Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-14
FROM MESTREzAT
Another chatty Letter from our
Manila Correspondent.

Death of Young Conner Read with re-
greet by those who knew Him Lack
Of Moral Sense on the Part OF the
satiyes-They think Nothing of Com.
hitting Murder and other Grimes,
TAYABAs, p, I.
May 10, 1900.
FRIEND kUNkLE.- | have just
reed in the New DOMINION of the
death of Clyde Conner who died in the
Philippines with smallpox. You say
the government Is not bringing home
soldiers who die Of contagious dis
eases. This must be mistake as no
order Of that kind has been heard of
here at headquarters. However sol
diers who die OF contagious diseases
are allowed TO lay la the ground sever
al months before being taken TO the
states. II his friends apply for the
body they will no doubt receive ii dur
ing the latter part Of next winter.
Otherwise 1t will be buried Ia q
national cemetery. There are two
young men ia this band who were ac-
Quainted with young Conner when he
went to school in CarmichaeIs and we
have heard him spoken of so much
we all regret TO hear of his death.
We heard some shots near town
last night aud learned to-day some
ladrones stopped at the home Of a
Filipino and asked for food, and being
refused killed him with mausers.
A cheno merchant of this place
started to Manila last week to buy
goods. He had $500 with him and
when just below town he was met by
Filipino who cut off his head and
took the money which he turned over
to a eheno in Lucena who had employ
ed him to do the killing. | was
watching some prisoners at work on
the parade ground yesterday Among
them was Filipino painting the
band stand He was singing and
whistling and seemed so happy, |
expected to see him sprout wings and
sail off. | asked the guard what was
the cause of his joy. He said he did
not know unless it was because he
made such good job in removing the
cheno's head. A Eilipino-one Of the
ignorant kind--will kill man and
walk off with no more thought of
wrong than If he had only killed a
cat.
The aborigines Of these islands were
the Negritos. They are dwarfs with
short curly hair and black as the
negro They are identical with The
dwarfs of Africa except their fore
heads are higher. They use poisoned
arrows, worship the sun and are now
nearly extinct. When the Malay
came they were no match for him and
were gradually driven back into the
mountains. There are many OF them
in the mountains above us but they
do not file their teeth to point as
some writers claim. They wear no
clothing to speak Of and are not inter
ested in who owns these islands.
They refused to help Aggie in his war
business, and only ask to be left alive
In their mountains.
There is Filipino barber lives just
across the street from us who works
for the Filipino prisoners in the guard
house. The guard thought he would
search his razor case as he was coming
out the last time and in 1t he found
note written by a Filipino captain
that the barber was to deliver. 1t
was written to the insurgents telling
them he was prisoner and ordering
all American prisoners killed at once.
Nothing was done with the old
barber but he was given such shock
he decided to take unto himself
wife. All the relatives of both par
ties met at his house one morning and
commenced thuse that lasted all
that day. At night they had an Or
chestra and danced and drank beno
till morning. After breakfast the
marriage took place after which they
Toasted till evening when the crowd
dispersed. Yours Truly,
w. A. MEsTREzAT.