Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-04-28 | Page 1 | More Surrenders

MORE SUBRZBNDERSV Ladrone Lender Rufo and Command Give Up Arms Manila April 27Cupt L V W Ken non of tho Sixth Infantry reports from tho Island of Nogros tho surrender of tho 5 ladrone leader Rufo with 15S ofllccrs and Ij 1 men of his command together with r I twelve guns JIO bolos seven spears and a few revolvers and daggers Capt Ken i non pays this surrender means the openIng open-Ing up of the whole of the southern coast of tim Island of Negros After Papa Inlo Rufo was tho moat Important ladrono r chief on the Island Ho promIses to force t Papa Isle and his few remaining followers follow-ers to surrender Pajia isle > 110 was appointed ap-pointed a Colonel In the Insurgent array by Gen Mnlvnr one year ago Al 1 farewell banquet hero to the of leers of tho I Ninth Infantry Acting Civil Governor Luke E Wright paid D glowing tribute to tho military forces Ho said thcarmv underclrcumstilnccB < if stir 1 prising difficulty had paved Iho way for J I thowork of the civil authorities and that only a few cases of friction between the C I two branches of Government had oc ctirrcdi lIe said that Gon Chanee whoso opinion might at times have differed I fronx V those of the civil I authorities had been a most loyal supporter of civil rule In replying re-plying Gen ChalIce said tho officers of the army know that their duty to tho country demanded their efforts to sustain rebellion the civil authorities and to suppress tho V