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Show I I I FILIPINO INSUPGLNTS OF SJUTIILRN SAMAR '"" MASSACRE COMPANT C. NINTH U. S. INFANTRY. Of a Company of ScvcniyTwo, Fori)-E!ghl arc Killed and Eleven of the Twenly-'Four Survivors VajndtcJ Attack Mlt While Men Were Eatin Thrir Brrakfatt The wer department Monday re-eelved re-eelved the following dlapaleh from Oeneral Chaffee at Manila; "Tweoly-four men, company C. Ninth regiment, t'nlted Mutee Infantry, Infant-ry, wounded, have Ju.t arrived from llalanglgo, reinalnder company killed. Ineurgente aecured all company anp-pllra anp-pllra and all rifle. except twelve. Company Com-pany waa attacked during break'aal morning September 2Mth- company acventytwo alnmg; oflliere, Thomaa W. Connell, raptaln; IMward A. Iluinp-ne, Iluinp-ne, Ural lleutenniit; Ilr It. H. (iri.-wold, (iri.-wold, major atirgron, among killed. "fiiArraa." The newa created a ae mat Ion In ofll clal clrelea at WaahlngUin. It waa tha flrat aevere reverae thnt haeocenrred for a long time. HUH the olliciala were not unprepered for nowa of Juat thie character from Hamar, In which the revolution etarted by Agulnaldo atlll eontlnuaa. The Iron pa were attacked, while an. prepared, by 4'H) bolomen of whom thai American, killed about 140, Many of the aoldlere were ' killed In their qaartere before they had time to graap their rlflee. Ueneral llughea la going to the ecene of the dlaa.ler and will pereonally command the troope. A new branch of the Katlpnnan haa beea dlaoovered at Tarlao, capital of tha province ol that name. Tha object of tha aoclely la tha alaughter of the whltea Maroellno Marlvllle, preaideot of Ilsnoang, Is the chief of the new branch, which Include, number, of the native conetabulary, who were recently recent-ly armed. One policeman admits that be wee tesed a dollar aud waa ordered to make boloa. A regular collection haa been made by the organlratlon from the natives, either by persuasion or threats, and an uprising had been planned for an early data, Kamer Is a country about as large ae the stale of Ohio, and the American forces of occupation number in all between be-tween Soon and SWU men. Thene are distributed among various poaU In the Island, a largo number b-.lug h .rated at the mure Important Centers. Spain never made eny efforta lo occupy Hamar, Ha-mar, and It only has been for probably three monthe past that the United Stales haa undertaken that work. The latest report made by Oeocral llughea to tha war department was that Ihe num tier of In.nrgent rlflee lo Ihe lalaud aggregated about 300. The Klllpplnoe carried on a guerrilla warfare, war-fare, and operations egslnst Ihsm were difficult. The disaster to eompsny C occurred, it la believed, while It wae engaged la so expedition lo clear the country of roving bende of theee Insurgents. The fact that tha Americans were attacked while at breakfast Indicates tliedsrlng and plnek of Ihe Insurgents. Fourteen of the twenty-four who es-csped es-csped bear painful woonde. |
