Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

the Spanish government, those cultivating
the soil having only leases. How It Is
managed now / am unable to say, but 1
think there are no private titles to the vast
bulk OF the land in the valley. The valley
is about seven miles wide and probably $50
miles long. The river runs almost directly
north to the sea, the headwaters In the
Sierra Madre mountains being not to ex-
coed fifty miles a little north OF east OF
Manila. The chief pro ,uct Of the valley is
tobacco, the business Of production being
mainly in the hands OF Germans and Span
iards, who have practically controlled 1t
for generations. The men who do the work
OF actual cultivation are little better than
slaves, although they seem to be fairly we'll
satisfied with their lot. A favorite method
of dealing with e Is to let them have
land to cultivate on the shares. The
moneyed men make advances for various
purposes connected with the cultivation Of
the crop, and everything IL SO managed
that, while the workers have little re-
sponsibility, they have mighty little money
coming to them when settlement day comes
around. They are peaceable, light-hearted
and good-natuTsd, this being especially no.
tiseable after We had cleaned out the bad
fellows, who wouldn't work. but devoted all
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all kinds Of trouble.
Made Work for the Soldiers.
would do at Cabagan Nueyo. q town about
twelve miles up the river from Tuguegarao.
Ten Of our men went into the town after
We had established camp near there and
neglected to take their arms with them.
Tho law and RaaIIy AannarnRHa fallnua Il
have referred to gathered around the ten
men. started a dispute and every one Of the
ten men were cut down with bolos and
horribly mutilated. Mutlation is one OF the
strong points OF these fellows. l guess
they found out afterwards. whether to their
satisfaction or not, what kind OF people
they were dealing with. We did not have a
great deal OF trouble with them afterwards.
For a while we had to keep a very close
watch on them, because It was believed
that Aguinaldo was In the Sierra Madre
mountains and that his agents were very
active all along the valley.
I'VE thought we had captured Agulnaldo
once. and there we're a number OF ofhcers
who said they were willing to bet We did
have him. We got a prominent follower OF
Aguinaldo, however, and that gave US con
siderable satisfaction. The squad l was
with was In charge OF our hrst sergeant,
We got a tip that a prominent Ofaeer OF the
insurgents vas either In or In the vicinity
OF Cabagan, and naturally we were all anx-
ious to show what we could do. We started
out one evening. took possession OF a native
policeman by Singing a rope around his
neck, and then quietly went from house tC
house until We had searched the entire
town without success. We were lucky
enough 10 run across one native who
seemed willing to gain our good will By
telling US that II We went to a certain plae'
In the woods near the river We might hnC
a house with some one ~ It. We lassOe'
him TO make sure that he wouldn't talk too
much and made for the place he had al
reeted US. AS We approached the wood
we saw two men slipping through the brual
among the trees and we made a dash 10
them. They probably would have been cap
tured had our attention not been diverts'
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