Show Negros Island Inhabitants Accept American Authority Manila Feb 22 While 22 While the guns gans on the city walls an au those on onboard onboard onboard board the tho ships of Ibar Admiral iral Dewoy's Deweys fleet in tho the bay fired as a s salute in honor of Washington's birthday four commissioners from tho the island 9 of N had ad an interview interview inter inter- view with Major i General Otis and informed him that tho the American l tan flag ag had bad already been raised over that island au and i that its inhabitants w were ere ready a anxious and willing willingto to accept any proposition t the 1 Ie Tho The insurgents insurgents insurgents in in- Amer Americans might offer havo have been heen driven driven- from the island entirely Although the Ilo Iloilo lo insurgents gents have havo given the tho people of oi Negros trouble in the matter of financial financial finan finan- cial demands by the rebel le leaders lel's the inhabitants of f Negros ha have hae e persistently held aloof and how stow through tho the commissioners announced announced anno anno- they thoy wanted ed tho the advice and of help of General Otis The Tho latter assured d. d them then that tho the Americans would provide do an ac ae acceptable government and in the I mean Ulean time timo he lie instructed them notto not notto notto to pay the pay the rebels i-ebels anything The Tho TheR R Negros egros commissioners ot mlis were delighted delighted delighted de de- lighted with th their ir reception The Tho United States cruiser Charlston Ch Charlston Cha- Cha is s coaling here preparatory to o starting on a cruise Tho The United States gunboat Bennington arrived y d' d here here today from the island o of Guam The Tho United States transport St. St Paul Paulh h has s arrived here e from Iloilo but hut she sho did not not bring of importance importance im im- im I tI |