The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-05

On a queer looking paper numbered IN
great big numbers n. 7.S30,735 and "
1880 736 comes letter 70 Mrs. McLaugh-
ain from Wendell Mclaughlin Of wichita
a letter written in his charming style
from Sulu. It is as follows:
Sulu Archipelago, June o, 800
Dear Mother:
In my last I told you Of an expected
trip 10 the south. It came of as
scheduled. and was one Of the pleasant
est that ever happened. and now on the
way back TO Manila viii take advantage
OF the leisure time to tell you little
something about il.
We left Manila on the 18th inst on the
transport Warren, destined for Fam
boanga, on the island OF Mindanao, hav-
tng on board the court martial, COM
posed Of b-igadier generals and colonies,
that was 70 try a Colonel Petit, Who
was formerly in command Of the Ameri-
can forces At Zamboanga- This colonel,
IL was claimed, had allowed a prisoner,
an insurgent and bad man generally, 10
be turned over 10 the presidente, or head
man OF that place, which presidente took
the bad man out. had him shot and
buried. 20 everybody's satisfaction and TO
the promotion Of peace and quiet n the
province As the man staid dead. really
could see no occasion for court martial
The decision in the case is still within
the bowels Of the court; but you are
not interested in the affair. and I will
proceed to some details Of the trip
On the way down we stopped at the
town Of Cebu. on the island Of Cebu
where We took on board three companies
Of soldiers who were going 70 Jolo. the
headquarters OF their regiment We
staid there a day. Rather important town
Ceou is, and one Of the largest in the
Philippines outside Of Manila. The Span
ism part Of It is well built, and. since
the Americans have taken possession,
Wei kept The natives are somewhat DIFF
ferent from the Tagalos Of Luzon, not
being SO expressionless and wooden
faced as these latter. They are mucho
fnsurrectO just the same. and there. has
been great deal Of fighting on the
island and II is not over yer. I had an
interview With an insu-recto general who
had been captured a few days before and
was held there IN the old Spanish fort
The feature Of our stay at Cebu was the
antics OF the native kids of both sexes
who sWarmed around the ship in their
peculiar canoes and Owed for coins. and
offered shells. fruit etc. FOR sale
They say there are some eighteen hun
dred islands in this Philippine ArchipeI-
ago, and I believe it since coming here
The water all the way was smooth a.
a mill pond. and the journey was much
like that through the Island Sea OF ia
pan. winding around among islands Of
all colors. shapes and sizes. Arriving at
zamboauga this trial mentioned was pro
ceeded with and concluded in some i've
days Beautiful place Zam5oanga is
? nat IS left OF IL. When the natives rose
against the Spaniards last year they
burned most Of the place The cocoanut
palms grow right down 70 the waters
edge. making a very pretty effect. About
half the natives here are EI0ros: that il
10 say MOhammedans. surn0se to the
early Spaniards everybody who was
Mohammedan was a Moor These people
have nothing IN common with the Moors
except their religion. They have gov
eminent OF their own entirely distinct
from that Of the other natives. The
head man Of the Noros is the Datto.
while the head man Of the FiIipinos -