The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-04

southern Luzon say that a lieutenant
and 60 men of the Ninth United States
cavalry attacked a large body of in
surgents near Guinobatan, province
of Albay. After the battle As dead
insurgents were counted, together
with many wounded. The only Amer
lean casualty was the wounding of a
sergeant.
Made Governor.
Manila, Dec. 24-The Philippine
commission has appointed H. Phelps
Whitmarsh governor and Otto Scherer
secretary of the province of Benguet.
Mr.. Whitmarsh has been here two
years, principally engaged as a news
paper correspondent, and has resided
latterly at Baguim, which will be the
seat of government and is the central
point of the region. Mr.. Scherer is a
German. who has lived 20 years in the
Philippines.
Cannot Come Home.
Washington, Dec. 25.-As result of
conference between the secretary
of war and Quartermaster General
Ludington it has been decided that
no further action can be taken with
regard to the return Of the volunteers
from the Philippines until congress
shall make provision for their replace
ment.
Plan of Federalists.
Washington, Dec. pa dispatch
from Manila says that the federal
party will, under American sovereign
ty, work for recognition of the Phil
ippines as part of the American fed
GRAFTON as states of the union.
Urges a Radical Step.
Washington, Dec. &c. = President
Taft, of the Philippine commission,
has come forward with another sug-
gestion for the settlement of the
Philippine currency question, which is
now pressing urgently for adjustment.
He proposes to adopt United States
money, pure and simple, as the money
of the Philippines. He points out
that, radical as is this move, it must
be made sooner or later, if the islands
are to remain under the control of the
United States, and that delay only
serves to aggravate the situation.
Establishing Schools.
Washington, Dec. 27.-One of the
most gratifying features of the re-
port of the military governor of the
Philippine islands is his account of the
activity of the soldiers in establishing
a system of education in the islands,
which until now have been almost en-
tirely dependent upon the parish
schools. In many localities there
were no schools whatever, and the
testimony of all the officers who have
had to do with educational matters
is that the inhabitants eagerly avail
themselves of advantages which the
schools established by the provisional
government have afforded.
Custom Receipts.
Washington, Dec. 27.-The most no.
ticeable thing in the report of the
military governor of the Philippine is
lands for the fiscal year ended June
80, which has just been received by
the secretary of war, is the increase
in the receipts from customs under
the American administration over
those reported in Spanish times.
Break the Record.
The receipts for the first two
months in the current fiscal year sur
pass those for the entire year of
1890 and were within 100000 of the
entire receipts for 1891. The revival
of commerce during the last few
months has been so great that there
is likely to be decided increase in
receipts during the rest of the year,
but even under the present tariff the
total for the current year will sur
pass $40 100000, or four times the
average for the last eight years of
Spanish rule.