The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-24
PLAN Of IRE Filipino
First, Uncle Sans Recogni-
ton; Then His Protection
AS TO EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Manila Bay Is Being Cleaned
Up For Commerce.

Manila, Sept. "a careful investigation
OF the attempt TO poison Aguinaldo. SHOWS
that the cook Is not dead, as reported. and
that no priests are implicated, as alleged
by the insurgents Palermo. the president
of the Philippine national assembly. exag-
gerated the facts in the case. Several
Spanish cazadres were allowed TO remain
at liberty at Malalos and two Of them
were employed in Aguinaldo's aouseholo.
One Of these put packet of oxalate OF
potash powder into the soup, but the COOK
detected il Immediately and nobody was
injured a packet was also found in the
cazadro's pocket There is no reason to
believe that he had any accomplice.
The Filipino government proposed TO
send a long dispatch to President Nc
Kinley. protesting against certain alleged
Spanish mis-statements as being calcula-
ted TO undermine the friendship between
the Filipines and the Americans" but
instead of so doing, they simply sent
dispatch rendering TO the American gov
eminent and the American people, through
President Mckinley, an expression OF
''high esteem and unity Of sentiment tow
pressed peoples and opponents of liberty
and independence"
On Thursday. the Fflipinos intend to
have a. grand festival at Malolos, in cele-
bration of their independence
The Filipinos national assembly has de-
cided to request the Americans, first, to
recognize the independence of the islands;
second, to establish a protectorate over
their external affairs and TO induce the
powers to recognize their independence;
third, to appoint a join commission OF
Americans and Filipinos for the arrange
ment of details TO "reciprocate the Amer
leans service
PLOTS OF THE PRIESTS.
New York, Sept. 23-A dispatch 30 the
Herald from Manila says:
The schemes of the Spanish clerical
party have divided the Filipinos almost
beyond the hope of reconciliation.
On Sunday, when the archbishop of
Manila went to Caco, to administer the
rite of confirmation, a party of rebels
attempted TO kidnap the relate. The sue
cess of the plot was only prevented by
the interference of the American soldiers
who are stationed there. The purpose of
the kidnapers was to take the archbishop
to Mololos where Aguinaldo is holding
four Spanish priests as prisoners. Seven
Filipnos were detected yesterday at San
ia Ana with money received from some
Spanish priests. They were arrested on
direct order from Aguinaldo, despite the
protest of Pho Pillar. the commander in
chief of the district. They will be shot
tomorrow.
BAY CLEARED FOR BUSINESS.
San Francisco, Sept. 23.-An Associated
Press correspondent. writing from Manila
under date of August 80, says:
The work of setting the wheels of bust
ness in the harbor of Manila in motion has
been intrusted to Captain Henry Glass,
of III eCharleston. One of the first duties
was that of taking an inventory of all the
shipping that fell into Admiral Deweys
hands on the 18th instant This includes
everything af1oat, either on the bay or
river, which means radius of forty miles
and its value is about S1.500,000. To aid
Captain Glass and Lieutenant Brauner-
sreuther in the work, five officers were de-
tailed from Admiral Dewey's feet. En-
sign Moffet has been busy with guncotton
and dynamite blowing up the wrecks that
were sunk in the Pasig river and the
outer harbor. and of the twenty or thirty
wrecks in the river nearly all have been
destroyed so that ships drawing fifteen
feet Of water may now enter and come
TO the wharves. Lieutenant Mcmillan.
late of the an Francisco photographic
Office, is in charge of the weather bureau.
huoys and lights and the photography of
the harbor generally.
The shipping in the river is under Lieu
tenant Marcus Miller and Lieutenant NJ
F. Wall is the boarding and berthing off,
Ger. Lieutenant ]. T. Myers, of the ma
rine corps, is in charge of all the prizes
The natives are rushing to the office Of
the captain of the port with all sorts Of
complaints, so that the place is at once
a Justice court, and entry and clearing