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Show m other peninsular cities to be educated, perof all the and return to their homes with knowl- of these taxes, for they receive a centage, usually one-fift- h, revenues of the colony, in addition to money which the law does not allow but custom never questions. edge of the freedom of speech and un- restricted liberty of the press in Spain and imbued with republican or anarchist ideas, which encourage them to Socialism. Spreads Masonry attempt the free expression of their Victims of the Masonic The Natives Had Good Cause to Revolt lodges were Introduced Into opinions. The result is persecution. the archipelago by socialists driven to Furthermore, a native, no matter how Had Been Masters of Their They Manila after the Insurrection of CarSpanish Rapacity prominent. Is never jlven a salaried tagena. It Is true that these people official position, all of which are monoclosed their lodges as soon as the creHarried by Corrupt Officials and Clergy. polized by the retainers of different showed their Inoles and ministries. To all of the wrongs detention of Joining them, but the mis- scribed are to be added the notorious whatchief was done with the lesson. The The primary cause of the rebellion ing them the right to seize upon corruption of the Judiciary and the and are There ever many may. natives began to establish societies In brutality of the police. they whlrli bu existed in the Philippines few slave J11I7. 189(1. was the corruption celebrated Instances of this condition all parts of the islands, and In a The people yielded submissively to The members. off30.000 of things, including General Weyler, years bad enrolled nd Insatiable greed of Spanish injustice for many years. accumulating General Blanco, and General Riviera. mysterious and symbolic attracts the Tolerance la one of the chief charactericials, leading them to extremes of taxthe ation and persecution In order to en- Still more extraordinary than the apa- imaginations of these people, and disistics of (he' Indian, native of the rich themselves. The first cry of the thy of Spain to this legalizing of cor- opportunity of secret routing and who greatly resemble ," of grievances without fear of Philippine, revolutionists was "Down with the Is the fact that the colonies cussion th.elr Jiear ruption "Iibors, the Japanese, which soon was changed to Down regard with terror every change of betrayal u seized upon enthusiastictwo years ago was alihelr uprising memnew and finally to a custom for s with the clergy the that it means a ally. it knowing ministry, most incomprehensible to witnesses of ber to make a gash In his arm, and taxes, which soon was changed to change of governor general and anothof established authority, the respect The gov"Down with the Spanish. er swooping down of birds of prey, over the blood he mixes with that of submission, and gentleness of habit authorities ecclesiastical his and swears he ernment the Initiator allegiance. whose ravenous appetites must be misrule. of 'were joined In an unholy alliance to bears a scar through years The hatred of colonists for Each member, therefore, Blanco wag deposed by the enmity of wring profit from the misery of the na- the mother country Is made greater on his arm, and this mark makes him the monks, who .thought him too tolof It authorities. tives. The richer class is made up because all minor offices In the islands, a suspect of Spanish erant and without the cruel energy a foreigners, Germans, Chinese, Englishto the clerkships, are given to has happened many times that priseven demanded. Polavleja, bis aucces-so- r, men, and a few Americans, who, exactoner has been convicted and shot on no they nanew and of the favorites was ministers, fever and returned with taken ing a greater tribute from the native than ths telltale mark. In the other evidence never allowed are to tives share Madrid. came General to After him agriculturists, pay a less to the goverManv women associated themselves nor and the host of greedy alcaldes and feast. Moreover, the lands of the re- In thse orders. Sedition has thus been Prlmo de Rivera, and now General Augustin Devillo Is pent up In "minor officials. Briefly, these were the ligious orders steadily increase. The religious and fostered, free from enormous monks and Manila possess priests by Admiral Dewey's fleet causes which led to Insurrection In authorities, and a regime of Cuba as well as the Philippines, and plantations from which they derive military formulated. The lodgThe people are liberty roughly which in the end will rob Spain of the Immense revenues. In Cavite, the es numerous most are ENGLAND AND AMERICA' two last gems of her colonial crown. made to pay dearly for sacraments, and while theater of TIT the rebellion, principal Wherever there was disaffection it the fees exacted are much greater than in and Pampanga Bulac&n, Onr Friends Across Batangas, iforSsr Dd the tba was encouraged by republicans and In any parish of Europe. The clergy branches of to are ten there twenty War with In live Spain. luxury, giving themselves up in Spanish Carllsts, hoping in the end to the order, and at least one In each of The great war now Impending has serve themselves by weakening the their Isolation not only to every manTheir growing almost as ner of secular indulgence buf" to the the other provinces. great an Interest for (Cakingdom. Implacable hatred of the nadians as though they were particiIn the Philippines there Is added to most atrocious excesses, which in influence andsource of grave apprehenclergy was a pants in and not mere spectators of the official corruption the Spain would drive them in disgrace sion to the shocking Imwho petitioned the struggle, says the Montreal Star. There priests, of from the the European clergy, bemorality minister to order General Ramon has been considerable friction between longing to all known monastic orders, While these functionaries enjoy freeof the our neighbor's and ourselves, no doubt who encourage abuses of governmental dom from taxation. Shy native, man Blanco, then governor general now of Cuba, to put an on account of the archipelago, very intimacy and authorities that they may gain Im- and woman, without reference to propBut General end to gVew&aAmry. munity from an interference In their erty Income or station, la compelled to Blanco was dot energetic In carrying freedom of our relations. Brothers are perhaps more apt to quarrel than nefarious business. Year by year the pay a fixed tax. An Indian woman out this commatfd, being too much ocbut there is seldom any strangers, taxes have been Increased and have as- without employment and not Owning cupied in a contest against Mohammebitterness In their quarrels, and there sumed proportion out of all reasonable any furniture must pay 10 pesetas. A danism in Mindanao. The government, Is no nation under heaven that we relation to the yield of rice fields and man must pay 45 pesetas. Defaulting again appealed to by the priests, and Britons would like to M whip the ugar plantations. The people pro- In this payment, he is forced to work peculiarly susceptible to this influence, United States, unless now and then tested feebly against new Impositions, for fifteen days on the roads. Every peremptorily ordered Blanco to take under but a opposition to the government individual whose great provocation wo feel as trade does not exceed the rigorous measure of deporting 400 wo would not mind doing it Increased the rigor of the rule grew, the sale of a few betel though nuts, a basket members of the lodges. In times of peace and ourselves. and hundreds of men and women were of mangoes, or a bunch of bananas, This order was the direct cause of prosperity there may be rivalries bedeported without trial to the penal colmust pay an additional tax, as must the uprising in 1896, which began in tween ua; there may be occasional onies of the Caroline and Marianne also the natives who go from the coun Manila, and extended to Cavite, PamInternational threatening and gibing, panga, Laguna and Bulacan, but not to because we both have our share of other provinces, because of the ancient fools, but In times of national trial or rivalry of the' races, the surest safe- misfortune the dominant feeling guard of Spanish rule. This Is a fac- among Britons is that the two nations tor In the politics of the Islands that are one people. Their blood, their trathe government fully appreciates, to ditions, their history in great part, the point, Indeed, of encouraging the their characteristic virtue and their Before the con- characteristic faults, to a large ex- factional enmities. islands were tent arc all ours. the quest by Magellan Apart from the merruled by warring Sultans, and there its of the quarrel between the United' still remain vestiges of numerous States and Spain it Is impossible that tribes. men of British blood could ever wish Because of his Inactivity and apparto see the people of the United States ent Indulgence to the rebels Blanco was "fall Into the hands of Spain. Amerihalf-bree- ds tax-ws- Ba-sll-lo I denounced in Madrid by religious bodies. What exasperated the priests moat was that he refused to kill Rizal, who was by them proclaimed to be the principal factor In the rebellion. Aa a matter of fact, however, this does not appear to he true, and no Just cause was given for such summary action. The clergy sought revenge upon Rizal above everything else for his denunciation of them to the people. Rlsal's Tragic Career. Rizal was a Indian, who was brought up by the Dominicans of Manila. He went to Europe, studied medicine, law, sciences and foreign tongues, and returned to Manila honored with the highest degree of continental universities, a Freemason, and the Inexorable foe of the corrupt clergy. He was the author of a novel called "Nolle Me Tangere," In which he showed the despotic, rapacious and debauched nature of the priests of the country. This book was placed in the Index Expurgatorlus and the authors goods confiscated, his brothers deported, his aged mother banished, and himself relegated to the Island of Mindanao, entirely peopled by Mohammedans, mortal enemies of Spain. Rizal lived in this exile for several years, until he learned that physicians and surgeons were needed with the troops fighting in Cuba. He offered his services to Spain, which accepted them, and he embarked at Manila for Barcelona. When he arrived at the peninsula and was ready to leave for Havana he was arrested, sent back to Manila, summarily tried, and executed. This was the work of Governor Polavleja, who had succeeded Blanco. While was on his Journey to Spain rebellion had broken out, and the anger of the authorities against him was aroused by new charges of perfidy made by the priests, to whom Polavleja was devoted. The execution of Rizal made the rebellion more furious, and the Insurgents sought as much to avenge his death aa their wrongs Rizal to them was the martyred hero of their cause. The first victims of the rebels were the burnpriests. Their monasteries were monki for the hatred ed, and the exsought extremes of cruelty In Its pression. Not only the uneducated and superstitious elements of the population took part In the rebellion, but the' most prominent native families. Many young men ore sent each year to Madrid and pure-blood- ed MAP OF TUB CENTRAL PHIUITINB ISLANDS. The population In IS waa 9.500,000. or twice aa large aa the Dominion of Canada The natural resources are far richer than England's possessions to the north of ua.) Islands. Within recent years a means for secret meeting has been given by the Introduction of Masonic lodges, which have Increased rapidly In number and in membership. The clergy Inbrought to bear all of its Immense Madrid at both authorities with fluence and Manila for the suppression of these organizations, and so severe was the so persecution of the Free Masons and arbiof the abuse the became great trary power of alcaldes to Imprison and deport suspects that the Spanish government Issued a decree declaring that every Individual whose culpability was hours Imnot proved after forty-eigprisonment should be given his liberty. ht XduacN. It has long been a notorious fact in 8pain that generals whose influence among the people Is becoming too great for the entire comfort of the regency or who are disaffected through the constant shifting of politic are sent to Cuba or to the Philippines to make or remake their fortunes. If they return XUcm for Spain with riches out of all propor-- 1 the emoluments of their office uilta the Indiscretion of Their commissions - of marque giv try Into Manila to sell nothing more than a chicken or a fish. At one time were several weavers whose cotton cloths, much prized by the natives, had a ready and remunerative sale. This local Industry has disappeared owing to a royal decree favorable to the manufacturers of Catalonia, which permitted their goods to enter without duty. These manufacturers sent goods of an inferior quality and extraordinary cheapness and drove the native workmen out of competition. This was the only Industry known in the Philippines, and there remained only the cultivation of the fields. But the native, if owner of a rice plantation or a Add of sugarcane, almost always sells his crops standing In the field or plantation at a price which barely pays for the cost d of raising to the Chinese, who In turn sell them to the German, English or American traders at an Not satisfied with enormous profit the tributes of the rich Chinese and foreign houses, the governors Impose taxes upon the poor native landholder! which take from them everything they may gain from their crop. The governors are energetic In the collection In every village there half-bree- Rl-s- al can diplomacy Is rough, and It Is possible that the awful calamity of war might hare been averted by diplomacy of another order, but the end In view, the termination of the reign of horror in Cuba, compels our sympathies. Spains methods of colonial government are not our methods. Spains way of fighting Is not our way and all our sympathies will go with the brave soldiers and sailors of a free people fighting for the cause of humanity and struggling to extend the bounds of freeThere is one more bond of dom. union between Great Britain and the United States In connection with this war. "England" Is more than a geographical expression; to the rest of the world It Is synonymous with a type of civilization that the aliens do not love; a type characterized by civil and religious liberty; by enlightenThis ment, progress and prosperity: "Greater England Includes two great nations or common origin and common aspirations, though of diverse allegiance. The best British subject Is the man whose Ideas are broad' enough and sympathies wide enough to embrace this Greater England;"' With these two nations united' (We do not mean politically), the English type of civilization must prevail: "Naught shall make us- rue, If England to Itself do rest hut true. With the union Jack and' the stars and: stripes blended, "Come the three corners of the world In arms, And we shall shock them. Whether Englands part in the coming struggle will he a passive one remains to be seen, but at least her sympathy will keep the rest of Europe In check. - Dana reputation In Bombay. The greatest density of population in the world is claimed for Bombay, and la only disputed by Agra. The population of Bombay amounts to 760 persons per acre In certain areas, and In these sectlone the street area only Tba War and Organised Labor, From the FeUera.iuuitiL: 'ilie attitude of labor ufflous iu the Impending, struggle Leiv.ee u cur country and 8poln will furniah food for thought on the part of ttci'e superior Icings who heretofore have hail but little sympathy with the aims and purposes of labor' organizations. War among workingmen is not recognized as the beat method of promoting general welfare, but, -, experience has demonstrated that tyto ranny and oppression cs applied governments Lave seldom been over-.-1 thrown without cn srpeal to the gauge of battle. In this Instance the bond of sympathy between the citizens of the United States and the struggling lnbab-- . Hants of Cubt has nowhere found more ranks. gctlve promotion than Trades unions flourish only In coun-- 1 tries Where liberty is recognized aa natural right Instead of Jieing Inlm-- : leal to the growth and development of free government, labor organizations and in- -t keep alive a spirit of manhood dependence In their members, and tne. cause of humanity, not th greed aggression finds in the workingmens rinks Its best defenders, because they have felt the force of oppression. Spain, with her blind and barbaric system of government, crushes labor, at home and robs It abroad. In her arrogance she has for more than a generation committed outrages upqn the citizens of the United States, finally murdering the crew of the Maine in the most cowardly and brutal manner. The be recruited EitiCJ1 army frOM thelthks of toil. to th cause repeated by the flag p offreedeta. Hapy the worWng in pie will bd posioa blow the pbfliomn .t t, ty and at the same time ' t. that unionism nWans ( lrbors tfw high-mis- Kirtjrdosi.'' At the age at seventeen Mies Willard! records fa her diary this tragic announcement of the end of her romping This girlhood: It my birthday, and th date of my martyrdom. Mother Insists that at last I must have my hair She says "done up he can hardly forgive herself for letting me "run wild so long. Weve had a great time over it all, and here I alt like another Samson shorn of his strength. That figure' wont do, though,, for the greatest trouble with me is that I never shall 1m shorn again.. My "back hair is twisted up likes corkscrew; I carry eighteen hairpins; my head! aches miserably;, my feet are entangled in the skirt of my hateful' new gown. I can never jump over a fence again, so long as I live.. As for chasing the sheep down In the shady pasture, It Is out of tile question, and to climb to my eagle-nes- t' eat In the big bur-oa- k would ruin-thinew frock beyond repair. Altogether, r recognize thy fact that.? woman-fashion- ." s ocupatlona gone. A horse will live twenty-fiv- e days with out food, merely drinking water. HOW' RELIEF CAME. Fhfm Cole County Democrat effersonODy, Mu.. Wnen la grippe visited this section about years ago Harman H. Hvelor, of 8X1 htcb W. Main 8t, Jefferson Mo., waa one of tba victims. and baa since been troubled with of the diseaa. He is a the after-effecwell-know-n contractor and builder, ' ts cal work. fail and ho was obliged work. That he lives today 1 almost a miracle. Ha says: Iiwas troubled with shortness of breath, of the heart and a general Sjritation back also pained mo severely. 1 tried one doctor after another and numerous remedies suggested by my friends, bat ithout apparent benefit, and began to give 1 up hope. Then 1 saw Dr. Wi- lliams Pink Pillls for Pale People extolled in a Bt Louis 'paper, and after faveMtea tion decided to givwthem trial. a "A (ter using the first box 1! a J gSEjffid A CSmfWrfor's Dtfleutt. was satisfied that the pills were puitiug ms on the road to recovery. . I bought two more boxes and continued taking them. After taking four boxes of lr. Williams Pink Pills for rale People 1 am restored to . I feel like a new man, and Kod health. the will and energy of my former daye returned, I am capable of transacting my business with increased ambition. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for PhlaPoopla, wonderful medicine andanyene is afflicted with shortness of breath, palpi' tation of the heart, nervosa, prestratioa-angeneral debility will flwi that those! pills are the specific. Rhuuk H. Etxlxb. Subscribed and sworn .to before me a Betary Public, this 84th day of May. 1W7 Adav Pooruoao, Abtary FahNe. Mr. Eveler will gladly aaawaraa tkia if stamp is eadosed. Dr. Williams Pink PlUs curs people troubled with the of the bwwuae they act directly on the impuVs blood. They are also apeciflo for whranta. erysipelas, catarrh, rheumatism and all fflMMM dne to impure, or. lmpexarishad; . launiry-regardin- after-effe- ct The Peruvian condors wings. forty feet from; tip to. tip. . g h-To- nmu-lim- es The largest' block of merble crew sent out of East Tennessee was shipped by way of thwltnltlmore and Ohio Railroad to New England during the first liar Spirit Aron tad. week In March. It was consigned to "Why have you Norcross Bros., at East Cambridge.' Chicago News: and' it weighed 40,000 pounds! broken off with Will Kempton? "He Mae., was It near Knoxville. quarried a for weakness aecueed me of having and In hero castles man Spain, wno u ine lutuar of a brlvtat Every building Ive sympathized with Cuba right frouj occupies the first one-four- th of the whole. |