Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — BEBEL PLOT BALKED. [ARTICLE]

BEBEL PLOT BALKED.

—r J"?-/ -- BOMBS AND FIRE.AOMS DISCOVERED IN MANILA. Insurgents Intended to Kill Foreign Consuls Hoped Thereby to Create International Complications Lawton's Funeral Furnished Opportunity, FSput explosive bombs] some firearms nr»d 500 rounds of nmtnimition' werq fopnd'pa 4 houpe ip, the ctenter of Manila ’ Stinday morning while [the police Were "toffEing for “Tlccarfe,' the w;ho Was said tq have gone tq Manila in tfie hope of effecting tin onthteak Saturday by taking advantage of the mobilisation of the American troops at Gep. Lawton’s funeral. It was learned that the plot included the throwing, of bombs among the fqreign consuls attending thb ceremony tn order to bring about iiiteruational complications. • These, it seeu/s, were to have been thrown from tj»e Escolta’s - high but' the avoidance of the J£scoTta by the fuperal procession spoiled the plan.

The populace, it is thought, had been prepared for the attempt by a rumor circulated widely,among the natives that Aguinaldo was in Manila and would personally lead the outbreak. The Afiierican authorities, having beep advised 6f what was brewing, prepared for all contingencies. _ i . . ; Capt. Morrison, who commands the troops in the most turbulent district Of the city, says he does not believe an actual uprising will ever occur, as the natives lack tie resolution to take the first steps in a movement that would eqtail fighting at close quarters with the American troops. *’ Au advance in Cavite province, south of Manila, is expected (diortiy. -r Reliable, reports from native spies show that there are upward of 2,000 organised itisurgfthts undefSirms' Within a mile of Imus. They are strengthening their intrenchments and possess artillery. j Rebelo Garri#an Small Towns. At Xovdlcta the Filipino im'r6hchments have been much strengthened since Gen. Schwan’s advance- A thousand of the qnefiiy are in that vicinity and there are (WO' dt’Rnn Fraitciseo de Malabon. Frojm bwelve td’lOW garrison 1 ail the-' towns in the southerh part of Cavite province and t|ip may be said of the towns in Batangas province.

The provinces of North Camarines ami South- Cftmiirines hold ' quantities of hemp, which the people cannot market. Ab n poijsentience the pppqlation in that part of Luzon is suffering from lack pf food. Ribe now iaist’rf. foiir tijnes its normal price. It is estimated that T,-000 insurgents are intrenched at Cptatnba. Reports have also lieen received that 2,0(X) insurgents are massed at Moqnt Arayat. having strong positions which command steep and narrow trails Arid 1 that they are prepared tii roll bowlders' down upon advancing.troops. ; i ’ Life along the coasts of the provinces of Cagayan -and North and South llocos is resiunfnjr nWmal conditions. The American troops occupy .the important towns and patrol the country rdgds. The natives implore the Araerii’ahs to continue the oceupaLiob, to establish a settled government and to terminate the upcertainty, nbpses and confiscations that have characterized the rnle of the Tagalo revolutionists during the' last eighteen months.