Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-09

Freedom. Cf Manila, relates this incident,
which happened on the firing line; "AtIer
General Wheaton's brigade advanced sunday
afternoon the writer crossed the railroad
bridge and invaded some OF the deserted
trenches OF the pursued insurgents. He,e
he met pleasant-faced, middle-agei gentle
man, whose features seemed constructed
somewhat on the German plan. He wore
slouched hat and eyeglasses and was keenly
interested in all around him, They sat down
to rest beneath the shade of a spreading tree,
at which the Utah battery had been throw
ing shrapnel that very morning, and talked
some of relies they had picked up in the de-
serted trenches.
Ping shrieked Mauser bullet and down
went the pleasant-face middle-agcd gen
tleman and the writer behind a small en-
bankment and then for half an hour a per-
feet shower of singing balls fanued the air
Just above their heads and there for half an
hour they cuddled closely to dear old mother
earth and seemed only sorry they couldn't
get closer. One of the two was Jacob Gouid
Schurman, president of Cornell university
and member of the commission sent to in
vestigate the conditions here, and the other,
well, the other was only me-"
Is 1t a muster out OF battle Scared volun-
teers or a farewell review OF heroes OF San
Juan, Ponce or Manila? II smacks of con-
querors and militant glory and is worth lis
tening to: Before the suns rays had
gilded the golden dome of the state house
the vicinity OF the states capital heard the
roll OF the drum and the piping of the hfc
According to time -honored custom revelle
reused the officers of the command in the
early hours of the morning and the drum tap
and bugle call were heard in many an un-
usually quiet street and neighborhood long
before colonels, captains and sergeants were
aware that dawn was at hand. There was
no more sleep after that imperative sum
mons and officers and privates donned bril-
liant uniforms and plumed chapeaus and
hied them to the armory." What is 1t? The
assembling of Boston's famous group of war
riors known as the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery, to celebrate the 261st anniversary
of the organization. The command tried to
break into the late war in order to add new
pumes to its gorgeous stock, but for some
reason the coveted privilege was denied.
More in sorrow than in anger, therefore
the Ancients rallied last Monday and con
tented themselves with brilliant and ef-
fectlve charge upon beautiful repast That
the valiant warriors Of the Hub did their
duty faithfully and well is not to be doubted.
Ihey are built that way. In leading charge
on the commissary department the Ancients
are irresistible and invincible.
Inc sultan OF Sulu, who was supposed to
be favorably disposed to the United States
ls reported TO be importing arms from Sing
apore with the purpose of resisting Ameri-
cans There Is growing susnicion that
these 1mportations are merely a business
speculation and that the sultan will soil
the arms to our government at slight ad
vance, IN Imitation of the Cuban method.
Probably the fact is not generally known
that Texas was at one time and for many
years called the New Philippines" The
nrst settlement in what is now Texas wa,.
MADE by French emigrants in 1856, During
the next twenty-five years there was an
Intermittent struggle between the French
anu spanish Tor supremacy, resulting in
favor OF the latter and in 1914 the name of
the New Philippines was given to the co,,n
Try. This was its official name in Snanis,
records for many years and until the name
OIL lexas, from tribe of Indians, gradually
came in vogue.
heV' Dr. James L. Barton one of the for |
elgn secretaries Of the American Missionarv
board, does not agree with some of hi |
nrethren in assuming that the policy of
Imperialism Will promote missionary work
"iieh people ana races. He declares |
1na. L. 'he changed policy of the government,
VIII be injurious to the missionaries. Hith- |
erto American missionaries have been ro-
garded as unselfsh workers in the vinevord
''ehcelorth their motives will be omen to |
suspicion. DR.. Barton says the missionaries
are hnding that there is a growing distrust
VI thelr sincerity on account of our oner,-
IONS IONS IN the Philippines He has a letter
lioni missionary of the board in Mexic,
written recently to him. saying that tbe
touise tui OF the United States toward the Phil
Mpni ,npines mas SO hiled the minds of people in
49, Win suspicion regarding the pur
pose Of our missionaries there that tho, puI
huence was lessened and that II saar,na
ProDapie that the English missionaries couId
~ uo more good than the American because
II was not suspected that they were in anv
way connected with a government which
might want to conquer them.