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The men Of the ,so:called Filipino
army are uniformed and all are armed
with Msusers and -Remingtons. There
was little discipline among them ac-
cording to our ideas.
As nearly as We could ascertain,
writes Captain W. G.. Bates, q. 8.
", who has just returned from Ma.
nila, it was the custom of these SOL
diers to prepare at their homes food
sufficient to last two or three days,
and go with it to the trenches, where
they would remain till all their food
was exhausted, when they would go
home again and get a fresh supply.
There was, therefore, a constant
stream of these soldiers on the Gale
Real (the main road near our posi-
tion), and many of them walked
through our camp. They were of all
ages, but principally young men and
boys. I found them very enthusiastic
and filled with ardent and genuine pa
triotisrn.
Their method of fighting seemed
somewhat peculiar to US. I saw sew
eral of their night engagements with
the Spaniards. It was the custom of
the Filipinos at some time during the
night to open fire on the Spanish lines
end keep it up for two or three hours.
The Spsniards from their works would
reply in the same manner, and large
amount, of ammunition would, be e1-
pended by both sides with little re-
suit, beyond a few men wounded and
possibly one or two killed. Such
fights az these were of almost nightly
occurrence, and I have no doubt that
it was a fight of this kind that the
Filipinos began on the night of Feb
ruary 4th. According to their GUS
tom they probably considered it over
when they stopped firing, and never
for one moment supposed that the
Americans would continue the battle
the next morning and advance to the
attack. When that happened they
were not only surprised, but utterly
uhprepared. They had never been
in the habit of fighting or seeing
civilized troops fight outside entrench-
ments, and it was beyond their COM
prehension that soldiers could be got
to advance across the open and attack
fortified positions. The experience is
similar to nothing in their history,
and the lesson, while it is q severe
one, was necessary and will have a
most sslutary effect on all future deal
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Our soldiers are walking over the
Filipinos in great style. Even when
fighting behind entrenchments with
Mausers and Remingtons they are
plainly no match for the Americans.
The Filjpinos have the Spanish dread
of charge against an entrenched po-
sition. They give way in rout at the
very moment when trained soldiers,
having reserved their fire, would
sweep the assailants with whitening
fusillade. In no other way can
charging infantry be repulsed. What
the Filipinos know about fighting
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FIGHTING THE FILIPINOS.
The Good Work Done by the American Volunteers in the
Third Battle of Manila.

First Wyoming and First Washing
ton, under General King, east and
southeast, near the Pasig River; the
Fourth Cavalry, Fourteenth Infantry,
First North Dakota Infantry and
Sixth Artillery Division, commanded
by General Anderson, near the south
shore of the city.
Like an echo of the sentry's shot q
gun was fred from Block house No. 7,
and the signal for attacking our troops
had been given. The Nebraska regi-
ment was made the first target; pres
emily, however, the firing spread on
both sides along the confronting lines.
On the north the Filipinos were con-
centrating at Caloocan and at Gaga-
langin, where they had mounted two
siege-guns; on the east, at Santa
Mesa, the attack was hot; southwark,
near Paco, there was evidence of an
intention to advance against Ander.
sons command. A lull in the firing
from midnight until about four o'clock
in the morning was succeeded by q
new outburst all along the Filipino
line.
And go matters stood while the
darkness lasted, the American rifles
and light artillery replying to Mau.
sers, and it was all inconclusive. Blu,
when day broke the Charleston, the
Concord and the captured gunboat
Callao opened fire on the enemy's
troops north of the city, the monito,
Monadnock shelling those on the
south; and little later the captured
light-draught gunboat Layuns de Bay
went up the Pasig, and piled her Cat.
ling guns with terrible accuracy al
Santa Ana. And our land forces, ad.
vancing over rice fields and through
dense underground and bamboo thick
cts, in which the enemy had con.
structed intrenchments, pressed the
natives back and captured the villages
of San Juan del Monte, Santa Ana,
San Pedro Macati and Santa Mesa.
General Kings brigade charged g
force of Filipinos. far superior in
numbers, and drove them in confusion
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KIPLINc TO VISIT MEXICO.
The Famous Author in Search of Fresh
Literary Material.

The Famous Author in Search of Fresh
Literary Material.
Rudyard Kipling, the famous novel
ist, arrived in this country the other
day after an absence of two years. He
is not content with having given to
the English-speaking race his inimit-
able stories of the "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
and 'Tommy Atkins" but he intends
to visit Mexico and there to study the
poems, the peasant class of that coun-
try, as we'll as to acquaint himself
with the local coloring and to gather
material for a new series of stories.
Mexico is more or less virgin field
for an English-speaking writer, and
its unwritten tragedies and romances,
it's untold stories of the workings of
human love and deeds of heroism, in
the hands of such writer as Kipling,
will add to our literature. il they can
not place fresh laurels upon his al
ready well-laureled brow.
Mr.. Kipling's latest poem, 'The
White Mans Burden" published only
the other day, has created more talk
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than any poem written within recent
time. The phase has become house
hold in its use, while the poem
breathed of the duty of the superior
race in it's dealings with inferior
peoples.
Rudyard Kipling has steadily re-
fused all offers to take the lecture
platform. His words are worth fifteen
cents apiece, and even the most e9'
travagant American audiences admit
that they cannot afford to hear him at
that figure. Every time he says
"Good morning" to neighbor it's
thirty cents blown to the winds; and
once, it is stated, when he is said to
have shouted in meeting, the Ola
deacons sighed and muttered: 20,
that we had the price of that shout IN
the contribution box for the benefit OF
the heather he writes about'
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ings between the Americans and the
natives. The belief that the Ameri-
cans are afraid because they have
treated the Filipinos fairly has been
rudely dispelled. It probably has be-
come very apparent to them that the
American troops are not to be triaed
with, and that the commanding Of
fcers are thoroughly able to enforce
their orders.
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had never seen modern artillery, and
had only bows and arrows to oppose
to Gatling guns; such were the half
naked Igorrotes, who were given ''the,
post of honor" in front of an American
battery.
To this mob, and to the people Of
the islands generally Aguinaldo had!
issued proclamation earlier in the
day, ordering his followers to regard
Americans as invaders, and to treat
them as enemies. -
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nnIv Two Faults,

"Now that you have bought and
paid for the horse," said the man with
a self-satisfied chuckle, II want to tell
you in confidence that it has only got
two faults"
"Well, what are they?"
"When he is in the field he is very
difficult to CATCH"
"Oh, I don't mind that; I'll soon
catch him. What is the other fault?"
"Why, when you have caught him
he is not worth anything. ."-Tit-Bits.
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Su,ar plantations at IloiIo.

The country about Iloilo, Philip
pine Islands, is given up to sugar
plantations, the annual crop being
estimated at 100000 piculs. To-
bacco and rice are also cultivated, but
focks of locusts frequently injure
these crops. The Island of Negros
ships sugar to Iloilo for export. The
distance of Iloilo from Manila is 25O
miles. ~
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largely procured from lauluniin3A,
oners, smugglers ant
States. Dewey turn
rifles to the insurgents
the battle of May 1.
The insurgent headql
Malolos, thirty miles !
nila, on the railroad.
aldo proclaimed the repi
nounced himself the dict
vacant the Office of Secretl
This is destined for Felipe
now in Canada. The
Secretary of the Interior
Ibarrs; Secretary of War. ]
Aguinaldo; Secretary Of the
Mariana Trias.
The commanders in thesI
Lieutenant General Riego q
Major General Ricati, Brigad
eral Pho del Pillar, violent
Americans; Brigadier. General
Sandico, Brigadier- General Pl
Garcia, Brigadier- General
Brigadier- General Estrella, Brig
General Mascardo, Brigadier- -Gd
Gregoria del Pillar,
Msjor-General Ricati commau\
the zone south of Manila; Garcia
mands north of the city; Estrella
mands in Csvite; del Pillar comm
to the east and up the Pasia
lake. y, : -.
One of the cleverest men ass
with Aguinaldo is his secretaf
interpreter, Es,amilla. Hexis
complished linguist, speaks .Sp'
auently, English very we'll and
and French, besides the nativeJ
lects.
While many of Aguinaldo's sole
are we'll armed, on the other b
some of them were mere savages.
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CHAPTER III.


"Mr. Mowbray will feel much
obliged to you. Bolts and bars CAN
not keep out love. Do you imagine
the Rules of ladies' school will be
more successful?"
"You will see what I will do! Do
you think I will permit couple OF
silly women to break my plans to
tieces?"
''There has been some excellent
fooling done by silly women in oil
ages, Alexander. You had better not
try your wit against them"
"My will is sufficient. say that
Katherine shall marry jamie Win
toun."
eff she wills, not unless"
Then she went out of the room and
left him alone with his will. And
there was smile on her face, not like
unto the smile of an obedient woman.
It was more like the smile of woman
who is anticipating a controversy and
is certain of victory.
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party, attacked by body of Filipinos,
was in great danger, when charge
by Kansas troops, led by Colonel Fun
ston, drove the enemy behind their
intrenchments with heavy loss. In
this encounter Lieutenant Afford was
killed and six Kansans wounded.
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CHAPTER ".

VI MUST SEE MY BROTHER.
"This earth whereon we dream
Is on all sides o'ershadowed by the high
Uno'erleaped Mountains OF Necessity,
Sparing US narrower margin than "
deem.'
Arnold,
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HE. FLOWER OF
GALA WATER
a LOvE# STORY,
BY AMELIA E. BARR
yCopyright, by RoBEl. BosNER's SoNe.)

YCopyrieht KoBEHt l5oNEERs soFBJ *
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-02

s s;ss,, ,,s ~ The I KIM y; !::: AWAY: Bought
ANOTHER HERO.
Company c Man Who Distinguished
Himself in a Trying Position.

Another of the many heroes of the war
was developed when the insurgents
ambushed and killed four members OF
Company G, at Grafton, who formed a
scouting squad. Thos. Slettlcland, who
alone escaped the rebels bullets which
cut down his four comrades, proved him
self to be a brave, cool man. He drop
ned down behind a pile of rocks and
kept the insurgents away from his dead
and wounded comrades, firing into them
as they attempted to advance, and he
was successful in keeping them back
until Company G came up and drove
them away. Thos. Slcttleland is we'll
known in Grafton, He is IS years old,
tall and strongly built. He proved him
self every inch a man in a trying time
and is deserving of all honor for his
courageous act.
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s ss,,, sss @7'' I Kin! YOU !::: Away: Bought
MEDIC'S OFFICERS.
State Medical Association Elect:
Officers for the Coming
Year,

The state medical association at Fargo
has elected the following officers:
President-Dr. George Il. Bates of
Hillsboro.
First Vice P~resident-Dr. II. J. Rowe
OF Casselton.
Second Vice President-Dr. Lockhart,
Fargo.
Secretary-Dr. r. D. Campbell,
Grand Forks.
Trcasurer-Dr. ia. Rankin, James
town.
Members of board of censors for three
years-Dr. II. D. Quarry, Grand Forks,
and DIR. l. N. Wear, Fargo.
DR.. Engstad having made application
for reinstatement as a member of the as
ISOLATION, the membership committee re-
ported adversely and the report was
unanimously adopted.
The terms of Drs. Smyth, Wear and
Wheeler having expired as members of
the state board of medical examiners, a
resolution was passed endorsing them
for reappointment, the members of the
association highly complimenting the
gentlemen for the excellent work they
had rendered on said board.
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send your brands and money to the Secretary
Of the State Of South Dakota. Remember. we
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you Will get your brands put in the Little Gem
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brand on the cut. giving your P. o. address and
the range where the cattle belong; additional
brands are 50 cents where plain type is used,
II where it is slug work, and additional cuts Of
cattle are ~ apiece. Advertising space is a20 q
page, Sl2 for a half page and e8 for a third.
Remember, we cover six states and will con-
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v. SHEPLER, President. n
Pierre. South Dakota
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An Interesting Pamphlet.

Mr.. Ward w. Bill, who spent several
days in Bismarck this week on his return
trip to Australia, ran a large general
store on Main street in the early days.
He brought with him a curious relic of
the old times, which he had carried
about in his trunk during his journeys
about the world, and which he presented
to his friend Hon. r. E. Wallace. It
was a copy of the New Northwest
pamphlet, a history of Bismarck and
vicinity, written by Mrs. Linda w.
Slaughter, by request of the Burleigh
County Pioneer association, a society
composed of the old settlers of Bismarck
and Burleigh county. 1t was published
by the Tribune in February, 1874, and
extensively circulated by the Pioneers as
an advertisement of the town and county.
Only three other whole copies of this
pamphlet are known to be now in exis-
lance. One of them is the property OF
the State Historical society; one was de.
posted in the corner stone of the High
school house by Mr.. John Davidson, who
conducted the Masonic ceremonies, and
the other in the corner stone of the state
capitol by Mr.. James H. Marshall. II
contains the business cards of nearly all
of the business men then in Bismarck
Among the advertisements is the follow.
ing full page advertisement of Mr.. Bill
and his partner:
CLARK g. BILL,
dealers in
Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats
Caps, Boots and Shoes.
Furniture.
Hardware, Stoves, Tinware. Crockery
Flour, Grain, Notions, etc.
Main St.. Bismarck, N. D.
W. beg to inform settlers and persons
about to locate at this point that WI
have unusual facilities for obtaining
goods direct from eastern merchants
and are thus enabled to retail at tn,
lowest possible price, and at a yer!
small advance upon the current price il
the states.
Then follows a brief quotation from
the general price list.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-02
RETURN OF TROOPS.
Governor Fancher Receives the Fol-
lowing Letter Regarding the
Return of Troops.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 189!

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1893.
Hon. F. B. Fancher, Governor of North
Dakota, Bismarck, N. D.
Sir: I have your letter of the 18th
instant, in which you ask to be advised
by early mail what are the instructions
for the return o f'the volunteer regiments
now in the Philippine Islands; if it is the
intention of the department to have
them returned in the same order in
which they went out, and about what
time their return will be commenced.
In reply l have the honor to inform
you that under date of the 18th instant
General Otis cabled that the organiza-
lions first to return will be those at
Negroes list California; and those at the
front, As miles from Manila, which in
cludes nearly all the regiments from
states west of Mississippi; that he expects
to..send these regiments home on the
transports o arriving at Manila, and
that they will begin to leave for the
United States about the latter part of
this month. General Otis adds that the
volunteers fully understand the import
ance of their presence in the islands at
this time, and therefore cheerfully con-
sent to make the sacrifices which the
interests of the United States render
imperative.
So far as practicable, dependent of
course upon their readiness to start, the
volunteers will return in the order in
which they went out. The North Da-
kota regiment, which was a part of the
third expedition, left San Francisco on
the Goth of June, with the 18th Mime
sofa, the LIST Idaho, and 1st Wyoming.
and were preceded by the California,
Oregon, Colorado, Nebraska and Penn
sylvania regiments.
This information in connection with
the press dispatches, which usually note
the sailing of transports from Manila,
will enable you to Judge about the time
when the North Dakota regiment may
be expected. So far as we are able to
calculate, it should leave Manila be-
tween the middle of June and 1st of
July. Very respectfully,
H. G. CoRBIN,
Adjutant General,
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BRAVE MEN FALL

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all the
results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, l~istless, rundown
feeling.But there's no need to feel like
that. Listen to j. w. Gardner. Ida
vile, Ind. He says: Electric Bitters
are just the thing for a man when he
is all run down, and don't care wheth-
or he lives or dies 1t did more to give
me new strength and good appetite
than anything I could take. I can now
eat anything and have a new lease Of
life" Only so cents at ?. c. Reming-
toms drug store. Every bottle guaran-
teed.
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same as one regiment and fight their
battles together, and the 14th boys say
there is no one like the North Dakotans.
Butthey have been separated owa and the
14th are heartbroken over it. Saw'a man
from the LIST Washington, with whom the
|N. DIS are nov stationed, and he said
they were a fine lot of boys. This before
he knew that I belonged to them, so you
see we are all right with the boys here.
"The 3rd Infantry from Fl. Smelling
arrived last week. We have quite a num-
Der of the Santiago heroes here now, but
they all say that this country is far worse
than Cuba for fighting, and these niggers
fight much harder than the Spaniards in
Santiago. l hope the people will find
out after awhile that the Cuban soldiers
aren't the only heroes. The Philippine
men never received any mention in the
papers, and they went through more
hardship in one week than the Cubans
did in a month. The difference between
us and them is that they were a lot of
eastern dudes that thought they were
going to a picnic when they enlisted,
and II boys are western toughs that
enlisted to fight, and didn't kick when
they had to eat canned meat and hard
tack. We lived on canned meat for four
months with no sign of any fresh beef.
but you never heard anybody ask any of
us how we liked it.
II see a good many of the papers blame
the democratic senators for this trouble.
l think they are right, and everyone that
voted against the peace treaty ought to
be arrested for a traitor to the country.
If Aguinaldo had not received so much
encouragement from them this trouble
would never have happened. All their
talk is trash, because they have not the
slightest idea what these people here are
like or what they are capable of doing.
They are no more fit to govern them
selves than the American Indians were,
and there is too much money to be made
in these islands for the U. S. to leave and
allow some other nation to gobble them
up. Had the senate come right out and
said, we hold these islands and govern
them for the present. Aguinaldo would
never have had the nerve to attack US.
But as it was, he thought we would pull
u freight out of here as soon as he
commenced shooting. Guess he has
found out different by this time"
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Tried to Decapitate Him.

- ~ y 0SSkAs@sS -
A member of Company H at James
town, writing from Manila under date of
April p, said:
"Our scouts came back today with the
End battalion from the Laguna expedi-
ton. Ed. PANEL came very near get
ting cut. He, Downs and Killigan were
together at the time when PANEL, who
was ahead, discovered three natives in a
low place. He thought they we're un-
armed and was accordingly somewhat
careless. They attacked him before he
had a chance to use his gun. One made
an attempt to cut off his head, but only
succeeded in cutting his blanket roll and
scratching him under the arm. PANEL
closed in on the native, tripped him up,
and down they went together, he getting
hold with one hand of the arm that held
the knife and with the other began to
pound the native. Downs, who was be-
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MOBILES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE,

MOBILES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE.
Excursion from Chicago to Buffalo
via the Nickle Plate Road, on occasion
Of the annual meeting Of above order
June Il and Is. Tickets on sale June
II, IL and 10, at one first class limited
fare for the round trip. Tickets will
be available leaving Buffalo to and
including July 2, 1899, providing they
are deposited with joint agent. in Buff
falo on or before June II, 1899. Pas
sengers may, if desired, have the priv
ilege Of either rail or water trip be
tween Cleveland and Buffalo. The
Nickle Plate Road has three first class
trains daily from Chicago to Buffalo,
New York and Boston. For sleeping
car reservation address general agent
Ill Adams street, Chicago.