Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1899 — FILIPINOS DITCH A TRAIN. [ARTICLE]

FILIPINOS DITCH A TRAIN.

Two Americans Arc Kilted— Gea. Otirf* Plan Fails. A party o& Filipino insurgents ditched a railroad train a mile and a half south of Angeles Friday morning and then opened fire upon the derailed cars from a bamboo thicket close to the track. Two Americans were killed and five others wounded. laeut. Lome and five of his scouts, who were on the train, made a vigorous defense and caused the enemy to»flee. Six dead rebels were afterward found in the thicket from which the rebel fire came. Gen. Wheaton, with six companies. proceeded from Calulet to the relief of the train, but his services were not needed. Word has reached the War Department showing that Gen. Otis has sought to imitate the policy employed in Cuba Of buying Filipino a rats, and that his efforts have been unsuccessful. The natives were given to understand that upon the surrender of a gun the militaiy authorities would pay the person surrendering iL S4O and guarantee him immunity from arrest for previous armed ojtposition to the United States and protection for the future. Notwithstanding this tempting offer not one bona fide surrender of a gun is reported. A dispatch from Manila Thursday contained the information that the Fifty-first lowa volunteers bad sailed for the United States on the transport Senator.