Show CAPTURED four more americans taken prisoners by the Filipino sj sen otis censors a dispatch which tells of insurgent Activity He issues an order in favor of catholic idea of marriage new york dec 30 A dispatch to he new york herald from manila says six men of the signal corps were at ached thursday at talavera Ta levera east of harlac by a force of insurgents and four of them were either killed or captured A dispatch stating that the filipinos were the entire longayan Ll coast from vigan to san jacento in small bands and that aleut J C all etiore and the members of the cruiser York towns crew who are prisoners of the rebels had been separated and were with insurgent bands in the northern mountains was censored by gen on the ground that he bad contrary information tho strength 0 the insurgents at Ma caused surprise to the americans merchants here are anxious to have the campaign in province begun so that it may bo the sooner finished and the sorts be opened to trade gen otis recent decree authorizing civil marriages makes no provision for divorce only the catholic reasons for separation are recognized in the order girls 12 deais old and boys of 14 are permitted to marry with the consent ot their parents but otherwise they must be 21 years old in order to remove any doubt of the status of protestant marriages performed during the last year by army where one of the contracting parties was a catholic gen order was made retroactive native women who have married soldiers without catholic rites have been ostra cased by their relatives justice arellano requested the omission of a divorce clause from the decree because 0 the belief of the filipinos that the marriage tie cannot be broken |