The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-23

was established eight months ago and
has worked in a most satisfactory
manner. There have been $50 already
sent to this colony, where they are
under control of a superintendent, but
have no guards. AS soon as their
time expires they are allowed to re-
tain the land during good behavior,
and their families are then allowed
TO join them There has been no trou-
BILE whatever since this system was
started and 1t is going to be a sue
cess.
One thousand prisoners have been
sent to the island of Minandao under
General Wood, to build roads and 500
to Albai, guarded by soldiers.
May Appeal to Courts.
Many of these inmates of the big
gest of the worlds prisons today have
been led into crime by not fully un.
derstanding the conditions. Many
who were not punished under the
Spanish regime, are being arrested
and sentenced by Uncle Sam. The
SlOl iudl lIt ndllNtS are dTTeSlpu
merely to get them into prison, so
that they may learn trade, is said
by Mr.. Stewart to be untrue. They
are given all of the fairness in the
world in their trials. They may ap-
peal to supreme court, if not salts
fed with their own sentences, and If
they have no money, the state pro-
vides for their appealing attorney.
Many of the judges are native Fill
ipinos, as is the justice of the SUI
preme court.
The fighting which is reported from
Manila, in which every now and then
an officer and men are killed, is, ac-
cording to the warden, between bands
of desperadoes and robbers who oc-
cupy the mountains, and who have
long plundered the inhabitants, against
the army. The government is wiping
these bands of robbers off the face of
the earth, but it is taking human life
to do it. They were allowed to run
wild under Spanish rule, and drew
fixed levy from the people as black
mail.
Mr.. Stewart is satisfied that the
islands will develop into a great coun-
try, He says that the islands can
even now supply the United States
with hemp, tobacco, and hard woods
There are all sorts of industries in
the islands now needing development.
and when capital and labor from this
country go into that section of the
world there will be wealth galore.
Islands Worth Keeping.
The United States is making no
mistake in keeping the islands," said
Mr.. Stewart. at is going to be a
great country. We now have our rail.
road of twentylthree miles in the
city of Manila completed, running by
electricity. We have just voted an
appropriation of two millions of dol
lars for a sewerage system and we
have an up-to-date fire department and
electric fire alarm system, planned
and built by Chief Bonner of New
York. Ponies, instead of horses. are
used in the service. We are now get
ting in Australian horses. Our ponies
are fifty inches high.
Nebraskans There.
Among Nebraskans in Manila are
Judge Norris from Wayne, Judge Lo-
binger of Omaha, Mr.. Barry of Full
lerton, now acting auditor of the Phil
ippines; AL Dorrington of Chadron,
superintendent of building and illumi-
nations; Mr.. Sizer, son of the Lin
coin postmaster, who is in the Gus.
toms service; Mr.. Cook of Lincoln
who is now disbursing officer of the
customs; F. w. Carpenter, assistant
executive secretary. Seventy-four Ne.
braskans, in fact sat down at the ban
quet table which was given to former
Congressman Dave Mercer, when he
came over to see u.s.