The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-24
Their Methods Revealed I'm Letters
Captured When CaiOocan Was TAX
en- by General Otis's Forces.
POISONOUS MISSILES USED
INSURGENTS SHOOTING BRASS
TIPPED BULLETS AT AMERICANS.
Photographer Tortured by Head-Hun-
tiers and Released-Otis's Latest
List of Casualties.

WASHINGTON, March 23-The capture
of CaIoocan. in the Philippine Island of
Luzon, by the United States forces recently
resulted in the confscation of considerable
mail addressed to the insurgent govern
ment 1t includes a number of letters of
Aguinaldo and other leaders and brings out
some interesting facts about Filipino official
methods. Postal Agent Vail, at Manila, has
forwarded some of this mail TO Acting Post
master General Heath. One letter Is adj
dressed. to AguinaIdo's so-called secretary
of the treasury and is in reply to a request
for money. The writer is apparently the
fiscal officer at Lucena. LuZon, TO whom
the insurgents had intrusted the duty of
squeezing" the merchants, and he had ap-
parently confscated for the insurgent cause
a lot of cocoa fiber belonging TO large
tobacco company. When asked to turn over
the proceeds the agent remarked that only
$500 had come into his hands and that
amount he had paid TO the troops. who
were clamorous for more. The letter is
written in very fair Spanish Apparently
Agunaldo's treasury officials are running
short of paper. for the outer covering OF
the letter is made of a sheet OF paper, writ
ten all over, torn out Of a record book, and
1t was tied around with a fragment of
manila bagging A translation OF the letter
follows:
mo. 35-This government is in receipt of
dispatch No , from the treasury depart
ment, under your worthy control, relating
10 the Immediate covering into the central
treasury OF the proceeds of the sale OF the
cOprax tcOcodnut nber) of the cOmpanla
caDacalera tobacco company, and can do
no more than to inform you that the local
governor, who was ordered TO make the sale
of said article. has only paid into the
provincial treasury $3.50. wnicn sum has
already been distributed among the soldiers
90 the provincial battalion, and that under
date of the 9Th inst. L Informed you that
the expenses OF said battalion. i begged
your department to send funds i again
beg you to take the proper steps to prevent
the complaints of the soldiers. God keep
you for many years.
''QUIRINO ELEASAR
1.-The Secretary of the Treasury of the Rev
dictionary Government of these Islands
AT Lucena, Jan. 10. 1882
Another captured letter received by the
Postoffice Department was sent from the
provincial governor of Antipolo, addressed
TO Aguinaldo's secretary Of the interior, in
which he apologies Tor not being present
at Malolos at the PRONUNCIATION of the con-
stitution, assigning as reason that the
telegram commanding his presence, though
dated Jan. 81 only reached him Jan. % two
days too late To atone for his absence ne
says he ordered all the local municipal pres
idents to get up demonstrations and cry
along live Filipino independence" and
"Doxn with annexation. This was signed
polo.
Some intercepted letters TO AguinaIdo
himself have also come into the possession
of the Postofice Department