The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

gate the north coast for the protec-
tlon OF American merchantmen. part
OF MS report is as follows:
9! stopped at Corregidor islands (entrsnce
70 manila BAY and delivered your orde-s NOT
s 20 ny the insurgent flags. This was cheer
de Ia 4fi nion 10; s then proceeded to Fernando
sne lnsurgent flag flying and chief with
r1ur companies of insurgents guarding he
place. They said they had about I5O SLAMS h
prisoners. The chief and ofiSers 'v We ~,
dered on, but the chief made an excnse az !
t woulu not come, Six other officers, INCLUDING
i inS captain OF the port off first ssilu-
lating that Lieut.. Rooman should remsin
ashore while they were on board Our toats
ssr ira, them. They were received with
due respect. entertained in the cabin sbnwn
over the vessel and treated with every courie.
sy.
AT Appary we were received very gra-
clously by the insurgent chief In charEc who
gave US every information and Invited 70
visit the ship later on. but he failed to come
on, as dld the others. This may be accounted
by the fact of the heavy northeriy surf
on the coast
"At suol. near the head of Iingyan euIf
we found an insurgent lieutenant and about
Inlrty men In charge Many people came OFF
mat evening and the night. When I visited
the shore at 8 a. m. next day we we're re-
FUSED FUSED landing on the plea that they had no
more than an hour. a reinforcement Of one
oMcer ana forty men having come in we
we're we're permitted nt to Ian land and go into the
pollte, but would not allow us to go about
the place on the plea that they had teIe-
graphed to the capital city and were await
ing an answer-which answer never came
None OF the officers would come off to the
snip, seeming very suspicious OF US Num-
oers OF natives came off and seemed perfectly
az ease regarding US as friends At all
places south Of Lingyan gulf we found both
oHcefs ana natives most cordial and friendly
saying that the United States should maintain
pTotectorate over the island OF Luzon and
trade conditions should be re-esta blIsbed
There are no Spanish from Cape Engano 10
Lao. AT no place north Of Manila have hey
had force for over three months"
Capt. Wildes. Of the Boston. in his
report says his cruise was made in
company of the transport Manila to
the southwark. The native villages all
hoisted white flags on his approach.
While passing Bulak, and Takao he
saw two vessels having the appearance.
OF two Spanish gunboats. end on and
smoke rising from the funnel of one
OF them. In half an hour they were
out of sight.
Passing between Zebu and Negroes the
natives who came off said the Spanish
troops had been withdrawn from the
town of Zebu fifteen days before. ann
that q large band of insurgents were
in the vicinity burning houses and corr,
fields and were expected to enter the
town at any minute
AT Port Royalist on the 26th the Bos-
ton was boarded by an officer of the
Spanish navy with the compliments Of
the governor of the province. An Of
ficer was sent to return the boarding
call and was civilly received. The mill
tary force there was about 200 Indians,
forty or fifty Spaniards, one piece of
artillery and one gunboat Of $50 tons.
The inhabitants Of the island number
so, 600 Moors and Malays in the south
ern part, Cuyos in the northern There
were no insurrectionists. Capt. Wildes
thinks that the news of two American
warships cruising among the islands
will spread in all directions and good
effects will follow.