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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-12-08


Considerable attention is given the sub
ject of the Philippines. and in this CON
nection the scope and work of the Phil
ippine commission as outlined to the COM
missioners Is fully outlined for the bene-
fit OF congress. OF the present condi-
In my last annual message l dwelt at
some length upon the condition OF af-
fairs in the Philippines. While seeking
to impress upon you that the grave re-
those islands rests with the congress Of
the United States, l abstained from rec
ommending at that time a specific and
final form of government for the terri
forces and In which. as long as insur-
rection continues. the military arm must
necessarily be supreme. stated my pur-
pose until the congress shall have made
known the formal expression of Its Will.
to use the authority vested In me. by the
constitution and the statutes to uphold
the sovereignty of the United States In
those distant Islands as In all other places
where our flag rightfully floats, placing,
to that end. at the disposal Of the army
and navy all the means which the lib
crafty of the congress and the people
have provided. No contrary expression
of the will OF the congress having been
made, I have steadfastly pursued the purA
as we'll toward the Accomplishment of
pacification and the institution OF local
governments within the lines of author
ity and law. .f el.N
We Are Making Progress.
Progress in the hoped-fo direction has
been favorable. Our forces have sue
cessfully controlled the greater part Of
the islands, overcoming the organized
forces OF the insurgents and carrying
order and administrative regularity to all
quarters. What opposition remains Ii for
the most part scattered, obeying no con-
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TIT STRANGE ARMY OF CHINA

is very much like that known in the
United States army as the Texas
grip
The artillerymen differ from the in
fantry in one feature, and that is they
have no gongs, believing their guns
make sufficient noise to brighten away
the enemy. But, although powder is
said to be a Chinese invention and
their use of cannon very ancient, the
Celestials seem to have made no prog
ress since these were invented. During
the opium war, as it was called, their
English opponents nearly split their
sides laughing at the cannon balls that
came rolling out of their guns and
scarcely ever reached the mark they
aimed at, but dropped, spent, only a
few yards away.
They still use that antiquated piece of
ordnance known as the "jingall,'' which
is a small swivel rudely mounted, and
an English officer mentions one cannon
that he saw which had been split in fir
ing and was still in service, being bound
up with strips of bamboo tied on with
strings. None of the Chinese cannon
has any sights, and even those sup
piled by Europeans were most of them
deprived of such appliances, and the
consequence is that the artillery prac-
tice is extremely poor.
There is, however. one adjunct to the
artillery arm that cannot be overlook
ed or treated with Indifference, and
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foreign devil' and make him fall in
his tracks. If he doesn't fall, they
seem very much surprised, and if he
still persists in advancing upon them
they are dead certain to take to their
heels and run.
The Chinaman is a Shrewd merchant
and trader, says an Englishman who
has lived with them for years, but no
soldier. Indeed, he has a profound
contempt for the soldierly calling if he
be merchant or official and, if in the
uniform of a soldier, is as cowardly as
gun shy dog.
Cheating is universal" says a Ger
man official in China. Chinese officers
regard the post of superintendent of the
camp as a speculation. The accouter-
ments and training of the soldiers are
different in every province. In one
province the men are exercised with an
tiquated lances, halberds and pixies; in
another with Martini rifles and in an
other with the German model 49, In
one year Krupp guns are ordered, in
the next Armstrong; and the next
Nordenfe1dts. The guns are brought
out. remain lying about somewhere, and
in short time are in such a state that
it is impossible to use them. The Off
Gals are secretly glad of the opportu-
nifty to buy new weapons, as they make
a profit on the transaction. Like all
other officials in China, they have to
make their living by embezzlement.
They obtain their positions by the favor
of high officials and disappear with the
fall of their patrons, without receiving
pension or further employment
There is always a screw loose some
where in Chinese affairs, as was shown
in the JapO-C Chinese war of 1894-5
While Japan was prepared at every
point and hurled her masses of trained
troops against the demoralized Chinese
with terrible results, China, on the con-
trary, was never in condition to fight.
THE Chinese squadron Rugged the
ports or hid in estuaries, lacking COM
petent officers to fight the ships and
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China, this same Ii Hung Chang, who
accepted the lesson Ward and Gordon
taught him and his countrymen and
who did not forget it's purport. All the
rest seem to have forgotten that the
only needs of the Chinese soldier were
gallant leadership, purpose, drill and
example to make him the best of fight
ing machines. Wards soldiers would
follow him anywhere; they performed
prodigies of valor, and in the face of
certain death by torture or decapitation
if captured.
The status of the Chinese army before
the advent of Ward, Gordon and Lii
Hung Chang may be inferred from the
military tactics employed only Is years
ago. At that time the governor of a
province asserted that, while his SOL
diers ran very swiftly Can accomplish
ment they often put in practice), they
also excelled in gong beating and trum-
pet blowing. This was said in all seri-
BUSINESS, for one of their ancient mill
tary maxims is that 1.-The chief point in
offensive or defensive movements is to
brighten the enemy, and to. this end the
faces painted on the shields are of the
greatest value: and next to these is the
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Ward, a native of Salem, Mass, who
as soldier of fortune drifted into Chi
ma during the Tapping rebellion, when
it seemed likely that the great empire
was in process of disintegration. He
threw himself into the breach not from
patriotic, but mercenary motives. He
offered to take city for so much mon
ey and the loot, and he drilled a rabble
of Chinese ruffians into one of the best
disciplined corps the world had seen.
When he came upon the scene, in
1859, the great rebellion had been rag
ing about ten years and seemed wholly
beyond the governments control. He
gave it the first real check, as city after
city fell before the onslaught of his SOL
diers, who were the offscourings of
Shanghai docks and differed by de-
serters from the British navy. Chinese
Ward" became the most prominent
man in China at that time; he married
mandarin's daughter, was created a
general of the imperial army, and be-
fore his death, from wounds received in
service, he was made a mandarin of
the highest button, receiving the dec
orations of the yellow jacket and dou-
BILE peacock feather"
After his death the Chinese buried
him in the sacred Confucian cemetery,
erected a temple in his honor, and the
Yankee sailor was enshrined among
the protective deities of the Chinese
pantheon
And we'll he might have been. for he
had done more for China in military
sense than all the gods they ever wor-
SHIPPED from the times of the great Con-
fucius down to the day of his advent.
He had taken mob of sheeplike China
men and hammered it into that mag
nifcent corps which earned under him
the title of the ever victorious army
and later under the leadership of his
successor, Chinese Gordon" who mere
ly took the material Ward provided and
contaminated the work he had begun.
Ward died Of his wounds before his
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ability to shout we'll, to beat the gong
and to turn somersaults, all of which
are inexpressibly terrifying to the out
side barbarians''
The outside barbarians," 1t must be
borne in mind, are ourselves and the
foreign soldiery on the soil of China.
and it may be at least open to argu-
ment if the terrifying tactics" of the
Chinese have yet had any great effect
The great reliance of the empire seems
to be in their 'bannermen,' who are
composed of the descendants of those
brave soldiers who subjugated China
nearly three centuries ago and who
have the honor of guarding the person
of the emperor and the "a gates of the
Forbidden City. But to show of what
material the crack corps of the "old
army was composed it is only neces-
sary to mention that this body is armed
chiefly with bows and arrows, except on
great occasions, when the men wear
swords and carry lances or halberds.
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Some of them, in place of bows and ar
rows, are armed with ancient match
locks, such as our American ancestors
fought the Indian with 200 years ago,
but the archers, with their crossbows.
can make better scores than the mus
keteers.
And, by the way, it is said that the
terrible head hunters of Formosa, those
savages who own allegiance to no man
and value the head of an enemy as the
red Indian does a scalp, are experts at
firing the matchbox, which they all
use. A rest is necessary, and to get
this the riflemen drop on their backs,
raise one foot and place the gun barrel
between their naked toes. They can
fire these antique guns with marvellous
rapidity and aim in this position, which
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that is the ''stinkpot," a small earthen
jar filled with sulphur and other nau-
seous combustibles. When at close
quarters, the 'stinkpot" is lighted and
thrown into the ranks of the enemy,
and as it produces an effect that might
result from the burning of more than
a million matches under ones nose the
enemy is temporarily disabled-that is,
if he stops long enough to sniff the
fumes.
If their bows and arrows fail them,
the Chinese of the "old army have
their matchlocks, then their jingalls
and cannon, and as a last resort their
''stinkpots,'' gongs. torpedoes and fire
crackers. 1t doesn't matter what, so
long as a big noise is raised and a big
dust and stencil evoked to terrify the
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ski11ful engineers to develop speed,
while the coal supply was also short"
The whole burden of that war fell up
on Ii Hung Chang, who, knowing the
state of unpreparedness his country
was in. tried in vain to avert the disas-
ter When the war began, he appealed
without effect to the other viceroys and
governors for assistance, who selfshIy
left him to his fate. His army was
nominally strong, but the Japanese
army was four times stronger; his fleet
was superior in material to his oppo-
nents, but inferior in naval SCI
ence, organization and seamanship
and was crippled by the resignation
of all the Scotch and English engineers
on the breaking out of the war; the
army in the field had no commander in
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errors are instructed to resist by force
of arms any aggressions by foreign
governments and to declare war upon
any power attempting to take posses
sion of territory within their jurisdic-
ton. Let no one think of making
peace, but let each strive to preserve
from destruction and spoliation his an
cestraI homes and graves from the
ruthless hands of the invader
The crux of this situation may be ex-
pressed in a single sentence: Down
with the ~fan-kuwai'-down with the
white faced dog!" This hatred of for
efgners is ingrained, and nothing on
earth seems likely to avail to remove
1t so long as the millions who inhabit
China are stepped in ignorance and su-
perStitiOn- Example and expostula-
ton are alike wasted upon these peo-
pie The only argument they can I'M
derStand is force, and the problem to
be solved by the powers is how to ap-
ply that force, for the Chinese, as indi-
Viduals and collectively, are insensibIe
to an ordinary chastisement; they have
been brought up on deeds of cruelty
until torture and death have no terrors.
and neither threats of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
as nation nor of extinction as a peo-
pie can move them.
The strength of China lies in its
masses; its weakness in its army. Nu-
merically strong. with its 400. 600. 900
people compressed within comparative
" restricted boundaries, China is yet
structurally weak, depending as it does
upon an artificial system of militarism
which is rotten to the core This last
uprising, which now threatens the par
tition of China and to precipitate grave
international complications, was not of
the army. but of the masses. The mill
tary stood idly by while diplomacy
smoothed the way for the foreign ac-
QUESTION of coastal territory, but even
tually the masses We're aroused, and
the. government, nothing 1oath to have
a club to be used against the intruders
on occasion, secretly encouraged the
Boxers in their uprising But a Chi
nese mob, once started, is not easy to
quell, and it soon appeared that the
government, if not actually siding with
the popular movement, was unable to
check it.
If the Chinese forces should develop
unexpected strength, the powers may
console themselves as best they can
with the reflection that this is the out
come of that suicidal policy by which
20 called civilized nations are permitted
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It's Strength and Weakness AntiQuated Weap=
Ons and Curious FanCies of the Celestial War
riOrs-HOw the Army Is Divided.

to sell arms and furnish military in
structors to a semibarbarOus people.
And, further than that, the United
States may lay claim to the doubtful
distinction of having been the birth
place of the man who first taught the
Chinese the advantages of discipline
and how to handle modern weapons.
This man was Frederick Townsend
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career was well commenced, Gordon
persisted bravely fighting, years after
ward, at Khartum, but the Chinese CO.
adjutor of these two foreigners, to
whom China owed so much, crafty old
Ii Hung Chang, who was then viceroy
of the province and who ably seconded
their efforts, is still alive and schem-
ing. He is the one man in power in
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TF ANY doubt were entertained that
affairs in China had reached toll
ah erabIy acute stage, it must have
been swept away by the published dec
1arations of the empress dowager when
she inaugurated her new policy of OPP
position to the entertainments of the
foreign powers. According to the i'm
perial decree: 1.-THE viceroys and gov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
A YOUNG ARCHITECTS TRIUMPH.

Hart Wood, 19-year-old lad of Dcn-
yer, has been awarded the prize offered
for the accepted design of gateway
for the city park, his plans having been
considered superior to those of dozen
well known architects of long expert
ence and training who participated in
the competition. Young Wood has been
studying only for a year and a half,
but has long shown talent for draw
ing. He will enter the University OF
Pennsylvania in the fall
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
ExecutOr's Notice.


Estate of Augusta Peterson, deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed
Executors Of the last Will and Testament OF
Augusta Peterson, late of the County of Boulder
and State of Colorado. deceased, hereby give
notice that they will appear before the County
Court of Boulder County, at the Court house
fifth Monday in october next, at which time
all persons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend for the
purpose of having the same adjusted. All per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 10Th day of September, A. ID. 1900.
(Signed) EMMETT RIA,
M. j. CUMMERfORD,
Executors.
GlFFIN & ROWLAND Attys for Estate.
First pub. September 29-Last october q, 100.
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Notice of Fina, settlement.

In the matter Of the estate of Edgar Barclay
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that on Monday, the
10Th day of October, A. 1900, being one OF the
regular days Of the October term OF the County
Court of Boulder County, in the State Of Colo
RADIO, l, John H. Wells, administrator of said
estate, viii appear before the judge of said
court, present my final settlement IS such I'D
Hministrator, pray the approval of the same, and
will then apply to be discharged IS such adj
ministrator. At which time and place any per
son in interest may appear and present objec.
tions to the same if any there be:
Dated at Boulder, Colorado. Sept. 9th 1900
(SiRned) JOHN H. WELLS,
Administrator of tho estate of Edgar Barclay
deceased.
First pub September 2s-last October q, 1900
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Estate of John D. Mason, deceased.

Estate of John D. Mason, deceased.
The undersigned, having been, appointed adj
ministratrix Of the estate Of John D. Mason
late of the County of Boulder and State OF Colo
RADIO, deceased. hereby gives notice that she
county, at the court house In Boulder, at the
September term, on the fourth Monday In octo-
Der next, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and re-
jQuested to attend for the purpose of having
the same adjusted. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
(signed) JOSEPHINE c. MASON,
Administrative.
CIFFIN I ROWLAND, Attorneys for Estate.
First pub September 21-last October q, 20.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19

N0tico 3 HsrSby 0iveo that 1t ehs 0eosrAa
Election - ~ Held On the Sixth Day ~
November. a. D. 1900. there viii bs Sab
mttssd T. the Qual,fisd Electors Of the
state Of Colorado tie Question Of Amesd.
inx the Constellation Of SID state.
The AatAortAy Tor sabmitttng such Qass-
tion Il Reund n senate assll NJ II which
10. In wsrds a.d Ftsarss, following. Viz )
AN ACT
To SUBMIT 10 TN QuALurzD ELncToRs OF THE
STATE ov CoL0RADO An ANHxDkEHT 10 SEC
uou Two ~ OF ART1cLl NINETEEN XIX OF
TN CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF Colo
RADIO.
Be- 1t enacted b. the General Assembly of the
sncr1on i. That there ahall be submitted to
tho qualified electors of the State of Colorado at
the next general election for members Of the
tien the ioiis~ins Smendm.nts TO the coos
tuition Of the State Of Colorado, which, whsn
ratified BY majority Of those voting thereon,
shall b valid as part OF the constitution,
q a. Ss
amended as to read as follows: asl
SEQ 2. Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in either
shall b voted for By two-thirds Of al the mem,
bers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment OF amendments, together with Inc
ayes and noes of each hOuso thereon, shall lie
entered in full on their respective Journals; the
proposed amendment or amendments shall be
published with the laws Of that session OF the
General Assembly, and the Secretary of Sta to
shall also cansa the said amendment or amend
ments 70 b. published il full 10 not more than
one newspaper of general circulation in each
county, for four consecutive weeks previous to
the next general slection for members to be
General Assembly and at said election the said
amendment Or amendments shall DO submitted
to tho qualified electors of the State for their
approval or rejection, and such Is are approved
BY majority of those voting thereon shall be-
come part of this constitution.
Provided, That If more than one amendm' Mt
be submitted ct any general election, each OF
said amendments shall be voted upon separate
IL. and votes thereon cast shall be separately
counted the same as though but one amendment
was submitted. But the General Assembly shall
hAva no power to propose amendments to more
session.
Sec. 2. Each elector voting 1t SAID election
and desirOus OF voting for against said
amendment, 81 all deposit in the ballot box his
ticket whereon shall be printed the words For
the Amendment" and "A gainst the Amendment"
opposite ono the other Of said groups Of words.
S1c. 3. The votes for the adoption or rejec:
ton Of said amendment shall be cAnvassed and
the result determined by the laws of the State
for tie CANVASS for representatives in Congress.
Approved February 18th, A. d 1888.
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the great seal of the State Of
Colorado, at the City of Denver, this 10th day OF
ELMER f. BECKWITH,
(sxAL) Secretary Of State.
First pub. Aug. last Nov. 5, 1900.
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Papa" said the boy, "when you say
in your advertisements that your
goods are acknowledged by connois-
seurs to be the best, what do you mean
by connoisseurs?
"A connoisseur, my boy" answered
the great manufacturer, sis an emf
nent authority-an authority, in short,
who admits that our goods are the
best. Bits.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Ynr DAILY CvlulA


':Who are the greatest none kerr
in this world p asked the teacher.
= know" yelled the sma 2 boy in the
back of the room "rhe Turks and the
MoFmons."
sWhy do you say that?" demanded
the teacher.
"Because they have 70 be-, replied
the small boy, promptly. Look at the
number of wives thew have!"- Chicago
Post.
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"Really, Miss johnson, but r,e no

Really, Miss johnson, but I'se no
base fatterer."
"Oh. git out, 'Rastus!"
mo, nebber flatters. When says
I'ze sawn de elephant, de rhinoscerous,
de hippotamus and hog weighin' $50
pounds. an dat your sylphlike form am
de sylphst OBJ all eber sawn, has no
distressin' or interior objick in view"
Chicago Chronicle.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
B.tween Two Ftre..

Hardupp-I'm very sorry, but I
can't pay you to-day. You see, the
grocery man has just been here, and
Butcher Gnterrupting)-Yes, just
met him, and he said you put him off
because you had to pay me. So here's
the bill.-Chicago Daily News.
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Not wasted.

Guy-My life is failure. AL no
useful part whatever in creations plan.
Percy-Oh. yes you do; you are con-
stantly showing the world how ridicu-
lous a smart man can be sometimes
Detroit Free Press.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Wanted

At w. c. Dyer's Real Estate agency,
you, property to sell. If you really
want to sell your house and lot, or if you
want to sell vacant lot list it With Dyer
agency. l have several customers for
houses and lots close In; also if you have
a grocery business think l can place it
for you at the right price.
WARREN c. DYER
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His MIsapprehension.

Farmer Honk-I hear tell that that
long-necked young city Teller that il
boardin' with you has got pajamas?
Farmer Summertime-lts a burned
lie. He's been at our house nearly two
weeks now, an he amt drunk . drop
all the time.-Puck.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Cause and Eject.

Prisoner was not drunk
cir.
Magistrate-Are you teetotaler?
Prisoner-Well. not exactly tee
totaler. sir; but months sometimes
pass without my tasting drop OF
strong drink.
JGler-That's when he's in prison,
your honor.-Ahy Sloper.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Old Friend 1. a New Dre...

"Oh, my dear daughter" Ito a little
girl of six you should not be fright
ened and run from the goat. Don't you
know you are Christian Scientist"
But. mamma" excitedly. 1.-The billy
goat doesn't know Unframed Moth
erhOOd
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-19
Cheering Him Tn.

/Mr. Newlywed-l saw your old lover
bn the street to-day, looking awfully
llblue.
Mrs. Newlywed-I hope you tried to
Nicer him up.
Mr.. Newlywed-Oh yes. 1. showed
him my buttonless shirt and that new
tie you bought me.-Judge.