The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-20
Department Officials Confident They
VIII Be Treated Right.
ANOTHER FILIPINO JUNTA YARN.
They Report that General Lawton
had 40 Men and Officers Cap
tured-Gencral OTIS Reports
Make No Mention Of Such
an Occurrence and No
Crcdcnce Placed i'm IL

MANILA. April 1e.-435 A. M.-Admiral
Dewey has been notified of the strange
disappearance Of Lieut. j. g. Gilmore
and fourteen members Of tho crew of tho
United states gunboat Yorktown.
on Saturday last the Yorktown an
chored off Baler. on the east coast OF
the Island Of Luzon. and about two
hundred miles from here. where there
was Spanish garrison of about fifty
men. which had been defending itself
against several hundred Fiupnos for
months past
THE PARTY.
Lieut. Gilmore. Ensign w TT. STANDBY
ami a boats crew were sent up the river
from Baler Bay to communicate with
the Span.ards the town of Balen being
situated some distance inland
Ensign STANDBY. who landed az the
mouth OF the river reports chat he heard
three yolleys, a bugIe call and cheers
from up the river. but that the auto
matte gun. which was part of The equip
ment Of the boat was not heard firing.
HE ESCAPED.
STANDBY later padded TO the Yorktown
I'm canoe.
A search was made for the Yorktown
boat and her crew. but no trace Of them
was found and the Yorktown sailed Tor
Iloilo from which place her commander
cabled TO Admiral Dewey his theories
that The Filipin05 had captured or sunk
the boat or that tie Spaniard5 had res-
cued the American party.
A scouting party OF American troops
to-day found an nssrgelt skirm.sh line
more than a mile long east OF Maio.os.
A sharp fuslilade followed. but no losses
We're sustained.
GENERAL KING ILL
Brigadier General Charles King who
has been taken suddenly il and who Is
unable 10 continue in command Ol MS
brigade. has been relieved OF further
duty and has been ordered TO return 10
the United States on the first transport
sailing from here for home.
WOULD NOT EVACCATE.
BARCELONA April 19.-El D.aro cu-
logizing the Spanish garrison-consisting
OF a captain two leutenants a doctor
aud forty-cight men-whO had been de-
Tending Balcr against the FIipuOs. says.
General Rios recently sent Captain Ol-
medo 10 order the garrison TO evacuate.
as Baler no longer belonged TO Spain.
Olmcd0 after great difficulties got within
fifty metres of the house in which the
Suaniards were fortified. He managed.
however TO deliver his Instructions. but
the garrison simply continued 20 fire from
It's fortified quarters, and Captain OLE
medo was compelled to return 10 Manila
without reply.
A FILIPINO STORY.
LONDON. April lg.-The Filipino Euro
mean Juutl claims 10 have received ID
capieEidm Ilom 'en. Luna t'ili"tlH-
ms the Manila district, direct from Ma
Lawton "vbose object Vas ~ proceed no
80 ',i .,r.., .....,t .,i.. r.
'' "lN
Yorktown, was hFelsled oy the flll-
p..-" iar,lcs ln-J le-..paa.t t....-otl.- u.a
line with the result that column. con.
slsting Of 10 officers and men. on reacl-
fno- "a rIace called plranron..rn y,.ls arl-
L,,'tI a.. f. t-.It..,., t-. ,
,',.,,i,,ti,s, ,,.,'t ,t INN t',.. .s
M"nlldllou WIN tNe mann l'i'e was
severed and the entire column was cap-
tured."
Tho Filipino advices further assert
that General LawtOn, who WAS az Lac
guna de BAY on hearing the news. "re-
tired 20 Manila. stating that he had been
recalled by MajorGeneral Otis on ground
that "a native rising in Manila was im-
mirent"
uo lpit-p4I- - etlN To De ~ Htpatdte
aaHalr from lhe 9is,lpp ppearance OF me
if,, of P,ior Tbe I-iri,,in6s also claim
that they have occupied the town of
Zambonga, IN the southern part of The
Island of Mindanao. which was recently
eEatu,s,ta Dy nc lle p l'.lllialus' oi"y iTW
,,i,ca c.7 ~ tbe Amnicar7 ,rbe I,il1i,Cs Sre
also said 10 have captured seven th1u-
sand Mauser rifles al the ammunition.
and several Spanish. gunboats, which I
tne reoeis say tney nave naFlsatea lp /
g ,,,oris ,Io ,,s ci ~'''S anu 0u1 o- '''1H vi '"1
WASHINGTON, April 10..-The War De- !
partment does not credit the Filipino as
seruonS contalned IN the o.. .latcn. ne- /
49, csbied s1,, si,cb 6rssster Tt is
further stated That General Tawton could /
not possibly have had In mind "a junction /
with the Yorktown. as there is an inn /
passabie range or mountilns between tne /
i li.i,9 ne ne 49, 49,, si,a INC ''" ""e's 'He
% arttt, NIL 1rsIsp ,,r,,tr
v-,ctlIr,1..1.'N AD--i - ~, ~.
p, " "-..'-I--' -'p''t 80 "0 .NaNy
49,, ~ tbe nortions M Adr,ir,i r,e,,.e,.,s