| Show THE LADRONES LADRONE 8 TAKEN the welcome news is received that the ladrone islands have been added to the war possessions of the united states the expedition for the relief of admiral dewey put in at the islands and took them without practical opposition they are an important and noteworthy addition to the prizes which have fallen to the lot of this country at the expense of spain and whatever may be their final disposition they will certainly not be relinquished until the account with their former owner is settled in full he has now nothing left lef t in the pacific but the carolines the La drones group sometimes called the marianne islands are a long rambling archipelago between latitude 12 and 21 degrees and longitude and degrees they are twelve in number and are mostly of volcanic origin rugged but picturesque being carpeted with perpetual verdure and densely wooded they have numerous hills and some mountains the valleys are fertile and contain everything necessary to the physical well being ielne of the human family only the live five southernmost wands islands are inhabited these by a race of tan tah brawny people who are said to be active and ingenious of course everything is in m a most primitive condition the population Is estimated at about the entire land area being 1200 square miles |
