Holbrook argus., April 04, 1903, Image 6

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PEACE IN THEPHIUPPINES
JUDGE IDE SEES GREAT FUTURE
FOR ISLANDS
The Great Mass of the People Are Anxious to
Co-operate With the American Government
Asiatic Cholera Stamped Out
Shu Frai cisco H. C. Ido, a member
of the Philippine - commission, who
arrived from Manila Thursday on
leave of absence, en route to his for
mer home in Vermont, said in an in
terview that when he left the islands
peace blessed them and he was happy
to say that the health boards, under
the immediate direction of the Phil
ippine commission, had stamped out
the Asiatic cholera, which caused the
death of 100,000 natives.
The same conditions exist in the
Philippines that existed in the south
and southwest after the civil war.
There have always been bauds of
ladrones who roam over the country
robbing their own people, and the
government is obliged to cope with
them by constabulary. He said the
insular constabulary, numbered 5300
men, who were commanded by Ameri
can officers. These men were natural
hunters and they pursued the maraud
ers with zest and nearly always cap
tured them.
Commissioner Ide said further:
"Conditions in the Philippines are
constantly improving. One meets with
discouraging features, but after six
months you will see a marvelous im
provement in the development of edu
cation, the acquisition of the English
language, the construction of roads,
the creation of public improvements,
the efficiency of the police and civil
courts. Wheu one looks at the progress
that has been made it fills one with
wonder that so much has been accom
plished. "The great mass of people in the
Philippines want peace and are
anxious to co-operate with the Amer
ican government. They know and see
that the path of progress is by co
operatioa with the American authori
ties." AFTER CATTLE BARONS
Suit to Compel Them to Tear Down
the Fences on Public Lands
Tucson, Ariz. Frederick S. Nave,
United States attorney for Arizona,
filed suit against four prominent cat
tlemen of Santa Cruz county in the
United States court here Friday after
noon, causing a great sensation among
cattlemen of southern Arizona. Suit
was brought to compel four cattle
barons to tear down their fences on
public lands and is based on the same
provision in the United States statute
by which President Roosevelt is com
pelling the cattle barons to tear down
fences on public lands in other parts
of the country. The defendants in
this case are E. Wise of Calabasas,
Dan A. Sanford of Sanford, Alonzo
Noon of Nogales and Joseph Piscarski
of Calabasas, all of whom have fenced
in many thousand acres. This is the
first suit of this kind ever brought in
Arizona and cattlemen all over the
terrHory will be effected by it, as
many have fenced in public lands.
Large ranchers in southern Arizona,
who have heard of thesuit, are already
uneasy and are preparing to fight the
case along with those who have been
mide defendants in these first suits.
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Irrigation Work in Nevada
Ogden, Utah J. H. Quinton and A.
L. Taylor, government surveyors were
ill Ogden Friday evening. Mr. Taylor
is constructing engineer in the arid '
land reclaiming service and is on his
way to Nevada to begin the first work
in the land reclamations. He states
that this work will begin within two
weeks on the Lower Carson by dam
ming the river. Two hundred thousand
acres southeast of Wadsworth will be
reclaimed by this dam, furnishing
homes for 1250 families. The Truckee
river is alHo to be dammed west of
Reno. Lake Tahoe is to be dammed
and turned into a rcervoir, from
which canals will carry the water to
the arid lands.
RUSH OF IMMIGRANTS
Over Fifty-five Hundred Men Women
and Children Arrived Sunday
New York Immigrant arrivals at
Ellis Island broke all records for
Sunday in the history of the harbor of
New York. By nightfall, when Com
missioner Williams' staff had sifted
through the great mass brought in by
the Philadelphia, the Campania, the
Savoio and the Graff Walersee, it was
found that 4505 men, women and
children had passed through the
chutes and were either speeding to
their new homes or else awaiting fur
ther investigation in the detention
compartments.
This is tie beginning of the rush
season for immigration and this year's
record is expected to exceed all others
by many thousands. During March
of last year, 254,000 foreign born
persons were passed through the
bureau. This year, March, with two
days yet to come has brought the
number up to 04,000.
HONDURAS' LITTLE WAR
Admiral Coghlan Cables That Trouble
There is About Over
Washington Admiral Coghlan has
cabled the navy department as follows,
relative to the revolution in Honduras :
"Guatamala At Puerto Cortez25th.
Returned here Saturday. Found Ceiba
and other small ports in hands of
revolutionists, who practically con
trol. Truxillo attacked by them 22d.
Sent the Panther there to protect our
interests; have heard nothing from
her yet. Puerto Cortez was taken by
the revolutionists the 22d, during my
absence eastward. Upon return, on
the 24th, Diehl had the situation in
hand ; landed his guard for protection
and order by request. There was no
disturbance and the guard was with
drawn. Finding an American mail
steamer due upon my arrival, sent
a guard to her before she entered the
port, also placed a guard on the dock.
A number of political, refugees were
on board. Thus there is no danger
to Americans or her interests. Reports
greatly exaggerated and though condi
tions are somewhat unsettled, the
change of authority was accomplished
with the minimum disorder."
Laying of Cornerstone
The cornerstone to the magnificent
new building of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce was laid Sat
urday, under the auspices of the
Masons, and the dream of the
founders of this splendid organization
has at last been realized. Under the
blue dome of a cloudless sky and be
fore an assemblage composed of
a loyal, patriotic people, the massive
block of granite was dropped into
place at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
and the first step marking the actual
construction of the great building
has been taken.
Agent of , Santa Fe Shot
Santa Fe, N. M.-At Cerillos station
the night agent of the Santa Fe rail
road was fatally shot Friday night by
two unknown meni who robbed the
depot. Sheriff Kinsell . and Deputy
, Closson have started overland in
'pursuit.
THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY
GENERAL BARLOW TELLS HOW THE
FRONTIER IS FIXED
Monuments Are Placed at Intervals of From One
to Five Miles, and All of the New Monnments
Are of Iron, the Old Ones Being of Stone.
General J. V. Barlow of the United
States engineering corps, who was re
cently commissioned by the govern
ment to inspect the monuments along
the southern boundary line, in com
pany with tho party of Seuor Jacoba
Blanco, who was appointed by the
Mexican government for tho same
purpose, has about completed tho
work of inspection.
The first of these monuments wore
set up about fifty years ago and be
tween the years 1892 and 1893 an
official survey was made by General
Barlow and Senor Blanco for tho pur
pose of re-establishing tho original
monuments and adding many more.
These ' now number 258, while there
were only fifty at the time when the
boundary was first fixed. These fifty
monnments were made of stone of
whatever kind was available in the
section of tho country in which they
were erected and wheu the survey of
1802-93 was made such of these as were
partially destroyed were replpced with
monuments of the same material,
while ..the new ones, of which there
were about 3200, were constructed of
cast iron.
While on the inspecting trip a report
reached General Barlow to the effect
that one or more monuments in the
neighborhood of Tombstone, Arizona,
in the mountain mining region, had
been moved, but this report General
Barlow states, is without foundation
in fact. No official statement has yet
been made to the respective govern
ments, though the work of repainting
the iron monuments and the inscrip
tion plates on the stone ones, which is
about to begin, is practically all that
remains for the commissioners to have
done.
Many of the stone monuments are
of granite, but the one at the Pacific
coast is of marble. Souvenir hunters
have badly mutilated this one and to
prevent such destruction an iron fence
was erected around the monument and
others around the one at Tia Juaua,
where acts of vandalism had also been
committed, and the one where the
line of survey meets the Rio Grande
river, but even these fences have not
been sufficient to preserve the obelisks.
The monuments are placed at vary
ing distances apart, from one to five
miles. Each of these is erected on the
highest ridge within the limits of the
section in which it is placed. The
stone ones are about eleven feet 'high
and the iron ones about six and one
half feet high. They are imbedded in
concrete or a mixture of stone and
mortar.
The boundary line is about 700 miles
in length, twenty miles being formed
by the Colorado river. Two sections
of it follow parallel lines of the lati
tude and one short section is at a
right angle to these on a meridian
line The nearest one of these to Los
Angeles is the one which is nearest
the coast, about one marine league
south of San Diego bay, or about
fifteen miles south of the city of San
Diego.
The Nicaragua Trouble
San Jose, Costa Rica The refugees J
who have arrived in Costa Rica from
Nicaragua are being concentrated by j
the Costa Rican government. The
latest news of the revolutionary out
break in Nicaragua is to the effect
that the forces of President Zelaya
have not succeeded in capturing the
steamer which the revolutionists
seized on Lake Nicaragua and which
enabled them to leave the department
of Chouutales, which is again under
the control of the goverumoout. Sym
pathizers with the Nicaraguan revolu
tionists say the latter are expected to'
resume operations against the govern
ment troops.
OUR NAVAL POLICY
French Marine Minister Thinks It Will
for His Country to Follow It
Paris Marine Minister TeUeton, in
the course of a speech in the senate,
defending France's naval policy, said
the United States furnished a lesson
in naval construction which France
could follow with advantage. He re
ferred to the'American and German
navies as being the two most progres
sive of the present time, and said their
strength as not through the mainte
nance of a largo, unwieldy, effective
force during times of peace, but was
duo to a small peace effective, capa
ble of quick enlargement in time of
war. This permitted the expenditure
of large amounts of money during
periods of peace on dockyards, coaling
stations and new ships, instead of
continuing expenditures on a costly
effective force. Tho minister declared
France should follow the same course,
concentrating all naval efforts on
construction.
MACHINE FIRING GUN
Test of an Invention is Witnessed
by General Miles and Wheeler
Cleveland, Ohio. A test of the
machine firing gun, the invention of
Dr. S. N. McLean of this city, was
made in the presence of General
Nelson A. Miles and General Joseph
-Wheeler in this city. ; General Miles
was present as the president of the
board of fortifications. The firing was
done from the top of a tall building
into Lake Erie. The McLean guu
shoots twenty-five times with one pull
of the trigger. A circular plate fitted
to the side of the weapon feeds the
cartridges. Gas generated by the first
explosion sets the plate automatically
iu motion. The gun can also be used
as a machine guu. General Wheeler
thinks well of the new firearms and
General Miles was quoted as saying
that it was au interesting experiment
and the gun an important invention.
HE DIED FIGHTING
End of San Miguel, Last Unreconciled
Filipino Insurgent
Manila The report that San Miguel
the Filipino loader, was killed in Fri
day's fight near Maqruina is confirmed.
His body has been identified and de
livered to his relatives for buriel.
San Miguel with his body guard, con
sisting of thirty men, abandoned the
fort at Mariquina and attempted to
escape, but the Macabebe scouts sur
rounded the party, mortally wounded
San Miguel and killed six of his body
guard. After he fell San Miquel
emptied his revolver among the Maca
beoes and died fighting. San Miquel
was the last unreconciled insurgent.
He failed to attain prominence during
the insurrection.
The body of the insurgents killed in
the fighting at Mariquina, to the
number of about fifty, were taken to
Caloocan and were surrendered to the
relatives of the dead. Lieutenant Reese
and other wounded scouts will recover.
The moral standing of the stock
gambler depends on the size of his
winnings.
When a man's honesty is only pro
tected by a policy, it will be held at
a premium.