Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13
BANDITS PUT DOWN.
American Troops Capture Their
Headquarters and Destroy 1t.
FILIPINOS DIGEST PROCLAMATION.
The Rebsls Rem aiming Remarkably Quiet
-Ma'Oioa Being uisar.d ~ Our Soldiers
Marines on for Phil pines-Dagu.
pan BOmbarded Ariz0na Arrives.

Manila, April Col. Smith, the
governor OF the island Of Negros,
reports that number of bandits,
headed by man named Papaissio, at
tempted rebellion on March 81 and
killed several officials Of Jumamaylan.
He also captured other officials and is
sued a proclamation calling upon
the natives to rise and extermi-
nate the Americans and Spaniards.
Maj Sine and two companies Of the
California regiment were dispatched
by water to the scene of the disturb
ance and Col. Duboce and two other
companies OF troops were sent over
land. On April 2 this force marched
II miles and captured Labzid, the
headquarters of the bandits, and de-
stroyed the town. The troops also
captured IS prisoners and scattered
Papaissio's forces, effectually quelling
the rebellion at the outset.
There has been weeks respite in
the hostilities, chiefly in order to
allow the Filipinos to digest the proc
lamation OF the United States com.
mission. The rebels remain remarka.
bly, qniet The sharp shooters of Gen.
Lawton's line have borrowed the
Filipino tactics and are harrassing the
rebels at night, picking off some Of
them nightly. Malolos is resuming its
natural aspect, business is going on,
preparations are being made to estab.
lish permanent camp for the troops
there and the soldiers are cleaning the
city.
A third of the American force at Ma
lolos is sent nightly to form an ad-
vance line mile north of the city,
with patrols and sentries ahead of the
line. Gen. MacArthurs volunteers
receiving Krag-Jorgensen rifles, the
Filipinos having discovered that they
could etfectually fire their Mausers
and retreat before the Americans ap.
preached near enough to use their
Springfield rifles with effect. Advices
received here from Samar, an island
forming province of the Philippines
say the revolutionists are weary.
Their leader, Gen. Lukban. Of Chinese
ancestry, has deserted with the funds.
The inhabitants are DESTROYS of Amer
lean rule.
MARINES OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Philadelphia, April T. Fifty marines
will leave the League island navy yard
to-day en- route to Manila They
will be joined by 200 more in New
York and proceed to San Francisco.
From there they will sail for the Phil
ippines to join the marine garrison
now forming in Cavite. This is the
first installment OF 1000 men to be
sent.
DAGUPAN BoMBARDED.
Manila, April THE United States
cruiser Charleston, which has been
along the west coast of Luzon,
to the north, sent boat in shore near
Dagupan to make soundings. The
rebels opened fire, wounding United
States officer. The cruiser thereupon
bombarded the town, the insurgents
evacuating it.
THE ARIZONA ARRIVES.
San Francisco, April THE trans.
port Arizona from Manila arrived here
yesterday and brought hundreds of
sick soldiers home, among them being
the following invaded Kansas sol.
Tiers. Twentieth Kansas-Charles A.
Hammond, company f; David M. Hork-
nan, company II.
MEMBERS OF HOSPITAL CORPS TO GO.
Leavenworth, Kan, April 7.--Orders
10 send rs members OF the hospital
corps to Manila were received at Fort
Leavenworth yesterday from the war
department. They will probably de-
part to-day, going via San Francisco.
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