New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

most OF the problems OF municipal government
there found
The question OF taxes, having been for years
an inuermingled affair OF Church and State is
less easily solved Indeed. the answer may be
said 10 be IN allegiance. What shall be taxed
and vha= rate shall be set when ownership and
valuation are both undecided in character. pre-
sent great difficulties TO be overcome.
The ownership OF real property will surely be
tbe most intricate and vexatious Of all the
problems The Church is a claimant-silent but
hrrn-of acres and acres. sQuatters precisely
such as we have known in the United States,
have long held possession Of small rice fields
or little patches Of sugar land AID >cocoanut
groves have belonged for years 10 him VINO puilt
lis hut beneath their feathery crowns
We have a Gordian knot Of the strong legal
threads Of llndisturbed occupancy and Church
ov-nershfr further eutangled by many frayed
and loose ends Of incomplete records Of transfer
md inheritance only decisive and fearless
legislation can free the holdings. II should
come soon for many business affairs are wo-
-rll, bound up while awaiting scme definite ac-
ton in The premises.
N THE IGORROTE COUNTRY.
In the rearrangement Of troops whereby regi-
rnents broken up by scout and pursuit are being
reassenbled by districts, we have had a detach-
rnent OF the 22d Infantry brought in from the
extreme northern end Of this line. The expert
ences OF this little command while in the Igor
rote country OF the mountains in Nueva Wis
cava were trying and withal unique Under
tbe command Of Lieutenant W H wassel, with
Iieutenant o. r. Wolfe as second in rank. the
column Of seventy men started out from Bayom-
hong Passing through Ibung they there lert
roads behind them and made their way hence
sor+, by- trails For twenty miles along the val
lev ~ the Ianog this trail twisted and turned.
finally making up into range OF foothiIls
There they found q disrnantled and decaying
cuar-el OF barracks Of the Spanish occupation
Perched on the top Of & butte. with a high stock
ade round about and lofty watch tower OF
bamboo Al one corner OF the inclosure, the little
deserted work seemed TO smile grimly at the
forces OF the new Power.
Leaving this desolate camp wassen led his
men down into another valley where the trail
became but blind path through dense under
b-7,sh and trailing vines. So close was the
cor,n-r- that II was only by STOPPING that the
command could work IT'S way through. Later
the trail dropped into the bed Of a stream, and
for four miles they waded and struggled in that
narrow way.
The heavy forests along this stream were
fairly alive with monkeys that chartered anu
called Many deer and hundreds OF orlghly
colored parrots and parToquets were seen
These birds would gather in hocks and set up
e concerted cry that sounded. as No1e e~
pressed it. Just ike the football yell OF a crowd
OF college boys" II was q wilderness. over
into rhe valley OF the Quiengan and once more
they were in a country OF irterminable rice
fields
4 MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD.
Their destination. Quiangan. a pueblo Of the
Christian Ieorrotes was high UP on the opposite
raountairstde and up over terrace after terrace
Of rice paddles the path wound and turned
Sc steep was the mountain that the Ievei parts
Of the terraced slope were often no more thah
six feet in width. Quiangan was reacned al
about : 30 o'clock one night little group Oh
houses on a small semicrcuiar pench OF IL Li,c
mountain was all Of the town. Each house was
surrounded by Il high stockade ana was elT
waited about twenty feet Ihls eleF FdlIor 49, y
considered necessary 10 prevent the NOM ~ -, %
tan Igorrotes spearing the inhabitants as IheS
slept. should a sudden and silent raid occur .
After making dispositions 10 meet posslol1
attack WasseM and Wolfe, with thelr naINS
guide. went straight 70 the house or the ffesl,
dente of The village Everything was dafk any
forodcing. Knocking at the stfong ga ~
tie high stockade, the officers waited lIllneui =
etely they heard the downdropping OF greaC
wooden bars and with a great creah4hs liie
heavy gate was raised from WllhIn- II . "a-' o
reproducttgu n miniature Of medieval times
Within stood a group taken bodily rom d coiliI.
opera De Wolf Hopper" was the nrsi Ihous ~ IIt
OF both OF the spectators The Presidente III
ordinary garments was in advance, waluhg 10
greet his visitors. BY his side stood tore,
bearer a great blazing pine Knot held aloft ana
in rear a line Of a dozen stalwart lgorfote9 3
Naked but for breechcloth. and armed WIN
long broad bladed spears. tneY stood IN RANK:
paou0nless and erect the yellow harlng llght @ oL
ne torch dancing their bronze shlils WtiIi ,ls
ne heavy black smoke curled ana ~iTatHt ,t
over their blacker hair But IL was only hosp
ATTY that vas offered men. the Hrrslueh.e 0
showing himself 10 be friendly and anX'oCS I"
De on record cur ally.
TIE ETIQUETTE OF A CALL
His little village. with but few thousaiiu
square yards OF townsite coon became Te7oi
ior the curious among his neighoors- Ffoii'
their rancherias those cunningly hidden MONIES
mat cannot be distinguished from the grown
OF uncerbrush al TWO hundred yards disthh0e'
Tney came n small bands 70 see the "oI WI "a. a.
-trsldente's visitors. Each man OF these paii
S@Ifleo spear, and these. by order OF the @ mn =
C, &C., We're required 10 be deposited "llhIIa l .
s.ohg place until the band Of sightseers M m :
49, q Depart Occasionally "a small paI.
- Asao~n individuals is permitted 20 nsn
&AsSee seoE.lx Weapo1sx and these aIs -Ns~