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F|uP|E0S BURN A SHIP.
Steamer Saturnus, Flying Amer
lean Flag, Falls Into Their
Hands-Crew Missing.
DETAILS OF AFFAIR NOT oBTAINABLE.
Plan of Operations for Fall Cam
paign in Philippines Contemplntes
Division of Islands Into Several
Military Departments - Reported
Aguinaldo Has Juntn In Manila.

Manila, Aug. 1.-THE steamer Saturn
us, of tine Compania Martina, coast
ing under the American flag, was
burned Wednesday and her crew is
missing. The details of the affair are
got known.
The captain of the Saturnus once OBJ
tanned possession of a ship belonging
to the Martina company, held at San
Fernando by the insurgents. by moor
ing the Saturnus alongside and hauling
the other vessel away in the night.
Dispatch to London.
9 London, Aug. 7.-Lloyd's agent at
Manila cables that the insurgents at
San Fernando have captured and
burned the United States steamer Sa-
turnus.
Plans for Fall Campaign.
Washington, Aug. Tt is under
stood that the plan of operations for
the fall campaign in the Philippines
contemplates division of the islands
into several military departments and
Gen. Lawton will have command in the
one in which the cavalry troops will
operate. 1t is probable that Gen.
Wheeler will be given command of
brigade of cavalry in Gen. Lawton's de-
partment. The boundary line of Law
tons department will embrace the ter
ritory in which there will probably be
the heaviest fighting, so that Lawton
will be in direct charge of the most i'm
portant forces in the field and in this
way Gen. Otis, while not being official
1xy< I'll to1 l.
of the responsibility in connection with
the conduct of the war, and will be left
free to perform the duties of military
governor.
Secretary Roots short experience in
the war department has already con-
WINGED him that the views of the mil
itary commanders subordinate to Gen.
Otis who favor larger military force
than recommended by that officer are
worthy of serious consideration. There
are reasons to believe he will recon-
mend that the force be further aug
mented.
Junta in Manila.
New York, Aug. IA dispatch to the
World from Hong-Kong says: Aguinaldo
has an advisory council right in Ma
Mia. Hong-Kong having been made too
hot for the Filipino junta, through the
efforts of United States Consul Gen
eral Wildman, the rebels decided to at
tempt to establish their Headquarters
in Manila.
They were encouraged to try this dar-
ing experiment by the fact that under
recent decree of Gov. Gen. Otis the
Philippine courts are now conducted by
natives.
So Crisanto Lichancho, the treasurer
of the junta, went boldly to Manila and
professed friendship for Gen. Otis.
The scheme worked so we'll that the
delighted junta has celebrated it's VIC
tory with a grand ball.
Need Secret Service.
Washington, Aug. 7.-Chief Will1ie, of
the secret service, says that there are
q great number of criminals in the
Z Philippine islands. They are so nu-
merous and successful that it will soon
be necessary to make provision for Sc
cret service agents in the islands. The
counterfeiters do not make limitations
of American money, but reproduce
Spanish and Chinese coins. In the pres
ent condition of affairs in the Philip
pines the counterfeiting of these coins
does as much harm as the making of
bogus American money, and perhaps
more. Gen. Otis is doing what he can
to break up the practice, but he has a
hard fight on his hands, as he has no
trained detectives. Chief Willlie saws
also that there is much counterfeiting
going on in Cuba, Porto Rico and Ha-
wall, although not so much as in the
Philippines, and that the secret service
will have to be extended to those is
lands.
Sorry They Didn't Win.
New York, Aug. 7.-Of the college