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SLAVERY IN PHILIPPINES. ? - The Institution Said to Exist There. That the truth relative to the insti utoin of slavery in the Philippines -jfelands has been willfully suppresed is ^ matter of official record. For what reasons such suppressions ?of actual conditions has been made is perhaps best indicated by a paragraph in a cornmuniction sent by Maj. J. N. Morrison, judge advoctae, United .States army to Washington, during the late presidential campaign. Maj. Mor? rison is one of the highest legal au? thorities in the army organization. The paragraph follows : "I do not intend to write about it <the conditions which form the sub? ject matter of this article) to any one in the United States until it is too late for any one there to mention it "before the election, but I cannot afford ^o let certain letters go unanswered longer than that. Of course, I am not vain enough to suppose that it would be mentioned as a political matter or anything of that sort, but I can imagine how it might work its .way into publicity in the heat of a political campaign, such as you are probably having in the United States this year. I have fool friends as well as every? body else. And the same feeling of delicacy 'prompted Brigadier-General William A. Kobbe, commanding the Depart? ment of Mindanao and Jolo to publish to the world, in his official report, purporting to give the facts regarding slavery, this information: Slavery, as the term is usually un ? derstoocLj does not exist among them (the people of this territory. ) They undoubtedly hold what, for the want of a better term, may be called slaves, but is difficult or impossible to distin? guish these from their dress, manner of living or association from other Moros. This is less true of the Jolo .archipelago than of Mindanao, but in \ both places male slaves may be said to be the retainers or followers of him who claims to own them, who render him service in war and. with this pos? sible exception, receive greater bene? fits from him than he from them. This report was made by General Kobbe after he had received a lengthy, voluminous and accurate report from ?.Major Morrison coveringg the real slavery conditions. This report was .exactly contrary to the published statement of the general for months .Major Morrison had worked on this situation. He had taken the pains to :get his facts first hand, from the peo? ple themselves and after concluding .his research, the major carefully com? mitted the results to writing and handed his report to the adjutant ? general of the Department of Minda? nao and Jolo Upon this report the general's state? ment in his official repon; was supposed to have been founded. Whether or not it was so based may best be ascertained from the report it? self. Major Morrision said : And, in addition to that, is the /question of actual, individual slavery. Slavery exists among all of the peo? ples <of this island, and is a recognized where they do not it is the rule among some of the people for the offspring to belong to the owner of the father, while with others they belong to the .owner of the mother. Ia the majori? ty, if not in all of the slaves states of the United States the offspring of slaves belonged to the owner of the ? .mother. Among the Christian Visayans on this island, slaves over 21 years old .who become Christians are liberated by direction of the Catholic priests after they shall have been baptized by them. 'As was also the case in the former -slave states of the United States, owners do not have the right to kill slaves because they belong to them. I ?ni not quite sure that this is the -case everywhere here, but thevopinion 3 haw formed from what I have learn, ?ed is that it is. Moros enslave Moros ras well as pagans, and pagans enslave pother pagans. But I do not think that there are any pagans who enslave people of their own tribe, except in eases where bad men steal the children of others, and run them off and sell tbeox to Moros or Christians or to juagares of other tribes. Among the .people uewiy enslaved the boys and ?gir?s seil for more than men and wo? men do, unless the women have chil? dren that are enslaved, and which they will not run away from and leave in slavery. The men are very apt to escape, and therefore sell for very little. Twenty-five dollars Mexican is about the average price for a good boy or giri, according to my information. ^Men are of so little value that I am told that those who fall into the hands of slaw takers along with woman and children are apt to be killed rather than taken. If they are taken along with the women and children they are apt to give trouble by trying to get the latter back again. It will be noted that there is the ?widest possible discrepancy between the official report made by General Xobbe and the careful official report upon which his slavery information must have been, of necessity, based. If there is any of the old abolition institution among ail of them, includ? ing the Christian Visayans, but ex? cepting the Zamboangenians. And .yet there are a few Zamboangenians whose homes are here, and who own -and hold slaves at other places. I am aware that it is thought by many intelligent Americans here that .slavery does not exist here in the form of the negro slavery in some of the .states of the United States prior to the war of the rebellion. But that is beyond question a mis? take. I have seen many slaves and have in? vestigated the status of a good many cases, and in regard to the customs of ?all of the different peoples. For instance : A person-man, wo? man or child-will be captured in war or kidnapped (privately and secretly or otherwise) in time of absolute peace : or one person will owe another a debt that he fails to pay and the creditor will thereupon take the debtor's child -son or daughter-or his sister or brother as a slave. These are the usual methods of converting free peo? ple into slaves but not the only ones. And when a slave is obtained in any way he is simply the property of the owner. The owner will find him and otherwise take care of him. It is to his interest to do so for the same rea? son that it is to his interest to take care of a horse or a carabao that be? longs to him i.e. because he is his and is property that has a value. The owner is entitled to the whole of the slave's time and service and has a right to force him to perform service of any kind that it is practicable for him to perform : and, of course is mas? ter of him and controls his coming and eroing, requires him to go or be near him whenever he desires to have him. The master has the same right to sell him that he would have to sell a horse and they are constantly being bought and sold everywhere on the^ isl? and except among the Zamboangenians in the Zamboanga district. The offspring of slaves belong to the masters of the parents. Generally in this island the father and mother be? longs to the same person, and in case spirit left in the American people, they will probably do a great deal of think? ing over this portion of the foreign situation-unless they have reached the conclusion that the position taken by their fathers some thirty-five years ago was a serious mistake. Evidently the rear-end amendments to the constitution do not follow the flag.-Chattanooga Times July 23. How Aguinaldo was Captured. After talking with Tal Placido and Segovia for fifteen or twenty minutes, I gave orders that the newly arrived men be -allowed to fall out and go to rest in the quarters which had been prepared for them,-says Emilo Agui? naldo in Everybody's Magazine. Cap? tain Segovia immediately left the house and returned to the place where his men were drawn up waiting for him. As he came up to them Sego? via, in a loud voice, gave an order which we did not hear distinctly and did not j understand. Instantly his men began ! to shoot at the soliders of my guard, j taking them completely by surprise. When the firing began, not suspect? ing any plan against myself, I thought it was a salute with blank cartridges, and having this in mind, I ran to the window and cried out several times, ''Cease firing." But seeing that the firing continued, and that the bullets from the rifles of the attacking party were directed against me as well as against the soldiers of my guard, for the first time realiezd that the new? comers were enemies. I hurriedly left the window and ran into another room in the hope of finding some means of escape, but saw at once that the house was already surrounded. Then I seiz? ed a revolver, intending to defend my? self. Dr. Barcelona threw both arms around me, crying out, "Don't Sac? rifice yourself. The country needs your life." Thus I was prevented from carrying ont my intention. Col? onel Villa ran from the house in an attempt to break through the lines of the enemy and rally our men, but he was shot i-hree times and finally taken prisoner. When the firing commencei, Tal Placido threw himself down on the floor to avoid the bullets, but now he got up and told us that we were pris? oners of the Americans, who, he said, were on the other side of the river with four hundred American soldiers, and would soon be here. Just at this time several of Tal Placido's soldiers came into the house shouting, "Hur? rah for the Macabebes!" and sur? rounded Barcelona and myself. A lit? tle later five Americns, all armed with carbines, came into the room where we were. They came up to us, and one of them asked, "Which of you is Aguinaldo?" As soon as I had been identified by the Americans I was placed, with Dr. Barcelona and Colonel Villa, in of the rooms of the house, and guards were posted at all the windows and doors, under com? mand of one of the Americans. The other four Americans then began to search the house for whatever papers and documents might be there. We were then informed that our cap? tors were General Funston, Captains Newton and Hazzard, and Lieutenants Hazzard, and Mitchell. The next morning, March 24th, I had a conference with General Funs ton, in which I was told by him that on the next day there would arrive in the bay of Palanan a warship which would take us to "Manila. In the course of the day he informed me of the plan which had resulted in our capture-a fate which I had believed would never befall me. It appears that my messenger, Pr?vate Segis? mundo, fell into the hands of General Funston, and the letters wrhich he car? ried suggested to the general the plan which was subsequently carried out so brilliantly. The letter which I had received on the 20thT and which I sup? posed had come from General Lakuna, ws a forgery executed with the great? est cleverness. It was complete in all its details, even bearing the seal of Lakuna, and there never occurred to me the least suspicion of its authen? ticity. I had not the slightest doubt from that time up to the instant of the commencement of the attack which ended in my capture. It was a bold plan, executed with skill and clever? ness in the face of difficulties which, to most men, would have seemed insur? mountable. Columbia, July 23.-Upon the pre? sentation of a very strong petition Gov. McSweeney today commutted to life imprisonment in the State peni? tentiary the death sentence imposed upon Daisy Cicero, a negro woman con? victed of murder in the county of Fairfield. She was convicted of the murder of her husbandd at the June term of court and sentenced to be hanged on August 9 by Judge Gage. Little Rock, Ark., July 26.-Charles Anderson, colored, was publicly hanged here today for criminal as? sault on a white woman one year ago. When the black cap was placed over the man's head scores of negro women became frenzied with excitement and rent the air with their screams as they rolled upon the lawn of the State house yard adjacent to the place of execution. The recent legislature en? acted law requiring rapists to be pub? licly executed. Manning, July 26.-An unknown negro, said to be an escaped convict, burglariously entered Alderman's store at Alcolu last night and stole a pistol and six watches. He passed here and sold two watches, and was killed at Foreston by Capt. Barnes awhile resisting arrest. Intendant Sprott had arrested him and he es? caped, and in the second attempt to arrest him he drew a pistol and was shot with a gun. Bradstreet's Report. New York. July 26.- Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Hot and dry weather in the great surplus grain producing regions west of the Mississippi river has furnished the leading topic of trade and specula? tive discussion this week. Cereal rices quickly responded to the flood of bad reports, and stocks were corres? pondingly weaker, but good rains in the spring wheat and northern corn belt later on caused reverse movements and the growth of a better feeling. Produce, particular butter, vegetables and eggs, notes the effect of unfavor? able crop and weather conditions and is high and of poor quality, while canned goods are in active consump? tion and tend upward. Sugar is irre? gular in prices for refined, while raws are firmer. Other trade developments are rather more cheerful in tone. Heat and needed rains have materially improved the cotton crop outlook, and the tone of advices from the South is better than for some weeks past, though the corn crop in the central southern states is reported suffering from earlier heat and drought. While heat has operated as a disturbing feature in some sections, it is likewise noted that dry goods jobbers are in receipt of considerable orders for summer wear from other sections of the country. The steel strike is apparent-y regarded as of less importance than it was a week ago, and the petering out of the coal mine firemen's and the machi? nists' strikes have resulted in resump? tion of work in many lines. Building is aetive, and while pine lumber tends upward, boots and shoes are. moving into consumption in large quantities: textiles are quite steady in tone, and the strength of foreign demand for our wheat makes it probable that exports of .this cereal will go far to replace smaller shipments of other grains. Business failures in the United States for the week were 199. as against 1S3 this week a year ago. Can? adian failures for the week number 32. Elko. Nev., July 26-A heavy shock of earthquake was felt here 2.20 this p. m. The vibrations lasted three or four minutes. Cleveland. July 26.-Amid the en? thusiastic cheers of nearly ten thou? sand people Cresceus. the world's champion trotting stallion again demonstrated that he is the peer of all trotters by trotting a mile this af? ternoon over the Glenville track in 2.0234. New York, July 24.-A tugboat while cruising off Sandy Hook Mon? day, fell in with the barkentine Man? nie Swan from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with about 1,200 tons of sugar on board. The tug hailed the Swan, which de? clined to be towed into port. Capt. Higgins explained that he would stand *'on and off" this port until Friday when he will enter with his vessel. He said that in remaining outside he would save the consignees of his cargo many thousands of dollars because to? morrow President McKinley's procla? mation declaring the establishment of civil government in the territory of Puerto Rico goes into effect and this manifesto will institute free trade be? tween the island and the United States. Savannah, Ga., July 24.-The oil mill and guano factory at Washington, Ga., is reported to have been sold to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical com? pany. The property will be transfer? red in about ten days. The price paid is not known. These mills are among the largest in the State, outside of a city. #&ttlk\lr tybi****-*** <*ui*4^ ? Three Papers a Week f FOR ABOUT T^? PRICE OF 0/M?. This paper and thc Atlunta Twicer Week journal for Here you get the news of the world and all your local news while it is fresh, paying very lictle more than one paper costs. Either paper is well worth $i.00T but by spe? cial arrangement we are en? abled to put in both of thom, giving th re? papers a week I for this low price. You can- % not equal this anywhere else, | and this combination is the ?. best premium for those who f want a great pap?r and a ? home paper. Take these and ? you will keep up with the % times. 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