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New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Baguio is five thousand feet above the sea lever
and is destined to become the great summer re-
sort of the islands. Simla is in India The
commission holds its meetings there in Aprh
and May the hottest months of the year. and
capital is flowing in rapidly that it will not
be many years before it will be a most attractive
place for the traveller to visit and revisit
Railroads in the making. and before L
left the islands two or three months ago, there
were eight hundred miles contracted for in
Luzon, Cebu, Ioilo and Negros. Luzon will get
between four hundred and five hundred miles of
road under these contracts. and the other ISL
ands in the neighborhood of one hundred miles
each. In the city of Manila concessions have
been awarded for extensive electric road, and
forty miles already in operation The same
company that runs the electric road in Manila
has the contract for lighting the city and
poratiOn with ample capital has secured the
rights for an extensive telephone system both
in the city of Manila and throughout Luzon
Many millions of dollars of American capital
have poured into the islands since the commits
sion took charge. and from all indications it is
fair TO presume that investments will continue
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of the commission in 1907 said Judge Ide to
representative of The Tribune ''the islands were
in state of chaos. War was being waged,
government there none, and law and order
were unknown quantities. Now human life
and uropertv are as safe throughout the archi-
pclago, with the exception of certain districts
of Samar and Leyte, as they are within the
boundaries Of the United States. In the dis
trCts where trouble is still experienced with the
Puliiares conditions far better than they
wer,. before and they too, will be pacifed
within Il short time. The terrors of brigandage
which are felt in Samar and Leyte are not new.
These Puijanes preyed upon the natives for
generations before the arrival of the Amer
icans and will probably continue to do so until
thoy are exterminated. They do not modest
foreigners as a rule but choose the safer
victims they find among the poor people of
the native rural districts.
'The first task the commission found to do
upon its arrival was the establishment of order.
A complete judiciary system was founded, and
put i'm operation, and now justice is admin
istercd as regularly and fairly as it is any
where in the states. The ancient Spanish court
system was tedious, dilatory and costly. Iiti-
FaUts were held up awaiting justice for years,
while the lawyers and court officials fed off
their substance AS a result of this system.
people were very chary about going to court,
and would, a rule. much prefer to suffer in
justice at the hands of the criminally inclined
to taking their causes before the judges. Now
ii is safe TO say that court cases settled
on an average in one-half or even one-fourth the
time consumed under the old regime
"Thc old Philippine monetary system was
based urcn the Mexican dollar, and the cur
rency of the islands fuctuated with the price
Of silver. The commission wiped out the old
system and introduced a new based on the
,,old stuuGl-d which is as solid as the Treasury
O. Ia, toternn.ent. 10 d. this it WAS found
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down the tariff wall which stands in the way
of Philippine sugar and tobacco, the inha bit
ants of the islands will be deprived of the one
great right that they have lost-a market All
the tobacco and all the sugar that could be
would not affect the price of either commodity
in the United States markets one fOta. Yet the
Sugar Trust and the Tobacco Trust are standing
in the way of all legislation which would if en-
acted give the people of the islands a chance for
the prosperity that by right belongs to them The
present tariff-15 per cent of the Dingley sched-
ules-is practically prohibitive. After the sugar
and tobacco from the Philippines pay their way
across the Pacific they cannot compete in the
United States markets with the Cuban or South
ern products. For instance. a cigar that sells
for three cents in the Philippines must bring
10 cents or more in our stores or it cannot nav
the transportation charges and tariff This is
not right. The products of the PhilippineS
ought to have the same market that is enicvei
by the products of the states The Anleril-I,s
took away the markets that the FiIipinos had
in Spain. but have given them none in exchan=-e
The bill for their relief passed the House last
session, but was pigeonhoIed by the Senate conn
mittee- An effort Will be made to get that liu
reported in the course of the coming session
but am not any too sanguine that il Will ever
see the light of day. II is duty we owe the
people Of those islands. however. and 7 believe
the American people as a whole. If the matter
were left in their hands would not allow q -.,-
ment TO pass before righting the wrons- thar has
been done and is being done now to the -r.r-
ions OF wards we are educating and tryir.- 10
make seif-supportnS in the far Pacific
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vals a force from the laboratory proceeds to the
herds infected and puts an end 70 the epidenlc-
BY this means many millions of dollars worth
of valuable animals have been saved and one
of the most serious menaces 10 the prosperity or
the islands has been removed Smallpox was
prevalent before the American occupation, but
since vaccination has been carried on to an ex-
tensive degree throughout the centres of popU-
lation. the disease has disappeared in its cpl
demic form
"A scheme of land registration after the Tor
rens system in vogue n Australia and several
other countries, has been put in force and is
working admirably. When the commission TOOK
charge of affairs land titles were in most
chaotic state. and for a time it looked as though
il would be an almost impossible task TO unta;:f
gle the snarfs in which owners of property found
their holdings Two wears ago the cornInlsslon
repealed all the old Spanish revenue laws which
taxed the small dealers almost 20 the bank
ruptcy point and established instead revenue
regulations which make alcohol and tObac" ="
bear the heaviest burden of the treasury An
insular constabulary of five thousand members
Is Keeping magnificent order. and nearly all :1f
towns maintain their police forces. Dur
ing all the time L in the Philippines / sa"
only two intoxicated natives. AS a class they
the most temperate people ever observe'''
and they have not yet, I glad TO say. falsa
in love with American whiskey- Their drink,
vino, alcoholic liquor made principally from
sugar is intoxicating enough, so much so, in
fact that the natives it sparingty and seldom
drink to excess here are between six hun
dred and seven hundred municipalities which
enjoy complete autonomy and forty provinces
which choose their own governors. Next spring
the Philippines will elect about seventy-hve
members to the first Assembly. which Will meek
on or near July l. When this body is in work.
ing order it will constitute the lower house OF
the Philippine Congress, and the commission
will act as the higher. have no doubt that the
elections will be held in an orderly manner AMI
that this measure of self government will be in
stituted with the greatest possible success
"In the time, however, there are few
things that neither the commission the
FIIipinos can do. Unless Congress helps break
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to be made in ever increasing amounts to keep
pace with the rapid development of the
sources.
''One of the most important matters taken Up
by the government the investigation of
tropical diseases which is now being carried on
in the laboratory established at Manila. AT this
laboratory smallpox vaccine and various serums
for the cure and prevention of diseases in man
and beast are prepared. A serum preparation
for the prevention of rinderpest. which threat
ened to exterminate the cattle of the islands
has proved wonderfully successful and the dts
ease has been practically stamped out. When
it appears. here and there at infrequent inter-
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necessary to get rid of both Mexican dollars
and the Philippine pesos. and this was accom-
plshed in remarkably short space of time
The Mexican dollars passed out of the
country as rapidly possible by the people
themselves, for the commission placed a heavy
tax upon that class of money. The old pesos
were redeemed and exchanged for the new issue
Of money authorized by the government
practically all branches of the Philippine gov
ernment are now under the Civil Service. All
appointments. except the very highest. are made
from lists of eligible persons who have passed
a satisfactory examination for the places, anu
promotions within the service are made upon
the same basis. 1t is a fact that politics has
less to do with appointment promotion in Of
flee in the Philippines than here in the United
States. The officials have found Civil Service
methods an excellent protection for themselves
and would not under any consideration have the
order of things changed to the spoils system
About half the American judges that have been
appointed happen to be Democrats. They were
appointed not because they Democrats,
though bat because they were the right men for
the places The commission itself has been
practically bipartisan. and of the governors
that have held office, TWO have been Repubh-
cans and two Democrats.
''Ihc educational system established by the
United States is first class. There are trade
schools established by the government, we'll
schools for the teaching of English and the
ordinary branches of learning. and many of the
municipalities have grade schools of their own
which would compare favorably with similar in
stitutions in the states. All told. there be
tween four hundred thousand and five hundred
thousand pupils regularly attending school in the
Philippines. and every of them is learning
the English language. The government has sent
eight hundred teachers from this country to the
Philippines to instruct the Filipino teachers in
the English language and ii would do your
heart good to see the eagerness and earnestncss
with which the children and grown-ups. too. in
every town striving to master the English
tongue The Government Printing Office, which
is equipped with up-to-date machinery and ap-
Manila, and the pupils get regular instruction
ing trades
"In the line OF public improvements the gov
ernment has spent a tremendous amount of
money. and will continue to spend it, About
81 100000 has been spent upon the harbor at
Manila to make ii safe for the largest ocean
going vessels. and larger sums being spent
upon the harbOrs of Iloilo and Cebu. Many
miles of fine roads have been constructed and
bridges have been thrown across many of the
rivers to make the highways between the prn-
cipal towns of value at all seasons of the year.
The government has constructed splendid
atorium at Baguo, about 100 miles from Manila
where Americans and Europeans may escape the
heat of the summer without leaving the islands
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
FILIPINO PROGRESS.
prOUement Under american Occu-
patton Shozcn By Er-GOU. Ide.
From the Tribune Bureau. !

Washington. Dec What have Americans
accomplished in the Philippines? Henry C. lde'
ex- Governor of the islands, will answer that
question in a comprehensive manner in his
final report which he is now preparing and
which he expects to hand to the President with
in a few weeks In conversation with friends
Judge Ide adds many details to the wonderful
story of progress that hardly be incor-
porated in the columns Of statistics and state
ments of facts which will constitute the fare
well presentment of his stewardship, covering,
including his service as commissioner. period
of nearly seven years.
When l went to the Philippines as member
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-05-18
The Democratic Caucuses.

The individuals who conducted
the democratic caucuses were not
kept very busy during the afternoon
and evening. as the voters came
their way in very small numbers.
The delegates selected in the various
wards are as follows:
First ward-Georee Kanouff. NJ.
Jacquemai, j. j. McDougall. l.. e.
Stair.
Second ward-Jcs. Mclaughlin, a.
G. Berry, Jacob Koch, Alex. Dumas,
Tom Cunningham, G. V. Priest.
Third "ard-Jobn Dunleyy, james
Kimble, Thomas Grace, S. 7.
Greene, W. T. La Toilette. Il. f,
Hitchcock.
Fourth wards. f. Goody koontz,
Jos. Swift. A. Nj. Crossett, D. NJ.
Tiffany.
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1,he Trnn Shot.

Trap shooting has made America a
land of straight shooters, and no coun-
try in the world can compare with the
United States in shooting. Gun clubs
In America are directly responsible for
that reputation which Uncle Sam so
proudly bears. By constant practice
ut inanimate targets the American un-
consciously prepares himself for his
country's call to arms. Gun clubs are
really the outcome of the abundance
Of live game in America. The average
business man loves to tread the woods
in search of live game, but usually his
time to go on these hunting trips is
limited to perhaps once a year, and
during the interval he has lost his
shooting eye" He needed practice to
keep his eye keyed up properly, and
In order to get practice at home during
spare moments he organized the gun
club, where between hours he could
get all the practice he needed-Recrea-
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DIED OF HEART FAILURE
Benjamin schaub, an Old Resident o:
Prosper Township, Passed
Away Suddenly

Benjamin Schaub died at his home
in Prosper township early Saturday
morning as the result of, heart fail
ure, aged SO years and 9 months.
Last fall he went through a spell Of
sickness from which he recovered
and this spring seemed to be in good
health. On Friday he was out i'm
the field working all th, day and re-
tired at night in apparently his usual
health. He was found dead in his
bed at an early hour the following
morning. MIR. Schaub came to this
country "a years ago with practically
nothing, sufficient, however, to buy
a REIMBURSEMENT and engage in farm-
ing. He has worked hard during
those years and has gained quite a
competence, owning 400 acres of land
which is well stocked. and has good
improvements. He was a mar very
highly respected in his home town.
ship and was a good neighbor. He
leaves a wife aud six children to
mourn his loss. The children are
F. j Schaub, who lives at Merrill,
Iowa, A. b. Schaub. near Chamber
lain, and Misses Clara. Agnes, Rose
and Joseph, who reside at home.
Funeral services we're held over the
remains of BENJAMIN Schaub this
morning at the Holy Family church,
which We're conducted by the Very
Reverend Dean Shea. a large NUM-
Der of the neighbors and friends OF
the deceased were In attendance and
a long procession followed the re-
mains to the Catholic cemetery,
where the interment took place.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-05-18
CATTLE SHIPMENTS START
Big Lot of Cattle Being Shipped Out
west--7,ooo Head are
Coming From Texas.

The movement OF cattle from
Texas has started i'm rather early
this year and the first shipment
passed through the city over the
Milwaukee road a few days ago. The
shipment was the property of John
Reedy, OF Beresford, and was made
up OF "A cars of Black Angus young
stock, a favorite breed of Mr..
Reedy's. The cattle are said to
have cost s26 per head LAID down at
Pukwana. the place where they
were shipped. MIR. Reedy has a
large ranch near that place and he
will feed the animals for the market.
There we've >, 100 head in tn. ship
ment.
This is the first installment of a
large bunch to follow some time this
week. Over 5000 head are reported,
at the Milwaukee depot. to be en-
route for the west These will be
shipped to Presllo and sent out on
the reservation also for feeding pur-
poses. Last year there was not very
much stock sent OUT west of Cham
berlain, the greater portion going
north to the country west Of Evarts.
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DELEGATES FROM COUNTRY
Gathered but Three o,
Four Township Among the
Voters of the County.

After considerable trouble The
Republican mas been able to secure a
list Of all the delegates elected at
Tuesdays primary from the country
precincts who are to attend the
county republican convention on
Tuesday of next week.
The insurgents were able to secure
but three or four of the delegations
from the country, and the stalwarts
will have a splendid working ma
joritv in the convention, more than
enough to send Il solid stalwart dele
CATION to Sioux Falls to the state
convention.
The following is 1.-THE list of dele
gates as secured from the country
precincts:
Mt. Vernon-Charles Woodward,
John Johnson, Will Bromwell, Will
Snyder, Ole Kittleson. Frank Meek
ing and FL. NJ. Mabbott.
Prosper-Fred Carlson, John Hen
erickson, f. z. Hoffman.
Lisbon-Charles Wright, j.. V.
White, Frank Green.
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f~taining the figures that substantial
led what they had t say concerning
The accidents that happened among
tie working CLASSES of the country.
Mr.. Gust inquired of the Affirmative
iif there was a sufficient and definite
need of compulsory insurance. and if
the proposed system could be operat-
! ed under our form Of government.
He supplied the figures Of certain
Icities showing the causes for pow
erty, and OF the various accidents
held only three percent. He present.
ed the situation of the 1920, 900
railroad employees of the country and
the satisfactory method by which
tllev are protected through insurance
Of their own origin. and closed
with IA rapid summing up of the
points lie presented. Messrs. Evans
and Satterlee made their speeches
especially stIong. The former held
that where ever compulsory insur-
ance bad been tried that it had in
creased accidents owing to the fact
that with a man insured by the gov
eminent he became careless. Under
the protection of the government
the workman became a self and re-
sponded to its bidding. This, he de-
clared the American workman would
not submit to. Mr.. Satterlee made
a strong point in his opening words
by declaring that compulsory insur-
ance would simply mean the lower
ing of tine wage of the employee to pay
the additional burden on the employ
er, as this cost could not help but
come from the employe. He. declar-
ed it was not desired by the working
man nor by the public. Correspond
ience with labor unions developed the
fact that the employees were not in
sympathy with it. He considered
that legislation providing for safe
guards in machinery would eliminate
the accinent feature in factories to a
greater extent than compulsory in
surance could do.
Each speaker was given five min
utes for rebuttal, and at the close it
was apparent that Mitcbell's superior
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IE4EI won DEBATE
The Judges GIVE d Unanimous Decis
ion to mitchell Over State
university Team.

neNIitst @iuuersct:iiegjate debaLe
that has ever occurred in Mitchell
was held at the city hall Tuesday
evening between the teams of the
State University at Vermillion, and
Dakota Wesleyan of this city. The
Judges gave their unanimous decision
To- Mitchell's del aters
There was a very large crowd pres
int when President Nicholson called
The assembly to order and the prelim-
Mary exercises were given, consist
ing of a song by the University glee
club and a solo by Miss. Beebe, both
OF which were received with liberal
applause. DIR. Nicholson. presided
as chairman of the evening, and
spoke in very cordial terms of the
relations which exist between the
two Institutions, and regretted the
inability OF President Droppers and
other members Of the State Uniper-
ssitgg { aee;a4.ttyy to be present. He re-
fefred 10 the sad scalamity which
sCdluS ~ tllc Sldtc 1~llStlluOlUH ldsC
week in the death Of Miss Young
ind rendered the sympathies of the
iischell collage and wished that all
,Ooa would, come to the university.
lie extended a sincere welcome to
he two young men and young lady
who had been sent here to represent
the college and assured them that
they would receive every possible
courtesy at the hands of Mitchell.
people After stating the question
and the rules of the debate the
speakers were introduced in turn.
The question: HResolved, That it
would be advisable to institute in
the Quilted States compulsory work
inR1neils' insurance against indus
trial accidents
The Affirmative side Of the cues
tion was taken by Vermillion, and
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WON OUT IN THE COUNTY
The stalwarts Carried Dawson Coun
ty at the Primary Election
Held Tuesday.

Sufficient returns have been secur-
ed from the precincts ia the county
to show that the stalwart republicans
carried Dawson county in the pri-
mary election held Tuesday after
noon and evening.
In the city the fight was precipi-
tated in the Second and Fourth
wards, and the insurgents had tick
cts In all the wards. but it was in.
these two that the most work was
done. The stalwarts won out in the
First, Second and Third wards, while
the insurgents captured the Fourth
ward by a majority of from two to
seven votes on the various candi-
dates In the Second ward there
were five republican tickets up and
the stalwarts carried the ward by
about eight votes.
The following are the delegates
elected in each ward:
First ward-Thomas Nicholson, L..
j. Welch, E. L. Grinnell, Henry
Swindler, j. R. Allison, John Refer
son, A. NJ. Jayne, c. Fl. Hedden, I.
f. Graham, George E. Besancon, w.
III. Broadbent.
Second ward-A. j. Curtis, j. S.
Daniels, Gottliep Scheurenbrand,
VIM. Marks. w. j. Frad, b. NJ.
Johnston, j. ID. Kress, N. &. FUR
long.
Third ward-F. B. Smith, Nj. A.
Reeves, I'll. ID. Butterfield, M. Boice,
q. w. Downey, W. a. Branch, r.
2. Dundas, w. NJ. Smith, a. l..
EDDY. e. r. Storer.
Fourth ward-J. e. Wells, George
Miner, Robert Burns, George A.
Johnston, A. B. seaton, L. n.
Hunt, S. Il. Morgan. Richard Lang,
tC. e. Cassem, Elijah Tillotson.
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|ity was evident. Our speakers made
additional stlong points, while
Lyons and Johnson did not add any.
thing to what they had already pre-
sentcd. Miss Reeves closing speech
wasa magnificent effort and brought
forth the greatest applause of the
|evening.
The judges were Hon. A. r.
Brown, of Canton; Hon. e. G..
Smith, of Yankton, and Hon. S. A.
Ramsey, OF WoonsocKet. Their de-
cisi0n was unanimous for Mitchell,
and it was received with the widest
Of cheers from the student body and
the citizens. A great number pressed
forward and extended their con-
g~ratulations to the winners. Miss
Reeves, although the loser, was the
recipient of the heartiest of con-
CALCULATIONS for the very strong pa 1T
she took in the debate, and all
agreed that with two more of her
measure there would have been some
doubt as to the decision of the
Judges
This victory means a great deal to
Dakota Wesleyan. IT. is the first de-
bate and to win a victory from the
State University is a grand trophy,
%inasmuch as the ve1million lnstitu-
ton but recently VOL a debating
conlest against the State University
OF iowa, which puts Mitchell high
up in the debaters Of the west.
1t is a sudden leap into a high place
for the first attempt. hut the school
has always been strong in work of
this character, as it witnessed byt he
number OF victories in the state or
atorical contests.
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HAVE 7os DELEGATES
Chairman Crane Claims THAI Stall
warts Have Carried the State
With 700 Delegates.

Frank Crane, chairman of the re-
publican state central committee,
phoned from Sioux Falls late Wed
ncsday that returns have been re-
ceived from all counties in the state
and that the stalwarts have carried
the state and will have 709 ~deleagtes
in the state convention, 24 more
than will be necessary to control it,
with IA doubtful delegates. Word
received from the Black Hills Mr..
Crane said. indicates that Congress-
man Martin has carried every
county.