The independent., 1903-10-15

press dispatches from Manila under
date of October IL settle the matter.
They are as follows: Lieutenant
Velasquez and thirty men Of the con-
stabulary were attacked recently by
five hundred head hunters of Nueva
Viscaya and lost two men, after kill
ing ffty-three and wounding large
numbers of the head hunters. The
enemy were armed with rifles and bO-
los" Eight ladrOnes have just been
sentenced here to be hanged and two
tC twenty-five years Imprisonment
by Judge HI. H. Sweeney. These men
were captured in Bulucan and other
provinces of Luzon adjacent to Ma
nila" The execution of three mur-
derers in New York occupied two or
three columns " day in the dailies a
week or two ago. but for FilipinOs one
line to each man hung is deemed suf-
ficient.
The atrocities in Macedonia are as
awful as anything in all history.
Nothing has been done to stop them.
The following is a passage from the
correspondence OF George Lynch, who
is on the ground: During the past
few weeks have daily witnessed the
hardships, sufferings and miseries of
the helpless fugitives fleeing from the
barbarities of the Turks. / have seen
men, women and children of all ages
struggling from Macedonia to the
frontier and safety, some endeavoring
tc save little of their scant fortunes,
bowed under the burdens of house
hold goods, others driving few cattle,
but the majority having nothing, be-
ing glad to save their lives. Many
have been compelled to leave aged
relatives, many mothers We're COM
PEELED to abandon their children in
their wild flight from midnight snr-
prise by the Turks. In all my expert
ence in four vars have not seen such
misery as existed among the refugees
flying from the Turks. Never was
there better opportunity for gener-
Gus Americans to relieve sufferings."
There is a great up. oar in Russia.
I. was supposed that there was abont
$400, 100000 Of gold in the czar's war
chest. All the estimates made of the
gold in the world has accounted for
that much locked up there. A recent
has revealed the fact
that there is less than $150000, 900
there. The rest of it has been spent
in building the Siberian railroad and
bribihg Chinese manderins.
The management of the daily press
during these fall months of campaign
Ing has been along the old lines. Anv-
thing to keep the minds of the people
from the questions that are pressing
for settlement Something had to be
done to keep the people from investi-
eating the panicky conditions everv-
where appearing The thing that was
decided npon 'as a war between Rms
sia and Japan. The Independent
spotted it as fake and did not even
it in lest weeks issne. All
the dispatches at this writing say that
there was nothing in it.
The isthmian canal is becoming
verv live issue again. When CONGRESS |
convenes there will be some lively |
times over it. 1t is now boldly |
charged that the $50,OOO.0O0 appropri-
ated to get a right of way via Pana-
ma was all pure Doodle. Forty mill |
lions were to be given to Wall street |
and French boodlers and ten million |
to Colombian politicians. The Colom- |
hia chaps were dissatisfied with the |
distribution of the Doodle and kic'red |
the fat into the fire. Under law the
president now should order work to |
be Immediately begun on the Nicar-
aeua route. All the treaties could he
signed up in ten davs and work could |
De begun immediately. Bnt nothing IF
he hind will be done. The railroads
ion't want any canal.
The revenues of the government con-
,inre to decline at a rapid rate. inst
" The Independent said thew would
when the boom was over. The gov
,rnment will soon want some Of that
nonev that Shaw has handed over
a the banks. What will the poor
,anlrers do then? If they undertake
% call in their loans. we will have
worse than '33 over again.
Disastrous floods such as were new
!, tnown at this season of the wear in