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FIGHT WITH THE SAVAGES
G. III. CRANOR WRITES TO BROTHER
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
He Has Been i'm the Navy for Some
Time and Tells of Some OF His
Experiences.

en-. Cranor. of les0 West Eighteenth
street. is in receipt OF a letter from his
brother c.. III. Cranor. a member of a sur
vcying party now at work in the Philip
plae Islands. lOung Cranor is attached TO
the gunboat Abbey and has seen about
eighteen months of service. In the letter
he tells a graphic story of a fight with
a savage Moro tribe Mr.. Cranor wrote his
first letter on June A. and added supple
ment from aboard his boat the next day.
His letter IS i'm answer TO one received from
MS family and he expressed much joy at
getting word from home. From his letter
ii is seen that he and his comrades had
been on a surveying expedition for several
months and had just returned to Manila
when he received his letter from his rela-
tives. He said:
Fourth OF July will soon be here and
We sailors are looking for big time when
We will celebrate the birth of Old Glory.
AT this time | am "A distance of twenty
miles from Jolo. which is situated on an
island of the same name.
ION our arrival on the island the inhabit-
ants did not know who we were. The
people are not civilized. One of the chiefs
recognized us as Datos and soon spread the
report among the tribes OF the Moros. Some
o. these latter were aware OF the friendly
feeling existing between the Americans and
their troops. We were allowed TO approach
them. but some of the lower classes who
lived farther away and who did not retain
friendly feeling for the Americans, set
upon us a few miles from shore They fired
on several times and caused us TO re-
treat. as We were not burdened with any
sidearms
1--WE We're accompanied by our captain
and first lieutenant. but the terrific firing of
the natives caused us to return to our
boats. Arriving at the ship we prepared for
further trouble and made ready to visit
the chiefs of the tribes. We armed our
selves with Krag-Jorgensen rifles and
placed Colt automatic rapid fire gun in
the Prov 0f our cutter We made landing
near where the firing came from. but we
met with resistance. On the beach we
we're met by a body of Moros armed with
boIos. Our captain. who understood their
language somewhat, asked what had caused
the firing. bus we were unable TO get any
thing ineligible out of them. They seemed
TO wsnt TO impress US that they were
friendly and knew nothing of the assault on
us. We could not dispute them and we
stood about for several hours studying
their crafty methods.
I'VE did not go ashore after that without
our rifles. The only occasion since that
time when we had trouble was when we
tried TO go through signal practice on a
hin some miles inland. Our escape to the
gunboat was miraculous. Leaving our boat
and being well equipped with ammunition.
a. Ill. Ill. w.
were escorted by Dato and several OF his
warriors. After walking some distance We
made halt for rest and placed the signals
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Miller cottage. has returned home.
Mrs. Rhodes. Miss Mccormick. Mrs. Bel
ton and Mrs. Miller are at the Miller cot
tage.
Professor benjamin Franklin Butts. OF
Pittsburg. who has been at WinOna for
several weeks. has returned home.
The directors have decided to erect
$4,000 Sunday-school building at Winona
lake. soon. twenty-five of the best known
superintendent under the direction az
John wanamaker. will meet here soon and
make plans for TIE structure which they
intend to make the model Sunday-School
building of the world.
Mrs. John Weidley has returned TO her
home at Pittsfurg.
Miss Grace BeIiinan, who has been at
tending the Bible Conference, has returned
To her home at Dayton. o.
Edgar V. LOucks. of Leighton. Ia.. who
was here for several weeks. has returned
home
The Rev John S Macintosh of San An
selma, Cal, has returned 10 his home.
The Rev. H. NJ. Wharton. the travelling
evangelist. whc has been at Winona dur
ing the summer. will return to his home
al Philadelphia. soon.
Charles Palmer. of Chicago. who has
been at Winona for several weeks. has re-
turned home.
Harry Monnoe. of Chicago. has returned
to that city.
The Rev. Arthur J. Smith. of New York
city. IS the guest of the Rev. j. Wilbur
Chapman at tBungalow villa
Major James III. Cole, OF Adrian, Mich.
The Rev. James NJ. Gray. Of Boston. who
had charge of the religious work in general
at the assembly, has returned to his horne
al Boston.
A. y. Fit. of Chicago. who has been at
tending the Bible Conference. has returned
home.
The Rev James Orr. of Glasgow, Scot
land. and the Rev. Robert Johnson. of the
same place. who have been attending the
Bible Conference. will return within a
few days.
The Rev. l.. w. Munhall. of Philadelphia,
has returned to his home.
The Rev. s. II. Iiadley. OF the Water
street Mission. New York city. who has
been at Winona for a week, will return
this week.
Miss Eleanor Stafford Miller aud Miss
Julia Layton. who have been participating
i'm the Bible Conference. have left Ninona
for their homes at Melbourne, Australia.
The Rev. Rufus W. Miller. founder and
president of the Brotherhood of Andrew
and Philip. is at WinOna and will remain
for few days.
Charles r. Brandt. of Wichita, Kan,
has returned to his home.
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Moros. None was 20 be seen. Even the mos
quetoes that had invaded the big hill but a
short time before had left. The smoke
from the fires had driven them away.
''Since our expedition to Jolo we have
gone to several places about the archi-
pelago where we have taken surveys. Each
Friday weigh anchor and make run
down 10 Jolo where we buy vegetables and
other truck for our mess. Lately we have
not encountered any of the savages and
we think they have been driven inland by
the other troops.
''Jolo is a very pretty town. Four troops
of cavalry are stationed there. three
mounted and one unmounted Lately they
of infantry. This precaution has been
taken because the Moros showed warlike
spirit when We attempted to make land
ing.
I'm an engagement recently fought sew
eraI Moros. Cinnamon and F'ilipinos were
killed. We had charge of the funeral serv-
ice when the Moros were buried. Captain
Wallace was in charge When the Moros
were lowered into the grave "A Chinaman
near by was asked to bring pig This was
done and the pig was slaughtered and the
blood allowed TO run over the corpse in the
grave. This greatly awed the other Moros
near by, who regard II as sacriegious TO
have pigs blood touch them. Since this
incident we have had no trouble with the
Moros."
In the supplement sent his brother. Mr.
Cranor says that his time IL now taken
up mainly i'm assisting in the surveys about
the Sulu islands, which are apart from the
Philippines.
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INDIANA SUMNER SORTS

drowning. The lad was swimming i'm the
Pine lake channel and had gone down for
the third time when pulled out by Mr.. Fox.
Captain A. De khotinsky. OF Chicago.
member OF the faculty Of Chicago Univer-
sity and formerly chief torpedo officer and
electrical expert in the imperial Russian
navy, spent several days this week at Idle
Hour cottage, guest of Dr.. Hamilton
Weir. with whom he is associated in an
engineering enterprise of some magnitude In
Portland. Ore.
Many of the resorters and hotel guests
were in Laporte on Wednesday evening to
attend the presentation OF the comic opera,
THE Storks at Halls Opera House.
Landlord and Mrs. Huffman, of the Chau-
;auqua Hotel. gave a riarshmellow roast
Wednesday evening Ii had been planned 10
have Ii on the beach, but the rain inter-
fered and il was given in the parlors,
the marshmelloys being roasted IN the Dig
CRATES. An informal entertainment followed.
Miss Lillian Taylor was the hostess AT
corn and m2rshmellow roast on the Deacn
Tuesday evening The guests of honor were
Miss Pearl Tilden. OF Chicago, and Dwight
Comstock of Cleveland.
Hal Handley. Percy Day, Don Henry Les
lie Lower. Sam Ravens. Mark Barber.
Henry Fitzpatrick and Talmage Davis COM
pose party of young men that have taken
possession of the Strawberry Box They VIII
remain a week.
Thomas Park, Charles Hatch. Clarence
Parsell. John Hessins, Ernest Robinson
Frank Goodenough and Edward Templin
and Miss Sadie Bacon. hailing from various
places in Indiana and Illinois. are guests at
the Horter and Comfort cottage, Chautsu-
qua.
An informal entertainment was given
Thursday evening at the ChautauQua Hotel
Miss Lynda Harding gave several readings
Miss Alice May Youse. of Baltimore. re-
cited: Miss Victoria Stone. of Chicago
whistled. accompanied by Mrs. W. b. East
on of Chicago; Mrs. c. Edwards of Chi
cago, rendered two vocal numbers; Miss
Charlotte Pendry. of Chicago. gave a piano
SOLO and Mrs. Hogan. of Chicago. played
for the dancing which followed in the dining
room
John Mcintyre Staples returned. this week
to Chica CO. after spending two weeks at the
Peters cottage, Stone lake.
David Griffith and two daughters, of La
fayette, Ind, al the Peters cottage
Stone lake.
Mr. and Mrs c. M. Young, of Danville
ILL., have returned home. after spending the
. summer at their cottage, Waverly Beach.
Mrs. +. s. Rawlins and daughter, Miss
Zada Rawlins, have returned TO Kansas
City, Mo-, after spending several weeks at
Weller's Grove.
More than 100 persons for the Hall-Anglin
reunion arrived here Thursday. but on ac-
count of the rain ii impossible TO hold
the reunion at Bluffside Beach. as intended,
and 1t was necessary TO go into town and
use a large hall.
Clarence III. Fish and j. III. Pendry and
family of Chicago. arrived yesterday and
are at the Chautauqua Hotel.
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ELKS WILL GIVE FESTIVAL
FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER TTr1N
SET FOR THE ENTERTAINMENTS. Z
Proceeds VIII BE Used 10 Help the
Poor During Winter Months-Out-
line of the Plans.

The Indianapolis lodge of. Elks has en-
gagged Tomlinson hall for the first week
m December and will give weeks festival
of fun. The Elks have not yet decided upon
a name for the festival and have offered a
prize OF $40 to any person who will sug-
gest catchy" name for the festival. Ex-
allied Ruler Joseph K. Bell has appointed an
executive committee. which will have gen.
eral charge OF the festival The following
members constitute the committee: Gus
tav A. Keevers. Samuel V. Perrott. Morti-
mer A. Lowering. Russell e. Harrison, Bert
Feibleman, Frank Davey, Saul Munter.
Harry Moran. George Rubens. Charles II.
BALI and o. T. Bales The COMMITTEES has
organized by the election OF Gustav A.
Keevers. chairman; Sau. Muntsr. vice chair
man: Charles p. BALI, secretary, and NORTH
mer A. lowering. treasurer.
The committee met at the Eiks club
rooms Friday afternoon and decided 70 offer
name that will be adopted by the COM
mittee. This contest Is open to all per-
sons. whether they are members OF the
Elks' lodge or not. All communications are
TO be sent to Charles p Ball. secretary.
and TO be numbered In the order re-
ceived. The person suggesting the name
secretary until after the name has been
adopted by the committee. number OF
names has already been received by the
secretary. although only a few hours have
elapsed since the committee decided upoa
this scheme.
The weeks festival will be similar TO the
Wonderland" given BY the Elks two years
ago in the old Cyclorama building Tomlfn-
son Hall will be fitted I'D with booths
around the outer edges OF the hall and
beautifully decorated and lighted. These
booths will be in charge OF the EIks and
their wives and almost every conceivable
article will be found on sale. During the
week many valuable articles will be given
away, through various schemes 20 be
adopted by the committee. Among the arti-
cles to be given away will be a beautiful
automobile, a piano. a buggy. set OF
parlor furniture, davenport and a pony
aud cart. A free vaudeville entertainment
will be given every afternoon and evening
during the week. Tomlinson Hall Is being
remodeled and this will be the first large
entertainment given I'm the hall after its
completion. new stage IL being built
which will make the hall spiendidly ADAPTED
10 a festival OF this kind.
The money derived from the weeks fesff-
val will be devoted TO charitable purposes
most Of il 20 be expended during the holt
days for the benefit OF the poor families
OF the city. The Elks' lodge OF this citv/
is noted for the enthusiasm with which the
members entered into the work connected
with the festivals and entertainments her~l
tOfore given. but this festival VIII be uu.a<
a much larger scale than anything hereto
fore undertaken.
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ter Lois. of Waukesha. Wis. were the
guests OF Mrs. John Copies at Pickwick
Miss Buelah Kridder. of Goshen. is spend
ing this week at Wawasee.
Mrs. Hubbell and party left for their
home I'm Goshen Tuesday.
Frank Gaven. of Whiting. Ind. swan
from PckwicS Park to Lakeview Hotel.
distance OF about one mile and a quarter,
on Sunday morning before breakfast.
Mr. Smith and family, who have been en-
joying the sumner in a cottage just east
of Nawter Park. have returned to their
home in Indianapolis for the winter.
Messrs Manbeck, Grey and GLADDEN. spent
Sunday with their families. who are spend
ing the summer In the Milford Clubhouse
al Pickwick Park.
Miss Florence Warrington is spending
fortnight with her aunt at lakewood Park.
Don Cleater. of Milford, Ind. spent Sun
day with his parents at Pickwick Park.
Mr. Sotau, of Indianapolis. who has been
spending few weeks at lakewood Park,
fell while taking a spin on his bicycle Sun
day morning. injuring his hip severely. He
was taken home the fore part of the week
for treatment
Mrs. Whitcomb entertained at cards i'm
her cottage near Nawter Park Wednesday
afternoon. A very pleasant afternoon is re-
ported.
Mr.. Edward Krause has returned to In
dianapDis. after a week spent at the lake.
Miss Newton is visiting at the Egbert
cottage I'm Pickwick Park.
Mrs Charles A. Sudlow entertained
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Morrison's island will undergo a change
within the next year. IL has been divided
into eighty-one building lots and within
a couple OF years will be one of the most
beautiful places around the lake.
The Misses Hubbell and Anderson. whose
parents have cottages near Jones's Landing,
while out rowing Tuesday afternoon acct
dentally overturned the skff and were
thrown into the water. but by the heroic
efforts OF Robin Hendry were saved with
out further injury except fright.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil have closed their
cottage for the season and will return to
their home in Chicago.
Mr. Whiteside and family have returned
to their home in Franklin. Ind, after sum-
mering at Wawasee.
The Abbott family returned to Goshen
Friday, having closed its cottage at Pick
wick Park for the season.
Mrs Dunn returned to her home in
Franklin the first of the week.
About eighty of the people from lakewood
Park left for their homes Monday morn
ing, after week spent at the camp meet
ing. Only few of the people owning cot
tages at the park are remaining until the
end of the ~ason.
Park over Sunday.
Mr.. II. Egbert and family arr spending
this week a their cottage i'm Pickwick
Park.
Mr. and Mrs George Alderman have
closed their cottage near Jones's Landing
for the summer.
Mrs. n. II. Harrington and little daugh-
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in position. A number of warlike Moros
then made dash for us. The savages came
from the tall grass that grew on the hill.
They seemed TO have risen from the earth.
They ran toward us intent killing us.
as they brandished long knives furiously
in the air. Closer and closer they climbed
to us, and we could find no means of es-
cape. Before beginning their pretended as
sault they had built fires around the hill,
which sent clouds of smoke TO the summit.
Our little detachment of signal men saw
that they were cut off. Suddenly the at
tention of the Moros was called TO large
swarms of mosquitoes flying toward the hill.
The warriors turned and then descended
the Hill, leaving us free We followed them
and fired the remainder of our ammunition.
Reaching the foot of the hill, our captain
called halt and we looked about for the
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WAWASEE LAKE.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
WAWASEE. Ind. Aug. 29.-This summer,
spent so pleasantly al Wawasee by both
cottaeers and guests at the hotel. is clos
ing and in "A few weeks the lake will be
deserted. except for the cottages and no.
tells which beautify the beach.
This week the weather man has been
trying TO please everybody. Those who
long for hot weather have had two days
of regular summer heat. while Wednesday
was just cool enough for the young people
TO enjoy long tramps through the country.
or a row across the waters ripping sur
face. Thursday the rain and cold wind
made all the cottagers congratulate them
selves that they had built fireplaces in their
houses and some of the hotel people were
willing to tramp through the driZzling rain
10 sit around the fireplace of friend en-
joying an imprOmptu marshmallow roast
or such other amusement as rainy day
at the lake affords. Friday came with a
very gloomy outlook. but by noon the sun
began to peep through the clouds and it
was greeted with many happy exclama-
tons by the children, who gaZed longingly
through the windows. hoping the grass
would dry they could romp i'm the sun
shine instead of playing indoors with toys.
PERSONAL. MENTION
Mrs. Carl Bane will return to Indian
apolis the first of next week to visit her
husband, who has been at Marfinsvlle for
the past fortnight.
Miss Bess Copper returned to Pickwick
this week, after extended visit with
friends in Huntington and Goshen. Ind.
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The Home of His Childhood.
Washington Post.

washington POST.
Not long since / went to revisit the home
of my childhood in Scotland, said Mr.
Hugh Aytoun, of Chicago II had left the
old country as boy of fifteen and had
often wanted to go back. i almost
sorry now that did. for though there were
some pleasant things connected with my
visit, there were others which brought dis
appointment. The man who has lived IN
the United States for twenty years hardly
realizes until he gets back TO his native
heath in the Old World how much better
the land OF his adoption is; how much cas-
Ter the conditions OF existence are; how
much superior are all the comforts and
conveniences that are enjoyed on this side
the Atlantic by people OF all grades OF So
ciety. Remembering certain enjoyments cf
my boyhood in Scotland. i expected To find
them again. but nothing seemed AZ | re-
membered il. The cakes that once ap-
pealed TO, my Juvenile taste seemed very
poor. and so IL was with the whole list.
In fact | was really as glad TO get hack
to the States for a square meal as for any
other reason. and now that am here once
more. this sentiment of 'fatherland' doesn't
incite me to leaving America again. Uncle
SANS domain is good enough for me for
the rest Of my days"
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in INDIANAPOLIS PARKS
ATTRACTIVE MUSICAL ENTERTAIN
MENTS AT FAIRvIEW TO-DAY.
Afternoon Concerts at Three Other
Parks by Military Bands-Some
Good Programmes Prepared.

The last of the exhibitions of moving pic
lures that have drawn such great crowds to
Fairview Park for week past will be given
tonight, and extra attraction the
management has secured the Indianapolis
Military Band to furnish incidental music
for the pictures. also to render a number of
concert selections. The band will occupy
the stage alone this afternoon, when it will
be heard in a carefully arranged programme
of popular and classical music. The pic
lures displayed are of high degree of
merit. Perhaps the most striking set is that
which shows in panorama the stirring incl
dents attendant upon the terrible eruption
of Mont Pelee, in the Island Of Martinique
Cinderella and the Crystal Slipper
fairy spectacle in twenty different scenes
has also caught the popular favor at Fair.
view. To-days complete concert programme
will be as follows:
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At the City Parks.

Free band concerts will be given, as usual,
in the various city parks this afternoon, the
bands being furnished al the expense of the
Park Board. If the weather is fair, large
crowds will be in attendance at all of these
musical entertainments. At Riverside Park
the concert will be given by Millers City
Band. and the programme will be the fol-
lowing:
Galop-"On Horseback ............. Bends
Overture-"Ra ymond' ............. Thomas
Waltz-"Wine, Woman and Song" Strauss
Selection-"Faust -. ............... Gounod
Cakewalk-" Leven Forty-F Five from the
Baritone solo-"When l Think of YOU.
-. 49,. .:-.-..: smith
Medley oyerture-"A Pleasant Evening
.......... .........- .....................Be Boyer
Two-step-"A Lucky Duck. $500. Whitney
WaltZ-"Amparo' 1890. ...........v Sancho
Medey-Popular Airs .................. Markle
THE Star-spangled Banner"
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Philadelphia Press.
Not much doing to-day. remarked a
visitor yesterday at that portentious office
in city hall whence issue the marriage
licenses.
Hardly" replied an under clerk This
is the easiest day i'm the month for us
excepting Sundays and such legal holt
days as happen To some our way.
Whats the troube?" asked the visitor
Don't you know what day it is?' asked
the clerk. It's the thirteenth. You'd be sur
pTised to know how many people shy at
securing marriage licenses on that day OF
the month. Persons who aren't supersti-
tious any other way succumb when it's a
question concerning their tying the knot
there's no untieing Consequently. they
avoid the unlucky thirteen as if Ii were
poison, and the twelfth and fourteenth are
always busy DAYS with us, while on the
thirteenth business falls off considera bly,.
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The Rooms width.

l think If ! should cross the room
Far as fear:
Should stand beside you like a thought
Touch you, dear.
Like fancy-to your sad heart
IL would
That my vision passed and prayed you.
Or Fly dream.
Then YOU would look With lonely eyes
Lift your head.
And you would stir. and sigh. and say.
she is dead"
Baffied by death and love, | lean
Through the gloom
. Lord of life. am forbid
TO cross the room?
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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Criticised.
Tom Mason. in Life.

Tom Mason, in Life.
The American eagle edged over toward
the Russian bear with real sorrow in his
biood-red eyes.
II feel keeny the disgrace you have
brought upon modern civilization" he said
as he scratched the clothes of his Filipino
children and shook out the change
Its a beastly shame. YOU know IN
allow such outrages in your Kingdom Have
you no sense OF shame? 7
CURLY. Il am but fulfilling nay destiny -
SN.'Well." said the Eagle. as he swoope<
down on two colored men and put theu&
slowly out OF their misery. ..you might =
least be hypocritical about 70 and preserv@
appearances
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BroOkside Park.

At Brookside Park. Arndt's Military
Band will be the attraction. rendering the
following selections:
March-"New England's Finest Clarke
Selecton-''The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast" ...... ..........-........ .Chattaway
Characteristic-"Poor Relations" -. Bendix
Waltz-"Artist's Life ................S Strauss
Cornet solo--''The Commodore -. Chambers
Ben SchFeckengost.
Selection-."The Mockng Bird ....... Sloane
Mexican screnade-"Mirabeiia". Shaw-Dixon
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March-"Three Little Maids" .Haines
A summer idyl-"Hiawatha". ......... Moret
Medley overture-"Blaze Away" -. Smith
Fairy Tales" Observation-Disclosures. Eilenberg
March-"Dixie Land ................. Haines