Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-17

81 have, from lln4
investigation. and if there a.
minerals either gold, silver, mica.
nickel, zinc, tin or any other in
these islands, have been unable
to find them or to find any person
who had any knowledge of the
fact. If there is any Gold Min
ing Company, of Apia" Gas report
ed in U. S. papers,, the records do
not disclose the fact, and the ofic-
ials have no information on the
subject. No steamers, schooners,
or other vessels are engaged in
transporting sand or oars to sgd
ney or to San Francisco, or else.
where; no such persons as those
named as constituting the gold
mining company, are known here,
and, in my judgment, a tremendous
swindle is being perpetrated,
the public ought ty know shS
facts"
Surgeon ]. F. Jones, who ha
| just returned from the Philippine
brought young Filipino son
Governor of Rohol, under til
Spanish regime about twenty
years old with him, for the purpose
of arranging to have him thor
oughly educated in english. DIR.
Jones thought some arrangement
could be mode with the War De-
partment to pay the educational
expenses of this young man out of
the Philippines revenues, but after
considering the matter in all its,
i bearings, it was considered best
not to establish such a precedent,
3 and DR.. Jones will privately arran-
p for tee young mans instruction in
8 English. He is good Spanish
a scholar.
: When man goes into thing
g himself, his advise to others to do
n SO carries additional weight. Mr..
It A. T. Cochin, recently mustered
# out of the army, after considerable
/. service as an officer in the Phil
ppines, is now in Washington. on
II his way back to the islands, of
a which he said: 81 became convin-
!. ced that there are excellent oppor-
tunties in the Philippines for young
men. 1t is to all intents and pur-
poses a new country, and will be
developed rapidly by the Ameri-
cans in the next few years. Sew
q eral San Francisco corporations
3. have been organized to operate in
IS the islands, and I have offers from
pS certain of those corporations, one
= of which 1 have accepted. / mue
4. be back in the Philippines by
n 81. The copper and gold L
b ~ - q the islands offer exceller
&c po.. a. IS for Americans
= The large reseI 0ft.
If wise present a rsuoL attractive
Of for American enterprise"
Ve The war Department hopes
so be able to submit plans for iegisla.
a ton to Congress, at next session
OF that will result in closer relation,
se between the National Guard. Al
~ ~ present, the status of the Nationa
to Guard is such that when a young
w man enlsts therein, he can havl
re no clear understanding of what hi,
u :, duties or responsibilities toward
ey the National government are who
or can order him out in time of wa
lat or where he may be ordered.
~ ~ is by no means an easy problem
me but the department hopes. witt
are the cooperation of the officers @
ng the National Guard, to reach a SO
ei' lutiou that will be satisfactor,
enough to be approxed by Congress
1t is desired that the Nationa
Guard shall be an auxiliary of tn
his regular army, which can at ono
Dss be put in the field when there
ON necessity therefor, without the dc
eat lays which occurred at the begin
the the ming of the war with Spain.
~ Officials of the Department c
bis State deny that they have been il
nch formed by Mr.. Montagu White
deS Boer Agent in the u S. that Nj
~, ~ Paul Kruger, late President of tn
on Transvaal Republic, would Wis
He this country in October, althoug
avs Mr.. White was quoted as havin
le said that he was told at the d
a il partment that the officials of tn
viii government would meet Mr.. Kri
day ger cordially as they would al
Try b;S other foreign visitor, but that
The would not De received omciaily.
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