The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-18
INTERESTING
MANILA NOTES

The owners of sugar producing es-
tates i'm the islands of Panay and Ne
gros have united in petition address,
ed, to Governor Taft, requesting his
aid and influence in removing the duty
on sugar imported to the United States
from these islanus, or at least, place
them on an equal footing with the pro-
ducers of Porto Rico.
The newly-efected board of directors
of the Federal party has ratified the
action taken by the old board and rec
commended Senior Tomas del Rosario as
delegate to represent the party ut
Washington during the next session of
Congress. Senior Rosario has not yet
decided To accept this important mis-
sion. but it is believed that he Is in
cined to follow the expressed desires
of the party leaders.
one of the young sons of Gen. W. A.
kobbe, lately in command of the de-
partment of Mindanao and Jolo. has
been arrested and held for murderous
assault. His victim is young Paul
Wissig whom the boy shot In the
lungs with his rifle. Eric and Hermann
kobbe, fifteen and sixteen years old,
respectively, for several weeks have
been shooting on the rifle range at
Fort Mason. where their mother lives.
Men in boats have complained of the
boys recklessness. One oarsman came
near having his boat sunk under him,
because the boys pcppered il with null
let's. ON July 10th, Wissig, with three
companions, was in "A rowboat when
several shots fell about them, and
Wtssig received "a bullet wound
through the lungs which. the surgeons
at the hospital fear. will prove fatal.
The Kobbe boys told their mother
when they read of the shooting, and
soon after "A detective arrived and
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younger brother admitted he must
have shot Wissig. but both asserted
that they did not see any boat. Eric
was held for trial
There Is some speculation AS to the
motives inducing S.Xto Lopez to return
to the Philippines. For the past two
years he has been enjoying tour of
the United States and Europe, living in
the best hotels ana generally taking
things comfortably at the expense OF
the Filipino junta. He Is due to arrive
in HOngkong within the next week. and
it is said that he is accompanied by "A
member of the American Anti-Impcrial-
list League. who is great sympathiZcr
of Aguinaldo.
Captain Draper of the Marine Corps.
who died on his way to Hongkong from
Manila. was born in Kansas and grad
uated from the Naval Academy in 1856,
and has had a very distinguished career
in the Philippines. where he had seen
much service and done considerable good
work. The body OF Captain Draper Is
now on its way to Manila for shipment
to the States, whittier II will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Draper and her child.
Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Draper
I'm her sad bereavement.
The teachers are not finding the Phil
ppincs Il bed of roses. one young man
SAYS he entered his village with the
greatest interest in the welfare of those
who We're to be under his care, in their
rise to American citizenship. lie found
no school and no teacher. He sent for
the presidentc. This diGnitary he found
clad in the article termed a Gee string,
wallowing in a mudholc. With consd-
cradle vigor the prcsidento informed the
pedagogue that he was not wanted IN
that village at all, and advised him TO
leave at once. There was "A detachment
of soldiers in the place, who said he
had better follow the directions OF the
prcSidcnte.