Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-05-18
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
A Filipino Commission Doing Its
Best to Secure Peace.
FlLlPlNOS KNOW HOW TO FIGHT.
A Kansas Captain Writes That the Rebels
Are Brave Fighters, but Undisci-
plined Dispatches Received
from Gen. Otis.


Manila, May l5.-The civilian mem
bers of the United States Philippin,
commission are favorable to the meet
ing with Filipino commission, which
, was suggested Saturday, in behalf O.
Aguinaldo, by Lieut.. Reyes, of the
staff of Gen. Gregerio del Pillar, who
came to Gen. Lawton under flag OF
truce, bearing the proposal. 1t is
thought by the American commission.
ers that the idea may have resulted
from recent meeting of the so-called
Filipino congress at San Isidro. Def
mite information on this point, how
ever cannot yet be obtained, though
the local Filipino commission, which is
IN close communication with the lead.
ers of the rebellion, is doing its best to
secure peace.
Ten members of Gen. Lawton's band
OF scouts, under W. NJ. Young, the old
indian lighter, entered the town of San
Miguel, about Is miles north of Nor
zagaray, not aware of what place it
was. They found 200 Filipinos there,
but the rebels taking the scouts for the
advance of Gen. Lawton's army, fled,
after firing few shots. Young and
another scout We're wounded and have
been brought to Manila. The Ninth
infantry and mountain battery of six
guns have been sent to the front.
The uniform quiet now prevailing in
Manila has led the authorities to relax
the rule under which the city streets
were cleared from : TO S.30p. M, and yes
terday evening there was the largest and
most brilliant assembly of pedestrians
and people in carriages to listen to
band concert on the Luneta that has
been known here since the Spaniards
left.
Prof. Schurman, president of the
United States Philippine commission,
gave a farewell luncheon yesterday to
Admiral Dewey, at which Prof. Dean
L. Worcester and Col. Charles DENLY,
OF the commission, with Gen. Mac
Arthur, Mrs. Lawton and others, were
present. The health of the admiral
was drunk with the utmost cordiality.
FlTlrINos KNOW HOW TO FIGHT.
Chicago, May l5.-Prof. II. L. Bolt
wood principal of the Evanston high
school, has received a letter from his
brother, who is captain in the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers, in which
he says that the F'ilipnos are brave
fighters, but that he thinks Aguinaldo
is fraud. Capt. Boltwood was one of
the officers of the Kansas regiment men
toned by Gen. Otis for bravery. The
letter was written March 81, and was
in part as follows
we are well fixed here, health, rations and
weather better than we could expect. We see
many gl0ring Misrepresentation in the papers
These men will fight, and statements to the con-
Lrary some OF them, at least are made by men |
VINO nave never been on the firing line, have
seen our artillery Shell their works at not
more than 400 yards, and before the
smoke from the shells had fairly risen they i,
would send volley of bullets This is an
very day occurrence. Their men, in small {
PARTIES, have worked In our rear and at
acked when death was almost certain
Wounded natives have played dead, only 20
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