Show bEN GHAFFEE IS HOME Returns to United States After Af-ter Three Years Absence I ARRIVES ON THE SUMNER Has a Most Stormy and Most Perilous Peril-ous Voyage Passed Through a Terrific Typhoon General Talks oi Affairs in tho Islands Everything Progressing in a Llost Satisfactory Manner Greatest Difficulty Experienced Ex-perienced in Islands Is Overcoming Legends and Superstitions San Francisco Nov 10Tlte United States transport Sumner arrived In port this evening from the Philippines a ter a most stormy and most peril plus voyage Shortly deter leaving Yokohama Yo-kohama the vessel encountered one of those tcrrlllc stormspeculiar to Asiatic waters the typhoon Boats were smashed portions of her rigging cari ned away and during the height of the storm a launch was torn from its fastening fas-tening and struck Sirs ChafTccs stateroom state-room with terrific force the shock greatly prostrating that lady who wus ill when she boarded I the vessel For hours the staunch vessel was in the gale but careful seamanship kept the vessel In safety until the utorin broke and the weather calmed down to permit per-mit her being made shipshape PASS13NGI2KS ON VESSEL On hoard the transport were Gen AdnlL It ChafTcc and wife VlccGov Wright of tho Philippine commission accompanied bj Mre Wright Gen haffoes staff Capt J It Llndslcy Lieut Roy B Harper IMnj J L PhilIps Phil-Ips Maj William 11 Arthur Judge James II Blount of the Philippine Inau ar Government LIcutCoK James T 1 Kerr and wife and a lrge I number of officers wives returninG home I CHAFFEl ABSENT THREE YEARS Gen Chaftce has been absent fr9m this country for over three years dijr IllS which time duty called him to Cuba to China and to the Philippines His services In China were such that he was recognized the world over asa as-a tactician of wonderful knowledge and force and a diplomat of unusual iblllty To Gen Chafiees efforts were due the speedy und peaceful settlement settle-ment of the Chinese dlflleully and In recognition of his services In China he wus detailed lo go to the Philippines to bring about a moue harmonious condition con-dition of affairs lhe General said toLL to-LL representative of the Associated Press AFFAIRS IN ISLES AVhcn I left Manila everything was rofrcy3ing In a mont satisfactory nina ier 1 could not be more ploasud with llllJ tilt III 11 UI1 Civilization bus iccom pllnhcd wonders and the natives are fiust I recognizing thu Institutions of this Uov eriimejii md nie < tlng th I in with n more frtomfly llrlll Of course soino uf the provinces arc unsettled and we cxpact to iiiool with further trouble but the outlook Is most clirerful I and bpyund occasional oc-casional Pklrnilslies here and there I 1 look for no great dlfllcullKs or disturb ames requiring unsual force to Hubdiic Peaceful melhoda are making themsclven felt among the native leader who arc In many Insiancea assisting our Government Govern-ment by advising their former belligerent followers to lay down their arms Soma of the former flKhtlng Sultans of whom there are a score have become peaceful ONE GIIL7AT DIFFICULTY The greatest difficulty wo experience In the Inlands Is overcoming tho legends and aupcrslltlons of tho people It Is hard to overcome at once traits which have been born In the natives for centuries and I will say that to this ono feature Is largely due tho spread of cholera and other pestilential pes-tilential diseases among thorn They cannot can-not be made to submit to or lo understand the modern methods of treatment nor con they bo made leo the utility of an uptodato sunlliirj system They will not submit lo quarantine peacefully and frequently OECapo from their hounds aprendlng disease In tho city of Manila Ma-nila very good system prevails and In Oonucqucnco the health conditions are better bet-ter thcro than they ever have been In the history of the city SUFKEIUNG 3N PROVINCES Great hardship prevails In sonic of the provinces where the natives are unablq to plant their rlca crops on account of the loss oC their farm animals nnd 1 look for much suffering In thono provinces but the Government hns already taken stops to relieve the situation and It will not be long before most of the needy will be looked lifter OUTLOOK IN SAMAR I am very much pleased with tho situation sit-uation In till province of tiamar AVlmt wait ltlCl i i one of the moat unruly and bel ligerent of the provinces Is I now as quiet and peaceful as this big ell y of yours Tho natives are becoming prosperous tinder the Industry which has been fostered there and ihiy have a ready market for their rice and hemp MRS CIIAFFES HEALTH Gen Chaffee reported Mrs Chaffees health greatly Improved and slated that she had almost fully recovered from the prostration following her awful experiences experi-ences during the typhoon t Gen Chaffec and party were waited upon this evening by William H Harper Har-per representing the Union League club of Chicago and formally Invited by that gentleman to be guests of the club during their stay In Chicago Mr 1 Harper Har-per acting also for the Grand Army Hall and Memorial association of Illinois Illi-nois tendered the General the invitation invita-tion to be the guest of the Vissoelatlon at a public reception given In his honor START EAST THURSDAY I Gen ChuffCP expressed gveat pleasure at being Invited to become the guest of the Chicagoan and said Mr Harper Har-per I place myself in your hands Any arrangements you make will bo pleasant pleas-ant to me Similar Invitations were I extended to Coy Wright and accepted conditionally the Governor not being I certain as to his Itinerary Mr I Harper ban arranged for Gen Chaffce and party to go to Chicago over the Southern Pacific the Union Pacific and the Chicago Northwestern roads The party will leave here at C oclock on Thursday evening In the special car of VicePresident McCullough of the Chicago Northwestern road During his stay here Gen Chaffcc will be banqueted ban-queted by the Merchants association and by the Loyal Legion |