Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — REBELS RAID TOWNS. [ARTICLE]

REBELS RAID TOWNS.

West Coast of Island of Leyte in a State of Great Turmoil. ~ /- WORE OF THE TAFT COMMISSION Salaries Increased in Several Municipal Depmuqey ts—Massacre • of Spuniurd*. Manila, Oct. 11.—The west coast of ( the island of Leyte is iu a statu of tur- , moil, the rebel ladrones are actively ! plundering, raiding and attacking ; tow ns and then returning to the ! risoued towns, while the Americans “pursue Fh tin- mountains. General Mojica’s officers are surrendering and his soldiers attempting to escape to Samar In boats, are ' being captured and bis organization broken up. The captured guerillas and ladrones, when questioned, statist that on the sth Inst, thirty Americans attacked forty-five rebels, rifled ' their stronghold iu the Camarine province and rod ted them, killing ten. Two Americans were killed and three wounded. Anether Encour.t r. ■»» Twenty meji of the Thirty-second infantry, in an engagement on the 10th inst. in Satan province had one man killed anil four wounded. The Philippine commission, of which Judge Taft is flife ppesld|pnt, passed eight hills of minor importance, including one for au Increase of civil salaries of several of the municipal departments. Including the navy schqoL teachers; for the organization of the mining and forestry bureaus; appropriating $7,500 in gold for the construction of a garbage crematory at Manila, and for the reorganization of tin* Insular auditor’s office. Aik KepreiifiKfltloii. Wright’s Dill asking for $1,000,000 in gold for the completion of Spain’s plans for Manila harbor improvements elicited comment from the representative of Manila’s international chamber of commerce, to 41k* effect that, as the merchants had long been paying a special imposts fund to tills end the merchants should belong to the board controlling the construction, and that ns the United States had collected $3,000,000 in gold since the occupation by Imposts for harbor improvements, he failed to see the necessity for the appropriation of insular funds and suggested tlie use of a special fund. The discussion was deferred until Friday. Maftftfirre of Spaniards. A band of ladrones recently visited the home of an old Spaniard living about twenty miles from Masbate, and murdered tlie entire family—father and mother, six sons and six daughters. The wholesale butchery was reported to the commander of the Masbate post and a detachment of the Twenty-ninth was sent to capture the bandits. A hot fight ensued, which resulted in fifteen dead rebels and the capture of eight Titles. The Americans suffered no casualties'. American Prisoners Released. Word lias been received fro in San Miguel to the effect that two men belonging to Lieutenant Alsladtter’s party were given their liberty on parole a few days ago. They report that the lieutenant and the other prisoners arc* now in the hands of Pablo Tecson and are well cared for. - Fagau. the deserter from tin* Twenty-fourth infantry. Is supposed to have planned the.ambush. The treatment of prisoners by Tecson has been most contiuotidabU and all the reports brought from wirfifti Ins line indicate that Pablo is most humane tn his methods.