Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-01-13

claims were made by the Americans as
10 the part Of the insurgents in the cam
paign. Ii is believed that this second
| proclamation is the original draft which
was not adopted by the Filipino congress
at Maloloa
The Filipino committees in Paris,
/ Madrid and London teleEraphed on sat
urday To President Mckinley. The Paris
/ dispatch read: We protest against the
| Decentralization Of American troops at
/ Hojlo."
The London telegram said: Treaty
of peace stIll unratified. American claim
] of sovereignty premature Pray re-
consider resolution regarding Iloilo.
Filipiuos wish for he friendship of
America and abhor militarsm and de-
celt"
The Filipino iunta OF Paris has re-
ceived telegram from the Filipino
agent at Hong Kong. dated Saturday,
saying: Fight with Americans un-
uyOidable. We are not the aggres ssOrs."
/ Washington Jan. IO.-Sccretary Will
son has directed Chemist Wiley of the
. department "a agriculture to purchase
. canned meat in the open market here
the products of the concerns which fur
/ nished it To the government during the
/ war and to make analysis Of the cans
contents TO determine if they were treat
/ ed by chemicals. The inquiry is now in
progress and prompt publicity will be
. given the results. Department officials
are confident that the beef as furnished
under the contracts was wholesome and
pure. basing this confidence on the thor
ough investigation the government in
spectors make.
WASHINGTON, Jan. President and
Mrs. Mckinley gave an elaborate din
uer at the White House last night. at
which the members Of the Paris peace
commission were the guests Of honor.
Invited To meet them were the members
of the cabinet. senators and representa-
tiyes in congress and a number Of Off
GERS of the army and navy who took
prominent parts in the war. including
Nossrs. Shafter Wheeler Sampson.
Srhley and Evans.
san Francisco, Jan. 1O.-Father Daz.
leader Of the 10 Spanish priests from
Manila. who are in this city on the way
to Panama, says The Filipinos are
not naturally warlike and would not now
be opposing the United States were it
not for the leaders who are squirting
them on. These leaders are in the work
solely for personal gain and would prove
hard masters for the weaker portion of
the natives should they gain the power
At IloilO, where | was stationed. there
would have been little fighting if it had
not been for these maloOntents. who
fairly forced the natives to take up arms
Nest of these men who are at the head
of the insurgent movement are half
breeds. AguinaldO is a crafty fellow
and has a follOwir< among those people
who hope to climb by his advancement
do not consider Aguinaldo personally
responsible for all the brutality shown
our frars. yet he could have prevented
good portion of it if he had seen fit to do
20"
Havana. Jan. IO.--Senor De Castro the
civil governor of Havana, acts as though
he had his former powers He ordered
>
cral Ludlow, who had not been consulted
in the matter. was displeased when he
heard of the action taken and directed
5 the hospital to bereopened. DeCastro or
| dered the newspapers last week not to
b print certain business advertisements
which were distasteful to him General
Ludlow Will probably remove the civil
governor
Santiago, Jan. 1O.-A luncheon was
% given yesterday to Bartolome Maso. the
: former president of the Cuban revolu
= tonary government prior to leaving for
> his home at ManzanillO. Replying TO
the toast of his health. Maso said he
trusted shortly to see the American flag
+ waving from every house in Cuba.
: Senior Maso said he was not in sympathy
I with the men who We're continually OBJ
. jecting to everything done in the island
3 by Americans. 1t was only necessary to
; see Santiago he continued, to witness
/ the magnificent results of American rule
! and he trusted provincial and civic au.
. tonOmy would be granted to the Cubans
j under nominal military head at Ha-
= vana
San Francisco. Jan. 10.-The date Of the
\ sailing of the transort Scanda has been
i finally fixed for the 25th of this month
r and the Twentieth infantry is directed tc
d remain at Fort Leavenworth until the
last moment. so that they can go on
board as soon as they arrive. The trans.
e portatiOn department has telegraphed tC
e Seattle for the Centennial to be used as
:, freight steamer to carry army stores tc
S Manila.
e Washington, Jan. 10.-The proposed
measure for the reorganization of the
Il United States marine corps was passed
on faVorably by the house committee on
; naval affairs yesterday. although it has
X not yet been decided whether it will bt
Il offered as an Independent measure or as
. an amendment to the naval personhe
t bill which is about to be considered il
: the house. 1t increases the enlisted
force of the marine corps to 5000 men
and provides a commandant with rank
} Of major general, a brigadier general
= five coionels, five lieutenant colonies, II
II majors and 60 company officers
4 Barcelona, Jan. lQ.-The spanish
- transport Notre Dame de Salut which
-. sailed from Havana on Dec. 10 for this
- port has arrived here with 100 re.
patriated soldiers on board. The yes.
sci was overcrowded and many of the
troops We're i'll. During the voyage 3,
deaths had occurred. The sick soldiers
., were specially attended to and 800 o.
them We're taken in ambulances to tht
y hospitals, and 100 others were removed