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Show PRIZED OLASS RINQ RECOVERED Meat. AMtnedar's WkU 1'olnt Ktultlsiu Wm Htoien ,y I'llIplioH. "I.icut. Prod Alstnetter, now on duty at Port Leavenworth, had nn unusual un-usual oxperlonco whllo in tho Philippines," Philip-pines," said Percy H. Longloy of Tr pokn, Kan. "Alstnetter was takon prisoner by tho Filipinos soon nftcr tho war broke out over there. Ho was protty well treated, but was closely watched. His possessions, Including his class ring, a memento of his llfo at West Point, wero taken nwny from him. Tho cadet, and later tho officer, always prizes his ring highly, nnd it is tradltlonnl that ho must never allow it to go out of his possession, oxcopt when ho lends It to his sweothcart or his wlfo. "Alstaettor was kept a prisoner for sovoral months nnd finally wa3 exchanged. ex-changed. His possessions, In the meantimo, had apparently disappeared. Last fall a negro who had descrtod from tho American army was captured with a bunch of Filipinos. Wheii ho wub brought into camp a heavy gold Jlng, with a hugo sotting and coat of arms, was found on his finger, which had to be cut off before tho ring could bo removed. It happened that a young officer recognized tho ring as Alstaot-tor's, Alstaot-tor's, who, In tho meantimo, hnd como back to this country. "When Gen. Funston stnrted back, tho ring was given him to deliver to Its ownor. Whon Funston was takon sick on tho coast," says tho Washington Washing-ton Post, "ho turned It over to another officer who was coming to Kansas, and n fow days ago It was placed In Al-stnetter's Al-stnetter's hands." |