Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-03
PROSPERITY FOR
TIE FILIPINOS
REPORT OF PHILIPPINE coMMls.
SION SHOWS ERA OF PEACE
AND PLENTY ON ISLAND
New Railroads Are Being Built, Ameri-
can Capital Is Making Public I'm
provements and Country is Forging
Ahead.

Washington, D. G.. Jan. 2.-The an
nual report of the Philippine commits
sion for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1906, has just been made public by the
war department. Peace conditions are
unprecedented, the Industrial outlook
IS improved, large investments arc re,
corded and road building is being car
r1ed on, depression in agriculture is
noted, mineral resources are touched
upon, as well as agricultural and pos
tai savings banks. which have been in
troduced, and specific recommends
tions for the betterment Of the islands
are made. The report in part is as
follows:
Peace and Order Around Manila.
4 1t is stated that the remnant of the
bands Of ladrones which have infested
the province of Cavite and Matangas
In the neighborhood of Manila since
4 the Spanish regime have been finally
broken up, one of the most desperate
leaders killed, and the others to the
number Of twelve were so bounded by
the constabulary that they came in
and voluntarily surrendered without
any condition, promise or inducement
on the part Of the government other
than that they would be protected in
coming to Manila and receive a fair
trial.
Later advices from the Philippines
gives the information that these men
have been tried before a Filipino Judge
and have been shown to be guilty,
without exception, Of the most fiend-
\ {ot
muttlations, and all but one were SEN
fenced to death, he being sentenced
to thirty years Imprisonment. It is
significant that all Of these leaders of
outlaws took high sounding titles in
an imaginary Filipino republic or re-
4 ligious organization calculated to i'm
press the ignorant natives and gain a
following. With the surrender Of the
constituted leaders the lawless and dis
affected had no one around whom to
gather and were quick to follow the
example Of the former by surrendering
their arms and entering peaceful pur-
suits.
Outbreaks In Samar.
| At the time of the last report 1t was
thought that the worst was over in
Samar, as many of the Pulajanes Chill
tribes) had surrendered and come in
with their guns, and that Just and
humane policy would bring it's proper
results. Governor Curry has made re-
markable progress in securing the
sympathy and cooperation of the peo-
pie. He met them in their own locali-
ties, satisfied them that he was their
friend and had their good at heart,
and is confident that the great mass of
the people in the island are law-abiding
and earnestly wish for the mainte-
nance Of good order, but long-exfst-
ing fued between these bill people on
one-side and those on the shores or
i lowlands on the other, and a long
I series of oppression by petty officials
and traders, cannot be overcome in a
i few weeks.
Learning American Ways.
i In December, 1905, the biennial elec.
!, tions were held for the selection of
J municipal officers, and in February last
elections were held for the election ot
provincial governors in twenty-nine OF
I the Ihirty-eight provinces. These cleo
i tions are vital part of the scheme
which has been authorized by the gov
ernmsnt Of the United States in its
, work Of training the Filipinos in self
I government by allowing them te
choose their own officers for local ad
ministration. These elections, al
though outwardly conducted in an or
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