The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-01
aENEwED FILIPINO ACTIVITY.
ThiRk Americans Tircd
OF Fimhttng.

Mauiln, aAy 2n.-Thc approach Of
the wet season finds tho insurrectiOu
seemingly taking nrw lease of
life, AL along the American lines the
rebels are showing more aggressive &c.
tiYi,y, In their guerrilla style, than at
any ilme before since the fall Of Mnlo-
los, They keep the United States
troops In The trenches, sleeping In
their clothing and constantly on the
alert against dashrs upon our outposts.
aud they make life wHrm fox the
American garrisons In the towns
Returned in F"rrc 90 old Trenches.
The bands u Gen. Luna and Gen.
Mascrndo, which rc,rcr,ed toward Tar.
lac, when they feared they would be
Ss''F'ti v-iw--u ,i-u. Siur arthur amt
Gen. Lawton, have returned Ia force
90 their old trenches around san Fer
nando, where there are daily collisiuna
Opposite our lines on the south pro.
tectlng Manila, al the way around so
san Pedro Macati, the Filipinos hnve
nc roads or trenches most Of the dis
tnncc.
Think Americans Tired of Fighting,
Reports from prisoners Indicate that
the insurgents cuntruc the peace negc-
tiatiuus 20 mean that the Americans
J ayc had enough Of fighting. The Fiji.
pinos nrr also encouraged hy the belief
that the Americans urc preparing FOR
an interval Of inactivity during the
vet season, This period Is SURE 10 be
followed 10y much suffering Thous-
ards 81 nrrcs of land that were under
cultivation last year have not been
plnwcd this year, and The government
will prulahly b, Obliged Ia feed thous.
ands. Just us II fed the Cuhaus.
Friendly Natives Must be Fed.
Friendly natives, Amigos. continue
to pour into the American lines by
lena and river routes. coming from
the territory nf the insurrrctiou into
the country where the passage ~ the
two armies has left uu food aud pruc.
tically throwing themselves upon the
charity Of their cunqurrCrs Such as
arr not In the Filipino ranks have been
|. kept by the insurgents leaders to dig
tr"Hrhr~. and old men. women aud
children form the mass Of refugees
These are doing some plowing, but
they viii be- confronted with hunger
before they can realize any subsistence
from their crops.
The United States army has orgnn-
ized a system of distributing rice at
Malolus mud some Of the csmnilrr towns,
where Filipino stores were captured;
but the lnttcr will soon he exhausted.
Arrival OF Reinforcement.
The United States transport Morgan
City. which arrived here from san
Francisco. with GOO rccurits for ynrl-
Gus regiments, sailed yesterday for
ilCilo with Che troops.
FsncraI Of the spanish Gen. Mantero.
As II was impossible 10 take 10 Spain
the remaiub Of the Spanish Gen. Mon
tero, who was fatally wounded la 3
recent engagement with tbs TiIlpinon
In the Island Of A'ndauao. and who
,llrd while Being brought here from
Zan.l,uangn, on the transport Leon
MIL. IL was decided tina; the inter.
n.tnt should take place at Manila. The
funeral took place yesterday. hundreds
OF Spanish soldiers and civilians at
tending the services In the cathedral
aud following the coricgc 10 the grave
with wrraths nnd flags,
The Spanish papers declare that
McItcro wns IA victim Of the Spanish
governments neglect.