The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

At 1861 Wichita street resides a youh'
married couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Schaar They have been married abou
five months. that is. counting from TIT
last ceremony, for the truth Of the mat
ter is they have taken the vows twice
within the last year. The story OF thel
lives is a romance in the very deepes
meshes of Cupids activity.
a few years ago when the Unite;
States government issued call for Vol
unteers in the Philippine service a youth
full but patriotic STRIPPING OF a Wichita
boy. just old enough to serve his country
gave his life over TO the cause OF hi:
dear America ard sailed for the land OF
the blazing-. tropical, sun and the bar
barrie haunts Of the Filipino. This young
man is oscar {. Schaar, whose father
and mother live just beyond the hill or
East Thirteenth street
M. SchaaY is q German by descent but
an American il every other sense of the
word. He IS an energetic and industrious
young man and is q staUnch believer II
American principles and in American
manhood.
When he arrived in the Philippine Is
corporal Like many other brave sol
diers. lie followed his captain through
thick and thin and faced the shot and
she'll Of the enemy with as fearless a
heart as any human ever did on the bat
tleIield
One day the American army came in
collision with a large body Of Filipinos
and a bloody enga cement ensued. Young
Schaar fought and fought unremittingly.
Just at the very moment that every
thing appeared most favorable for an
American victory the Filipinos got the
better Of the battle. and the result was
twelve OF the Americans were captured
and carried off into the jungle. Among
the prisoners was Oscar Schaar. -Four
were shot IN cold blood and five in try
ing to escape we're killed before the inter
Tor was reached.
The life of a Philippine prisoner OF war
is not realized by the person who has
never seen and understood the shameful
condition an American is thrown III, and
the sufferines and Affections Of young
Schaar Rho was one OF the three whose
lives thus fGr had been spared, probably
will never be told. There is no doubt
but that all OF ones past comes up be
fore him when cut off from the world
and surrounded BY cruel and savage
semi-humans who. at any moment might
think it as well to get rid of an Amer
lean life as TO chew their tobacco. Where
is God, doubtless thought young Schaar
and his companions, many times as they
looked in vain for suCCor and into the
eyes of nurderous savages and brutes.
And yet thoss iungles were not en-
tireIy bereft of nope for these American
heroes Hope and help came in one.
Near the strip of grouad where they
were guarded was a Filipino village and
from out OF that village came three pretty
Filipino maidens, who teased the guards
to allow them to see the American sol
diers the Ii Ike OF whom they had never
seen before. Most any guard Will give
way to the pleadings of q pretty gil
and this proved no exception. The young
ladies mace more than one visit and soon
got 10 bringing pans Of Iice 3s delicacy
TO their American friends. the poor
harmless prisoners. who soon must die
any how" Yet, While they so spoke
of the three American lads, they con-
sidered the case III 4 far different light.
Love had sprc-s. from the frequent
meetings. in the breast of one OF these
maidens, the one who bad chosen Mr.
Schaar as the recipient Of her good Of
fers Ills Imprisonment tortured her love
and It was then that she with the other
girls began scheming. Their schemes
were consummated when one day they
concealed in the bottom of the pans of
rice, knives and -evolvcrs.
This Indeed was sii6 anc yet what could
these American boys nope tc accomplish
with knives AID loud reporting revolvers
against guards with trrsty American
rifles reinforced by snail army OF war
riors IN The village? However. tic boys
with Desperate were ever on the look
out for the least favorable moment and
it came wijL'c the week.
Like the flash of pistol. Young Schaar
snatched the rifle rom the hand Of one
of the guards. who was in the act Of
stretching himself. and crushed in his