| Show PLAN MURDER Of I Outbreak of Filipinos In Ma Manila Manila t nila i a Avoided 4 I I WERE TO THROW W BOMBS AMONG THE CONSULS CON Time Set Was During General Law Lawtons Lawtons Lawtons tons Funeral But Change In the Route of the Pro Procession cession sion ce frustrated ted the Scheme Schema of the Insurgents American Ad Advance Advance Advance vance In Cavite Province nce Being Arranged Per In Force There and Said S d to Bs Pu Well En Entrenched n trenched 4 I Manila Dee SI Four explosive bombs a few nat and 50 0 rounds of ammunition W wem B in a ahouse ahouse house in ill the c eit of Manila this morning while the die UI polite pollee were seeking I Recarte the leader who was said d to o have bave come coins to Manila in the hope of effecting an outbreak yesterday by taking advantage of the mobilization tion of tile the American troops at General Lawtons IW ton funeral I Today it developed d eloped that the plot In Hi eluded the throwing of bombs among the foreign consuls eon attending the cere dere ceremonies I monies in 10 order to bring being about inter international International national complications These It seems i I were to have been bee thrown front from th th Es cottas high but the avoid id avoidance man ance of or the by the funeral fune t pro processions processions I cessions spoiled I the ti plan I The populace it 10 is thought had been heart prepared for fur the attempt by a rumor I circulated widely among niong the natives yesterday thai Chat t NT Aguinaldo was fn fit n Ma Manila MaI I nUn mIa and would w ld possibly lead the out outI outbreak I break br k The American authorities hav hay having having ing lag been advised fit t f what was brewing prepared for fOIl all aJI I Captain Morrison who commands the troops in the most meet turbulent district of this city says he does not oot believe an I actual uprising will wiil ever occur as the natives lack the resolution to take the first ste step e in a movement that would entail fighting at close quarters with the American troops American Advance Expected An American Advance in Cavite province province I ince inca 9 er of Manila Man n 0 is expected short shortly shortly shortly ly Reliable labIe reports report from native sources show strow that there re are upward of 2000 I organized organised insurgents under und acme arme a mite mille of or They They are strengthen strengthening I ing In their and possess ar tU artillery tUI tillery I At tho Filipino entrench entrenchments ments ts hv have been much strengthened since nemI G advance A thousand of the e eny y are In that vi vicinity chilly and anti h u aj at San Fran Francisco cisco de Malabon From twelve to i will garrison On all the towns in the south southern lern I I era ern part art of at Cavit province and the tM same sate may be ae Id d of the tate towns in Bata ata ganas province The Tha province df if North and South hold bold Quantities of hemp which the people cannot mar market market marhut ket hut As a 8 tie the t e population in that part of Luzon Lu is suffering from lack of rood food Rica Rine now costs four times its pride It Is estimated c ted that 1000 insurgents in u are entrenched at Ca Ce lamb I have be n received that 2000 Insurgents in are re massed at Mount Arm Arra having havi a strong position po which oo C and narrow trails trans and that tha they are prepared to roll ron bonders down clown upon B B g troops Lire Life the coasts co of t f the provinces of otC arid and North and South is nomal conditIons The American troops the important 1 CC Continues on Page 2 2 Continued from page L 1 towns and the roads The natives Implore the Americans to continue the occupation to establish a settled government and to terminate the tho uncertainty abuses and tons tlona that have characterized time the rule of the revolutionists during he hie last eighteen months Vast amounts of tobacco estimated to be worth are ready for ship shipment shipment ment to Manila The opening of th thi ports of San and Aparri tomorrow will per permit mit mt the resumption of trade bringing relief to communities greatly hi In need of foodstuffs Many vessels have al already ready cleared front from Manila for these ports Spanish prisoners declare that Aguinaldo has ordered the release of all Spaniards now in possession of the rebels The mountain passes of and the two fleece are still guarded In the hope of catch catching catching ing the Insurgent general Tine Tino who i still a a fugitive It is taa tha Lieutenant is In Tinos cus eus custody tody Pears He Be Will Be Assassinated The transport has iia arrived a at Manila bringing General is ii much grieved at being supplanted d y Colonel Hood as military governor of province He hesitates t land because he looks upon Manila af afa 4 a nest of insurgents who vho may noite nate him because he surrendered Ca Cx sayan gayan He says that Colonel Hood ar ai arrived rived the presidents of all 11 the towns IB i ithe the province repaired to Aparri and begged hint him to continue them hi in theM positions saying also that the natives desired to be rid of the present of th the 1 the friars and the colored American soldiers toward whom they entertained a violent antipathy sick out of Major Bach Bache Bachelors lots lors command of are coming to Manila The Thomas Leaves Manila Washington Dec 31 The departure of the transport Thomas from Manila yesterday with the remains of Major General Henry Lawton Lawten aboard was aw an announced in a dispatch received at the war department from General Otto Otis to today today day The vessel comes to the United States via Nagasaki She also ha has aboard the remains of the late Major John A Logan |
