The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

occasional hahts and scoating triiiy
Which niks up tho campaiRns hers now.
s3inos tho Filipin.s srmy has bssn brok-
lsn 10, ouF tro,,ps hays besn stat,opsd r.
dst1nh msnts of onS or moro companies
20 as.to cover The Rrsater part of the
'isiandss which haysscosns ID contact with
icivilisstion o. ~. Consequently no ons
body of troops tak4s . very extsndsd
campaign, but - 81 scouting frequent
II u the vicinity 81 their stations. Tho
country i pretty veil covered. There i
only ! small force iof cavslry over here,
thou III It seems % me- IL d the mosts u
fpctivs branch Snf the services Ia this
9 ut Of warfare. The trouble With I'M
lfantry II that No emit catch these
.print.rs Of ARaies il : Chase. / susss
il i becsnee they have Ind % muoh
practice during the psst fourteen
months and keep Ia training all the
time. II i only when we run into them,
or net them located and surrounded that
We really get good whack 1t them.
= ~ very neat piecs Of work vs. accom-
.plisfed near Ulzan. The Americans
heard Of an intended stack and lion.
ten ant was sent ont with eight msn ato
reconno,tsr and learn, it possible, just
how much truth there was in it. They
ran into two hundred aTme natives and
pitched into thsm. BY the time their
ammunition wins nsarly expended, twenty,
,nlns 6s,o9ns we're 'sgot,dr ,ssv, raj wound.
IS aydl ,etlse rret in hxht, and several rifles
= ere addsd 10 the stuck on hand.
When thu party ratIrned and rep orted
preparations were made Tor m attack on
the town " tho natives. They showed
up 40 per progran and the Americans
h,Irrisdly retire attd, surrounded the
town, and when The tnt,rs native force
of sbont five hundred came 10, opened
fire npon them. The resnit was one
hundred and Afty killed, about the same
number wounded aud captured, besides
mnhy: ria o.. The force which followed
mp the natives overlook them in the
foothills killing some, wounding and
capturing Others. There we're several
ether engagements during the bret
but rather exciting experience OF that
particular force Of insnrrectos, but these
were the main features. So Col. Howe
said ID his report "there are not many of..
that baLd:lsf. The troops participant:
ing wer, from thes9si d nd 81 Cd infantry
and tl,e 81 cavalrx The 81 isssths rsgi-
m-ot recruited principally Sfrpm 1tbe
northwest and orqass,ed { F,rtSll ,oean.,
: Gen: O,is is expected to leave fertile.
states on the next transport and the'
new TAFT Commission is overdue. The
work OF establishing civil Gov't:wil; i
.prssnme, be given new life aud Hope
everyone expectations will be.reaized.
fever . man deserves we'll Of biz conpr~
=trymen. Gen Otis does. But suppose
his return Will mark another .outbnrst
from the self constituted military ex-
perts who know tess about war than q
hog knD~x shout h3aveh ana instead Of
The :rests he surely needs and deserves.
iIez~ i'll Be bothered until he may wish
himself anywhere but home. Tho idiot
crop .seens to he bountiful just now
and ] hope win b. harvested soon. BIT.
I gness that when threahed, here would
not be enough sense to supply q potato.
bug. - &>+ III s 81 '&= So
~'Snch things AZ clothing and dry goods
are not txlrnstve, and stocks in the
principal shops are becoming American.
When some relief from the present az.
most pruhibitive tariff il furnished,
American goods will take their psopef
place. At present thero III ~ s. ..
double duty on American good They.
are manufactured under the protective
tariff, the amount Of whichs.is inelndeds
in the price. Then whom SEM hero the,
duty must be paid again. 81:
The rni'road hero has besn turnsd over
to the English owners, ard ths soontfast
between American and English methods
Ut raiirt siding is marked 2 u I .: ::
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