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Show I. TREACHERY OF THEMMB FightYith 4he Constabulary. in.Saniar the Result, of a Native Plot. ' T ... ChlefSj Expressed a Wish That Their Party Be Photographed and'Then ' Treacherously Attacked the American SoldTers. V" ft Manila. According tlJ advices received re-ceived hero the rocont light at Ma. aon, Snmnr, between 'tlid constabulary constabu-lary in'd l'ulajanes was, the result ot the base treachery on the part of the natives. As a result of the fight, thirty PulajancM wcro killed aiul sixteen of tho constabulary killed and wounded. A dispatch received from Captain Jones of the constabulary at Magtaon says that on Mnrch 21! Governor Curry, Cur-ry, Judge Lohlnger and Superintendent Superintend-ent of Bchools I,toovcr arrived there and camped .over night near .tho Puln-janes. Puln-janes. Tho, presence of tho officials wob made known to tho rebellious natives, na-tives, nnd ,thelr leader aunounccd that ho would Surrender his forco tho next day. As u result of this promise the Americans returned to tho town of Magtaon, accompanied by Colonel I Agulllar, another l'ulajane chief. I The next day, Saturday morning, I four chiefs, of I he Pulnjnnos, with I over 100 men and fourteen nuns, up- I pcaretl at iMugtaou nnd lined up In I front of tho constabulary barracks. I Between thd .barracks and tho I'ula- I Janes stood the group of American of- I flclnls. I Ono of the chiefs expressed a wish I that his party ho photographed in tho I act of surrendering, and Superintend- I cut Hoover, In compllnnco with tho re- I quest, was adjusting his camera when I tho Fulajanes' leader blew a whistle I and gavo an order to advance. Tlic Ientlro party of natives thereupon rushed upon tho American officials, who escaped to tho Magtaon river and sWam to the opposlto bank. When the treachery of tho natives was apparent ap-parent Ute constabulary Immediately opened II ro and a flcrco tight ensued, In which tho constabulary gained a declslvo victory. The l'ulajanes wcro chased to tho mountains, but the pur-finer pur-finer lost inoro guns than thoy cn-tured. |