The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
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W Z" # 4"s National Capital
Lively squibs and Pointed Comments From "our Man on the Ground"
e Ddnes Among Those in the Saddle" e Capital City Notes

- "SuU AuO uSuCken
have resorted to bushwhacking tao
Tics and manage to dispose of no,
l'ss than a score of Americans a da,
by wounds, if they are not killcc
outright. Information is not per
mltted to come over the wires as t(
The extent Of the sick list, but it !.
already heavy and when the rain;
set IN Within the next thirty days
II will double up at an alarming
rt". The whole island of Luzo,
"c"mes u m,rasS in which onl y
lucks, reptiles and natives cal
move, Auguinaldo is calmly wait,
ing or the climate, his principau
ILL.,, to work in his favor.
The var with Spain is over. W.
'r' at peace with that country and
vet our military expenditures ar.
ct less than a million dollars a day.
lie president is going to try ,c
rihe tn" volunteers in the Philip.
ines 10 r"rnIis, by Offering them
m'nuia'ion for rations and trayvl
'.y 10 tie Uniud States aud re-,
turn in a lump sum, This " Il
AN unit to between $500 and $6U,
on each volunteer and u great many
# them will undoubtedly b. tempted
accept. Their is some question
Is TO the right of the president tn
s'rain the law II enlistment for this
purpose. but he has made up his
mind to do il aud the republican
ongress will make no protest.
The admission has been forced.
'owever, that every volud,eer is en-
Titled to an honorable discharge,
latin from the declaration OF peace
Ind as most Of the boys enlisted TO
light the Spaniards ard not a lot oi
web footed natives, a fair percent.
we OF them will insist on coming
nome. The military authorities in
The Philippines, however, are throw.
my every obstacle they can 10 the
way. The men VINO announce tina
they want to- come home art
Ineered at, browabeaten and treat
"a with all the opprobrium thai
could cast upon ~cowardly deserters-
all fer the sake of carrying on on.
Of the most unpopular side SHOW
vars which the country has evel
gotten into.
SEC. LONG GETS HOT.
Just at present the navy l,,lr t.
ment which has manag d itself credi
ably is making hot trouble for som,
II the military powers at Manila for
permitting the insurgents to loo,
some 26 first class Nordefeldt
md Maxim rapid-fre gus from
captured Spanish gunboats. Hat
hese gunboats und their equipment
been turned over to the navy, to
which they properly belonged, tn:
catastrophe ws;uld not have
taken place. as it is, Ayunaldo is
'urni>hed with several very effective
~atteri's Of light artillery and he
"a p enty OF native gunners train
d in the Spanish army TO handle
them with reasonable effectiveness
THE SAMOAN MIDDLE
The Samoan difficulty is not going
to be eaisly settled. The position
Of the Uaitel States is by no means
Us satisfactory as has been represent
ed. Regardless of German trucu.
%l,nce, it scenes to be clearly sho wn
hat Mataafa. whose pretcnsions
Germany supports, has nine.tenths
If The Samoan natives with him.
His provisional government received
t nc defacto recognition at least Of
ali three treaty powers, and Ger
many contends that since all action
Ut the powers must he hy mutual
1greeme Mt, Mataafa's government
should BE- permitted to stand unit.
some other unanimous agreemen,
shall have been reached. 1t is disa
IRE able to think that a lot Of South
SEA islands of not muc, greater
Area than q good sized Texas cattle
ranch should endager the peaceful
r"alations of three greatest nation.
on earth. But that is the situation
and the end is a long way of.
EDWARDS.