The Story of the Philippines. Murat Halstead

      Captain James Cook's Great Discoveries and His Martyrdom—Character

       and Traditions of the Hawaiian Islands—Charges Against the Famous

       Navigator and Effort to Array the Christian World Against Him—The

       True Story of His Life and Death—How Charges Against Cook Came

       to Be Made—Testimony of Vancouver, King and Dixon, and Last

       Words of Cook's Journal—Light Turned on History That Has Become

       Obscure—Savagery of the Natives—Their Written Language Took

       Up Their High Colored Traditions and Preserved Phantoms—Scenes in

       Aboriginal Theatricals—Problem of Government in an Archipelago Where

       Race Questions Are Predominant—Now Americans Should Remember Captain

       Cook as an Illustrious Pioneer

      CHAPTER XXII.

      THE START FOR THE LAND OF CORN STALKS.

      Spain Clings to the Ghost of Her Colonies—The Scene of War Interest

       Shifts from Manila—The Typhoon Season—General Merritt on the Way

       to Paris—German Target Practice by Permission of Dewey—Poultney

       Bigalow with Canoe, Typewriter and Kodak—Hongkong as a Bigger and

       Brighter Gibraltar

      CHAPTER XXIII.

      KODAK SNAPPED AT JAPAN.

      Glimpses of China and Japan on the Way Home from the Philippines—Hongkong a Greater Gibraltar—Coaling the China—Gangs of Women Coaling the China—How the Japanese Make Gardens of the Mountains—Transition from the Tropics to the Northern Seas—A Breeze from Siberia—A Thousand Miles Nothing on the Pacific—Talk of Swimming Ashore

      CHAPTER XXIV.

      OUR PICTURE GALLERY.

      Annotations and Illustrations—Portraits of Heroes of the War in the Army and Navy, and of the Highest Public Responsibilities—Admirals and Generals, the President and Cabinet—Photographs of Scenes and Incidents—The Characteristics of the Filipinos—Their Homes, Dresses and Peculiarities in Sun Pictures—The Picturesque People of Our New Possessions

      CHAPTER XXV.

      CUBA AND PORTO RICO.

      Conditions In and Around Havana—Fortifications and Water Supply of the

       Capital City—Other Sections of the Pearl of the Antilles—Porto Rico,

       Our New Possession, Described—Size and Population—Natural Resources

       and Products—Climatic Conditions—Towns and Cities—Railroad and

       Other Improvements—Future Possibilities

      CHAPTER XXVI.

      THE LADRONES.

      The Island of Guam a Coaling Station of the United States—Discovery,

       Size and Products of the Islands

      CHAPTER XXVII.

      THE OFFICIAL TITLE TO OUR NEW POSSESSIONS IN THE INDIES.

      Full Text of the Treaty of Peace with Spain Handed the President of the United States as a Christmas Gift for the People, at the White House, 1898—The Gathered Fruit of a Glorious and Wonderful Victory

      CHAPTER XXVIII.

      BATTLES WITH THE FILIPINOS BEFORE MANILA.

      The Aguinaldo War Upon the Americans—The Course of Events

       in the Philippines Since the Fall of Manila—Origin of the

       Filipino War—Aguinaldo's Insolent and Aggressive Acts, Including

       Treachery—His Agent's Vanity and Duplicity in Washington—Insurgents

       Under Aguinaldo Attack American Forces—Battle of Manila,

       February 4 and 5—Heroism of American Troops in Repelling the

       Insurgents—Aguinaldo's Proclamations—Agoncillo's Flight to

       Canada—The Ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Spain by the

       American Senate Followed the Fighting—The Gallantry and Efficiency

       of the American Volunteers—Another Glorious Chapter of Our War History

      CHAPTER XXIX.

      THE AGUINALDO WAR OF SKIRMISHES.

      The Filipino Swarms, After Being Repulsed with Slaughter, Continue

       Their Scattering Efforts to Be Assassins—They Plan a General

       Massacre and the Burning of Manila—Defeated in Barbarous Schemes,

       They Tell False Tales and Have Two Objects, One to Deceive the People

       of the Philippines, the other to Influence Intervention—The Peril of

       Fire—Six Thousand Regulars Sent to General Otis—Americans Capture

       Iloilo, and Many Natives Want Peace—The People of the Isla of Negros

       Ask that They May Go with Us—Dewey Wants Battleships and Gunboats,

       Gets Them, and Is Made an Admiral—Arrival of Peace Commissioners,

       with Their School Books, Just Ahead of the Regulars with Magazine

       Rifles—The Germans at Manila Salute Admiral Dewey at Last

ILLUSTRATIONS.

       Table of Contents

      1. Frontispiece … Major-General Merritt, First Governor-General of the Philippines. 2. The President and His Cabinet 3. President McKinley 4. Secretary of State Hay 5. Secretary of the Treasury Gage 6. Secretary of War Alger 7. Secretary of the Navy Long 8. Attorney General Griggs 9. Postmaster General Smith 10. Secretary of the Interior Bliss 11. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson 12. Admiral Dewey, the Hero of Manila 13. Map of the Philippine Islands 14. Photograph and Autograph of Aguinaldo, as Presented by Him to Mr. Halstead, the Author 15. Archbishop of Manila. His Photograph and Autograph Presented to Mr. Halstead, the Author 16. Ex-Consul General Fitzhugh Lee, Now Major-General Commanding 17. Captain Sigsbee, Commander of the Ill-fated Maine 18. Brigadier-General F.V. Greene 19. Government Building in Pampanga 20. Church at Cavite 21. Masacue—Town in Cavite 22. Natives Taking Refreshments 23. Official Map of the Isle of Luzon, Prepared by War Department 24. Official Map by the War Department of the Seat of War in the Philippines 25. Murat Halstead, the Author, at Manila 26. Cathedral of Manila After Earthquake 27. Spanish Re-inforcements Crossing Bridge Over Pasig River 28. Oriental Hotel, Manila 29. The Sultan of Jolo in Mindanao 30. A Beheaded Spaniard—Sign of the Order of Katipunan 31. San Juan del Monte, Where Revolution Started 32. Brigadier-General E.S. Otis 33. Brigadier-General Thomas M. Anderson 34. Military Heroes of Santiago and Porto Rico 35. Major-General Miles 36. Major-General Shafter 37. Major-General Wheeler 38. Major-General Brooke 39. Brigadier-General Wood 40. Colonel Roosevelt 41. Naval Heroes of Santiago 42. Admiral Sampson 43. Admiral Schley 44. Captain Chadwick, of the New York 45. Captain Cooke, of the Brooklyn 46. Captain Clarke, of the Oregon 47. Captain Evans, of the Iowa 48. Captain Higginson, of the Massachusetts 49. Captain Philip, of the Texas 50. Commander Wainwright, of the Gloucester 51. Lieutenant R.P. Hobson 52. General Greene's Headquarters at Manila 53. Manila and Its Outskirts, Showing Malate 54. Principal Gate to the City 55. Loading Buffaloes