Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-01

Ninth infantry was attacked. one SOL
der with baseball bat alone made IA
natives good Indians" and hhally
fought his way to where the lirags
were stacked and threw out the firing
mechanism Of each gun so that the ma
yves could not use them. After that
he escaped. Then Jake Smith took the
Eleventh iliantry over to Samar and
when he got through with them thorn
We're hardly enough left 90 make a re-
spectacle sized can OF lard. And nov,
an Anericar can travel anywhere IN
Sdnar with safety, and the natives
those who are left, will take of their
hats to him.
SCHOOL WORK.
The chap'aln says the school system
as .nirudut cd into the Islands by tie
government Is accomplishing wonders.
The t1'imEoS are learning English with
mcst remarkable avldty and raJ.lit5
50 that In few years English VIII
De the lalguage OF the Islands. IN fuCT,
while The courts are now conducted N
spanish, II viii be but the matter Cf a
short time before English vii be sub
stluted for Il The best Of American
schOollooks printed In Chicago. npye
been successfully introduced in the
Phllpp'ne schools. and the American
syste.l Of public school education Is
being iirmly established in the islands
NlSht' schools have become a marked
efatuie and 1t Is wonderful to note the
eagerness with which the natives
crowd Into these schools to learn. The
buildings. Of course are not like those
in the states, though in Manila there
may he some approximation later on.
The American teachers are all consci-
entous men and women, earnest in
their work,
ELECTRIC CARS.
AS to railroads the electric, rather
than steam are TO be the thing. Fuel
is scarce in the Islands, while there is
sufficient waterpower for all demands
IN the electric line and then electric
ROADS are easier Of construction there.
and VIII be easier Of operation. In
Manila line electric tramway has
been built, and the last OF the
old mule cars have been taken off.
Then there Is regular New York fire
department In Manila, oragnized by ex-
Chief Bonner Of New York City, and II
is doing work that can not be sur
passed even In the states. Manila is
wonderfully well policcd, after the
metropolitan system, and there IL
secret service Of which Lieut.. Carl
Hard OF Salt Lake is the deputy chief
and often acting chief. Carl Is one OF
the few Americans who has had Asiatic
cholera and escaped with his life. He
came down TO the transport to see
Chaplain AXton Off, and was at the
time In fine health and spirits.
ASIATIC CHOLERA
And speaking of cholera, the chan
lain says that the American surgeons
have succeeded In stamping II out en-
itrely in Manila. There are not as
many Americans in the islands as
there were few years ago, as the ma
tives are learning how to do clerical
work and do 1t well, and there is less
and less call for American clerical
work. But what Is needed in the
islands, is Coolle labor as the average
Filipino will not work unless obliged to.
II costs about $50 for man to live in
the islands during the year, as nature
is very kindly so the native can not
be relied upon, The Coolle must be
admitted, as In Borneo, and in South
Africa, to till the soil and develop the
country Then the tariffs are too high
for the good Of the islands, and re-
ductlon will have to be made for the
island relief.
Chaplain Axton found n fine field for
religious work ON the other side OF the
Pacific; and regrets that the American
missionary societies have not improved
to the full the opportunities open to
them for carrying the Christian faith
to the Fllipinos He found little SYM
patty between the American and ma
tive Catholic priests, and the padres
hate bitterly the clergy Of other faiths
who come among them. However work
In "A snlritual Wav Is being done there
but the field Is enormous and oppor-
tunities limitess, Chaplain Axton says
the policies Of the Taft commission
have proved the best and most satis-
factory, and Judge Taft is respected by
all classes OF citizens. He is recover
ing rapidly from his sciatca, and has
reasonable expectations that Richard
will be himself again shortly.