The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-23
Arrival OF the Transport Rio de JAN
Men from the Far East.
TROUBLE WITH INSURGENTS
AGUINALDO'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS
THE UNITED STATES.
Some of the Chiefs Followers Indig-
nant Because Admiral Dewey
Seized Their Vessels.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22.-The transport
steamer Rio de Janeiro arrived to-day from
Manila with 40 sick and "a discharged SOL
diers on board The following seven men
died on the trip over:
Elliott Ordway Company III, Oregon.
E. F. Fiske, hospital corps. First Cali
fornia.
II. A. Stude. Company F, First California
J. Glover, Company A, First Nebraska.
F. W. Tucker. Company c.. Twenty-thrd
Infantry.
L. D. Passmore. Company G. First Ne
braska-
H. d. Shutter, Aston Battery.
Fiske was a well-known dentist of this
city.
All Of the dead were buried at sea except
Ordway, Fiske and Shutter. The vessel
was sent to quarantine this afternoon, ard
upon examination by the quarantine Of
ficers the sick soldiers were transferred to
the division hospital at the Presido where
they are being cared for. The officers who
arrived are: Lieutenant Colonel Bailey.
Eighteenth United States; Major Wads-
worth quartermaster's department.; Capt.
Murphy. First Idaho; Captain Mccain,
Fourteenth Infantry; Lieutenant Moore.
Second Oregon; Lieutenant Bunker, TI.ir-
teenth Minnesota. All officers and men
aboard are convalescent. and improving rap
idly except Private w. S. johnson, Company
ID, First Colorado, who has typhoid.
The Rio de Janeiro brought the following
to the Associated Press, dated Manila, Sept.
90 The Philippine congress has been in ses-
sion since Thursday, Sept. 10. The first
thing decided on was that the Philippine
republic should not countenance any policy
whereby Spain would have anything fur
ther to do with the island, and would resist
by force of arms any such master.
When interviewed on Sept. Ii, Aguinaldo
stated that his army consists Of 1900 in
surgentS regularly armed and equipped with
modern weapons. and that he had some
nine thousand prisoners of var at This time,
including the larger portion now being held
in the vicinity of Manila He stated that
an army of 100000 could easily be raised to
fight for the cause of independence, ADDING
that indeed, the whole population is will
ing to fight for the cause of independence,
and would oppose any European power task
ing possession
When asked how it was that some ma
tives openly declare themselves in favor of
annexation to America he stated that ma
tives who profess to favor annexation are
inSincere in what they say They ere
merely trying to ascertain the general SEN
timent or intentions of the Americans. He
expressed himself as entertaining the great
est friendship for the American people, add
ing that he hoped there would be no trouble
between the republic of the Philippines and
the republic of America. He entertains the
idea that America and the Philippines are
two sister republics allied together and
fighting a common enemy-the SpaniardS.
lie thinks the, American mission mere III
these islands has been accomplished by the
destruction of the Spanish fleet end the
forcible surrender of the city of Manila, and
expects that the Americans will soon with
draw their forces, leaving the insurgents
to go over and control the islands.
For some time past the insurgents have
been diSarming Americans passing through
their lines, but Aguinaldo disclaimed hav-
ing authorized such conduct on the part of
his men. Aguinaldo's attention was called
to the incident of Sept. 8. when the Penn
sylvania regiment proceeded to establish a
new outpost some distance beyond the
former one within the lines of the in
surgents, and an insurgent company OBJ
jected to it being done. The captain of
the company nearly precipitated hostilities
by ordering the Americans to withdraw
within twenty minutes and issued orders
to mis- men to intimidate the American Of
ficer to obey his order to withdraw, and
further by refusing to allow the reinforce
ments which had been sent for to reach
the outpost. Aguinaldo was very emphatic
in stating that the Filipino who thus at
tempted to obStruct the movements of the
Americans was only pretended officer Of
connected Herewith. The local Governor
and military commander, Pho Barican, ex-
planned to Major Hale, who had ordered out
the whole Pennsylvania regiment upon
surgent, that the insurgent captain had ex-
ceeded his authority in ordering the Amer
leans to withdraw, and stated that he had
Inexperienced his orders.
1t is generally reported about Manila
that many insurgents are not in sympathy
with Aguinaldo and do not include them
selves among his followers Aguinaldo de-
MED having received any order or request
remove his troops to a prescribed distance
beyond the fixed city limits of Manila and
Cavite. and further declined to state
whether he would remove his troops if so