail. General Brooke told the new au
dlencla that this must stop. Accordingly
two days ago, when Lawyer Rodriguez,
who mad been appointed TO defend pris-
oner, failed to appear when the man was
arraigned, sending a physicians certii-
cate that he was i'll as an excuse Tor his
non-appearance, the president of the
court sent a police surgeon and police
man TO the lawyers house to examine
into the matter. The surgeon found that
Kodriguez was perfectly well, and the po-
hceman took him to court where he ex-
pIdlned Jnat he was feeling better He
was very indignant, however, at the action
OF the court, and later sent a protest to
the Lawyers Association. The audiencia
intends to continue this method OF fore
ing the appearance OF lawyers ass gned to
cases. Some of the newspapers severely
crlticise the court and urge that other
methods be employed to attain the desired
end, but these would involve too much
time.
A physician who arrived today from Key
west reported to Major Davis that there
had been fifteen cases OF yellow fever and
Two deaths from the disease in that city.
The advisability of establishing quaran-
tine against Key West is under considera-
tlon. Press dispatches received here re-
port only two cases Of the fever in Key
West.
is a nation, and who has been trying to
have Cubans, who became naturaliZed in
other countries during the war, regain
their Cuban citizenship by renouncing their
foreign naturalization, now wants General
Brooke TO appoint Cuban representatives
to aid the European capitals to safeguard
Cuban interests abroad. The plan is con-
sidered ridiculous even by the strongest
separatists
General Brooke has ordered Senor Betan-
court, Governor of Matanzas, TO turn over
to the church authorities there the ceme-
terry over the ownership of which the
municipality and the church have been
quarrel!ng. The ayuntamiento threatened
last week to resign if the cemetery was
surrendered. A popular demonstration of
disapproval of General Brookes order will
be held Sunday.
The times., 1899-09-02
Pessimism Mt Rennes.

IL may be that his views are affected by
his painful wound and the insomnia it
causes, but however that may be, it is re-
ported with apparent reliability that Mai
tire Labori is growing hopeless of ever con-
vincing the military judges that Dreyfus
is not guilty of inspiring the bordereau.
even if he did not write it. There is little
room for doubt that the members Of the
court-martial began the trial with fixed
and vicious prejudice against the prisoner,
and. except in perhaps two or three cases
cut of the seven. it is not thought that it
has been removed. Jouaust and the ma
jority, it is feared, will never permit them
selves to believe in the existence of such
conditions of villainy and deliberate trea-
son as the evidence inexorably proves to
have obtained in the circle of the general
staff, when Gonse was chief of the Intelli-
gence Bureau, and Esterhazy was acting as
a broker for the sale of French military
secrets 10 the German, Austrian, and Ital-
ian embassies.
Assuming that this view is a correct
one, it becomes certain that the defence
VIII have to rely upon its trump card, il
it has one of the kind frequently assert
ed. Dreyfus' counsel have never wished
10 bring foreign governments into the case
if that could possibly be avoided. As
last resort, it Is probable that a full ex-
posrre of the real criminals by the war
Offices at Berlin, Vienna, and Rome would
compel an acquittal. but it might also lead
TO a revolution which the Dreyfusards
throughout France. OF all things, wish to
avoid. Nevertheless, if Labori and De-
mango can command the good Offices of
the German, Austrian. and Italian au-
thorities. they are likely 10 need and util-
ize them. The unfortunate victim OF the
vilezt conspiracy of the century is before
a jury packed 10 convict In tae a5sencs
of outside help he is as dove in the
clutches of hawk.
The times., 1899-09-02
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER ?, 1899.
The British Alliance Bogse.


There is convincing evidence that som.
Of the inmates Of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum
got leave OF absence long enough TO visil
GAINESVILLE and help write the Democratic
platform.
The Philippine plank did not settle
that matter alhrmeuvely, TIE one construct
ga as British lion tail twister surely
would. We dsnounce.' il says, the secret
and vicious alliance now in evidence be-
tween England and the Republican Admin
istretion. whereby this nation may become
involved in war with foreign nations"
Where is the evidence OF the secret and
vicious alliance to which this badly intox-
ioatsd sentence preten6s 10 allude2 Is il
TO be found in the good understanding
which most undoubtedly subsists between
the peoples OF the United States and Eng
land today2 Il not, it has no existence.
Individual Americans there nay be who.
having the opportunity 10 DO so, have sold
themselves and the national interests en-
trnsted to their Official care to England.
That is nothing new nor strange. The Cay
ton -Bulwar treaty was the result Of q cash
deal OF tha kind. aad. in our o~n genera
ton, We have heard CT an American diplo-
lnaiisl who acted as uouchGrd and jumping
Jack for Great Britain at his post, in re-
turn for the appointment Of relative 10
lucrative position II He- Majessy's civil
service. Incidentally. we may remark that
he Was q Democrat or passed for one al
1ae time.
Dut few instances like the foregoing
fan Iar short OF constituting secret and
vicious" ailisnea between d great foreign
Government and q domestic political party,
and in fact, no intelligent person in his
sober senses has the remotsst idea that
such 3 thing does. or by any possibility
could, exist In embodyiBg such arFant non
sense in the Evansville platform. if the idea
vas 20 make that document, its authors and
sponsors ridiculous, we could see a definite
reason for writing it. As it is. it must be
ascrihed 10 acute mental alteration.
Il reminds one OF the companion eanard,
from which it is evidently borrowed, that
the Republicans were formerly in the habit
Of working CT on hayseed constituencies
when il was necessary TO rally the party
70 defend the Chinese pTohibitive tariff
g1l-I4- men IL NGo iEG LAiE lyI Spell
binders TO declare with awful emphasis
that Senator's and Members OF Congress
we're Eading neck deep in British gold,
poured cut in the very Capitol to make
them false TO the holy doctrine Of pro
iectioni Nobody ever san any Of thai gold.
and, as England has waxed TAT and rich
TO bursting largely By taking advantage
OF our protective tariff idioey. it is difhcult
10 understand why her Ministers and mer-
chants should trouble themselves 10 inter
fere with an American policy that never
hurt anybody but the United States.
il may be a stretch OF Imagination to
expect even a glimmer OF common sense
in anything like the average Democratic
State convention CT the day. But we may
at least hope that the next one viii not
blither and driveI as the one at Zanes-
vile did over its bourbonic vision of a
secret and vicious alliance between Eng
land and the Republican party"
The times., 1899-09-02
REMEy TO SUCCEED SAMPSON.
A New Commander Selected for the
North Atlantic Squadron.

4 New Commander Selected for tho
North Atlantic Squadron.
Rear Admiral George c. Remey. at pres
ent in command of the navy yard at Ports
mouth, N. H., has been selected to sue
ceed Rear Admiral William T. Sampson
as commander in-chief OF the naval force
of the North Atlantic station when Admiral
Sampson IS relieved of that command in
the autumn. While Admiral Remey is the
senior flag officer who has not recently
had a sea command, it is said at the Navy
Department that his selection TO succeed
Sampson was due to another reason,
greatly creditable to him. At the begin
ming of the war with Spain Admiral Remey
then commodore, was anxious to obtain
a sea command but when he found this
was impossible, the flag officers available
being greatly in excess of the number of
squadrons, he accepted the post Of COM
mandant OF the naval station at Key West
The cheerfulness with which Admiral
Remey assumed this detail, which was not
desirable from a climatic point of view.
and meant much hard work without any
glory, impressed the Navy Department
with his devotion to duty. and his assign
ment to the command of the feet that was
stationed in the West Indies during the
war wi.1 Spain was a natural result OF
his demonstration OF unselfshness.
Admiral Sampson viii be retired from
command shortly after the Dewey recep-
tion ceremonies in New York. He viii
be given some important shore assign
ment His two years tour of sea duty
expired in June, but ne will be retained
in command OF the North Atlantic sta
ton until after the arrival Of Admiral
Dewey Sc that he may have charge of the
naval force gathered at Tompkinsville to
greet the hero OF Manila Bay When Ad
miral Sampson was in Washington last
spring. Secretary Long suggested that
he take a leave OF absence, but the adj
miral preferred to retain active command
until autumn. Subsequently. however, he
was Obliged to go On leave for month
on account of his health.
The Chicago, with Rear Admiral How
ison on board, is scheduled to reach New
York en- October 5. after a voyage of 20 900
miles. Admiral Howison will be retired
for age the same month, and it Is gen
orally understood that Rear Admiral Nor
man b. Farqhhar, commandant of the Nor
folk navy yard viii succeed him as COM
mander- -in-chief of the South Atlantic
naval station
The times., 1899-09-02
ANOTHER ATTACK ON GoEBEL.
A Former Kentucky State Senator
Charges Him With Lying.

PADUCAH, KY, Sept. Probably
more severe arraignment of William Goebal
than that given him last night by former
Representative William C. Ovens at Lex
ingtcn, was accorded the gubernatorial
nominee today by former State Senator
Leo HalIam, of Covington. HalIam charged
Goebel with lying in several specific in
stances and perjury when he took his oath
OF Office as a member of the Kentucky
Senate. The facts TO which Hallam re-
ferred we're Goebels claim that the Sand
ford tragedy grew out of Goebel's fgi1
in the Interest. of a bill to force a bridge
company to reduce its tolls TO one cent
in the interest of the working people who
reside in Covington and work in Cincin-
natl. Sanford being large stockholder
in the company, Goebel's part in the con-
stitutional convention and his self-pro-
claimed efforts in the interest of the anti
gambling laws of Kentucky. Hallam as
serted that the nominee OF the Louisville
convention had lied about Sanford being
stockholder in the bridge company He
declared that at the time the anti-gam-
bling act was passed Goebel was not a
member of the Legislature, and said that
Goebel's part in the constitution provided
that when a person was killed by all
road corporation only his or her adminis-
traitor could bring suit against the com
pany. Hallam charged that Goebel had
this done in his own interest.
The times., 1899-09-02
Rather Like a BacEao,yn

AS lar as one can Judge from outside
appearances, the almost reasonable atti-
tude adopted by the Cape Colony prime
minister. schreiner, in which he is nm
douhtedly backed by the powerful Afri-
Ranaer element. has acted ike wet b!an-
ket on Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Il looks
now as II England would be willing 10
make material concessions in order 10 avoid
4 war, the collateral results Of which might
be exceedingly grave TO the empire. me
situation al Cape Town Is wei illustrated
in the statement that, should Sir Alfred
Miner carry out his alleged intention 20
dismiss the schrelner ministry. the act
Fcuid probably lead to an open rebellion
of the Dutch
The reasons which the British Govern
mcnt has FOR fearing the consequences .of
Boer sympathy and conspiracies in It's. .Sourh
African possessions. may not be generally
clear 70 people on this side Of the water.
but are easily explained In the event OF
war with the Boers, Dutch rising in Capa
Colony would unquestionably be followed
II not preceded, by bostilitles on the part or
the Orange Free State, and by general in
surrection Of the Matabeles and other great
and warlike tribes. The coincidence Of thesa
movements. ali of which, il IS thought. have
been carefully prepared for, would give
England huge and vastly expensive task
under military conditions the reverse Of en-
coaraging. With Cape Colony involved in
civil war. the Orange Dutchmen in battle
srTay and the blacks rayaging Natal, and
The times., 1899-09-02
TO REPRESENT HAWAII.
w. o. Smith to Champion the Islands
Interests in Washington

HONOLULU, Aug. 20, via San Francisco,
Sept. lit is now practically settled that
Attorney w. o. Smith viii be sent to
Washington this winter to look after the
interests Of the islands He viii furnish
all information in regard TO Hawaii that
may be demanded by Congress. The har-
bcr survey and location Of the harbor lines
made by the board OF which Major Lang
fit, OF the Second Volunteer Engineers
vas chairman, have been approved by the
Secretary of War and the harbor of Homo
lulu is now under control OF the Federal
authorities. A question has arisen as to
the right Of the local government to sell
public lands until Congress has acted on
the matter. A tract in the Island of Ha-
waii was recently surveyed in order that
it might be thrown open to homesteadsrs
Before the sale squatters settled on it.
claiming it as unoceupied Government
land. The Government at first ignored
the squatters and advertised the sale for
September 2, but finally postponed the sale
to November 4. in order TO get the opin-
ion Of the Washington Government
The times., 1899-09-02
HOW TO CRUSH FIhfPINOS.
@eneral Funston's Views OF the
Philippine Campaign.


MANILA, Sept I.-(ien. Frederick Fun
ston and Mrs. Funston are with the eener-
ais regiment. General Funston has un-
dergone an operation necessitated by an
injury resulting from fall from his horse
While serving in the Cuban army with Gen
eral Gomez.
In the course of an interview General
Funston remarked that he would not mind
staying in Luzon- He disliked war, but
inasmuch as there is fighting he would like
to remain and aid in bringing it TO close.
Speaking of the future, he said:
The only solution of the problem viii
De through whipping the insurgents / do
not think they viii surrender. When we
oegin active operations against them on
large scale in the autumn we Will scatter
them into small bands, and I think when
the soldiers composing these bands see that
they are persistently pursued, they will
thro" away or hide their arms, and return
to the pursuits of peace. A year hence
small bodies of armed men viii be able to
go anywhere in Luzon. The island was
always infested with bandits and was never
safe for Europeans TO travel in. Proba-
bly, after the end OF the fighting the high
waymen will be more numerous, because
the members of Aguinaldo's army. who
have lived for years with guns in their
nands, have acquired a taste for bush life
and would rather continue as highwaymen
then return to work
Cavalry is greatly needed here. The
country, when dry. is superb for cavalry
operations. The insurgents have none. One
OF their strong points is their ability to
retreat rapidly. Cavalry could overtake and
hopelessly scatter and punish them, and
could subsist largely on the country. When
cavalry is once here. il should be given
chanCa in
towns for guard duty. Our greatest sue
cesses have been gained when the regi-
mental commanders have been allowed TO
quickly follow up the advantages gained IN
battle. Small bodies of Americans, operat-
ing freely and commanded by officers Of
dash and energy, could badly break up the
enemy. The capture OF Aguinaldo by cav
airy would be a less difficult proposition
than the capture of the Apache chiefs in
Ariznna -
The times., 1899-09-02
AMERICA MUST RULE.
me Philippine Situation ns Seen by
Senator Rcreridrn

lNDlANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept. 1-Senator
ALBERT J. Beveridge reached this city this
/ afternoon after a six months visit To the
! Philippine Islands and other places in Tho
FAR East. He was met at the union sta
tion by the Marion Clubs marching column
OF 800 men dressed in blue coats. white
duck trousers, and white hats. For two
hours the corridors OF his hotel were
/ crowded with persons who came to hid him
welcome to his home city. Senator Bev-
erldge refuses to say anything regarding
his experiences in the Philippines or what
/ he proposes TO do with the information
which he has gathered. He intimated to-
! day that he might have something to xay
. later, and it has been inferred from this
expression that he either proposes to visit
Washington in the near future or expects
] to be called there for consultation with the
War Department
1t is said his refusal to talk of his trip
/ is the result of a purpose to discuss the
Philippine situation fully as soon as he
Senate convenes in December. It is be-
lieyed that he will offer a resolution in
that body endorsing the war and commend
ing the policy of President Mckinley in its
minutest detail, and that the resolution
will be made the basis OF a speech in which
he will aim to cover the entire question
anu UFaN from MS OBSERVATIONS duu eA-
periences to enforce his arguments. His
friends here think this speech will have
wider influence in molding public senti-
ment than did Senator Proctors when he
addressed the Senate after his return from
Cuba, and it is added that the Indiana
Senator does not propose to take the edge
OFF of his speech by first placing the facts
in the newspapers.
One thing has been decided by the Sena-
tors trip, and that is that there no longer
remains a shadow of question in his mind
regarding the necessity for carrying out
the present policy of the Administration
toward the Pacific islanders He has re-
turned here thoroughly imbued with the
idea that only American rule in the islands
can save the FiIipinos from themselves,
and he will prove one of the most earnest
as well as one of the best informed men,
bers of the Senate in his support of Presi-
dent Mckinley and the Administration
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