The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20
WHEELING MONDAY. AUeUsTao 1900

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one In ten Thousand who has the, faint
est conception OF .what that means, and,
70 the few who think they know, 81
means the right for the leaders to
swoop down and repeat for their per-,
sonal gain what the Spanish regime
have always done, and what they.
themselves are doing now, everywhere
ttheytcan outside OF Manila. 1t Is true
enough that they have been disgrace
fully treated by the priests aud frlars,
robbed and outraged by them FOR gem
;eratlons in the name Of the Roman
Catholic church, ana this was the
principle raison d'etre OF the .insurrec-
ton, because Spanish rule was essen
tally church rule. Z,
s.It would be the blacklist blot on civ
silization to pass theseiislands$ into the
bands Of these beings for government
administration. BY beginning now.
throughout the islands md teaching
and training for say. about SIX genera
5tions, provided then n supervision Is
kept over the leaders. they may be
given q 3trInl but not before. 3 THEY
place absolutely no value on a human
life: gratitude they know no more
about than q child one week old. DUR
ing my eight months here I have but
once in all that time, and With all I
have come In contact with them, heard
one say as much as thank you for
anything you may have done fpr' or
given him. Mercy! An absolutely un-
known quantity! They have killed and
tortured their own pastor for absolute
" no other:reason than he was q Span
lard, and would do the same
10 any American they could find alone
5(theys are too cowardly TO trysit unless
they are in Overwhelming numbers). be-
cause he Is an American and probably
because he relieved them from prlestly
oppression. They have often killed
their parents for no reason, and they
have been known afterward to set up a
plea for cIemency because they were
orphans. 4. b
Brutal Crimes.
is n city only six miles, from
Manila called .Malabon. Smallpox is an,
everyday occurrence here, and the
board OF health sent six vaccinntors
out there to vacclnatc I'LL who needed
it, They We're entlced into house
next door to the 'Prssldente: Of the. city
Che local, native mayor one Sof these.
who would govern the islands, and
they. have never been heard OF since.
Murdered and buried. OF course, and
the 'presidente is known to. have been
Implicated. These ,vaccinators were not
white men whose motives the Ignorant
might be supposed to fear. but natives
trained by US for the purpose and who;
could fully explain to them the full;
import of the procedure. This within
sight Of Manila. and with our troops in
the same city!
s"One Of the principal leaders In the
insurrection recently arrested in Manila
had formed full plans to burn and de-
sstroy Manila. and all in It. mostly In
nocent people. women and children.
Letters have been taken in which he
applied to the leaders (the George
Washington OF certain Americnns) IS
be designated for the bloody work.
,Rlcarte Is his name, an immaculate
half-breed! s.
'Such are a few facts IN very
.fragmentary and rough form. I wish
could present them to you in read
able manner, but since You desire facts
You will pardon tte-way in which1thcy
are given. am sure. We will have q
chance to talk 1t over some day. soon
I trust, when you make US that long
deferred visit" Z