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mrt i mwmm tir i i - Devoted id me Ber Interests or rite Me, the 5hop nd the farm Eleventh Year, No. 15. TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 12, 1899. flUCK V1VK CKNTS. Proclamation To the Filipinos. American Commission at Manila As sures Natives of This Country's (food Will and Desire to Civilize Them. FULL LIST OF KANSANS KILLED. Matters in the Philippines have been rather quiet the past week, the Ameri cana having suspended hostilities chiefly to give the Filipinos time to digest a procla mation issued by tlte United States Phil ippine commission. This proclamation, which was issued early last week, aasures the Filipinos of the cordial good will and fraternal feeling of the president and peo ple of the United States and asserts that the object which the United States gov ernment, aside from its solemn obligations, has assumed toward the family of nations is the well-being, prosperity and happiness of the Philippine people and their elevation and advancement to a position among the most civilized peoples of the world. "Unfortunately," says the proclamation, "these pure aims and purposes of the Amer ican government and people have been mis interpreted to some of the inhabitants of certain islands, and in consequence the friendly American fortes, without provoca tion or cause, have been openly attacked. Why these hostilities? What do the best Filipinos desire? Can it be more than the United States is ready to give? They say they are patriots and want liberty." There are eleven articles in the procla mation, setting forth America's intentions as follows: "1. The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipelago. Those who resist can accomplish nothing except their own ruin. "2. The amplest liberty of self-government will be granted which is reconcilable with just, stable, effective and economical administration and compatible with the sovereign rights and obligations of the United States. "3. The civil rights of the Filipinos will be guaranteed and protected, their religious freedom will be assured, and all will have equal standing before the law. "4. Honor, justice and friendship forbid the exploitation of the people of the islands. The purpose of the American government is the welfare and advancement of the Phil ippine people. "5. The United States government guar antees an honest ami effective civil service, in which to the fullest extent practicable natives shall be employed. "6. The collection and application of taxes and other revenues will be put upon a sound, honest and economical basis. The public funds, raised justly and collected honestly, will be applied only to defraying the proper expenses of the establishment and the maintenance of the Philippine gov ernment and such general improvements as public interests demand. Local funds col lected for local purposes shall not be di verted to other ends. With such prudent and honest fiscal administration it is be lieved the needs of the government will in a short time become compatible with a con siderable reduction in taxation. "7. The establishment of a pure, Bpeedy and effective administration of justice, by which the evils of delay, corruption and ex ploitation will be effectively eradicated. "ft'The construction of roads, railroads and other means of communication and s m'tJmX -uan if H..ySy Faas Monti U ffWMOoliVn Y $i BATTLE GROUNDS NEAR MANILA. It la difficult for one reading of happenings in a distant and strange land to fully appreciate the subject, because of lack of geographical knowledge. ThU has been especially true of recent eventa in and around Manila. The accompanying map wilL therefore, prove valuable. transportation and other public works of manifest advantage to the people will be promoted. "9. Domestic and fore:gn trade and com merce and Other industrial pursuits and tho general development of the country in the interest or us inhabitants will he the con stant objects of solicitude and fostering care. "10. Effective provision will be made for the establishment of elementary schools, in which the children of the neonle will h educated. Appropriate facilities will also be provided for higher education. 11. Ueforms in all departments of trov- ernment, all branches of the public service and all corporations closely touching the common life of the neonle must le under. taken without delay and effected conforma bly with common right and justice, in a way to satisfy the well-founded demands and the highest sentiments and aspirations of the Philippine people." Foil Llt of Kansans KUUd In the rhlllp- Adjutant General Fox has prepared the following list of members of the Twentieth Kansas killed in action or dead from dis ease in the Philippine warfare: Alfred C. Alford. Lawrence, first lieu tenant, B. age 23, single, killed In action; relative, D. 8. Alford, Lawrence. Alhert S Anlhol InJonj n.ll O, age 29, Blngle, killed In action; relative, iuiB. x, j. AniDai, corceyvuie. Lewis R. Badger, Kansas City, Kans., nriVfltP- F ACTA V.'t alnclo lUnA nt Alaoun- relative, L. M. Badger, Turner. William H. Bash. Fort Scott, private, V. age 22, single, died of disease; relative, AiiuierMi. xiiinn, lurner. Sim F Ttarhfr Ahllono nr-),rfn T. r rra 20, single, died of disease'; relative, M. L. earuer, Auuene. Edcyl P. Blair. Topeka, private, A. age 2!, single, died of disease; relative, E. P. Blair. Thornfleld, Mo. Orlin L. Birlew. Independence, private, L, age 21, single, killed In action; relative, S. Birlew, Fredonla. Isaac C. Cooper, Kansas City, Kana.. cor- relative, Mrs. I.f C. Cooper, Baztne. jjaviu 1 .ampoeu, junction City, pri vate, L, age 21, single, died of disease; relative. M. J. Cameron. Marshall. Okln. Bert Cornete, Toronto, private, K, age n, single, uiea or atsease; relative, w. It. Cornett, Toronto. Morris J. Cohen. San Francisco, sergeant, B, killed In action; no further record. Curran Craig, Oarnett, private, E, age ai, auiKie, xiueu in action; relative, Mrs. Jane Craig, Oarnett. William Carroll, Frontenac, private, D, nge 21, single, killed In action; relative, Thomas Carroll, Edwards county. Raymond B. Dawes, Leavenworth, pri vate, C, age IS, single, died of disease; relative, F B. Dawes, Leavenworth. Alva L. Dlx, Independence, private, O, ago 25. single, killed In action; relative, Mary Wilson, Argentine. David 8. Elliott. Coffeyvllle. captain, O, age 54, married, killed In action; relative. Mrs. D. S. Elliott, Coffeyvllle. Louis Ferguson, Kansas City, Kans., pri vate, B, age 23, single, died of disease; relative, J. II. Bradbury, Kansas City, Knns. Troy E. Falrchlld, McCune, private, D, age 24, Blngle, killed In action; relative, Mrs. Jane Stafford, David City. Charles Graves, Centralla, private, C, nge 21, single, died of disease; relative, J. II. Graves, Centralla. Powhattan T. Hackett, Fort Scott, pri vate, F, age 21, single, died of disease; rel ative, J. R. Hackett, Fort Scott. Norman E. Hand, Abilene, private, L, age 23. single, died of disease; relative, A. L. Smith, Abilene. Ivers J. Howard, San Francisco, private, B, age 27, single, died of wounds received In action; relative, Miss Mattle Howard, St. Louis. Adrian Hatfield, Topeka, private. I, age 21, single, died of wounds received in ac tion; relative, IT. S. Hatfield, Nelson. James W. Kline. Kansas City, private, age 22, single, died of wounds received In action; relative, C. K. KUne, Qulndaro. - William Keeney, Topeka, private, I. age 23, single, killed In action; relative, Rich ard Keeney, Hackney, Mo. George H. Munroe. Marinette, Wis., pri vate, F, age 35, married, killed in action; relative, Mrs. Leah Munroe, Marietta, Wis, Fred Maxwell, Richmond, private, K, age 23, single, died of disease; relative, E. N. Maxwell, Richmond. John C. Muhr, Westphalia, private, E. age 21, single, killed in action; no relative given. Howard Olds, Fort Scott, private, D, age 21, single, died of "wounds received In actfon: relative; D. A. Olds. St. Joseph, Mo. (Continued on page 12.) i Justice Field Has Passed Away. Aged Justice Dead After Fifty Years of Legal Service to State and Country. OVER EIGHTY YEARS OF ACE. Washington, April 10. Justice Stephen J. Field, of tho United States supreme court, retired, died at his home on Capitol Hill, in this city, at 0:30 o'clock last even ing of kidney complication. Ho had been unconscious for two days, and his death was painless. Stephen J. Field for over 30 years has been recognized us one of tho great jur ists of the nation, nnd his punning away will create a void in the legal ranks of California that only time can fill. lie was born in Connecticut in 1810 and of a family whoso ancestry can be traced to back almost 000 years. At the ago of 13 he accompanied his sister to Smyrna, Turkey, for tho purpose of acquiring a knowledge of the Oriental languages, with the design of filling a chair in some Ameri can institution of learning. In 1832 he returned to America and entered Williams College, from which he graduated in 1837 with the highest honors of his class. Ho then studied law in New York and was ad mitted to the bar in 1841. For seven years ho practiced in tho American metropolis then became a victim of the California gold fever, ne arrived in San Francisco in De cember, 1840, almost penniless, but stout of heart. He settled in Marysville, on the banks of the Yuba, and soon became tho most noted lawyer of that section. In 18f0 he was elected alcalde of tho town, and in October of the same year he was elected to the legislature, where he rendered conspic uous service in framing the laws for the embryo commonwealth. The impress of his learning and genius is to be seen in tho statutes of the State. In 1857 he was elected a judge of the supreme court and a few months after donning tho ermine succeeded David 8. Terry as chief justice. He held the office until 18(13, when President Lincoln ap pointed him an associate justice of the United States supreme court. Everywhere he was recognized as a fearless and able jurist, and the protection of land titles al most became a hobby with him. For his zeal in that direction he was, by his polit ical enemies, often accused of being a Cen tral Pacific railroad advocate. In the early history of California he had many exciting adventures. In the '50s, at the rink of his life, he saved a man from a lynching party in Donncvillo; in 18(15, an attempt was made to assassinate him by means of an explosive package, sent through tho mails, and in 1891 only the quickness and nerve of Dave Neagle, a United States deputy marshal, saved from the knife of David Terry, the man he had succeeded as chief justice of Cali fornia's supreme court. He was seated at a table in an ea ting house at Lathrop, when Terry entered. Neaglo sat opposite. Field had decided adversely to Terry's client and wife, Sarah Althea Sharon, in her celebrated contract marriage suit against Alexander Sharon, the Nevada mil lionaire, and he had sworn to kill him on sight. Terry rushed towards him and was in the act of striking when Neagle drew his pistol and shot him, death resulting in a few minutes. Field arrived at the retiring age of an as (Continued on page 12.)