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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10

Manila, Feb. I, 3:43 p. m.-The
Americans as this dispatch is sent
are 10 compete control Of the situa-
tiOn within a radius of nine miles OF
Manila.
While a few detached bodies OF the
enemy offer deSuItOry opposition,
the main body o. the rebels is in full
retreat aud utterly routed.
OF the hOrdes Of troops originally
drawn up 10 battle array against the
Americans fully One-third are already
incaplcitated and the Others are
scattered in every direction.
The terrible loss Of the rebels may
be gathered from the fact that six.
teen Of them were buried in one rice
field yesterday Monday near Pasas,
and that eigbty-seven were inferred
between PacO and Santana.
A converted river gunbOat did
terrible execution among the rebels,
sweeping both banks Of the river
with her Calling guns aud her heavi.
er battery. Hundreds Of the Fill
pinOs crawled into the canebrakes and
died there.
A Filipino colonel came out this
morning from CalOcan under a flag
Of truce. Several American officers
promptly went 10 meet him, but
when the parties met The Filipinos
opened fire. Tue Filipino apol0giz d
for the bIrbdrous conduct uf his
troops and returned to his lines.
The correspondent OF the Associat-
ed Press is informed that members Of
the hospital corps have discovered
that there are several woman, in male
dress and with hair cropped, among
the dead.
The chief of the Ygorotes, the Fill
pino natives who fought so gallantly
in the face of our artillery fire, with
their bows and arrows, is in a hospital
with shattered thigh. He admits
that he never saw modern artillery
and was ignorant Of its effects until
he and his followers met the disas.
trous fire Of Sunday morning.
1t is regarded as a significant fact
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10

that many of the Filipino officials Of
this city disappeared from Manila as
soon as hostilities commenced. Some
OF them are supposed TO be still hid
ing there.
Hundreds OF women are pouring
into Manila from all districts, as the
villages around Manila, as a rule,
have been destroyed by the troops.
All the public conveyance at this
writing have either been impressed or
have disappeared in some manner or
other. Street car traffic, however, has
been resumed, and the cars are run
ming regularly, though the streets are
almost deserted.
There are few native stores open
aud white figs in the nature If tow
els, pillow slips and aprons tied to
oamboOs, adOrn the windows OF the
native residences everywhere. But,
in spite of these emblems OF peace,
scores OF FilipinOs, under cover OF the
darkness, fired from these same win
dows yesterday evening on the Amer.
ican patrols.
At 9 O'Clock last night there was a
general fusilade in the QuiapO and
BinOu districts.
The Americans now have the steam
car line to Malabon and 900 marines
with four maxims have been landed
from the fleet on the beach, north of
the city. The Third artillery, upon
the main road, and the Utah battery
in cemetery, covered the advance Of
the Kansas troops. Among the ir.
pOrtant points captured by these
forces was strong embrasured earth
work within sight Of Calocan.
The signal corps were compelled to
run their lines along the firing line
during the fighting, and consequently
there we're frequent Interruptions of
communication, owing TO the cutting
of the wires, and the signal men were
ordered to kill without any hesitancy
anyone who attempted to interfere
wlLG the lines.
General Otis estimates the insur-
gent losses at 1000.
lpiurmation in Tie possession Of
the authorities is to the effect that
the German consul at Hong Kong was
concerned in the sale Of arms to the
FilipiDOs.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10
More About the Battle.

Washington, Feb. 6. - Admiral
Dewey cabled the Navy department
today as follows:
Manila, Feb 6.-Secretary OF Navy,
Washington: Insurgents have at
tackled Manila. The Boston leaves
today for IlOi 0 TO relieve the Bllti-
more, which will return TO Manila.
Two men wounded yesterday on board
MnnadnOck, one >eriOuSly.-Dewey." D."
The receipt Of Admiral Dewey's
dispatch advising that tue insurgents
had attacked Manila caused much
cOmmotiOn at the War department,
as soon as the text Of the dispatch
was transmitted there by the Navy
department.
Tae first conclusion reached was
that another battle was on and that
the insurgents were not coutlning
their attacks TO the American lines,
but were directing them at the city
of Manila itself The hope is held
out, however, that the message may
be simply a delayed dispatch from
Dewey, but tue naval opinion is just
the reverse of this. Naval officials
feel sure that Dewey's dispatches had
not been inverted and that there had
been more fighting. or the outcome
they had little doubt, pointing out
that Dewey's guns command the en-
tire city and the approaches beyond,
atfOrding a most satisfactory backing
for General Otis's operations.
The army officers point out in sup
port of the theory that the message
is delayed that the pOstscripts to Gen.
eral OTIS dispatch last night describ.
ing the battle Of Saturday night and
Sunday morning, was received at the
war department at IL o'clock last
night, or more than four hours in ad-
vance of the receipt of the first story
of the battle which preceded it.
Then, too, General Otis last message
was Of such a reassuring nature and
spoke so deciSively of the driving off
of the insurgents that it was believed
scarcely probable that they could
have renewed the attack upon the
American forces SO soon after their
defeat.
As between these varying views
there must be taken into cOnSidera.
tiOn the opinion of the FIipipOs
attached to the junta here to the
effect that The attack OF Saturday
night Sas precipitated by the unex
pected killing Of a Filipino by an
American guard, and that the result
was to bring on an action at the
weakest part of the Filipino lines.
If this opinion is well founded it
would seem possible that the naval
view is correct and that the Fhipinos
have now begun action at their
strongest point, namely, between
Manila and MalOlOs, the inSurgent
capital, about fifteen miles distant
from Manila.
Later advices from Manila indicate
that the rebel forces have been driven
back number Of miles.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10

The Santa Fe proposes to enlarge
It's shops at Albuquerque.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10
| FilipiDOs.

Manila, Feb. Sill am The Fill.
pinOSaL CaIGacan opened fire last eve.
ming just before midnight upon the
Kansas OutDoStS on the extreme left
Of the American line. They main
tained fusilade Of muSketry, supple.
mented by IN occasional shot from
two big guns for about twenty min
utes. The Americans did not reply,
The enemy fred at long range, and
nobody was hurt. All was quiet along
the rest Of the line and there was nc
change ia the American position dur
ing the night.
The First Wyoming infantry reliev
ed the Twenty-third infantry at the
waterwOrkS yesterday, the latter
returning 10 provost guard duty il
the city, which is gradually resumlng
its normal appearance. The Tennes-
seeans have just sailed for IloilO OF
the transport st. Paul. BrIgadiel
General Miler's forces now consist Of
battery 6, the Sixth and Eighteenth
regular infantry regiments and half {
signal company, with the Baltimore
Boston and Petrel.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-10
DETAILS OF THE FIRST BRUSH

Manila, Feb. S,-(noOn)-LlsJ even
ing, as the Filipinos at CalOacan were
evidently massing for night attack
apon the American left wing, COM
panies B, G and | Of the Twentieth
Kansas were ordered to attack and
drive the sharpshooters from bamboo
jungle in front Of the firing line where
they had caused considerable annoy
ance all the afternoon. The battalion
charged brilliantly, driving the enemy
like ehaff and penetrating to the very
heart Of Caloacan. First Lieutenant
A. G. Afford, as cabled last night, was
killed while leading his company. He
was shot 10 tile forehead. Sergeant
Jay Sheldon, company |; was seriously
wounded. Priyates Daniel Hewitt
Healthy, Ernest Fritz, John Gill;
land and two other members Of COM
pany B were slightly wounded.
Thirty dead Filipinos were counted
Ia the brush, and there we're many
more wounded. ThegunbOats Concord
and Calloa kept up an iuceSsant fire
from the bay, the Concord dropping
many shells into the town with telling
effect. In order to avoid accidents
from this source General Otis was
compelled to recall the Kansas battal-
ion, after burning the outskirts OF the
town. Eight Of the shells OF the
American warships, or the natives
themselves, fired a number OF build
ing within the town limits. Presum-
ably this was the result OF the she'll
ing. No further attempt to attack
during the night was made by either
side.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
HAROLD FREDERIC.

Harold Frederic was probably the
first newspaper man to go into an in
fected cholera district, study the dis
ease in all its forms, and write it up"
for his newspaper
He went to London as correspondent
of the New York Times in 1884, and
when he had been there about three
weeks there was severe outbreak of
the cholera in Marseilles, and through
out the lower part Of France. The man
aging editor of the Times, Mr.. John
Reid, cabled to Mr.. Frederic to send
somebody to Marseilles from London.
Mr.. Reid wanted Mr.. Frederic him
Self to go. but did not wish to take the
responsibility of sending him there.
No answer was received from the
cablegram for some time, when a spe-
cial cable dispatch came from Mar
settles, describing the cholera epidemic
in all it's aspects. Mr., Frederic had
visited every hospital and the worst
infected PARTS Of the city, and his ac-
count was a seven days wonder to
the journalistic world. The only pre-
caution against the disease that Mr..
Frederic took was to smoke strong ci-
CARS almost constantly during his tour
Returning to England, he became very
IN in consequence of his having smoked
SO many cigars, and was laid up for
several weeks. - - .seevs"
The Times' stroke Of enterprise was
a great surprise to the Englishmen,
and they have since initiated 1t on sim
liar occasions-The Pocket Magazine
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

said to have offered Eague and char
acterless projects, which France has
been obliged politely to ask them to
reconsider. 1t is hoped that Italy will
decide to reproduce the doges palace.
The Seine, thus bordered, will present
the extraordinary appearance of a long
art gallery of masterpieces of foreign
architecture. And, midway of all this,
the river will be clasped by the zone
of the new bridge, Alexander III, a
bow of exquisite curvature, jeweled
with the rarest sculpture that French
art can today produce. And, at inter
walls, three foot bridges will be thrown
like ribbons across, each confided to
a different artist, each a separate work
of art. One will simulate a bridge of
boats each boat upheld ona a pile
sculptured over with marine allegories,
and one will be wreathed with gar
lands of electric flowers that will re-
fleet in the water below a silhouette of
fire. There will be other marvels still
and the night fetes on the Seine will
be such phantasmagoria of beauty
and splendor as will be well worth liv-
ing into the next century to see
Chicago News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
JUNGLE FOOD AND POISON.

(From the Indian Planters Gazette.)
Those who have Travelled much
through the damp jungles of India,
such as the Terai, cannot have helped
noticing the large amount of fungoid
Growth, both terrestrial and epiphyt-
ioal that presents itself, much of
which is edible, but requires an init
mate acquaintance with botany to de-
ternine between the poisonous and un-
jninical. What were not long since
considered semisavage races ON the
northeast frontier are the best GUIDES
the uninitiated, however can employ TO
distinguish the two Glasses so close
is the resemblance that 1t would De
dangerous for the ignorant traveller 10
trrst Ia his own unaided discrimina-
zion. and if the services OF human
romad are not available, the fungl
sbnnId he submitted to the equally au
Snit judgement of a tame monkey, a
tbino. no traveller should be without.
T,ba animal must be very closely
watched when sitting in Judgment es-
neciaI notice being taken of his count
enonce II the specimen IS poisonous
thara is a. decided look Of disgust APP
narant as the creature throws 1t from
hir, INT If poisonous 1t is torn In
NM 600 o.,,,enfs first smelled and then
~ ~ seerred to the mouth, in which case
u a. 9y,ay rest perfectly satisfied that 1t
~ odihie Even though "Jocko' may
cot in no case will our remote con-
loo make a mistake, nor, Tor that
etter win an elephant either a
.nara elephant or two is also q Mandy
lb King to have. among your luggage
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
THE PARIS NEwsBoY.
Generally Speaking. He Is More OF a
Man Than Boy.

(From the Pail Mall Gaaette.) j..
Strictly speaking he is not a news
boy but a newsyouth or rewsman. The
authorities in Paris do not approve Of
the street arab IN. a business capacity.
and in consequence the streSts are not
hlled with that aggressive pest. AS he
is debarred from that means OF making
a livelihood, he has to seek others, and
the result is not always to the advant
age Of the community.
Most Londoners know Whltefrlars
street and the motley crowd that col
lects therein between 2 and ) D." nj
imagine, II you please, a street about
half the length, with the publishing
ofnces OF a dozen evening papers, and
you VIII have an idea of the confusion
that prevails in the Partisan press DIS
trlct every afternoon. From 10 until I
p. m. three policemen are sufficient TO
Keep order; from ] to 8 30 O'clock six
are stationed there. Passage through
the street is almost impossible. O. dense
crowd blocks UP the narrow footways
and the whole Of the road Every one
talks at the top Of his voice, and the
guardians Of the peace stroll to and
FRO an pairs, good humoredly chatting
with those whom they recognize.
Many of the crowd occupy their Iaie
ufe when they can find a small omen
space by playing pitch-and toss. The
benevolent interest of the police in this
game IS rather startling. Several times
nave seen big bobby" SHOULDER his
way INTO group Of excited dispufants
and arbitrate for them
Fhls Is but leisure, however: pres
emily the wicket of one Of the news
paper offices opens, and fresh edition
is ready for distribution. A rush takes
place, and the onlooker insunctfvelv
thinks Of the charges at the gates of .
root bail field when big match il on.
# there were noise before there is ten
fold now and the attempts of the au-
thorities to regulate the mob are az
hopeless as home rule. One by one
however the laden news vendors
emerge from the crowd, and dart away
oawling the name Of the paper in a
voice much more musical, az a rule.
than that with which the London boy
announces his wares The price Of
these evening papers varies from Sd
to Is. 3D.. per 100 As they realize 4s
there is a very reasonable profit at first
sight; but II takes a long time to sell
100 even with sensational headline or
two
One of the curious characteristics OF
the Psrisian newsboy is that he fire.
Quenty Identifies himself with the
opinions Of the paper he sells As a
rule, your Partisan Vender sells but
one paper, and is devoted to IL soul
and body-unless he can make more
money out of another,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
THE MEADOW LARK.
(Sturnella magma

NDluIIGlld tlldSld.J
The man who does not know this
beautiful bird has never tasted the fun
joys of the fields in spring. The lark,
with his yellow breast, black crescent
and gamy-loolling back, is one of the
most pleasing features of the great out
doors during the mating season. While
mainly of terrestrial habit, he fire.
quently alights upon the topmost twig
of tree, whence ne delivers a thin,
wiry note, or a characteristic twitter
like a wee re-drum, as he takes
wing. This call may be repeated while
the bird is awning.
But his vocal abilities amount to
more than this, and he has song-a
sweet, rather high-pitched huting-
which he very frequently sings az ne
walks amid the young growing grass.
Niger can t-see- mel" are the words
an old darby once told ME the lark
said, and they fit The musical utter
ance fairly we'll
The lark has habit of lying close
in the grass, like quail and quite Of
ten flushing only a few yards from
ones foot. Its flight is rather rapid,
hurried buzzing of tine wings, alJernat-
ing with a period of sailing. Upon either
side of the tail are white feathers, and
these, sharply contrasting with the
general brown tone of the upper parts,
are very noticeable when the bird is
in the air.
The meadow lark arrives early in the
spring, and during mild winters may
remain north the year round. The nest
is built upon the ground, usually in
tuft of rank grass. 1t is rooted with
bent grass, and 1t sometimes has a
tunnel-like entrance OF bent interwov-
EN- grass blades. The eggs, from four
to six in number, are white speckled
with reddish brown. There is va
riety of the meadow lark found on the
great plains of the west which as
musician greatly excels its relatives of
the east, its song being remarkably
sweet and appealing.
The meadow lark is about the size of
a quail although lighter in weight. 1t
winters from Massachusetts, and Hi
nois southwark. Far too many gum
ners treat this bird as game bird
and shoot it upon every opportunity
Its close flush and whirring flight may
somewhat resemble the noisy rush Of
the quail, but the resemblance is very
faint, as the headlong speed is lacking,
and duffer with a gun might kill five
larks straight when he could not bag
two quail for five shells.
The plea that the flavor of the lark
warrants his destruction will not hold
water, for, to be candid, the bird upon
the board IS unpalatable Farwlser and
better would it be to leave him UNI
harmed upon his dearly loved meadows
where he performs valuable service by
destroying a host Of grasshoppers and
other troublesome insects. No true
sportsman should shoot lark; his
buzzing fight is too easy, While his song
and his services fairly entitle him to
protection.-Ed. w. Sandys, in Outing
for February.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
SONG cANARIEs or GERMANY.
(From Chambers Journal.)

(From Chambers Journal)
The home Of these birds, the Harz,
an entirely isolated chain Of mountains
rising out Of the plain between the riv-
ers Leine and Saale, is the most north
ePn elevation of Importance in Germany
Anhalt and Brunswick. The best song
canaries are reared here at the present
time, chiefly in Andreasberg, a town
also celebrated for its silver mines. In
every house and cottage of the place
you see canares. 'and on q fine sum-
mer's day, when walking by, their song
greets you from every open door and
Window Whereas with the other races
of canaries color, markings, shape and
size are important points, with this
breed there is but one--their song.
The birds are usually of middle size
and strongly built; the head is large,
the legs shorter and the neck not SO
long as in the common canary; the legs
slant backward a little and the bird
does not stand IS upright as the others.
The breast ought to be broad and
strong, the eyes large and lively; the
feathers must lie smooth and the bird
ought TO execute all its movements with
a sort OF coquetry The colors vary
from straw to golden yellow, some with
green markings, but deeper shades of
yellow are not to be found among them.
If we say that these birds have to
take the second place in outward beau
ty Of form and color, we certainly must
give them the first of all in point Of
song. Their entire value lies in this.
With the utmost care and science,
their voice has been cultivated for
years, and splendid results have been
obtained. The song of a, really first
class Harz bird is a marvel of beauty
for those who understand it, but it
needs much practice and a musical ear
TO note slight differences and faults
and 10 be able to choose the really best
sepgster among crowd Of birds.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

t tiny kitten, she has never SET foot ,nor
s she ground, and it is only natural tbat
t fI,T should look with dread upon ,ali
'h ing Of the earth, earthvs ppm ''''
an no one, one knows where Hobo came from
IS isi'a s mnat he will finally develop into
Snv corn &c OIL much speculation in the
o pS toihposlng room. His past, previ-
Gus 10 his Connection with the spv is
n nm, Uut ti,a IN doubt He first appeared
Upon Upon the scene of action when he fol-
LIVED ninSt a Spy reporter into the office one
in ,S,lG JUST why he should have fol-
, ,oo.e d reporter is not clear. The ave
rage reporter can't be touched and
, aooo certainly displayed poor Judge
sboar II may have been ignorance or
t - FER reeklessness that prompted Hobo
t ~ ms rash initial act, but at all events
Ia very Jagged journalistic career and
no,s ne reeds on pr and sleeps in the
hell-boX oblivous to the future.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
KHARToUM AS A WINTER RE
SORT.

The latest scheme Is Khartoum as a
winter resort. A good hotel and the
needful railway communication will
probably be completed within the year.
1t is not a poets dream. but the very
business-like forecast of L. Gorst the
financial adviser, who has Just returned
to Cairo from the Soudan. The next
thing in the program Of marvels Is the
rebuilding OF the city, but that, Of
course, Will take time, more especially
as there In no immediate opening for
capital until the region has been set
tied in greater numbers The great
want Of the country is population, says
Mr.. Gorst: and with certain grim
ness Of humor which reminds one Of
his father. he assigns the Numbers
killed in the recent fighting as the
cause. II the country can feed a large
population, that population will soon
flock In. II will certainly feed many
more than 1t has now when its 5000
water wheels, most of which were de-
stroyed by dervishes, are once more In
full swing.-London News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
DRAGGED TO DEATH.
The "Pale Horse" and
Its Rider.

In the middle ages, men racked their
brains to invent barbarious forms of pun
ishment. Just as in Neros time unhappy
Christians were martyred as a public
spectacle and the gladiators ''butchered to
make Roman holiday SO In these LATER
times punishment was inflicted to amuse
the public, and the cruelty of the punish
ment often added to the pleasure of the
populace. To see man tied to the stream
ing tail of some unframed horse and
dragged Ito death--by the wild creature,
was a rare spectacle, and was sure to
popularity of the governing power which
provided such cheap and harmless %
amusements for the people. Can we imag-
me any man voluntarily submitting him
SELF TO be tied to the horse and dragged
and kicked to death? Such a thing would
be Incredible. And yet men are standing
still. unresisting. while every day time
Is binding them faster and faster to that
pale horse,P whose rider is Death.
i One Of The earliest things we are
taught as children, is that the mightiest
things are only minute things is aggre-
cation and combination; that
GREAT EFFECTS SPRING FROM
SMALLEST CAUSES.
We sing it in the song which tells how
the ocean is made up of water drops, and
the earth of sand grains We are told Of
the centWy-living oak, springing from an
acorn which a bird might destroy, and
being builded into ships that the winds
and waves buffet in vain We are taught