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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-20

AFA NOME Mining claim advertiser
faa elsirns on the feiioWfag creek2 N
~. fn% tNnpHs kouEarouk district. arA
VIII ssll n half Interest IN ors ~ i, :
t#W Claims 70 make "a raiRs located IN
the following creeks; EUREKA Coarse
91ie. Harris md Turner srd Arctic
creeks. original focafiona zuRrAufAsss,
gaptSs IN Possession. AddraHa A Tur-
ner. General Delivery. r. o.. city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-20
BUSINESS CHANCES.


SPECIALS.
s'pe Tor l2-room house, right In center;
nets about so over rent rare bargain
ture Just cost about ts00. four rooms
zaolet Cor 81 over rent. new house,
snap
see Tor so-room brick lodging house:
steam neat elevator; lease. A ! ioea-
Eco ior 2s-room house. splendid locality.
sd.yo Tor so-room house. lease.
$500 for half interest In mercantile busl.
ness. should net $1,000 yearly, stock
WI, VIII invoice about $500; suitable for
so for bakery. one Of the hest IN CITY.
s';.p ~ restaurant feeding s9 to 80 peo-
:. ple daily, lease. fine location
corner
The above " a nslscsea list az RAJ. h.,.
gains and are 81 asry bel0w the mar.
hft value ~ similar opportunities. a
comparison vii prove this
~ i. Mi'iR a co.
.-- hassrasni Posi.intellisnnser
- 500 q rooms. most elegantly fu,nsshea.
hsasc asd furniture new, location un.
$50 silx rooms. richly furnished home.
&sgsl~t rooms. nye-yNar lraee
fa.Hp-i9 roofns. centrally located. invessi.
n,lse- $ rooms. partial payments. invest.
fuNfif.
80 Elrht rooms. elegant surroundings:
tgo-ss rooms. steam heat ana elevator:
Effat transient hotel centrally located
taasing houses. nii descriptions and
ss8a-cisar ami tobacco Store; CORNER. nua
hafkAin. great Investment rent tta
AtNt~ seafe and confectionery room for
Fsipl tables ct living eraynraOaafioSs:
Investigate
huslHess opportunities al dssrsipstona
HALL A Coz. Hi4 Hsnckie4 nlsck
Established less
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-20

CHAS. r. REED. business broker PAIL
two restaurants. 7 want four nicely
Furnished rooms for housekeeping
want te. buy a lodging house Cha.
RsEt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-20

REST frRAHTE AND OYSTER Hof'aEa
I'D Best restaurant IN Town. All new.
elegAnflF btted gp. has All the business
thAt can p0anihy xticnd 70; selling on
acconnt q leaving the city. fhfs psace
y weA located. has long lease ard
cheap Fnnt. viii take 800 cash and hal
sncc IN easy Terms O. H. Edwards A.
Co. go New York bioek.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

talns large hemp plantations and II is
said that there is $2'0O1 worm or
hemp now stacked up on IL ready Tor
shipment. 10 has tens Of thousands OF
c0cOanut trees and includes some val
liable timber. There Is a saw min upon
%. but the machinery Of this Is out OF
order The farm was operated by the
Spaniards as O penal settlement, and in
asmuch as Il belonged TO the govern
ment 10 naturally becomes the property
OF the United states. The Spaniards
worked several hundred convicts upon
30. and the most OF the revenues Of it
probably went into the pockets Of the
officials
Uncle Sam has two other farms Just
outside OF Zamboanga, which came TO
him in the same way. They embrace
some fine rice lands and large
banana plantation. They are right on
the edge Of the town and 1t was In
company with the presdente. or mayor
and QuaItermaster ShaIpley that !
drove out 20 see Il.
There were perhaps fifty men and
women az work IN the rice fields har-
vesting the crop. and strange 20 say,
they were working away under umbrel-
las They had put up white cotton upon
q rude framework and this was at
tached 90 a pole which was stuck up
right On the ground so that they could
work away under 10 and be In the
shade They were cutting the rice stalk
by stalk as Is the custom here, leaving
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

s0 to some OF our soldiers who We're
standing boy. 'I DO 70 merely TO try my
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
OUR POSTS on MINDANAo.

Within the past month or so troops
have been stationed al an the ports Of
Mindan1O The Thrty-frst infantry
was the first To- arrive and it is scat
tered along the south and east coast
The fJrtieth has guuis0ucl the ports
OF the north but ftll more soldiers are
needed The Spau.arls had to keep a
large force on the island and they have
erected barracks and forts in many
places
The fort here covers about am acre
~ ground 10 las walls twenty feet
h'sh and quarters enough TO acc0mmo-
date "a large number Of men IN one
oI Its walls am image of the Virgin has
been carved. and below this s q lamp.
which 20 is said has been burning for
more than 900 years 10 IS known as
the Virgin oi the Fort and the Nisayan
or Christian inhabitants of Zambolnga
go ont regularly and knecl on the
ground before 90 90 pray There IS a
story told of how @ ghostly sheeted woo
man appeared one uight 90 one of the
soldiers un guard and announced her
self as the Virgin. saying she would
watch over her people and how the
next morning This figure was found
miacuousiy carved upon the wall
FRANK c.. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

only about eight Inches Of straw on
each stalk and tying the stalks up into
sheayes from six 10 eight Inches in de
ameter
Here and there over the farm were
threshng floors, each erected on a
framework OF bamboo so that Il was
almost as high up DO the air as an
American windmill The rice Is drawn
up from the ground 10 the floor and
trodden out by the feet. the wind car
Iying away the chan, while the grains
OF paddy fam TO the ground. In the
banana plantation ] made a photograph
20 show the height Of the stalks. stand
ing beside one OF them as / did so.
They are 1 Judge, at least fifteen feet
high,
A CHANCE FOR OUR SCIENTISTS.
These farms offer splendid opportuni-
ty 20 our agricultural department 10
establish an experiment station down
here on the edge OF the equator. There
is no richer soil I'm the world than that
about Zamboanga. and the method Of
handling It should be tested az once
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
AMONG OUR MOHAMMEDAN
BROTHERS.


! The soldiers do well 20 keep their eyes
open. Tor although these people are now
at peace with us. and we call them
| brothers they ara NJ such nature that
| the least ndiscret.on might make them
break out into war; They caused The
Spaniards more trouble than amy other
N the Philippine races. They are die
ferent from the others In their manners.
customs ana religion, and the handling
of them is one of the most delicate
problems Uncle Sam has 90 solve. 10
Is. i believe. "a more difficult one than
that OF the Indian or the negro. 10 VIII
not De a question of making The Mor0s
American citizens so much as keeping
them from bringing about state of
anarchy and bloodsned. The questions
OF religious tanatlelsm are here added
TO those OF baibarIsm. Tor the MoI1s.
although they are Mohammedans, are
little better than saiaees
Their houses ~ ihaicned nuts. and
their only m9nuiac lures are weapons of
war IN the shape of lances. spears and
most terrible swords Ihey carry
knives called barnnes which are "a sort
Of cross between "a sword and a meat
AK but which are SO sha9rp That j am
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

noored with mahogany boards some
OF which are two feet Wide and twenty
feet long. It's ceilings are FROM fifteen
TO twenty feet high 10 is right ON tho
beach, and Il is stin sea breeze which
blows through II an day and an night
In the morning and evening "r $50 out
and take "a bath In the sea- and ] as-
sure you that at this time ot .ha year
the weather IS quite as pleasant as that
of any OF our middle States DO june and
July We have an excellent mess. pre-
sided over by Major Mcmahon. one of
the features Of the breakf3s, being a
glass OF Clcoanut milk fresh from Jhe
trees in the yard There are other
good quarters ln different parts uf th0
city. but so far some of the lower n'.i-
GERS have not been able to get houses
and they have put mp sheds of bamboo
and canvas on the parade ground not
far from headquarters. These huu
have floors and walls OF bamboo but
their roofs are made OF tents. They are
elevated about three feet from the
ground, and are by no means uncJm.
Portable
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
AT 4Oc A DOZEN YARDS

We are Offering this week a very
large variety of neat and pretty odr.
ings and Insertion. not "a piece among
them worth less than &C. "a yard and
many Of them Well worth up 10 81
You can buy them IN this sale only at.
soc a DOZEN YAM
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

Our Moros and the Difficulty OF Governing Them-Who They
are and Where they Come from-Unce Sans Biz Govern
Farms in MndanaoThey Belonged to the spanarls
and Were Worked by Conyics-Haryesting Rice under
Umbrelas-Why the Government Should Send Scientific
Expeditions to the Philippines Mndanao Catue-Qu1ef
Features OF Soldier Life the Edge Of the Equator
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

.,,tss 1900. by Frank C. carpen-
t.i'''' ter
-s.srra March $50 you are
--,omaks some explorations around
.-..saFa. Wei. all ] have to say Is
|.,-e you want to be sure Of your
Z, rss had better Tie it on with a
~ ,-' words we're uttered by COL Jas.
p.,et the military governor the
y. Who has charge Of our troops in
1900 and IN the sulu islands
,-+,.r off to the south Of us. He has
y. han a thousand soldiers scat
IA d, different stations about the
...,sm and eastern coast Of this great
.-fndothsr troops occupy the lead
psrs Of the north. .
1,-b5snra has for several hundred
.,r been the chief garrison town Of
/. art Of the world The spaniards
lathe headquarters Of their army
u -ry of the south. and It occupies
same position today with the
...srs il Is situated on the ex-
4. southwestern end Of Mlndanao
ne wide but deep Basilan, through
II n ihe vessels move going from
IN to Australia II has a fairly
~ harb0r but the ships have 90
n m far out from the shore. and pas
.-sp and freight me brought Co the
IN small boats one of The trans
was fifteen days landing 700 tons
~ nrs0. The mule transport upon
FL M came had 20 send los wagons
4.s Ia duc0uts. and the mules were
I. % swim. Two steam boilers for
y plant having been hermetIcslly
el and plugged up well. t1atei
I'M. and. altogether, days were
H. IN landing stuff which should
Az consumed hours.
A OUR MOHAMMEDAN CAPITAL.
zrb9anga cannot be called Mo-
rneian town. for II Is occupied only
4 hs troops the Chinese and some
n rr5 Christians. IL is. however, the
y ul % our Mohammedau zone and
NJ are controlled the two or three
lrirei thousand Mor0s who now pay
j srsucs 90 Uncle Sam. There Is a
j 10 village which has more people
D. Zamboanga itself on the shore
u above 10. and MOI0s by The hun
n ], dressed Boo gay clothes aud wear
y lr1ans walk TO and fro through
d streets
Esy surrounding Of the place, IN
Il ls picturesque. IL looks more Ike
4 Botanical garden with the accom-
3r.ment " a midway plaisance than
y every day American garrison It's
\ rss sra shaded with cocoanut trees.
! D hnanas rustic their leaves as you
flk through the streets. and an about
\ & the most luXuriant of tropical
Fglt.0n There are miles and miles
4 00auut groves above and below II.
h when you ride out into the country
fEArl the mountains which hang over
ylu are shaded hy cocoanut trees.
- Of which are q hundred feet high.
I, Zee fields Of bananas and hemp,
n hsrs and there the vanished green
- o. the coffee bush.
ii town itself is O. gem. II Is COM
D. o. two streets running parallel
aa Sea- The one nearest the water
DE main street It's sides are lined
\ D. Ueat trees. the branches OF which
lr1g meet overhead. and under them
DE center OF the street, flows a canal
ss waters are as clear as crystal /
canal is crossed here and There by
,sc bridges made OF mahogany teak |
other hard woods. II Is FED by a it, I
river at the lower end Of the town.
there Is a bridge over this which |
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.

Zamboanga like most OF the Philip
pine towns. is under martial law The
MOrOs are not allowed 20 bring their
knives into the Cty. aud no one can Doe
on the streets after dark without giving
an account OF himself There are sautI-
nels posted Ou every block, and an
night long these sentinels can out the
hours They awakened me with eve
cry call during my first night or $50
here The man under the regimentll
headquarters had a voice like the tra-
ditonal BUN OF Bashau lie was number
4, and / could hear his heavy tones
ringing out upon the night air.
Number &, one o'clock, All is Well.'
This sound would hardly die away be-
fore number o would break out in
shrlll trcble Number 81 One O'Clock
All rs WELL and then number 6 would
90 IL on another key. and So ON until
number ~. and even the unlucky num-
Der 49, one night 7 heard the success
sivo hours from 10 until called. with
numerous commands to halt between
time. and warnings 90 the p8sscrby 90
stand up and be recognized This CALI
ing OF The hours is done al an OF the
posts OF this part OF the world. and the
utmost vigilance Is kept to guard
against surprise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

s,,nio ,. VI . Tu, 4, w.. ,. " ~, ,,, INV
trie. ~ VIZ '' '''0'''' W W ''''
THE NOpOs AMI THE epANrARDs
The SpanIarls have never really con.
TereI the Moroe They have ubdued
them again and again only 90 tight
themselves with another war ON their
hands The Moros were hero at the
time the spaniards Grst came They
are not the abouginos. but are supposed
j0 Doe The descendants OF the Dyaks Of
E1rnt0. Who Invaded this p3rt of the
world centuries ago. The Spanlards
ana not attempt to conquer them until
about 100 wears after columbus dlscov-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
FRANK 6. CARPENTER

two classes Of people IN this region.
There are the M0ros and the Christians.
The Moros. according 90 their religion,
are not permitted 90 drink and the only
Christians here who have money to
spend are the soldiers. What you are
asking ls that ] give you the permits
sion to- cell bad whisky 10 my soldiers.
Well slr you can't have itV The Irish
man went away sorroWful
UNCLE SANS BIGGEST FARM.
One Of the most curious duties that
Colonel Petit has Is the acting az man
ager TO the biggest farm which the
United States owns. IL Is situated
about fifteen miles from here and Is so
large that a fast walker could not get
around 10 in a day 10 contains between
$4,000 and 10000 acres. and netted the
spanIards It Is said abou; $4,000 a
year. Within the past few months one
OF the Chinese capitalists here has az
fered 10 pay 100000 a year rental for II
n the government will hand 10 over To-
him on lease but as yet his proposition
has not been accepted. The farm con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

/ find the soldiers web satisfied with
their lot. They are excellent men. CONF
ing chiefly from Ohio Indiana and Ken
lucky. with "a few from Pennsylvania
and Tennessee
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
NOW THE TINE FOR EXPLoRA-
TON.

Not only the agricultural department.
but also the geological survey and the
Smithsonian Institution. should send
parties 90 the Philippines In the near
future The Islands, as I have said, have
not been explored. ana a scientific in
vestigatIon should be made OF them az
the earliest moment The scientists
should De here al the present tlme.when
there are plenty OF soldiers Go protect
them, and when they can easily get a
guard 90 accompany them 90 any place
they wish 20 60 This viii make them
safe from the savages OF the mountains
and VIII enable them TO undertake Jour
neys which. In the times OF an ordln-
cry force, might be dangerous 10 say
the least
This is especially so IN Mindanao.
where the land. as ] have said. belongs
almost entirely TO the government.
HOW OUR SOLDIERS LIVE NEAR
THE EQUATOR
am living with The soldiers here al
lamboanga. and / suppose the average
man VIII pity me as De reads this re
can save his pity Tor himself with
a good mosquito netting to protect one
no night you can get along as comfort
ably hCrc as 90 any other army post
that the United States owns. The rcsi-
mental headqulrtcn building. where I
am staying was built 0y the Spanish
cIlciais. II is a b'g iwo-s,ory house,cov.
cnna htps "a quarter NJ am acre. with
balconies Io Sect wide running around
d. all shielded from the rays on the sun
- oyster-sheli windows. The house IL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

II will produce excellent coffee and. in
an probability cotton tobacco and SUI
gar. IL Is not far from the tea zone
of India and Ceylon. and Il may be
that The hills OF this great Island of
Mindanao viii be some day covered
with plantations OF coffee and tea. The
climate Is very similar 10 that of Java
and Ceylon, and the soil fully as rich.
All kinds OF tropical fruits can be
grown. In the market today / picked
up some green leaves, and wondering
what they might be. began 90 chew
them, They burnt my lips, and / found
that they were from the cinnamon tree
which grows wild In the forests The
bananas here have a flavor such as you
win not find in those OF cuba or Porto
Rico. There are many varieties. es-
pecially OF white. yellow and green.
The green banana has a yellow flesh
and its flavor is delicious. Then there
IS the DURHAM. a fruit which smells like
Limburger cheese. but which IS so de-
licious that you eat IT, disregarding the
odor. The mangostin is another de-
licious fruit and IN addition there are
oranges and lemons the breadfruits,
and the papaya. nearly all OF which
grow wild.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
nm CATTLE % MINDANAO.

on these farms Uncle Sam should
make some experiments In cattle rails
Ing. This is one OF the chief stock re-
gIons Of the Philippines, but the ami
mails are small and no attention has
been paid TO breeding. The cattle look
somewhat like Jerseys. but here and
there you see a trace Of a hump on the
back. They are said 20 be a cross be-
tween the Indian and the Australian
cattle, They seldom dress more than
2jO pounds but they are so scarce that
COWS bring more than $40 or $40 gold
apiece and bulloCks more. The cattle
are chiefly owned by the M0ros who
ask all kinds OF prices, and usually take
much less than they ask The animals
are all grass fed and the meat is ex-
cellent. The cattle are raised chiefly
for beef an over the Philippines al
though In some islands. such as Panay
they are employed as carriage and draft
animals The natives as a rule. use no
butter and outside Of the towns but lit
he milk The result as that there are
but few good milch cows. although IT Is
believed that such could be bred.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-06-04
HELD Up A TRAIN!
Robbers F allied to Make
Connection.
Attempted to Kill the Mes
senger and Others.
Engineer Opens Throttle and Leaves
Robbers Behind.
OTHER TELeGRAPHlc NEWS.

IT. Louis, No. June IA special to the
Post Dispatch from Dongview. Texas.
says the northbound Cannon Bali train
on the International and Great Northern
was held up after midnight near Price 5
switch, sixty miles south Of this city,
and but for The plucky fight OF Express
Messenger Charles Rutherford. Baggage
master James Strong and ..le strategy OF
Engineer Charles Rich. anosner robbery
would have taken place.
The engineer saw a pile Of ties and a
lantern ON the track and stopped. lie
was ordered down by three masked men
who forced him and his fireman to un-
couple the mail, baggage and express
cars and pull about two miles from the
remainder OF the train. The robbers then
commanded the messenger to open the
door OF his car. and failing to get any
response, made Fireman Love break a
hole In the end with a coal pick.
While this was beng done. the fireman
begged the messenger and baggageman
not to shoot. The messenger, who was
we'll protected by a barricade. said he
would kill the first man to enter the hole
Love was forced in. and the messenger
shouted: Get aside Love-" as he fired
through the hole. His shot just missed
the robbers who undertook to XIII the
messenger by shooting through the side
OF the car.
In the confusion Engineer Rich cawled
upon the engine. pulled the throttle wide
open and left che robbers behind. Peni-
tcntiary bloodhounds were put on the
trail OF the robbers
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-06-04
Presidential Nominations.

Washington. ID. c., June 4.-The pres
ident to-day sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations for offices of Porto
Rico: Jose Severino Quenons, of Porto
Rico. chief justice OF the supreme
court; Louis Sulzbalcher, of Missouri,
Jose T.. c. Hernandez, Jose NJ. Pic
queras and Rafael Noeto Y. Abeill, of
Porto Rico, associate justices; William
Holl OF Kentucky. United States dis
trict Judge; Edward s. Wilson, OF Ohio.
United states marshal; Noah b. X.
Pettinghill. Porto Rico. United States
district attorney; Jos. +. Daily, New
York. Lee s. Row. OF Pennsylvania and
Juan Hernandez Lopez of San Juan,
Porto Rico. members OF the commission
to compile and revise laws; Jose 4. c.
Barbosa, OF San Juan. Rosendo Ma
tienezo Cintron, OF Ponce. Jose de Die
go. OF Mayaguez. Manuel Camues; Fa-
Jsrdo and Andreas Crosas OF San Juan,
members OF the xecutive council: Mar
tin Grove Brumbaugh. of Pennslyvan-
la, commissioner OF education.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-06-04

journment. The corridors were throng-
ed with advocates Of belated bills, en-
crossing clerks were hurrying about
and the speaker was constantly be-
sieged by members with private bills.
called upon the secretary OF the an
terror for all reports relating to the
dropping from the pension roll OF GER
tain widows.
The chair held that the pending
question was to discharge the commit
tee from consideration of the resolu-
ton, and pending question was not de-
batable. The question was put. Mo-
ton lost by vote OF ll4 to iSl. This
left the solution still in the possession
OF the committee.
Washington. ID. c., June 4-The follow
Ing cablegrlm was received at the state
department from United States Minister
Conger.
''Pekin June 4-outsiGe OF pekin MUIR
ders and prosecutions by Boxers" seem
to be ON the increase The Pao Ting Fu
railway Is temporarily abandoned. Work
on the Pekin and Hang Kow line Is
stopped. All foreigners have fed The
Chinese government seems either unwil-
ling or unable to suppress the trouble.
Troops show no energy In attacking the
Boxers"